Australian cricket team in England in 2018
[4] This was Australia's first international tour following the Australian ball tampering scandal as well as Tim Paine's first series as captain in ODIs.[5] Australia had lost thirteen of their last fifteen completed ODIs, falling to a 34-year low in the ICC rankings.[8] Twelve wickets taken by Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid each are the most for England spinners in a bilateral ODI series.[11] Ahead of the tour, Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of Australia's ODI squad, and he was replaced by Michael Neser.[15] Ben Stokes was unavailable for the first three ODIs of the series due to injury, with Sam Billings added to England's squad as cover.