Chris Woakes, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Woakes from the other end

Willey to Head, 1 run, short of a good length and angling across the left-hander, Head runs it down towards third man for a single

Willey to Head, FOUR, to sweeper cover

Willey to Head, 2 runs, Head is into the move, on a good length and just outside off - Head leans forward and then lifts it back over the bowler's head, the ball slows dowm near the ropes and allows Moeen to pull it back into play. But was his fingers touching the rope as he did so? Or was the right leg past the ropes when he pushed it back into play? The 3rd umpire is having several looks, he reckons Moeen's fine, it'll be two

Willey to Head, no run, short of a good length and shaping back into the left-hander, Head was shaping for the flick and missed, off the thigh-pad and rolls to the off-side

Willey to Head, no run

Willey to Head, 2 runs, gentle start from both sets of players, on a good length and just outside off, nudged into the gap square past point and Head is back for the second

Head and Warner are at the crease. Head is on strike. Willey will open the attack

The players are out for the national anthems. Australia's first and then followed by that of England

England are bowling first on what seems to be a tacky pitch. The conditions have prompted us into making a change in our expert XI. Have a look at our new team before making your changes

Teams:

England (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Travis Head, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Pat Cummins - We were batting actually, so not fussed about losing the toss. Our opening batters are looking good, Stoinis and Cam Green come into the XI in place of Maxwell and Marsh. This clash always has a bit of spice, a great time to play them and I'm looking forward to the

Jos Buttler - We will bowl first. Little bit tacky, should get better as the game goes on, we'll have to bat better. Had some time away from the game which was nice, and then back to practice., Playing against Australia is always good, plenty to play for, some pride and there's a Champions Trophy place to secure. Same team for us.

England have won the toss and have opted to field

13:10 Local Time, 07:40 GMT, 13:10 IST: : But they are right now at opposite ends of the spectrum. Australia started off with two losses and then have motored on with four wins. England started off on a disastrous note and it has carried on. It has been never ending woes for them. Their campaign has just gotten from bad to worse. They have gone down like a lead balloon. Nothing has gone right for Buttler and his men. Murphy's law has gone into overdrive mode for them. Australia have overpowered a few opponents with sheer power at the top of the order. Pakistan, Netherlands and New Zealand have had to suffer. Warner and Marsh were looking like a formidable duo at the top. But now Head is back and welcomed his comeback with a huge ton. Starc's wicket taking form remains a concern but his class is expected to shine through soon.

13:00 Local Time, 07:30 GMT, 13:00 IST: They don't share physical boundaries. They don't have a dubious political relationship. But what they do have is a cricketing rivalry which dates back to 1877. It is Australia taking on England. The white ball rivalry between the two sides might not be in the league of the red ball pot boilers but England's white ball stocks has improved since 2015 and this duel has a new dimensions. The 1970s and 1980s had it on an even keel. The 90s and early 2000s saw Australia dominating the English and then came the Morgan era which saw England giving it back a little. The last time these two teams met in a WC game, it was England who ousted Australia quite easily in the semis of the 2019 WC.

Preview by Bharat Sundaresan

"We've been crap." Ben Stokes couldn't have summed up England at this World Cup better. For that matter, nor could have anyone else in the English camp or anyone else who has had to endure their terribly awful progress in this tournament so far. For, they have been nothing but "crap". And it's been notable in how rapidly the interest around the defending champions has faded away despite them having been among many experts' favourites to go all the way again.

In that sense, the clash against Australia couldn't have come at a better time for this deflated and disillusioned England team. If nothing, it does at least induce some sort of interest and energy into the contest, even if it might not have an impact on their campaign. You don't have to wait for the match to start either though. As expected there's been a lot of chatter and 'banter' from both camps in the lead-up to the match, which because it's Australia v England, are bereft of any connection to where the two teams are currently placed on the points table.

So, what if the best barb among those fired between the two teams happens to have come from England's Test captain and superstar about his own ODI team on the eve of the match. There are no prizes for guessing the narratives from the Ashes that have been carried forward here.

It doesn't help that the last couple of weeks have seen more reactions float through about some of those incidents from three months ago in England. Jonny Bairstow and his stumping at Lord's in the second Test leading the way. But there's also been a lot of jokes doing the rounds about England's quest for a "moral victory" that did do the rounds incessantly during the Ashes. And a moral victory is the best that Jos Buttler and his team can aim for at this stage of their beleaguered campaign. A win for them could also potentially derail Australia's hopes of confirming their place in the semi-finals, even if at the moment Pat Cummins's team are best placed to get there from their third position.

Cummins, true to form, dismissed the pre-match talk and spoke about being immune to them, having played in these matches for nearly a decade.

"There's always banter before any game (between Australia and England). So, I think you're immune to it. You know that cricket speaks for itself. Everything else is just preamble and noise to a game that everyone's really excited about," he said.

They might not have had a drink with each other at The Oval post the Ashes as opposing captains, but for once both Cummins and Stokes did agree upon something, with the senior England player too playing down some of the lead-up talk.

"There's always a bit more chatter when England play Australia and whatever it is. So yeah, you just see it and I understand why. It's a bit like when India and Pakistan come and play each other. There's always going to be that rivalry," he said.

England might have been "crap" for the last three weeks, but with their defence of their world title now more or less done, they do have a chance to forget about how bad they've been and briefly feel good about themselves, at least for a day, if they can spoil the party for the Australians. And that will be motivation alone for Buttler & Co. on Saturday (November 4).

When: Australia v England, November 4, 14.00 hrs Local time, 19.30 hrs AEST

Where: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

What to expect: At around 9 pm a couple of nights, the outfield at the Narendra Modi stadium was drenched. So much so that your footwear was soaked in dew as you walked across the outfield post Australia's training session. And this will be the first match here since the India-Pakistan clash three weeks ago. Expect dew to play quite a role then, which will have a say on what the team winning the toss does decide to do. The temperatures are dropping ever so slightly but the day session of the match will be hot and challenging. The pitch to be used, meanwhile, is expected to be the one that was used for the World Cup opener that England lost to New Zealand, so expect some runs.

Team Watch

Australia

Australia are bizarrely yet to have all 15 players of the squad available for any game so far in this World Cup. And just when it looked like they were on course to do that, Glenn Maxwell slipped and fell off the back of a golf cart while Mitchell Marsh has left for Perth for family reasons. And with Alex Carey and Sean Abbott unexpected to get the nod, there'll be a return for both Marcus Stoinis, from a calf injury, and Cameron Green, after being left out for the last match against New Zealand.

Tactics & Strategy:

With Australia yet to play the same XI for two straight games, there'll be an umpteenth shuffle in the batting order with Steve Smith going back to his favoured No. 3 and Marnus Labuschagne regaining his No. 4 position. The onus will be on Green and Stoinis to provide the firepower in the lower order in the absence of Maxwell. Australia will go hard like they have with David Warner and Travis Head at the top while they'll hope for Mitchell Starc, who's yet to have a big game with the ball, to get his radar right after an off day in Dharamsala.

Probable XI: David Warner, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

England

With their bowlers coming through in the game against India, it is unlikely that England will make any changes to their attack. And it's unlikely that they'll leave out one of their senior players out, which is the only way Harry Brook could come into the side.

Tactics & Strategy:

Well, as Stokes put it on Friday (November 3), there's really no solution that the team has identified to the multitude of problems that have resulted in England's forgettable campaign. The tactics and strategy will revolve around basic plans like their batters finally scoring some runs and make sure that their bowlers have either something meaningful to defend or that they make a good fist of however well their bowlers go.

Probable XI: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c&wk), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood