MATCH OF THE DAQ previews England v Australia (French Open Semi-Final, K.O 12.00, ITV 4)
Today’s one-day international starts a summer of rivalry between the two teams culminating in The Ashes.
England v Australia
One Day international
K.O 10.00, Sky Sports 1
HEAD TO HEAD
(Max last 10 only)
6 Feb 2011 Australia won by 57 runs
2 Feb 2011 Australia won by 2 wickets
30 Jan 2011 Australia won by 51 runs
26 Jan 2011 England won by 21 runs
23 Jan 2011 Australia won by 4 wickets
21 Jan 2011 Australia won by 46 runs
16 Jan 2011 Australia won by 6 wickets
11 Feb 2007 England won by 34 runs
9 Feb 2007 England won by 4 wickets
6 Feb 2007 England won by 14 runs
2 Feb 2007 England won by 92 runs
PREVIEW
It’s been easy for England fans to laugh at Australia’s misfortune of late but they should remember the Three Lions have deficiencies of their own ahead of today’s one-day international which starts a summer of rivalry between the two teams culminating in The Ashes.
A comfortable victory over New Zealand in the Test series was followed by a rude awakening with the white ball, again versus the Black Caps. Martin Guptill took a real shine to England’s attack, who were without Stuart Broad and Steven Finn. Their batsmen fared little better with a top score of 37 in the first ODI and 34 in the second, ignoring Jonathan Trott’s slowly-accumulated century, exposing the dropped catches and slipshod fielding of their opponents.
Their rivals are in need of improvement too after their poor 243-run defeat against India in Cardiff. Only Phil Hughes and Adam Voges managed double figures – with eight others contributed five runs or fewer.
The money has come for the hosts with them now around 1.75 on BETDAQ and they are a tentative selection to strike first blood.
RECOMMENDATION: (1-10 points)
Back England at around 1.84 on BETDAQ: 4 points
Friday: -4.00 points
JUNE RETURN TO DATE: -3.75 points
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