Australia entered the World Cup as the defending champions, however, they were eliminated after the group stage.
After finishing last in the T20 World Cup, Australia’s skipper Pat Cummins acknowledged on Wednesday that his team had a point to make, especially with champions England up next in an ODI series. Australia entered the World Cup as the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the group stage, unlike Jos Buttler’s team, who advanced to the finals with a thrilling victory over Pakistan on Sunday.
Yes, Cummins said, “I think you always have a thing to prove, especially playing here in Australia.” Cummins will take over as captain of the one-day team on Thursday after Aaron Finch announced his retirement from the 50-over format.
We probably expect to win every series we play because we want to.
Since the majority of this team was a part of the T20 team, even though the format is different, “we probably didn’t play as well as we know we can, and this provides us an opportunity right immediately to compete against the best,” the captain of the team said.
They play England in three one-day matches; the first being in Adelaide, followed by matches in Sydney on Saturday and Melbourne three days later, where England defeated Pakistan by five wickets.
With the victory, Buttler’s team became the first to hold both the 50-over and 20-over white-ball championships.
They may be a little sleep deprived, but they are a classy team, according to Cummins, who has recovered from gastro and will be able to play.
They are in a good mood. They undoubtedly had a successful T20 campaign and will be powerful.
With the exception of Glenn Maxwell, who shattered his leg in a bizarre accident at a birthday celebration over the weekend, Australia enters the series with a nearly full roster.
In place of Finch, Travis Head has been brought up to open alongside David Warner.
With nearly 600 runs from 15 innings as an ODI opener, including a century in Pakistan in March, Head has a great track record. However, he hasn’t yet amassed a sizable profit this summer.
In fact, I think I’ve trained very, really well over the past few months, Head added.
The beauty of it is that I know it’s coming soon even though it hasn’t yet affected the games.
Eight players of England’s T20 World Cup winning team, including Sam Curran and player of the tournament Jos Buttler, are still in Australia for the one-day series as they begin a year-long preparation to defend their 50-over championship in India.
They also have players like Sam Billings, Jason Roy, and James Vince who play frequently in the Big Bash League in Australia and are accustomed to the regional conditions. Ben Stokes, who led England to victory in the T20 World Cup final, will not participate, having just announced the end of his ODI career.
Billings, a wicketkeeper-batter, said, “For me and for the other guys who haven’t been around the squad in a month or so, it’s a tremendous opportunity to stake a claim and come back into more important roles in that side.”
In terms of their depth in domestic conditions, Australia is typically a wonderful team, so we are confident in their performance.
