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Summary England and Australian ODI captains said that one-day series will have nothing to do with Ashes.
Its England versus Australia, yet both teams say their five-match one-day series will have nothing to do with next years Ashes.England ODI captain Alastair Cook says future games are irrelevant while Aussie skipper Michael Clarke says for his team its all about the one-day series, which starts at Lords on Friday.But the latest battle between crickets oldest rivals starting at the home of the game will still likely give some clues to how the Ashes might pan out next summer.In-form England wants to convert recent winning form in ODIs into some form of advantage over Australia.Top-ranked one-day team Australia has a chance to give a group of young players experience of conditions ahead of their return to England for the Ashes in almost exactly a year.
