Australia's MCG advantage

17-5 Australia's win-loss record in ODIs since the beginning of 2014. Their win-loss ratio of 3.40 the best among all teams during this period. England have a 11-19 record during this period, a ratio of 0.58.

4-2 Australia's win-loss record against England in World Cup games. One of their wins came in the 1987 final in Kolkata. The only time they played a World Cup game in Australia, though, England won by eight wickets, in Sydney in 1992.

8-2 Australia's win-loss record in their last ten ODIs at the MCG. Both of their losses were against Sri Lanka. They have won their last five games at this venue.

15 Number of matches Australia have won against England in ODIs at the MCG - the second highest number of wins for Australia against any one team at a particular venue. Australia have beaten West Indies 17 times at the SCG. Excluding Pakistan against Sri Lanka and India in Sharjah, this is the most any team has beaten an opposition at any venue.

1200 Runs by Eoin Morgan against Australia in ODIs - the second-highest any England batsman has hit against any team in ODIs. Graham Gooch's 1395 runs - also against Australia - are the most by an England batsman against a team. Morgan averages 40.00 against Australia and has hit three hundreds and seven fifties in 35 innings. However, after the century at the SCG against the hosts in the recent tri-series, Morgan has got out without scoring in two consecutive matches against them.

12.67 Steven Smith's average against Stuart Broad in ODIs - he has been dismissed three times by Broad in 49 deliveries. Against James Anderson though, Smith has done well. He has hit 76 runs off 75 balls from Anderson and has been dismissed by the bowler only once.

3.41 Anderson's economy in the mandatory Powerplay - the second best among bowlers who have bowled at least 200 deliveries in the first-ten overs since 2014. Only Sri Lanka's Suranga Lakmal is more economical than Anderson in the mandatory Powerplay, but Lakmal has taken only three wickets to Anderson's 11 in these overs. Since 2014, only Lasith Malinga has taken more wickets in the first ten overs than Anderson. In the recent tri-series in Australia, while rest of the England bowlers had an economy of 5.86 and took one wicket in the mandatory Powerplays, Anderson bowled 20 overs and took three wickets at an economy of 2.60 runs per over.

53.08 Australian bowlers' strike rate in the mandatory Powerplay since 2014. Among the top ODI teams, only Pakistan have done worse. Australia have taken only 26 wickets in 23 innings in the first ten overs and have conceded 41.73 runs per wicket, which is also the worst after Pakistan. In these overs, England concede nearly ten runs lesser than Australia. England have taken 44 wickets in 30 innings at 31.86 runs per wicket in mandatory Powerplays since 2014.

6.87 England's scoring rate in the last-ten overs in ODIs since 2014 - the worst among the top ODI teams. England averages only 18.55 runs per wicket in these overs. In comparison, Australia scores at 7.88 runs an over and averages 24.32 runs a wicket.

5.12 Australia's scoring rate in the mandatory Powerplay since 2014 - the highest among teams in this World Cup. Australia have averaged 56.35 in these overs. England haven't done badly themselves, scoring at 4.85 runs an over and averaging 34.69 per wicket.