Australia won the toss and decided to hit against England
Both England and Australia entered the second T20I unchanged at the Ageas Bowl after a game of nip and tuck on Friday night.
Australia will hit first on the same field used in that first game, in anticipation of conditions remaining the same throughout the day on a cloudy afternoon in Hampshire.
Pat Cummins had signaled on the eve of the game that Marcus Stoinis would be given another shot in the middle order, despite struggling for pace in a 23-inning, not 18-ball inning on Friday night. So it wasn’t a huge surprise to see him maintain his spot at No. 5.
“It looks like a decent wicket again,” Finch said. “Maybe with the sun it slows down a bit later, but it’s only 40 laps so you have to do whatever you do first, well.
“[Changing the batting order] it’s something we’ve talked about. We can be flexible, but we’ve been pretty consistent over the last 12 or 18 months, so it’s one of those things. Depending on the conditions, you can look to change it as much as you want. “
England kept faith in Tom Banton at No. 4 and chose not to rotate their closers, backing up their four rapids to do well in the Powerplay and relying on his ability on death to remain crucial.
Morgan said he would have pitched first if he had the option, and reiterated his hope that his closers would find a way to take ground with the new ball after just three Powerplay wickets in six innings this calendar year.
The game will air on BBC TV in the UK, the first game between England and Australia to be broadcast live since the 1997 Oval Test.
Meanwhile, England players have been fined 20% of their match quotas for the first Q20I due to a slow over-rate. Morgan did not contest the charge.
England 1 Jos Buttler (week), 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Tom Banton, 5 Eoin Morgan (captain), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Chris Jordan, 8 Tom Curran, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Mark Wood
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch (captain), 3 Steven Smith, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Alex Carey (week), 7 Ashton Agar, 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Kane Richardson, 11 Adam Zampa
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