Match facts
Who: Australia v England
What: First ODI in three-match series
When: November 13, 2026, first ball 2:30pm AEDT (11:30am AWST)
Where: Perth Stadium
Live scores: Match Centre
How to watch: Kayo Sports and Fox Cricket
How to listen: ABC Radio, Triple M and SEN Radio.
Buy tickets: Tickets are selling fast but plenty of good seats remain. Get them here
Officials: Sharfuddoula Saikat and Sam Nogajski (field), Chris Gaffaney (third), Donovan Koch (fourth), Javagal Srinath (match referee)
News and reactions post-play: cricket.com.au and the CA Live app
Series fixtures
First ODI: November 13, Perth Stadium, 2:30pm AEDT (D/N)
Second ODI: November 15, Adelaide Oval, 2:30pm AEDT (D/N)
Third ODI: November 18, Bellerive Oval, Hobart, 2:30pm AEDT (D/N)
The squads
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Jack Edwards, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Ollie Peake, Matthew Renshaw, Liam Scott, Adam Zampa.
With the next men’s ODI World Cup now less than 11 months away, there is a somewhat fresh look to the bowling stocks of this group. All of the Test regulars Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc and Josh Hazlewood have been omitted for this series to allow them to be fresh for the glut of Test cricket on the horizon. Add to that Nathan Ellis, who is not yet fully recovered from a side strain he picked up in Africa.
It means Xavier Bartlett will take the lead role for Australia’s bowling unit, alongside Spencer Johnson and exciting if raw young quick Mahli Beardman, who is in line for an ODI debut at age 21.
WA’s Cameron Green is no certainty to bowl after battling a shoulder complaint through the Test series, so there’s also fresh faces in allrounders Liam Scott and Jack Edwards in the mix here. Both of those players made their ODI debuts during a winter where Australia played in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and South Africa since their previous ODIs on home soil against India a year ago.
Another exciting talent to emerge in the middle order has been Victoria youn gun Ollie Peake. Now just 20, he already has eight ODIs to his name, and has been showing his big-game potential since playing a lead role in Australia’s 2024 U19 World Cup win when he was only 17.
While there’s a fair taste of the new, the top order is brimming with World Cup-winning experience: Mitch Marsh, Travis Head, Cam Green and Josh Inglis will all play big roles in this series. And alongside them will be the latest all-format star Matthew Renshaw, who emerged as a bona fide three-format player across the winter as Australia’s selectors appear to have moved on from Marnus Labuschagne in one-day cricket.
England squad: Harry Brook (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root
An intriguing subplot is where does a fit again Jacob Bethell fit in to the line-up for England? No doubt he’s in the starting XI when fully fit, but he did not play in the warm-up match against Western Australia last weekend and is doubtful for the opening match in Perth.
With Bethell injured, the recalled Tom Banton has been going gangbusters at the top of the order with six scores of 50 or more in his past seven innings, including 126 at The Oval in September. Ben Duckett is rusted on as an opener and coming off 167 off 132 balls in his last start. So be it in Perth or elsewhere, the how and where white-ball coach Brendon McCullum deploys Bethell will be one to watch.
One option for England might be to ask Banton to resume wicketkeeping duties, which would be harsh on Jordan Cox who has done an admirable job with Jos Buttler out injured.
Perhaps more likely, especially on Australian surfaces and in particular Perth’s pacey wicket, England could be tempted to leave front-line tweakers Adil Rashid and Liam Dawson on the bench and rely on the spin of Bethell and Will Jacks.
The return of Jofra Archer, who was rested for England’s trip to Pakistan, is a big box office draw as he looks to resume his battles with Australia’s batters and was rapid at the WACA on Saturday evening, but there will be no Josh Tongue, who made the trip to Australia but has been sent home with an injury to his left big toe that has kept him out of action since the first match of their visit to Pakistan.
Possible XIs
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (wk), Matthew Renshaw, Jack Edwards, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Adam Zampa, Mahli Beardman
England: Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Sonny Baker, Adil Rashid
Local knowledge
England’s ODI players who were involved in last summer’s Ashes series may shudder at the memories when they walk into Perth Stadium this week, with Travis Head’s incredible century still fresh in the mind.
It’s mind-blowing that Test match lasted just 140 overs – not that much more than Friday’s ODI will run for. But for an official ODI at this venue between these sides you have to go back to 2018, the first international match hosted at Perth Stadium, which was the fifth in a one-day series that followed that summer’s Ashes. Andrew Tye took five wickets for the Aussies and Joe Root was England’s best bat with 62 as they put up 259 batting first. But despite Marcus Stoinis top scoring that day with 87, he was overshadowed by Tom Curran’s 5-35 as England claimed a 12-run win to complete a 4-1 series result for the visitors.
Interestingly, the venue has been far from a fortress for the Aussies in one-day cricket, with three defeats on the bounce before they finally won one last summer against India.
Form guide
Past 10 matches, most recent first. W: win, L: loss, N: no result
Australia: W L L W W W W L L L
Australia have played 12 ODIs since their last appearance on home soil, winning precisely half of them. However, those figures are boosted by having beaten Zimbabwe 3-0 in early September. It was their only series win in the past 12 months of the four they have played, going down to 2-1 defeats to Pakistan and Bangladesh in June, and South Africa in late September.
England: W L L L W L W W W L
England have played 13 ODIs so far in the 2026 calendar year, beginning the period with a 2-1 series win against Sri Lanka in Colombo. At home they beat India 2-1, then beat Sri Lanka again by the same margin. Most recently, however, they headed to Pakistan for a tri-series against the hosts and Sri Lanka. They lost three straight matches there – to Pakistan twice and Sri Lanka once, before rebounding to beat Sri Lanka in their final match, but did not qualify for the tri-series final.
Players to watch
Xavier Bartlett (Australia): Part of Australia’s next generation of fast bowlers, Bartlett has impressed in the ODI format since bursting onto the scene with 4-17 on debut in 2024 and now has 23 wickets in 12 50-over internationals. The Queenslander has been red-hot to start the domestic season, taking 16 wickets in two Sheffield Shield matches. The 27-year-old to three wickets in two matches against South Africa in Australia’s last ODI series and does not need to look far for an example how to make the transition from the white-ball set-up to the Test team following state teammate Matthew Renshaw’s emergence as a three-format player. Bartlett will be Australia’s most experience fast bowler in the ODI series as he adds to his 34 international caps.
Harry Brook (England): Fresh off launching a six into the WACA Ground’s new swimming pool last Saturday, the England captain arrives down under in the midst of a purple patch. A star in every format of the game, the 27-year-old scored the fastest ever ODI double-century against Sri Lanka last month. Brook smacked 202 off just 116 balls during the tri-series in Pakistan in a demonstration of his ability to blitz an opposition’s bowling attack. Brook will be keen to make amends after an indifferent Ashes campaign last summer that netted him two half-centuries, and Australia’s attack for this three-match ODI series, without star quicks Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Ellis, is vulnerable.
Australia v England ODI & T20I Series 2026
First ODI: November 13, Perth Stadium, 2:30pm AEDT (D/N)
Second ODI: November 15, Adelaide Oval, 2:30pm AEDT (D/N)
Third ODI: November 18, Bellerive Oval, Hobart, 2:30pm AEDT (D/N)
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Jack Edwards, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Ollie Peake, Matthew Renshaw, Liam Scott, Adam Zampa.
England squad: Harry Brook (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root
First T20I: November 21, MCG, 7:15pm AEDT
Second T20I: November 24, Gold Coast Stadium, 7:15pm AEDT
Third T20I: November 27, The Gabba, 7:15pm AEDT
Fourth T20I: November 29, SCG, 7:15pm AEDT
Fifth T20I: December 2, Manuka Oval, 7:15pm AEDT
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Joel Davies, Jack Edwards, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sam Harper, Spencer Johnson, Mitch Owen, Lachlan Shaw, Adam Zampa
England squad: Harry Brook (c), Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, James Coles, Jordan Cox, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Aneurin Donald, Eddie Jack, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Thomas Rew, Phil Salt, Luke Wood.
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