Toss England chose to bat v Australia
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Alastair Cook enjoyed few wins during the Ashes series but he began the one-day portion of the tour with a small victory, winning the toss and choosing to bat in the first ODI in Melbourne.
Surprisingly, England did not choose a spinner, leaving out James Tredwell, which meant that the part-time offspinner Joe Root was their only slow-bowling option on the drop-in pitch at the MCG. The pace-heavy attack will be made up of Boyd Rankin, Tim Bresnan, Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan, with Stuart Broad having been rested for the opening match of the series.
The inclusion of Gary Ballance for his second ODI gave England a deep batting line-up with Stokes, arguably their best batsman during the Ashes, listed to come in at No.8. Australia named their side on the day before the match and there was no late change, with Shaun Marsh and James Pattinson the two men left out.
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Shane Watson, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 George Bailey, 6 Glenn Maxwell, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 James Faulkner, 9 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 10 Clint McKay, 11 Xavier Doherty.
England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ian Bell, 3 Joe Root, 4 Gary Ballance, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ravi Bopara, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 Ben Stokes, 9 Tim Bresnan, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Boyd Rankin.
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