ENG vs AUS Today Match Prediction for T20 World Cup 2022 – Who Will Win England vs Australia?

ENG vs AUS Today Match Prediction: The arch-rivals England and Australia will take the field on Friday at the iconic MCG in what is almost a virtual quarter-final for both teams. Before the World Cup started both these sides were slated to be the tournament favourites and now both of them are struggling to make it to the next stage. England found themselves in this situation after losing out to Ireland in a rain-affected match. Whereas Australia lost out to their Trans-Tasmanian rivals New Zealand and almost bottled their chances against Sri Lanka before Stoinis came out to the rescue. To add to their misery, Australia is now taken a step back as their top players like Matthew Wade and Adam Zampa are out with Covid. How will Australia cope up with these situations in a must-win match? Let’s find out.

ENG vs AUS Match Details

Fixture Name: England vs Australia, 26th Match, Super 12 Group 1
Competition: T20 World Cup 2022
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Date and Time: October 28, 01:30 PM IST
Telecast & Live Streaming: Star Sports Network

ENG vs AUS Pitch Report

The surface in MCG is a balanced pitch. Teams are most likely to opt to chase at this venue after winning the toss.147 is the average score at this venue with the average first innings score is around 146. So, anything above the 160-165 run mark could prove to be a winning total at this venue.

RECENT FORM

England- L W NR W W 
Australia- W L NR L L 

ENG vs AUS Probable Playing XIs

ENGLAND:

Jos Buttler (c&wk), Alex Hales, Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

AUSTRALIA:

David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell(wk), Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood

ENG vs AUS Probable Top Performers

Probable Best Batter

DAVID WARNER

The swashbuckling southpaw was the player of the tournament in the last T20 World Cup. He has an incredible record on home turf and is expected to be the anchor in this Australian line-up, otherwise filled with power hitters. If Australia is to get to a competitive total, he must bat through the innings, and for that reason, he could well be the top scorer for this match.

Probable Best Bowler

MARK WOOD

The express pacer was breathing fire in the last two matches. He is consistently taking 2-3 wickets per match. In the match against Afghanistan, he secured the record for the fastest spell ever in a T20 innings and his average speed in that match was 149kph. His brute pace and subtle variations may prove to be the difference in this match.

ENG vs AUS Prediction- Who Will Win Today’s Match Between ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA

• First-choice Aussie players like Matthew Wade and Adam Zampa are out with Covid-19 and may not take the field against England.
• Ashton Agar will replace Zampa as he did in the last match. And Cameron Green may take Wade’s place.
• Glenn Maxwell was seen practicing wicketkeeping in the nets and hence he may take the gloves for the Aussies in the match against England.
• On the batting front, England is fairly balanced with a plethora of attacking batters surrounding Malan.
• But the English batters haven’t clicked together as a unit and hence they would want to make some adjustments in their approach in their match against Australia.
• In Wood, Curran and Woakes England have a better in-form pace attack than Australia. The trio of Cummins, Starc, and Hazlewood are yet to click in this tournament, with Pat Cummins looking like a complete misfit for bowling the death overs.
• The last time these two sides faced off against each other in a T20I match, the match got abandoned.

Today’s Match Prediction: ENGLAND to win the match