Key events
Australia win the toss and will bowl first
The coin is flipped at the Adelaide Oval and it comes down on the side of the home team. Mitch Marsh sticks England in with the Perth schmozzle still fresh in their memory.
It’s no secret we like to chase. We know the wicket stays really good here in Adelaide. Hopefully we can get the most out of it early and then chase it down under lights.”
He then confirms that the star from Perth is rested today:
Mahli Beardman, young kid, tough to back up on 48 hours turnaround, he rests today and Riley Meredith comes in.”
Hear that? Is that a collective sigh of relief from England’s batting card?
Sonny Baker comes in for England, in place of Jamie Overton. Brook admits he would have had a bowl first too.
TEAMS:
Australia: 1 Travis Head, 2 Mitchell Marsh (c), 3 Cooper Connolly, 4 Josh Inglis (wk), 5 Matt Renshaw, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Jack Edwards, 8 Xavier Bartlett, 9 Adam Zampa, 10 Spencer Johnson, 11 Riley Meredith
England: 1 Ben Duckett, 2 Tom Banton, 3 Joe Root, 4 Harry Brook (c), 5 Jordan Cox (wk), 6 Sam Curran, 7 Will Jacks, 8 Liam Dawson, 9 Gus Atkinson, 10 Sonny Baker, 11 Jofra Archer
Preamble
James Wallace
Nothing to see here. Nothing at all. It’s been a quiet week in the cricket world all told. Sand…what? Oh, well, yes. There was something…
Apart from that though, quite sleepy really. Oh and Australia walloped England in Perth, again.
Ali Martin was our man at the Optus and witnessed Mahli Beardman’s international arrival and another stinker from England exactly twelve months on from the last one:
A week of watching Australian cricket descend into civil war ended with smiles being wiped from English faces after a stunning debut from the fast bowler Mahli Beardman consigned the tourists to an all-too-familiar hammering in Perth.
Victory in a low-key one-day international was never going to atone for the galling start to that failed Ashes campaign here 12 months ago. Nevertheless, England appeared better prepared this time, while the hosts were missing their big three quicks and fighting sandpaper-related bushfires off the field.
And yet by 4.38pm local time – nine hours after Pat Cummins had finished his marathon takedown of Usman Khawaja’s autobiography in Sydney – Harry Brook’s side were 1-0 down once again. Rolled for 131 all out in just 33.4 overs, having been 68 for eight at one stage, a seven-wicket loss was the upshot.
There was more than a touch of Cummins about their tormentor on the day, too, with Beardman claiming figures of six for 24 from 7.4 overs in his first ODI – a national record, no less. Just 21 years old, but already touching 90mph on the speed gun, the Western Australian looks a considerable prospect.”
The whiteball sideshow to to the main circus off the field rolls into Adelaide for the second ODI between Australia and England. Nope, no idea what we’ll talk about.
Play starts at 2pm ACDT/2.30pm AEDT/3.30am GMT
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/nov/15/australia-vs-england-cricket-second-odi-mens-one-day-international-adelaide-live-scores-updates
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