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Australia field in second T20

Chester-le-Street - Australia captain George Bailey won the toss and elected to field against England in the second and final Twenty20 international at Chester-le-Street on Saturday.

England were unchanged from the side that lost the first T20 at Southampton by 39 runs on Thursday, with in-form Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry again left out of the side.

Australia made one change, with Nathan Coulter-Nile replacing fellow seamer Josh Hazlewood, as opener Aaron Finch looked to follow up his Twenty20 international world record innings of 156 at Southampton.

Teams:

England:

Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wkt), Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Danny Briggs, Jade Dernbach

Australia:

David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (wkt), James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Fawad Ahmed

Umpires: Rob Bailey (ENG), Michael Gough (ENG)

TV umpire: Tim Robinson (ENG)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)

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