Josh Hazlewood insists Australia are out for revenge against England

Josh Hazlewood believes that Australia have ‘unfinished business’ against Eoin Morgan’s England after their thrashing in last year’s World Cup semi-final at Edgbaston.

The old enemy have arrived for six white-ball matches that complete the biosecure men’s international season, with Australia confident they can upset the odds and win both the Twenty20 series at the Ageas Bowl and the one-day matches at Emirates Old Trafford. 

Fast bowler Hazlewood says they will be using those memories of their eight-wicket humbling by England en route to the hosts’ first 50-over World Cup success as motivation for revenge when the three-match series begins on Friday.

Josh Hazlewood said that Australia have ‘unfinished business’ against Eoin Morgan’s England

Fast bowler Hazlewood said the Aussies want revenge for World Cup semi-final thrashing

‘It’s always unfinished business,’ said Hazlewood. ‘Whenever you lose against a team you always want to win the next time you play them and England are no different.

‘This will be a tough gig but we always believe Australia can win any game in any format.

‘England are flying and we are coming off a long spell without any matches but our intra-squad matches are going really well and the guys are going out and getting a good hit.’

Hazlewood says that Australia will be studying the new faces in the England line-up

Hazlewood says that Australia will be studying the new faces in the England line-up after watching Tom Banton and Dawid Malan excel in the first two T20 games against Pakistan.

‘England have got all bases covered in white-ball cricket,’ he added. ‘We’ve probably seen a bit more depth from them this year because they’ve had to have different squads up to now for Test and white-ball games.

‘They had a good chase against Pakistan on Sunday and everyone knows their roles. Their white-ball team is as good as ever but we’re always confident we will win every game we play.’