In Case You Played and Missed It: Fifth ODI

Adil Rashid believes England would be on the brink of whitewashing Australia 5-0 even if the world champions had been able to select their strongest one-day international side.

England head into Sunday's series finale at Old Trafford just one win away from completing their first 5-0 clean sweep in any format against Australia in more than 140 years of matches between the arch-rivals.

The tourists, however, are without six first-choice ODI players.

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Former captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner, two of the world's leading batsmen, were both given year-long bans for their roles in the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal in March that saw Test opener Cameron Bancroft receive a nine-month suspension for applying sandpaper to the ball.

Meanwhile Ashes-winning fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were not selected for this current tour because of injury, with allrounder Mitchell Marsh ruled out as well.

But most of those absentees were involved when England, following their Ashes hammering, won 4-1 in an ODI series in January.

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Eoin Morgan's men have since gone on to cement their place at No.1 in the ODI world rankings and leg-spinner Rashid, asked if the current series would have turned out differently against a full-strength Australia side told reporters at Old Trafford on Saturday: "No, I don't think so.

"Those players were still playing in Australia -- Steve Smith, Warner, Cummins, Hazlewood. They were still playing.

"We won 4-1 there, and here it's 4-0, so I think it's very similar."

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But Rashid stressed the side were keen to avoid getting ahead of themselves, saying of a possible clean sweep: "We're not talking about that at the moment.

"Once the game's done, if you've got the whitewash, then you've got things to talk about."

Spin has proved Australia's undoing this series, with Rashid the leading England wicket-taker with 11 dismissals and 19 together with off-spinner Moeen Ali.

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Old Trafford has a reputation for aiding spinners but Rashid emphasised the importance of not taking conditions at the Manchester ground for granted.

"We can't take it lightly but once know you have one over (a team), you've got (a few) wickets, you know they'll always have that in the back of their minds.

Thursday's six-wicket win at Chester-le-Street, a result that put the hosts 4-0 up in the series, also saw Rashid become England's most successful spinner in ODI cricket, with his tally of 106 wickets taking him above retired off-spinner Graeme Swann.

"I'm proud of that," said Rashid.

"Swanny was a great bowler for England across all formats, so going past him means a lot."

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Rashid, however, will not be adding to his tally of 38 wickets in 10 Tests anytime soon, having taken the controversial decision to abandon all red-ball cricket this season ahead of next year's World Cup on home soil.

"I've got no regrets," insisted the 30-year-old Yorkshireman.

"Whether things had been going well or badly for me, I wouldn't have any regrets.

"It's the decision I made, and I'm happy with it," he added.

Qantas tours of the UK and Zimbabwe

Australia ODI squad: Tim Paine (c), Aaron Finch (vc), Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye

England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Craig Overton, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, David Willey, Mark Wood

Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey (vc), Ashton Agar, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Jack Wildermuth

England T20 squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, David Willey

Qantas Tour of the UK

June 7: Australia beat Sussex by 57 runs at Hove

June 9: Australia beat Middlesex by 101 runs at Lord's

June 13: England won by three wickets at The Oval

June 16: England won by 38 runs in Cardiff

June 19: England won by 242 runs at Trent Bridge

June 21: England won by six wickets in Durham

June 24: Fifth ODI, Old Trafford

June 27: Only T20, Edgbaston (D/N)

Qantas T20I tri-series Tour of Zimbabwe

July 1: Zimbabwe vs Pakistan

July 2: Pakistan vs Australia

July 3: Australia vs Zimbabwe

July 4: Zimbabwe vs Pakistan

July 5: Pakistan vs Australia

July 6: Australia vs Zimbabwe

July 8: Final