England v Australia in numbers
The two rivals play each other in five one-day internationals.
England and Australia renew hostilities in the first of five one-day internationals on Wednesday.
Here, Press Association Sport looks ahead to the series in numbers.
4-1 – England comfortably won the ODI series on last winter’s tour of Australia, in contrast to their heavy defeat in the Ashes Test series.
WE WIN BY 12 RUNS! 4️⃣-1️⃣!! https://t.co/kHJwzyv2YW pic.twitter.com/00uFLtUcyK
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 28, 2018
56-81 – England have a poor overall win-loss record in ODIs against Australia, with two ties and three no-results in 142 games.
13 – ODIs on England’s schedule in the remainder of 2018 as they prepare for next year’s World Cup on home soil.
149.61 – Twenty20 international strike rate of D’Arcy Short, who is set to make his 50-over debut for Australia in the absence of the suspended David Warner and Steve Smith.
9 – first-class matches played by 27-year-old Short in his career.
35 – Australia’s pace bowling stocks are diminished as well as the absence of Smith and Warner. Their six pacemen on the tour have just 35 ODI caps between them – Kane Richardson 15, Marcus Stoinis 13, Andrew Tye four, Billy Stanlake two and Jhye Richardson one alongside the uncapped Michael Neser.
205 – combined ODI caps for the absent Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh.
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