England vs Australia, Australia tour of England, 2020, Today Match Prediction 04 Sep 2020

eng vs aus Match Prediction & Analysis

England has been one of the very first places to introduce the concept of bio-bubble to cricket and start cricketing action in international stage. Australian team is currently in England for their very first cricket match post the pandemic. Australia start their tour with three T20I matches first and then move onto the ODI matches. Aussies will hope their players will get back to match fitness and won’t be scratchy after their practice games. England on the other hand will look to get over their levelled series against Pakistan by 1-1 margin recently. We can expect a high voltage contest between two of the big countries in the cricketing fraternity.

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Preview

England batting line-up will continue with the likes of Tom Banton and Johnny Bairstow at the top followed by Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan. Jos Buttler returns to the T20I squad after his excellent showing with the bat in Test matches. All-rounders Moeen Ali and Sam Curran will strengthen their batting in lower order.

England brought back Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, and Sam Curran in the bowling department to strengthen their team.  All three of them are expected to feature in this game with the likes of Chris Jordan, Moeen Ali, and Adil Rashid in the playing XI. Tom Curran, Joe Denly, and Sam billings are expected to miss out in the playing XI in the opening match.

Top players to bet on:

Tom Banton – Banton made a big impact as soon as he got the opening slot. He ended up as England`s highest run-getter with 137 runs at a strike rate of 150+. He is earmarked as one of the future stars of the England batting.

Jofra Archer – Archer comes into this squad with a weight of expectations behind his back and he looked bit inconsistent in the Test matches. He will look to establish himself as a good bowler with good performances in this Australia tour.

England Predicted Playing XI:

Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

England Actual Playing XI:

Chris Jordan, Jonny Bairstow, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran, Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan, Mark Wood, AU Rashid, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan

Australia Preview

Australia has brought a big squad of 21 players for the limited over series. Skipper Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, and David Warner will form the top-3 of the batting line-up for Australia. Glen Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, and Keeper Alex Carey are expected to slot in the middle order.

Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Kane Richardson are expected to form the pace bowling trio for the team with Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar to slot in as spinners in the team. They have a superb bowling attack with experienced pacers and spinners respectively.

Top players to bet on:

Aaron Finch – Finch has scoed a lot of runs in the English soil in the limited overs. He has made his second highest T20I score of 156 against England at this same venue and will look to continue his good form in this series too.   

Pat Cummins – Pat Cummins is the lead bowler of the Aussies and he will form a deadly duo alongside Mitchell Starc with the new ball in hand.

Australia Predicted Playing XI:

Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa

Australia Actual Playing XI:

Aaron Finch, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Alex Carey, KW Richardson, Ashton Agar, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Steven Smith, Adam Zampa, David Warner

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Southampton has very promising sunny and bright weather for this week and we expect rain to take break for this match with no appearance as per weather forecasters.  

Venue Details

Southampton looks like a good batting pitch which consistent bounce and pace on offer. Batsmen will enjoy batting here once they are set. We expect a high scoring contest with over 180 runs in this match.

 

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams chased down almost 190+ runs in the both the matches in the last series.   We expect both teams to field first if they win the toss.