England host Australia in a one-off T20I on Monday.
After a five match Ashes series, in which the fortunes of both sides fluctuated massively, but which ended with England regaining the Urn by a 3-2 margin, the hosts and their Australian visitors play a one-off T20I on Monday in Cardiff, prior to a five match ODI series starting in Southampton later in the week.
England played similar series against New Zealand earlier in the Summer, winning the T20I.
With Michael Clarke retiring from the International game, the Baggy Green Caps will be led by Steve Smith, who will lead a team that will be freshened by the arrival of a number of players who were not part of the Ashes touring party. Only six members of the Test squad, including Smith, remain to take on the Auld enemy in the limited overs formats.
Not that the newcomers will all be unfamiliar to English cricket lovers. Both George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell have been plying their trade in English county cricket this season, turning out for Sussex and Yorkshire respectively. Joe Burns, who opened the batting in the ODI against Ireland at Stormont last week, has also appeared for Middlesex this season.
The Australians have the upper hand in T20Is between the two sides, having won seven of the 12 contests they have played, including a 3-0 whitewash when England toured Australia in 2014.
The England selectors have decided to rest Joe Root, who was the player of the Ashes series, scoring 460 runs at nearly 60.
But Ashes winners who may find themselves on duty in Cardiff, are Moeen Ali who missed the win against New Zealand through injury, wicketkeeper Jos Buttler who had a disappointing Test series with the bat, fast bowler Steven Finn who seems to have re-established his place in the English international set up and all rounder Ben Stokes.
This match could well set the tone for what will follow in the ODIs later in the month of September given how both sides are coming into that with a different looking lne-up. The question though is whether they will pay too much attention to this result.