ENG vs AUS 3rd ODI: Preview, H2H Record, Live Streaming details and more: Ashes-Rivals England and Australia are set to lock horns against each other in the third One-Day International match of the five-match ODI series at the Riverside Cricket Ground, Chester-Le-Street.
Having secured comfortable victories in the first fwo One Day Internationals, the Aussies will be looking to seal the series by securing a third-consecutive victory over the Three Lions.
On the other hand, the Harry Brook-led team will be desperate to turn things around in the series by winning in the third One-Day International.
It will be a do-or-die match for the hosts and they have to win the third game by any means possible if they don’t want their fierce rivals to seal the series.
ENG vs AUS 3rd ODI: Previews of both the teams
Australia: Under the captaincy of Mitchell Marsh, the Australians have been nothing short of exceptional across all of the departments in the five-match One-Day International series versus England.
Despite missing the services of their premier fast-bowlers, the Kangaroos utilised the abilities of their All-Rounders to the best as they restricted England to a score of 315 runs on a batting-friendly pitch in the first game of the series.
The visitors followed up their brilliant bowling performance with an excellent batting display, effortlessly chasing down a total of 316 runs, thanks to Travis Head’s remarkable century knock.
The second encounter saw Australia’s amazing fight-back abilities as they rebounded from a batting-collapse and posted a respectable total on the board.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey was the commander-in-chief for the visitors with the bat, as he helped his reach a score of 270 with his remarkable fifty .
Moreover, the return of the duo of Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc provided a massive boost to the bowling unit of the Aussies, with the Kangaroos inflicting an all-out on England for 202 runs.
The tourists have reigned supreme over the English players in all of the departments so far. Although their top-order batters struggled to get going in the second match of the series, the presence of multi-dimensional players in their squad and their long batting-order make the Aussies the firm-favourites to secure their third-successive victory over their rivals.
Australia’s probable playing 11 for the third One-Day International: Matthew Short, Mitchell Marsh (Captain), Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (WK), Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc.
England: England have not performed well at all in the first two games of the series as they have underperformed in the majority of the departments.
The likes of Will Jacks, Phil Salt and stand-in-skipper Harry Brook have failed to live upto expectations and their poor performances are the main reason behind the dismal-display of the home side in the series so far.
Except the duo of wonderkid Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett, all the other batters have failed to perform consistently.
Moreover, the home-side have missed the services of the trio of Jofra Archer, Reece Topley and Olly Stone due to their injury proneness.
In such a case, the Three Lions are forced to field an inexperienced bowling-attack.
As a result, captain Harry Brook should utilise the overs of leg-spinner Adil Rashid cautiously as he will be the main Wicket-Taker with the ball, being the most experienced bowler in their lineup.
England’s probable playing 11 for the third One-Day International: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt, Harry Brook (Captain), Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith (WK), Olly Stone, Jacob Bethell, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer and Matthew Potts.
ENG vs AUS 3rd ODI: Pitch Report of the Riverside Cricket Ground
The pitch of the Riverside Cricket Ground, Chester-Le-Street generally has a tendency of offering really good support for the batters.
Although the seamers will get a lot of movement with the new-ball early on, the batsmen of both the teams will easily find a way to score runs as the match progresses.
As the ball gets older, the spin bowlers will start to extract some turn from the pitch. The toss-winning captain should opt to chase.
ENG vs AUS 3rd ODI: Where to watch the match in India?
Fans of both teams can tune into the Sony-Sports Network on television to catch the live action of the 3rd ODI between England and Australia. The match will also be broadcasted on the applications and websites of Fan Code and Sony Liv.
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