WC 2019 – ENG vs AUS Match No. 32 : Australia won by 64 runs

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Sports Desk – England will take on defending champions Australia in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2019 on  June 25 (Tuesday). The 32nd match Australia won by 64 runs in Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. Captain Aaron Finch’s sublime century, the defending champions managed to post a challenging target of 286 in 50 overs.

In reply, England were on the back foot after two early breakthroughs. However, it was their game at 125 for 5 but they eventually collapsed to 221 all-out in 44.4 overs. it shouldn’t be forgotten that All-rounder Ben Stokes scored a masterful 89 that so nearly. For Australia, Jason Behrendorff scored five and Mitchell Starc took four wickets.

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Toss : England won the toss and opt to bowl

ENG vs AUS ODI and WC Record’s
ODI head-to-head : Australia leads 81-61 in 144 games

World Cup head-to-head : Australia leads 5-2 in seven games

In England : England leads Australia 34-30 in 66 games

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At Lord’s : Australia leads England 8-5 in 14 games

Playing XI
England : James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood

Bench : Liam Plunkett, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson

Australia : David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Jason Behrendorff

Bench : Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson