Australia v England World Cup Tips: Gamble on England hitting back

• England worth the risk

• Ahmedabad pitch should be flat

• Warner boosted to 7/24.50

Australia v England
Saturday 4 November, 08:30
TV: Live on Sky Sports

Australia v England World Cup team news

Australia have been dealt two significant blows with the loss of Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell. Marsh has gone home for a family issue and Maxwell has concussion after a freak golf accident. It upsets their balance just when they were beginning to motor. Cameron Green and Marcus Stoinis, who faces a fitness test, may come in.

Possible XI: Warner, Head, Smith, Labuschagne, Inglis, Green, Stoinis, Cummins, Starc, Zampa, Hazlewood

England are playing for pride and Champions Trophy qualification. It's a guessing game as to how they line-up. Harry Brook should come in instead of Ben Stokes, who looks in dreadful touch. They may find room for one of Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse.

Possible XI: Bairstow, Malan, Root, Stokes/Brook, Buttler, Livingstone, Moeen Willey, Woakes, Rashid, Wood

Australia v England World Cup pitch report

Ahmedabad was where it all started to go wrong for England, losing by nine wickets after posting 282 versus the Kiwis. Pakistan were all going well at one stage against India before collapsing. It's a decent batting wicket, then. Both sides for 275 may be a gimme with the bowling units hardly mean and miserly. Both for 300 is priced at 13/53.60.

Australia v England World Cup match odds

England need some help to find inspiration in this World Cup. Could it be that a weakened old enemy provide it?

This should be a World Cup classic but unfortunately the defending champions form has collapsed and it's a key game only for the Aussies.

Perhaps a sense of freedom makes England value at 2.3811/8. Had this been the first game of the tournament England would have been odds-on favourites. The gulf in odds seems only justified if Australia were at full-strength.

Australia v England World Cup player bets

David Warner has a 32% return rate so the boosted 7/24.50 with Sportsbook will likely prove popular. For England Joe Root is boosted to the same but there's no return rate value. Adam Zampa is 3/14.00 for top Australia bowler and he returns close to 60% of the time. The double that Warner and Zampa win is 12/113.00.

Check out the rest of Ed Hawkins Cricket World Cup picks here