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Australia v England, Final, Preview
Before heading into the tri-series in
Australia, England were staring down
the barrel when it came to ODIs.
They had lost four out of five ODI
series in 2014 and the string of poor
results had resulted in Alastair Cook
getting sacked as ODI skipper. There
was uncertainty heading into the tri-
series and there were issues
regarding the team's composition and
confidence. However, England are
turning the corner under Eoin
Morgan's leadership. Although they
struggled against Australia, their
performance against India has been
wonderful, with wins in Brisbane and
Perth. England will be aiming to go
one step better and win the
tournament in order to gain
significant confidence ahead of the
World Cup.
Australia will be getting a chance to
tick all the right boxes and finalise
their combination. The team would
have looked at the Perth wicket
during the India - England clash and
smiled. After playing on docile
pitches for close to three months,
they have a chance to bowl on a
wicket that has pace and variable
bounce.
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Before heading into the tri-series in
Australia, England were staring down
the barrel when it came to ODIs.
They had lost four out of five ODI
series in 2014 and the string of poor
results had resulted in Alastair Cook
getting sacked as ODI skipper. There
was uncertainty heading into the tri-
series and there were issues
regarding the team's composition and
confidence. However, England are
turning the corner under Eoin
Morgan's leadership. Although they
struggled against Australia, their
performance against India has been
wonderful, with wins in Brisbane and
Perth. England will be aiming to go
one step better and win the
tournament in order to gain
significant confidence ahead of the
World Cup.
Australia will be getting a chance to
tick all the right boxes and finalise
their combination. The team would
have looked at the Perth wicket
during the India - England clash and
smiled. After playing on docile
pitches for close to three months,
they have a chance to bowl on a
wicket that has pace and variable
bounce.
READ MORE HERE
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Well-rested Johnson available for tri-series final
Out of action for a month, Mitchell
Johnson has fully recovered in time
for Australia's tri-series final on
Sunday. According to a report in the
Australian Sport , Johnson, who
sustained a hamstring injury prior to
the Boxing Day Test against India in
Sydney last year, believes his body
has got a much-required break
following a non-stop 2014 which
included four Test series.
"I needed a fair bit of a rest,"
Johnson said. "I think it'd probably
been a big 12 months personally, but
for all the bowlers as well. The UAE
was quite tough. We bowled a lot of
overs there and then coming into
Australia the wickets were a little bit
flatter than we expected. There were
a lot of runs scored through the Test
series. The body now is fully
recovered and ready to go."
Johnson's timely recovery also means
he will get to participate in
Australia's warm-up games ahead of
their World Cup opener against
England on February 14. The 33-year-
old displayed a fiery spell of bowling
against Aaron Finch in the nets at the
WACA on Thursday, suggesting that
he was fit and raring to go. "I'm
feeling pretty good," he told the
daily. I'm feeling rested. I don't have
any soreness there anymore, so I'm
feeling pretty good."
Johson, who slowed down a bit in the
latter half of the previous year due to
overwork, asserted that he will regain speed on his return to action.
READ MORE HERE<~
Out of action for a month, Mitchell
Johnson has fully recovered in time
for Australia's tri-series final on
Sunday. According to a report in the
Australian Sport , Johnson, who
sustained a hamstring injury prior to
the Boxing Day Test against India in
Sydney last year, believes his body
has got a much-required break
following a non-stop 2014 which
included four Test series.
"I needed a fair bit of a rest,"
Johnson said. "I think it'd probably
been a big 12 months personally, but
for all the bowlers as well. The UAE
was quite tough. We bowled a lot of
overs there and then coming into
Australia the wickets were a little bit
flatter than we expected. There were
a lot of runs scored through the Test
series. The body now is fully
recovered and ready to go."
Johnson's timely recovery also means
he will get to participate in
Australia's warm-up games ahead of
their World Cup opener against
England on February 14. The 33-year-
old displayed a fiery spell of bowling
against Aaron Finch in the nets at the
WACA on Thursday, suggesting that
he was fit and raring to go. "I'm
feeling pretty good," he told the
daily. I'm feeling rested. I don't have
any soreness there anymore, so I'm
feeling pretty good."
Johson, who slowed down a bit in the
latter half of the previous year due to
overwork, asserted that he will regain speed on his return to action.
READ MORE HERE<~
