# Australia’s Mitch Marsh wins toss, sends England in to bat in 1st cricket ODI > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2783902 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 3 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 12, 2026, 9:29 PM · Read it: PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia captain Mitch Marsh won the toss and sent England in to bat in the series-opening one-day cricket international on Friday that has been overshadowed by the reignition of the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal.Less than four hours before the toss, Australia test captain Pat Cummins held a news conference in Sydney and described claims in Usman Khwaja’s autobiography released this week as “complete and utter nonsense. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 12, 2026, 9:15 PM: [Scorecard: Australia vs England, first ODI, Perth]() — Sky Sports (Sports, United Kingdom) Latest score from Optus Stadium as England face Australia in the first of three one-day internationals. - Nov 12, 2026, 9:27 PM: [Australia ask England to bat, hand Beardman an ODI debut]() — ESPNcricinfo (Sports) England have again opted in favour of Liam Dawson, leaving Adil Rashid out for the first ODI against Australia - Nov 12, 2026, 9:29 PM: [Australia’s Mitch Marsh wins toss, sends England in to bat in 1st cricket ODI]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia captain Mitch Marsh won the toss and sent England in to bat in the series-opening one-day cricket international on Friday that has been overshadowed by the reignition of the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal.Less than four hours before the toss, Australia test captain Pat Cummins held a news conference in Sydney and described claims in Usman Khwaja’s autobiography released this week as “complete and utter nonsense.