Australia have been requested to bat first of their one-day worldwide in opposition to England in Southampton because the guests try to overturn a three-match shedding run and retain the ladies’s Ashes.
England captain Heather Knight gained the toss and opted to bowl first beneath gloomy skies on the Ageas Bowl.
Australia have made the one change, with Alana King coming in as an additional spinner and tempo bowler Darcie Brown disregarded.
Alyssa Healy’s crew had regarded close to certainties to retain the Ashes a fortnight in the past after they wanted just one win from their last 5 video games to maintain the trophy.
They have since been overwhelmed in two Twenty20s and the primary ODI, making for his or her worst shedding streak since 2017.
A win on this recreation will give Australia an 8-6 factors main with one ODI to play, with every white-ball match value two factors.
Wins in each would guarantee Australia not solely retain the Ashes however win the sequence.
England have to win each matches to assert again the Ashes for the primary time since 2013-14.
AUSTRALIA: Alyssa Healy (capt), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Alana King, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt.
ENGLAND: Sophia Dunkley, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight (capt), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alice Capsey, Danni Wyatt, Amy Jones, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Kate Cross, Lauren Bell.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
