Australians target duo in bid to seal England series win Jesse Hogan Leeds Australia will strive to deny England the luxury of a decent start with the bat - and having James Taylor as the "rock" of their innings - as they seek to wrap up the one-day series against England at Headingley on Friday. 
While Australia lead 2-1 in the series, they have taken only one wicket with the new ball across the three matches. The two players most responsible for that have been Jason Roy, who has outshone opening partner Alex Hales, and No.3 batsman Taylor.
Roy has scores of 67, 31 and 63 so far in the series and has particularly impressed with his leg-side driving, while Taylor got to the cusp of a half-century in the first two matches and reached his maiden century in the third as England pegged back Australia's lead.
Fast-bowler James Pattinson said Australia's ability to slow England's scoring late in their opponents' innings in all three matches was pleasing, but was also necessary because of their "rusty" starts with the ball. Instead, for Leeds they want to "put the full 50 overs in".
"The trend has been for the team that has batted first has come out and scored 300 every game," said Pattinson, who made his first appearance of the series on Tuesday. "If we do bowl first, hopefully we can stop those runs at the start . . . we have done really well at pulling them back."
A lack of conventional swing, even from renowned exponent Mitch Starc, has hindered Australia's ability to take early wickets. Because of that, Pattinson said the Australian pacemen were focused on trying to harness reverse-swing as the ball deteriorated.