England vs. Australia, 5th ODI: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

The one-day series between England and Australia comes to an exciting climax on Sunday, with the two Ashes rivals facing each other in a winner-takes-all showdown.

After quickly falling 2-0 behind, hosts England have kept themselves alive with impressive victories in Leeds and Manchester.

Now, the series is level as the teams return to Old Trafford, Manchester. The venue also hosted the third game, with England winning on that occasion by 93 runs.

Australia, meanwhile, will be determined to win in one of the three formats while on English soil. They already lost 3-2 in Test action, while also going down by five runs in the one-off Twenty20 clash.

Date: Sunday, September 13, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m. (local) / 5:30 a.m. (ET)

Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester, England

Live Stream and TV Info: Sky Sports (UK), Nine Network (Australia), SKY Sport (New Zealand), SuperSport (South Africa), STAR Sport (India), NowTV (UK Streaming Service)

Weather: Per BBC Weather, the deciding game should not be interrupted by rain. However, while it will be dry, the wind will pick up in the afternoon.

Overview

If you believe momentum exists in sports, then England most definitely have it right now.

Eoin Morgan's side successfully reached their target of 300 with three wickets and 10 deliveries to spare in the fourth one-dayer at Headingley, Leeds on Friday.

The captain, who led the way with a run-a-ball 92, told Sky Sports afterwards, "At the halfway stage we were pretty confident we could chase it down. Before a ball had been bowled I certainly would have taken 300 as a chase and the guys were pretty optimistic about it."

Despite his confidence, England managed to successfully chase down a score of 300 or more for only the fourth time in their history. They had also never previously achieved the feat against Australia.

England now travel back across the Pennines to Manchester looking to complete the comeback against the reigning world champions.

Per Mohandas Menon on Twitter, only Bangladesh, South Africa and Pakistan have previously managed to triumph in a five-match series when coming back from a 2-0 deficit.

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However, if you feel momentum is nothing more than a physics term, Australia are far from done and dusted just yet.

The tourists may have wasted two opportunities to seal the series already, but they still only need to produce one more big performance to come out on top.

They had the chance to move into an unassailable 3-0 lead when the teams met at Old Trafford on Tuesday, only to be bowled out for 207 in reply to England's total of 300 for eight.

Their batsmen found it tough going in the day-nighter on a turning pitch. England's spin pairing of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid combined to pick up five for 73 from their 20 overs.

The hosts will hope for a similar surface on Sunday, while Australia have to work out if they need to bring left-arm slow bowler Ashton Agar back into their XI.

Mitchell Starc could also return for the visitors, with the left-arm paceman rested at Headingley.

According to Pete Samson of the Daily Star, Australia coach Darren Lehmann announced the bowler would have been sent home early had the series already been secured.

Now, though, Starc and his team-mates have to gear themselves up for one last push at the end of a long tour.

England, in contrast, know a series triumph will make sure they finish the summer unbeaten in all formats. They won a fifth and final game against New Zealand back in June and will now hope to repeat the trick.

But, no matter what the outcome at the weekend, England's turnaround in 50-over cricket has been outstanding. They failed to even make it to the knockout stages at the Cricket World Cup earlier this year—now they have the chance to topple the current holders of the trophy.

Key players

England

David Willey had to wait for his chance to play against Australia. With Chris Woakes ruled out through injury, he was finally called in to action in Leeds.

The left-arm seamer did not waste the opportunity, picking up three early wickets with the ball. He also made 12 not out with the bat, winning the match for England in style with a six straight down the ground.

He is not express in pace, but at Headingley, he showed the value of being able to swing the new white ball. Another strong performance in the finale could help cement his spot in the XI.

Australia

Steve Smith must quickly galvanise his troops ahead of one last battle. The Australians will be longing to get on the flight home, but there is still work to be done yet.

Smith the captain has not been helped by the absence of several key players. David Warner and Shane Watson have returned home due to injury, while Mitchell Johnson departed after the Test leg of the trip.

As for Smith the batsman, he has made only 30 runs in his last two knocks. Sunday would be a good time for Australia's skipper to record his side's first three-figure score of the series.

Squads

England

Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Sam Billings, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, David Willey, Mark Wood

Australia

Steve Smith (captain), Ashton Agar, George Bailey, Joe Burns, Patrick Cummins, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, John Hastings, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper)