Australian captain Pat Cummins struggled to hold back laughs after being asked if he was sad to see Ashes rivals England's poor form during the Cricket World Cup.
England went down by a whopping eight wickets to Sri Lanka Thursday, much to the delight of Cummins, as the Australians prepare to face their more "placid" rivals, New Zealand, on Saturday.
"It was… sad to see," Cummins said through a chuckle on Friday.
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"Don't have much for it."
However, Cummins still maintained that his side will analyse England closely and will expect them to bring their best cricket when they face off on November 4.
"Yeah, obviously got them in a couple games time, so we'll have a closer look there," Cummins said.
As for the possible returns of Marcus Stoinis from a calf injury and Travis Head, who is out with a left hand fracture, Cummins remained tight-lipped on the moves Australia will make at the crease.
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"Don't know to be honest," Cummins responded when asked about the pair's fitness levels.
"They both trained on game day a couple of days ago, so we'll see."
If Head is selected, he will open the batting with David Warner. It means that Mitch Marsh will move down to three, with Steve Smith in fourth.
Meantime, Cummins also touched on a more "placid" rivalry between New Zealand, but didn't take away from what is a must-win for the Aussies.
"Most of the Kiwis are pretty placid," Cummins said on Friday.
"We're pretty similar. We've played a lot of cricket with these guys, some of these guys are really good mates with our players," he said.
"If anything, it makes you want to beat your mates even more."
"It will be intense out there," he said.
Australia face new Zealand on Saturday from 4pm AEST, hoping to notch up their fourth win of the tournament.
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