Champions Trophy: Match 3, Group A - 5 reasons why England will win against arch-rivals Australia

2. English bowling

The English bowlers had a decent outing in the series against New Zealand. They were put to the knife by Martin Guptill but Stuart Broad, Steven Finn and Bresnan showed a bit of fight in the last encounter in which England managed to defend a total of 287. English bowlers will be familiar with the conditions at Edgbaston and will look to exploit the conditions with the diversity of their attack. They have Stuart Broad and Steven Finn who will extract the maximum possible bounce on the surface and a go-to swing bowler in Jimmy Anderson. Add to that lethal combination the spin options of Graeme Swann and Tredwell and you have a potentially match-winning bowling line-up.