Australia vs England 2018 1st ODI Statistical Preview: From Jos Buttler’s 5000 Runs to Eoin Morgan’s 20000 Runs, Records That Can be Broken

English skipper Eoin Morgan has 19884 runs across all formats. He is 16 short of completing 20000 international runs across formats.

Australia take on England in a 5-match ODI series starting June 13. The 1st ODI will be played at London. England are the hosts but they walk in to the tournament on the back of a shocking loss to Scotland by 6 runs. For Australia, it will be about coming out of the shadow of ball-tampering as they start afresh under new captain Tim Paine. Australia will be missing the services of their star players like Steve Smith and David Warner, hence it is a second-string side they would field against England.

Here are the milestones that players can breach.

Jonny Bairstow is in the form of his life, slamming centuries in all his previous three games. He needs just one more century to become the 2nd player after Kumar Sangakkara to hit four consecutive ODI tons.

Moeen Ali is currently on 499 wickets across formats. He needs just a solitary wicket to touch the 500-wicket mark. Meanwhile, Tom Curran needs two more wickets to complete 100 wickets in List A cricket.

Skipper Tim Paine kept his cards close to his chest on Australia’s XI, but there were a few hints on match eve. @Dave_Middleton has the latest before the first #ENGvAUS ODI kicks off (10pm AEST, 12pm GMT) https://t.co/cidOr5lcaO pic.twitter.com/oBUcYE0Drj

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) June 13, 2018

Adil Rashid, the leggie is just 5 short of reaching the 100 international wickets mark. If he does it, he becomes the 2nd English spinner after Graeme Swann to reach the feat in 50-over cricket. Rashid is also two wickets shy of picking 900 First Class wickets.

Tim Paine on continuing a tradition he began in South Africa. More here: https://t.co/S0zlH2rsFb pic.twitter.com/QwCFNbFZd1

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) June 13, 2018

Buttler, who is on 4982 runs, needs 18 more runs to reach the 5000 in List A cricket, whereas Chris Woakes needs merely 12 more runs to reach 5000 International runs.

English skipper Eoin Morgan has 19884 runs across all formats. He is 16 short of completing 20000 international runs across formats.

Australian opener Aaron Finch has 16911 international runs across formats, he needs 89 runs to reach the magical 17000-run mark.

The match starts at 5:30 IST. You can also live stream it on Hotstar.