England win the toss, fielding vs Australia

efending champions England won the toss and decided to field against arch-rivals and double crown world champions Australia in their Group B match of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup today at Kensington Oval.

England are unchanged from their previous match against Scotland, which ended in a no-result last Tuesday because of rain.

Australia have made one change with Pat Cummins, replacing fellow pacer Nathan Ellis from their previous match against Oman, which they won by 39 runs last Wednesday.

Scotland top the group on three points from two matches, Australia are second on two, Namibia are third on two, but an inferior net run rate to the Aussies. England are fourth on one, and Oman are at the bottom without a point.

Teams:

AUSTRALIA: Mitchell Marsh (captain), David Warner, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

ENGLAND: Jos Buttler (captain & wicketkeeper), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

UMPIRES: Joel Wilson (West Indies), Nitin Menon (India).

TV UMPIRE: Asif Yacoob (Pakistan).

MATCH REFEREE: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe).

RESERVE UMPIRE: Jayaraman Madanagopal (India).

(AR)