[Lord Snooty]

Australia v India
Match Five
Monday January 26th - 14:20 local time (03:20 GMT)
at The Sydney Cricket Ground

Aussie skipper George Bailey will come back in for Cameron White after his one match ban. Shaun Marsh is expected to make way for David Warner. Xavier Doherty is also expected to be selected, which means one of the fast bowlers will have to make way. Mitchell Marsh is nearing full fitness and could make his comeback in this match.

For India Rohit Sharma has been ruled out, which means Shikhar Dhawan will play. Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja are returning to fitness. Jadeja doesn't look like he will be ready yet, but Ishant could well be.

If India lose this match it will mean that they have to beat England and gain a bonus point in doing so in the final group match on Friday to qualify for Sunday's final.


Australia Squad: GJ Bailey ©, PJ Cummins, XJ Doherty, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, BJ Haddin (w), JR Hazlewood, MG Johnson, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, SPD Smith, MA Starc, DA Warner, SR Watson.

India Squad: MS Dhoni © & (w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Akshar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav.

Scorecard

[Lord Snooty]

India 69-2 (16)

RAIN STOP PLAY

[Lord Snooty]

The weather doesn't look good. Could be abandoned soon meaning two points each. That would then mean the England v India match would be a straight knock out for a place in the final.

[Lord Snooty]

Match abandoned. No result. Two points each.

[Lord Snooty]

England v India
Match Six
Friday January 30th - 11:20 local time (03:20 GMT)
at The WACA, Perth.

This is the last group game of this short tri series. The outcome is simple enough. No need for net run rates and the like. If England win or there is a no result, they go through to play Australia on Sunday. All India have to do is win as well, but a draw would see them eliminated.
Both teams are expected to be unchanged.


England squad: Eoin Morgan ©, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (w), Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Joe Root, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

India Squad: MS Dhoni © & (w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Akshar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav.

Scorecard

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83 for the first wicket but then England bowl India out for 200.

India 200 (48.1)

[Lord Snooty]

Well they tried to cock it up but Taylor and Butthead came to the rescue.
England now win the prize of the chance to be ritually humiliated at the WACA by the Aussies on Sunday.

England 201-7 win by three wickets

[themaclad]

And through to the final without KP

[Lord Snooty]

The squad now looks capable of having a good go at the World Cup. Don't think we'll win it but shouldn't be far off.

[Lord Snooty]

Australia v England
The Final
Sunday February 1st - 11:20 local time (03:20 GMT)
at The WACA, Perth.

Shane Watson is still not fit for this final match of the series. Mitchell Marsh will deputise again.
England could bring in Gary Ballance or Alex Hales to replace the out of form Ravi Bopara. That would leave them with only five bowlers though, so will probably stick with an unchanged line up.

Australia Squad: GJ Bailey ©, PJ Cummins, XJ Doherty, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, BJ Haddin (w), JR Hazlewood, MG Johnson, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, SPD Smith, MA Starc, DA Warner, SR Watson.

England squad: Eoin Morgan ©, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (w), Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Joe Root, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

Scorecard