Steve Smith-led Australian team is taking on Jos Buttler's England side in match 4 of the ongoing edition of the ICC Champions Trophy which is being played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, on February 22 (Saturday). Both teams are coming off into this match after suffering clean sweep losses in the ODI series. The Aussies faced defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka, whereas the Three Lions lost 3-0 against India. Both teams will be eyeing a winning start here. Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Aussies were hit with big blows of players like Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh, and Marcus Stoinis ruling out the mega tournament. They appear to be a little inexperienced side but would be hopeful of making the impact as they are also current World Champions. England on the other hand, has been struggling lately and would be eyeing to silence their critics.
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Captains at toss
"We're gonna have a bowl.. Looks a pretty good surface. There's a bit of dew when we were practising, so we'll like to chase later on. Short, Head, myself, Marnus, Inglis, Carey, Maxwell, Dwarshuis, Ellis, Spencer Johnson and Zampa. Little bit of swing up top, we'll try to utilise that. (Carey) He's been batting brilliantly," said Smith after winning the toss.
"We would have batted, a bit 50-50. Looks a good surface. We are not trying to hide anything. We are really excited. (On Jamie Smith) Very unflappable, has immense talent," said Buttler at toss.
AUS vs ENG Playing XIs
Australia: Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson
England: Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (WK), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (C), Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood