The Australian team is back in England for the first time since the headline-grabbing Ashes series last summer.
You know, the match in which Jonny Bairstow controversially stumbled, the match in which Stuart Broad told Alex Carey that this moment was all he would be remembered for, the MCC member was in the Lord Long Room It was a match in which rain dashed England’s hopes of regaining the precious game. A pot.
I can’t promise that September’s three T20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals will be as dramatic, but there’s always some spice when England play Australia, whatever the format.
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Jonny Bairstow causes controversy by tripping Alex Carey on the final day of the 2023 Lord’s Ashes Test
You can watch every match live on Sky Sports, including the T20 opener at Southampton’s Utilita Bowl from 6.30pm on Wednesday (6pm broadcast).
When and where will the match be held?
1st T20 (September 11) – Utilita Bowl, Southampton (6.30pm start) 2nd T20 (September 13) – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (6.30pm start) 3rd T20 (September 15) – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (2.30pm start) 1st ODI (September 19) – Nottingham, Trent Bridge (12.30pm start) 2nd ODI (September 21) – Leeds, Headingley (11am start) 3rd ODI (September 24) – Durham, Seat Unique Riverside (12:30pm start) 4th ODI (September 27) ) – London, Lord’s (12.30pm start) 5th ODI (September 29) – Bristol, The Seat Unique Stadium (11am start)
Each Sky Sports Cricket match has a 30-minute build-up.
Who is on the England squad?
England captain Jos Buttler will miss at least the T20 series due to a calf problem, but he is also doubtful for ODIs, so Phil Salt will deputize as captain in the shortest format.
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Brendon McCullum is ‘very confident’ in Jos Buttler’s position as white-ball captain and wants him to enjoy playing for England again
Warwickshire’s Jacob Bethel, a spin-bowling left-handed batsman, Essex batsman Jordan Cox and Surrey all-rounder Jamie Overton will all make their T20I debuts in the first match of the series at the Agus Bowl on Wednesday.
Leicestershire left-arm seamer Josh Hull could also play white-ball cricket for his country for the first time after earning his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Kier Oval last week, while Hampshire fast bowler John So are Turner and uncapped Dan Mouseley. Including a spin bowling left-hander from Warwickshire.
England squad to face Australia in first T20I: Phil Salt (Lancashire, captain), Will Jacks (Surrey), Jordan Cox (Essex), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Sam – Curran (Surrey), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Saqub Mahmood (Lancashire), Reece Topley Essex).
The T20 squad also includes Brydon Kearse (Durham), Josh Hull (Leicestershire) and Dan Mousley (Warwickshire).
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Gus Atkinson has impressed for England in Test cricket this summer, particularly at Lord’s.
England’s ODI squad has been strengthened by the arrival of Test players, with batsmen Harry Brook, Ben Duckett and Jamie Smith, and bowlers Olly Stone and Matthew Potts set to join the squad after the Sri Lanka series in south London. It will be.
Stone was not initially included in the ODI group, but was later included in place of Gus Atkinson as the Surrey seamer was rested after appearing in all six of England’s Test matches this summer.
Atkinson made his Test debut in the first Test against the West Indies at Lord’s and went on to take 34 wickets at an average of 20.17 throughout the summer. Stone appeared in the last two Tests against Sri Lanka, taking 7 wickets at 29.42 per pop.
If Buttler also misses the 50-over match, Brook seems the most likely candidate to become captain.
England ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jacob Bethel (Warwickshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Kearse (Durham), Jordan Cox (Essex), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Josh Hull (Leicestershire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Ollie Stone (Nottinghamshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), John Turner (Hampshire).
Bairstow and Moeen Ali were dropped from both teams, with the latter subsequently retiring from international cricket.
What about the Australian team?
Pat Cummins will be rested for both series, so T20 captain Mitchell Marsh will also skipper the team for 50 overs, but Australia will be without opening batsman David Warner, who will play in the Caribbean and America this year. to resign from international cricket after the T20 World Cup.
Warner’s place in the T20 group has been taken by slugger Jake Fraser-McGurk, who also includes uncapped spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly.
The aforementioned Carey is in Australia’s ODI team, so he might get an interesting reaction from the English crowd if he plays in the 50-over series, which begins at Trent Bridge on September 19 and ends at Bristol on September 29. I don’t know.
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Stuart Broad told Alex Carey that Bairstow’s stumble was the only thing he would be remembered for.
Australia’s T20 squad: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazlewood. , Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
Australian ODI squad: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGuirk, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis. , Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Stephen Smith, Mitchell Stark, Adam Zampa.
When was the last time England and Australia met?
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Highlights of England’s crushing defeat to Australia by 36 points in Barbados at this summer’s T20 World Cup
Their last encounter was at the T20 World Cup in June, when Australia ran out 36 points in the first group stage match.
Warner and opening partner Travis Head smashed 70 runs within five overs as Australia posted 201-7 against Barbados, while England could only reply with 166-5.
Watch England vs Australia live on Sky Sports Cricket this September. Both teams will play three T20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals. The first T20 will be at Southampton on Wednesday with build-up from 6pm ahead of the first ball at 6.30pm.
