Australia vs England ODI 2022

England vs Australia T-20 World cup 2022

The much hyped and 26^th contest of the T20 World Cup 2022 will be played between two very old rivals, England and Australia. It will be played in the MCG and would begin at local time of 7:00pm and 1:00pm IST.

England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Alex Hales.

Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Josh Hazelwood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.

England and Australia are an aged rival. Both these teams have played decent numbers of matches against each other in every format. Just to give you an idea, they have played 152 ODIs, 356 tests and 20 T20s against each other. Out of these 152 ODIs, England were victorious in 63 while Australia in 84 and 5 matches ended in a tie. During the 20 matches that were played between these two, Australia was ahead with 10 wins, 1 ended in a tie and the rest were won by England.

The England team, till to date, has played 159 T20s. Out of these 159 matches, England was victorious in 78 matches while 68 matches were those in which they lost and 2 ended in a tie. Recent performance of England’s team has been exceptional, especially in the T20 format. Even in the T20 world Cup 2021, they played some brilliant cricket and reached the semi-finals.

As England announced the squad, we can see that Alex Hales is back. So, Jos Buttler and Alex Hales will be opening and everyone is aware of the fact that what kind of explosive start they can provide. Jos Buttler has been in an ideal form in every format. Two of the best sloggers of the ball from the England team are Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone. They have serious strength in their bat and can hit some magnificent shots. 

 Harry Brook, a youngster is a new entry to the English team. He recently scored a century in the PSL as well. While In pace bowling, they have the likes of Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes and Dawid Wiley and spin bowling will be handled by Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali.

Speaking about the Australian team, they have been performing consistently in every format of cricket. Because this World Cup will be played in the T20 format, we will talk about the T20 format. From 2006 to 2022, the Australian team has played 159 T20s, in 83 matches they emerged victorious while they lost 79 and 3 ended in a tie. Australia is considered the most successful team in all the formats. They have the most number of World Cup trophies. They are the current holders of the T20 world cup as they defeated New Zealand in the final of T20 world Cup 2021.

The Australian team has many star players, from Aaron Finch and David Warner who are one of the best opening pairs out there, to Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis who are dangerous all-rounders while the addition of Tim David in the Australian team will make its batting lineup more lethal and dangerous as he is one of the finest hitter of the ball out there and has shown his capabilities in PSL, IPL and BBL as well. Australian team is one of those team which you should be worried about. While in the pace bowling, they have Mitchell Starc, who is a Yorker expert, Josh Hazelwood and Pat Cummins who are one of the best pace bowlers out there.

England vs Australia T-20 World cup 2022 Match Prediction

The home factor, the pace bowling attack and a very lethal batting lineup, Australia is a strong contender to win this match.