Phoebe Litchfield will join Alyssa Healy at the top of the order as the Australian skipper opted to bat first in the opening Ashes ODI in Bristol.
Healy won the toss at the Bristol County Ground, with the tourists needing to regain momentum after suffering back-to-back T20I defeats at The Oval and Lord’s – their first consecutive defeats since 2017.
England XI: Sophia Dunkley, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight (c), Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Alice Capsey, Danielle Wyatt, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Kate Cross, Lauren Bell
Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (c, wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown
Beth Mooney, who opened alongside Litchfield in Australia’s most recent one-day series in January…