England may rest key players for Lord’s ODI against Australia

England skipper Andrew Strauss has said that the team management might look to try out some inexperienced players in Saturday’s final ODI against Australia at Lord’s. 

England has an unbeatable 3-1 series lead in the five-match series.

“With Bangladesh coming up as well maybe we can look to chopping and change a little. On the one hand, the 11 players that we have played so far have done a very good job and we are 3-1 up in the series,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Strauss, as saying.

“There are obviously other guys in the squad we want to have a look at, so we have to have a think about that,” he added.

The three-match series against Bangladesh starts in Nottingham on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Australian coach Tim Nielsen said that Wednesday’s 78-run win in the fourth ODI at The Oval has boosted the team’s morale.

“We feel a bit better about ourselves. We were probably building to that game throughout the first three. It would be nice to finish 3-2,” Nielsen said.

“If we do that, we know we’ve played well tomorrow and it’s probably a pretty fair reflection of the series,” he added.