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topicnews · September 11, 2024

ENG vs AUS 2024, ENG vs AUS 1st T20I Match Report, September 11, 2024

ENG vs AUS 2024, ENG vs AUS 1st T20I Match Report, September 11, 2024

Throw England won the coin toss and decided to bowl first against Australia

Matthew Short has returned from paternity leave and will open the batting in Australia’s first of three T20Is against England at the Utilita Bowl near Southampton. Australia have decided to leave out Jake Fraser-McGurk – who made 0, 16 and 0 in their 3-0 win in Scotland – and instead Short is set to open alongside Travis Head.

Short was not due to land in England until next Thursday when the ODI leg of the tour begins, but the early arrival of his and his partner’s first child allowed him to arrive early and secure the place left vacant by David Warner’s retirement after the T20 World Cup in June.

Josh Hazlewood also returned to the side, as Mitchell Marsh announced on Tuesday, as Cooper Connolly dropped out after his debut in Edinburgh. Xavier Bartlett will share the new ball, replacing all-rounder Aaron Hardie.

England announced their team more than 24 hours before the coin toss, with Jacob Bethell and Jordan Cox making their international debuts and Jamie Overton playing his first T20I match. Overton is playing as a specialist batsman while continuing his rehabilitation from a stress fracture in his back.

Phil Salt will captain the England team for the first time and act as wicket-keeper, with Jos Buttler out with a calf injury. Buttler is in the squad and hopes to return during the five-match ODI series. “As a kid, it would have been a dream to be asked to captain my country one day and I couldn’t be prouder to be given this opportunity,” Salt wrote in his programme notes.

Salt decided to field Australia, believing that chasing teams were generally more successful at the Utilita Bowl, and citing the fact that the pitch had been covered for an hour due to a heavy rainstorm that delayed the coin toss and kick-off by 15 minutes.

Before the coin toss, two teenagers from the Hampshire Academy switched on 1,044 newly installed solar panels, installed as part of the club’s collaboration with energy company Utilita, the stadium’s new major sponsor. David Mann, Hampshire’s chief executive, said the initiative underlined their commitment to being “the greenest international cricket venue”.

England: 1 Phil Salt (captain/week), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jordan Cox, 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Jacob Bethell, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Jamie Overton, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Saqib Mahmood, 11 Reece Topley

Australia: 1 Travis Head, 2 Matt Short, 3 Mitchell Marsh (captain), 4 Josh Inglis (weekend), 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Tim David, 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Xavier Bartlett, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood

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