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London: Australia will look for more "pace and fire" from fast bowler Shaun Tait when they face England in the fifth and final one-day international at Lord's on Saturday.
World champions Australia may have lost the series, at 3-1 down, but they have been a transformed side since Tait, playing for county side Glamorgan, was drafted in after the second one-dayer in Cardiff following an injury to off-spinner Nathan Hauritz.
Australia came to Britain without several injured quicks in Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus.
Thoughts that England had only gone 3-0 up because they were facing an under-strength and under-prepared side were strengthened when they crashed to a 78-run defeat against Australia in the fourth ODI at The Oval on Wednesday.
Tait, who retired from first-class cricket last year, primarily because of a shoulder injury caused by his 'slingshot' action, has given Australia's attack a boost and coach Tim Nielsen said: "There's no doubt he's added pace and fire to our bowling attack. That was something we've been lacking."
But Nielsen, speaking at Lord's on Friday, ruled out Tait appearing against England when Andrew Strauss's defend the Ashes in Australia in a five-Test series starting in November.
England just did enough to seal a series win against a Tait-inspired Australia with a one-wicket victory in the third ODI at Old Trafford, with the fast bowler used in spells as brief as an over by captain Ricky Ponting.
"Tait is quick - and over the first couple of games it has taken us a while to get used to his action again, because the trajectory he fires the ball at is different to most bowlers," England captain Strauss, also speaking at Lord's his Middlesex home ground said Friday.
We played him better at the Oval and we hope that will continue at Lord's.
"But express bowlers need to put the ball in the right place, otherwise they can be expensive. Tait has done that pretty well, but we believe there are still opportunities to score off him if he doesn't get it quite right."
And while a 5-0 whitewash may have disappeared, Strauss said: "To win a series against the number one team in the world 4-1 would be an outstanding achievement."
Meanwhile, Nielsen said pulling the series back to 3-2 would be significant for a new-look Australia side.
"None of our (originally selected) bowling attack had played any cricket in England previously and they've improved as the series has gone on.
It would be nice to finish 3-2. If we do that we'll have played well today (Saturday) and it will be a fair reflection of the series.
Team news
England Ian Bell and Ajmal Shahzad again played for the Lions yesterday to keep them active, while Ryan Sidebottom is still waiting for a chance. The form of Tim Bresnan with the ball and Luke Wright with the bat has dipped in recent matches, but Flower has faith in his group after their recent successes.
Squad from Andrew Strauss (C), Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Michael Yardy, James Anderson, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Craig Kieswetter (WK), Ajmal Shahzad
Australia are finding some form it seems unlikely they will alter a winning line-up unless they want to give Josh Hazlewood another outing.
Squad from Ricky Ponting (C), Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Steven Smith, James Hopes, Ryan Harris, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger, Tim Paine (WK), Josh Hazlewood, Shaun Tait
Pitch and conditions
Lord's in midsummer for a one-day international should mean just one thing - runs, and plenty of them. Expect a surface with decent pace and carry, but there shouldn't be much help for quicks if the sun stays out.
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Saturday July 3, 2010
Start time 10:45 local (9:45 GMT)
