T20 World Cup Match Prediction: England Versus Australia. 26th Match. Who Will Win?

To date, Australia and England have been the two standout teams in Group A of the Super 12s. Both of these sides will enter this match with two wins under their belts. The English demolished both the West Indies and Bangladesh, while the Aussies have beaten South Africa and Sri Lanka. The winner of this match will have a very good chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.

So who is it that will claim another important win? Read this T20 World Cup Prediction and find out.

England Team Preview

England have been completely ruthless in the competition so far. We already knew how good their batting is coming into this tournament, but it has actually been their bowling attack that has starred so far. Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes, and Tymal Mills have been their seam bowling options, while Liam Livingstone Adil Rashid, and Moeen Ali have been their spinning options. This means that England have six very good bowling options as well as the option of playing according to various matchups.

Many people consider Australia to have a weakness against spin bowling, so when it comes to the Top Bowler market for England, we would be tempted to put our money on Rashid getting the most wickets for the English.

The England batting lineup have not had an awful lot to do to date, but they have disposed of some easy run chases without a lot of fuss. Australia have a world class bowling attack, so we definitely expect the English batsmen to be tested, and they might lose a few wickets early on. When it comes to the Top Batsman market for England, putting your money on Jonny Bairstow to be the top scorer is great value and something that you should consider.

Australia Team Preview

Australia always seem to lift their game at world ICC events and it looks like they are doing this once again. Australia have been pretty woeful in the T20 format over the last couple of years, but it looks like they might just be pulling it together when it truly matters.

It seems that David Warner is back in form, while Aaron Finch will always be a dangerous player at the top of the order. If an early wicket falls for Australia, they have Steve Smith to come in at number 3 and steady the ship. Then, when they are looking for quick runs at the back end of their innings, they have power hitters in the shape of Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis. This really is a very good batting lineup and they are more than capable of beating England on their day.

While their batting attack might struggle against quality spin bowling, their own bowling attack is extremely good. Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc can pick up wickets at any stage in an innings, while Adam Zampa, depsite his questionable haircut, has shown his value already in their first two matches.

Hazlewood did not pick up any wickets in their last match against Sri Lanka, but he went for barely any runs either from his four overs. Thus, we think that he is a good option to bet on when it comes to the Top Bowler for Australia.

Toss Prediction

There is no doubt that the captain that wins the toss will want to bowl first. To date, no team has lost a match in Dubai while chasing. Thus, winning the toss could prove to be a huge advantage since both of these sites are evenly matched. Therefore, we actually recommend that you wait until the toss before you start placing bets.

Pitch Conditions

The conditions that have been on offer so far have been really good for cricket. Sides have been able to score quite freely, and scores of 150 have been chased down with little issues. Therefore, the team that bats first really should aim to score somewhere in the region of 170 runs. There could be some dew in the second innings too, and this could make bowling a tad harder. The advantage of batting second at this stadium really cannot be ignored.

Our Match Prediction

We are going to go ahead and put our money on the Aussies to win this game. They have a quality bowling attack and their batting seems to be finally getting into some kind of form. England are also in very good form and have been a better T20 team for a while now, but because the teams are so evenly matched, we think it is worth a risk to chase the odds here.

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