England vs Australia, Australia tour of England, 2020, Today Match Prediction 16 Sep 2020

eng vs aus Match Prediction & Analysis

England`s home summer is up to a perfect finish with the last ODI match between England and Australia being a decider. England pulled off the rabbit out of their hat last match to win the match from a tough position not once but twice. England bowlers scored crucial runs with the bat and then came back to defend the score successfully to win the match. Australia will be absolutely disappointed to lose the match from a good position with the bat and ball. Both teams will look to win this match and win the series before the IPL season starts early next week. We are in for an absolute cracker to end the international season amidst the pandemic.

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Preview

England were rocked back early as they lost both their openers inside 7 overs. Eoin Morgan (42 runs) and Joe Root (39 runs) tried to rebuild but lacked fluency with the bat. They suffered a massive collapse from 90/2 to 149/8. Adil Rashid (35 runs) and Tom Curran (37 runs) then shared a match changing partnership of 76 runs in last 10 overs to finish with 231 runs on board.

Jofra Archer delivered thunderbolts at the start to take two early wickets. Morgan bravely gave the new ball to their duo of Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes to peg back Australia from 144/2 to 150/6 in a span of 5 overs (Overs 25-30). Sam Curran chipped with 3 wickets while Tom Curran held the other end bowling at good economy rate and they eventually bowled out Australia for 207 runs to win the match.

Top Players to Bet on:

Jofra Archer - Archer dismissed Warner, Stoinis, and Marsh to rock back Australia in at the start and middle overs. He had bowling figures of 10-2-34-3 and was awarded Man of the Match for his performance.

Eoin Morgan - Morgan slowly build momentum with his 42 balls off 52 balls after two quick wickets. He  will be dejected to have been dismissed at the wrong time and will look to post a big score in this match. 

England Predicted Playing XI:

Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Billings, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer

England Actual Playing XI:

Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, Mark Wood, AU Rashid, Sam Billings, Tom Curran, Jason Roy, CR Woakes

Australia Preview

Australia brought back the memories of the first T20I match as they lost in a similar fashion. Skipper Aaron Finch (73 runs) and Marnus Labuschagne (48 runs) cruised along in the chase with a 100+ partnership but there were heap of wickets either side of the partnership. Alex Carey played a lone fighting hand of 36 runs with the tail enders before the chase got the better of him.

Australia`s pacers put England on the backfoot with early wickets and giving no easy runs whatsoever. The trio of Hazlewood, Starc, and Cummins restricted the run flow off superbly with Adam Zampa claiming 3 wickets to reduce England to 149/8 in 40 overs. They let England comeback into the contest scoring 107 runs in last 10 overs by the opposition tail enders.

Top Players to Bet on:

Aaron Finch - Finch has been Australia`s most consistent batsmen this tour across T20I & ODI matches. He scored a massive 73 runs last match but was not able to stay till the end to complete the chase for his team.

Josh Hazlewood - Hazlewood`s figures read 3/26 & 1/27 in the two ODI matches and he is giving runs at less than 3 RPO so far. He will be a tough bowler to face in these conditions owing to his immaculate line and lengths.

Australia Predicted Playing XI:

David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Marcus Stoinis/Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Australia Actual Playing XI:

Aaron Finch, Marnus Labuschagne, Pat Cummins, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Adam Zampa, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Josh Hazlewood

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Manchester has a bright and sunny weather with very less chances of rain. We will get a full match with no weather interruptions.

Venue Details

Manchester pitch has some swing and bounce on offer and the bowlers are taking advantage of it. Both pacers and spinners have something in the pitch if they pitch in the right areas. we expect the average score to be around 240-260 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first won both the ODI matches played so far. We expect both teams to bat first if they win the toss.