Preamble

James Wallace

Hello and welcome to the OBO of the third England v Australia ODI from Durham. The good news? Burn that cagoule and ditch the snood! The weather is fine in the North East. Let me just fire up my weather app to double che – ah. Best put the lighter down and keep the snood within arms reach, I mean it is nearly October in England for crying out loud.

That wasn’t the bad news? Not really. For England that is the fact that they are 2-0 in the five match series having being thoroughly outplayed in the first two games. A defeat today will see the Aussies clinch the series at the earliest opporunity and leave plenty of questions to be pondered for this nascent England white ball side.

The toss and teams will happen shortly with play set to begin at 12.30pm local time. I’ll bring you news of those and any weather updates as they happen. Zip up, strap in and get in touch.