England look for Twenty20 boost

Twenty20 international, Sydney: Australia v England
Match starts 0830 GMT Tuesday
England hope to use Tuesday's Twenty20 international against Australia in Sydney to draw a line under the Ashes and turn to one-day cricket.

England crushed Australia by 100 runs in their last Twenty20 encounter.

"Five Test matches in six weeks is mentally tiring but there is an excitement around the one-day series," Paul Collingwood told BBC Sport.

"The Twenty20 will help us switch back into one-day mode and we will hope to hit them hard like we did in 2005."

"It is all you have ever trained for, all you have ever worked for, to play international cricket

Paul Nixon"

Michael Vaughan's return as England captain adds spice to the one-off match, a precursor to the one-day series, which begins on Friday.

Vaughan has not played in an international since December 2005 but he insists he is fit after a lengthy battle with a knee problem.

"I'm not too worried about it with all the practice I've been doing," he said.

"I know it's not the same as a match situation but it certainly won't be a question of hiding myself in the field. I am able to field wherever I want."

The touring side may call up batsman Ed Joyce, seamer Jon Lewis and spinner Jamie Dalrymple, none of whom played in the Ashes series.

And wicket-keeper Paul Nixon, a star for Leicestershire in domestic Twenty20, is in line for an England debut aged 36.

"It was one of the best Christmas presents I've ever had," he said.

"It is all you have ever trained for, all you have ever worked for, to play international cricket, to represent your country."

"You still have that element of pride but it doesn't have that complete sense of seriousness about it

Andrew Symonds"

Australia are resting seamers Glenn McGrath and Stuart Clark and are likely to give a debut to youngster Ben Hilfenhaus.

The home side are approaching the match in relaxed fashion - they will again wear nicknames on the backs of their shirts.

And all-rounder Andrew Symonds said neither side should be too worried by the result.

"You still have that element of pride but it doesn't have that complete sense of seriousness about it," said Symonds.

"They're probably in a different place to us - we're pretty high on life and they're very disappointed.

"But a game like this is a bit of fun and you don't want to be stringing yourself up with your bootlaces if they were to get flogged again."

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Australia squad (nicknames in brackets): R Ponting (capt; PUNTER), A Gilchrist (CHURCH), M Hayden (HAYDOS), M Hussey (HUSS), M Clarke (CLARKEY), A Symonds (ROY), C White (BEAR), B Hogg (GEORGE), N Bracken (ANDY G), M Johnson (NOTCH), B Lee (BINGA), B Hilfenhaus (HILFY).

England squad: M Vaughan (capt), J Anderson, I Bell, P Collingwood, J Dalrymple, A Flintoff, E Joyce, J Lewis, S Mahmood, P Nixon, M Panesar, K Pietersen, L Plunkett, C Read, A Strauss, C Tremlett.