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Brook hopeful of bouncing back against Australia despite no training

England captain Harry Brook said his side can quickly recover in the second match after losing the first one-day international of the Australia tour. The team will play the match in Adelaide without being able to train.

Brook hopeful of bouncing back against Australia despite no training
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England will fly to Adelaide for the second one-day international against Australia and, as a result, will not be able to train at the nets. The match starts at 03:30 UK time on Sunday. Losing this game would put the series at risk, and England see it as a match they must win.

In the first match at the Optus Stadium in Perth, England were bowled out for 131 and lost by seven wickets to Australia. Brook said the hard, bouncy pitch in Perth tested his team, and that the pitch in Adelaide will be slower and less quick.

Brook said the team will go straight onto the field after a two-and-a-half-hour evening flight, and that this reflects the kind of situation they could face at the World Cup. The captain said he did not want to dwell too much on the defeat, but that lessons are often learned more from losses than from wins.

In the first match, Adil Rashid was again left out of the squad, which drew little attention since the bowling attack had no chance to defend such a small total. The 38-year-old leg-spinner, England's second-highest wicket-taker in 50-over cricket, played only one match in the three-match series in Pakistan, where left-arm Liam Dawson was preferred. He was not selected in Perth either.

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