Champions Trophy LIVE: England won toss, Australia bat first

Australia and England are facing each other in the Champions Trophy on the field of Edgbaston. Australia batting first, losing the 0 wickets in 1.4 overs, scored 1 for 1 .David Warner (0) and Aaron Finch (1) ) Are on the crease.

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Earlier, England captain Oen Morgan decided to bowl first before winning the toss and invited Australia’s team to bat first.

Australia’s fortunes have not been good in this Champions Trophy. He has played two matches so far and both were canceled due to rain. Now Australia will have to win their third match to make it to the semifinals of the Champions Trophy, in which they will face a strong team from England. England have won both their previous matches and have already made it to the semi-finals.

England
England’s team emerged as the best team in the tournament. In both of his matches his batsmen have scored more than 300 runs. The Root two matches have scored 197 runs at an average of 197.00, which includes one century and one half-century. Alex Hales is also in the amazing form.

Opener Alex Hales put his second half-century of the tournament against New Zealand, while Joe Root scored an unbeaten half century against the Kiwi team after making an unbeaten 133 against Bangladesh. Jason Roy is the only batsman who has not played a major innings yet.

Australia
In the last two games, the first challenge for the Australian team, which is facing the weather, is the weather itself. If England face England in the Champions Trophy match or die, then the Australian team will also pray for the favor of the weather so that they get the chance to play the full match. England has already made it to the semifinals. In such a situation, the pressure will be on Australia. Match against New Zealand and Bangladesh climbed rain This has shocked the hopes of reaching the semi-finals.

Australia had to split the points in the previous two matches and now it has two points in two matches. So far, he did not get a chance to play any full match and tomorrow is also likely to rain.

Weather challenge
The three matches played in Edgbaston were affected by the rain. Even if the sky is clear, even then Australia’s strongest contender of the title is England’s toughest challenge, which has ensured the place in the last four by winning the series against Bangladesh and New Zealand.

Australian batsmen have not had enough time to spend time on the crease and now they will face England’s balanced attack. The top-order batsmen David Warner, Finch and Steven Smith spent some time on the crease. But middle-order batsmen have not got the chance to practice matches. Australia, however, would like to take inspiration from the performance of their bowlers in the last match. He got Bangladesh out for 182 runs. But the rain did not allow him to win.

Playing eleven
England: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Onen Morgan (captain), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moin Ali, Rashid Khan, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Jake Ball.

Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith (Captain), Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

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