Toss, opening comments, and playing XIs

Australia won the toss and chose to field.

Steve Smith said the surface looks good and that he saw some dew come down during training. Jos Buttler said he probably would have chosen to bat anyways, but that it was fifty fifty. He added that he is excited for the game and confident in his team.

Australia’s playing XI: 1 Travis Head, 2 Matt Short, 3 Steve Smith (capt), 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Josh Inglis (wk), 6 Alex Carey, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Ben Dwarshuis, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Spencer Johnson

England’s playing XI: 1 Ben Duckett, 2 Phil Salt, 3 Jamie Smith (wk), 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jos Buttler (capt), 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Brydon Carse, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Mark Wood