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Rose Bowl: England begin a five-match one-day series against Australia on Tuesday which will be seen as a prelude to the Ashes starting down under in November.
However, the contests will provide a more informative guide to the chances each team has of success in next year's World Cup on the subcontinent.
Australia's bowling attack is not at full strength, but their batting is.
England welcome back Stuart Broad and Paul Collingwood, who were both rested for the Tests against Bangladesh.
Veteran Australia captain Ricky Ponting suggested his team would be underdogs to win their second consecutive one-day international series in England.
The tourists concluded their otherwise unsuccessful Ashes tour last summer by beating England 6-1 in the subsequent one-day series - and followed that up with a formidable and successful defence of the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Ponting, however, concedes Australia - who lost to England in May's ICC World Twenty20 final - must rise to the challenge significantly to get the better of their hosts again.
"You would probably think that we have got our work cut out for us to win this series - but we are looking forward to the challenge," he said.
We will be doing everything in our power to make sure that is not the case. I have great belief in this group and great belief in what they have inside themselves.
Meanwhile, Collingwood has called on England to "go hard" against the country with which they have the fiercest and longest rivalry.
Harking back to the Twenty20 game at the Rose Bowl in 2005, a precursor to that summer's remarkable Ashes series, the Durham all-rounder said: "I always remember the aggression we showed with the ball.
"Darren Gough was on a hat-trick ball and bowled a bouncer at Andrew Symonds.
"That was a bit of a benchmark as to how we wanted to attack Australia. We never bowled to break their fingers but we were very aggressive. You've got to go hard at them. We've learnt that over the last five or six years.
England, who must decide whether to pick the same team who thrashed Scotland at the weekend or find a spot for all-rounder Tim Bresnan, who was omitted in Edinburgh along with batsman Ian Bell.
Tuesday's floodlit encounter in Hampshire will be the 3,000th one-day international played - and involves the two teams who locked horns in the first ever ODI in Melbourne in January 1971.
Team news
England eased to victory over Scotland at the weekend, and it's hard to envisage many changes to the side for that game. Andrew Strauss and Craig Kieswetter gelled as an opening partnership at the first time of asking, while Stuart Broad will be better for his first outing since the World Twenty20 final.
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 Cameron White scored a century on this ground when the teams met last September, and he is now the fulcrum of the batting line-up at No. 5. Tim Paine resumes his wicketkeeping duties following the injury to Brad Haddin, while Doug Bollinger leads an inexperienced seam attack, in the absence of Johnson and Hilfenhaus.
Squad from Ricky Ponting (C), Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Steven Smith, James Hopes, Nathan Hauritz, Ryan Harris, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger, Tim Paine (WK), Josh Hazlewood
Pitch and conditions
The Rose Bowl had a reputation as a seamer's paradise in its early years, but the pitch has settled down considerably since then. With fine weather in prospect, the challenge of batting under lights will be less daunting than it might otherwise have been, although White and Co. weren't exactly unsettled by the autumnal chill they experienced on their last visit.
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June 22, 2010 (day/night)
Start time 14:30 local (13:30 GMT)
