England send Australia to bat

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Published : 15:58, Jun 25, 2019 | Updated : 16:00, Jun 25, 2019

Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - England v Australia - Lord`s Cricket Ground, London, Britain - June 25, 2019 Australia`s David Warner and Aaron Finch walk out to bat Action Images via ReutersEngland captain Eoin Morgan has won the toss and sent Australia to bat first in their 2019 ICC World Cup game at Lord's in London on Tuesday (Jun 25).
Australia captain Aaron Finch believes his side's proven ability to handle World Cup pressure will stand them in good stead.
If World Cup holders Australia defeat their arch rivals at Lord's, it will damage hosts England's hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
England may have been the pre-tournament favourites but they have never won the World Cup, whereas Australia have lifted the trophy five times.
"I think that over the World Cup history, Australia have had a very good history of peaking at the right time," Finch told reporters at Lord's on Monday.
"Over a lot of that history Australia have played their best cricket under the greatest pressure.
England: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 James Vince, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Mark Wood
Australia: 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 David Warner, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Jason Behrendorff, 9 Pat Cummins, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Nathan Lyon

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