Roy to get another chance against Australia

As for the Australia pay dispute, Morgan – who like Warner has played in the lucrative Indian Premier League – joked: “We’ll have a whip round!” The ACA want to maintain the current revenue sharing model but CA wants to renegotiate the current Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which would mean domestic players receiving less than they do now. Captain Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Moises Henriques can, on their day, torment any good bowling attack.

Australia could be forgiven for expecting the worst from this game: of their past six ODIs at Edgbaston (a period stretching back to 2005), five have been washed out.

While this tournament has thrown up some curveballs as of recent, I’m going for England to get the win, batting first and racking up a huge total.

“To get three early wickets was quite crucial, and then it seemed like there was a bit of a momentum shift after that rain delay”.

Big runs have been on offer at Edgbaston in this tournament, and this match should be no different. We can only control what we’re doing, and we’ve prepared really well in the nets.

England, who booked their semi-final return to Cardiff on Wednesday with their win over New Zealand in Wales four days ago, must still complete a ground-record ODI chase if they are continue Australia’s long run without success at this venue.

On the other hand, Australia find themselves in a must win situation after finding themselves on either side of games without a result due to rain.

Both teams enter the final Group A fixture unchanged from their last starts in a game that Australia simply must win to advance to the semi-finals.

“Obviously, a must-win match for us”, said Smith, speaking at Edgbaston. As the tournament enters its final round of group matches, Cardiff will host two big games that will help decide which teams reach the final at rhe Oval on Sunday June 18. “Let’s hope it’s tomorrow [Saturday]”.

Baby-faced wicket-taking wrist spinner Adam Zampa will be a key if Australia are to advance to the Champions Trophy semifinals. “I’m sure he’ll [Hastings] be talked about, particularly as a new wicket”.

But having made his best ODI score in over a year, Finch skied a drive off Stokes and Morgan, running back and across from short extra-cover, held a hard catch.

Maxwell and Head got back on track as the floodlights came on in increasingly gloomy conditions and their partnership advanced to 58 by the time Roy – under pressure because of his poor form with the bat – came up with his brilliance on the boundary. “The guys are incredibly excited”, said Smith.

“I think for us it’s just about treating it as a quarterfinal and coming out and playing the way that we know that we’re capable of playing”.