Second one-day international: England v Australia
Venue: Swalec Stadium Date: Thursday, 24 June Start time: 1430 BST
Coverage: Live ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave and via the BBC Sport website. Live text commentary on BBC Sport website & mobiles. Also live on Sky Sports 1
 Thursday promises to provide another thrilling contest between bat and ball
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England will be looking for their seventh win on the trot in one-day internationals when they take on Australia again on Thursday.
Confidence is high in the home camp after Eoin Morgan's sublime unbeaten century in the first match of five on Tuesday at Hampshire's Rose Bowl.
Andrew Strauss's squad now move to Cardiff for another 1430 BST start.
There are unlikely to be any changes to the team that beat Ricky Ponting's tourists in the opener by four wickets.
Though the Swalec Stadium has a tendency to provide slow, spin-friendly surfaces, England had already opted for both spinners, Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy, in the first game.
Australia could choose to leg-spinner Steve Smith to play alongside regular slow bowler Nathan Hauritz, but 19-year-old Josh Hazlewood, their tall paceman, was impressive on debut and Ponting will be tempted to keep faith with the teenager.
Strauss warned his team-mates to be on their mettle in game two.
"We've done a lot of things right in [Tuesday's] game. The bowlers did a good job to restrict them to 267, and I think at the half-way mark we were in front," he said.
"But it's just one game of cricket - and Australia being Australia, they will come back hard at us for these remaining games. Let's not pat ourselves on the back too much at this stage."
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The England captain said the efforts of lower-order batsmen had been important in helping Morgan deliver Tuesday's successful chase.
"We can't rely on one person. That would be wrong - we need to get contributions from one to nine, which is why it was good that Luke Wright came in and did a good job at number six and Tim Bresnan at number seven."
Should they win in Cardiff, England will be on their longest winning streak in ODIs since 1997-98, having started their current run in South Africa last winter before three wins against Bangladesh and the recent success against Scotland before Tuesday's victory.
They have never won a one-dayer at the home of Welsh cricket, however.
Wash-outs in 2006 and 2008 prevented any result. In fact the most recent positive result at the venue formerly known as Sophia Gardens came in a famous match in 2005 when Bangladesh beat Australia.
Last summer, the ground hosted the opening Ashes Test with England's final-wicket pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar clinging on for a draw against the odds.
The tailenders' heroics were marred by some England time-wasting tactics, including sending on the 12th man and the physiotherapist when neither batsman appeared to be suffering any sort of injury at all.
Ponting, asked what he thought about returning to Cardiff, joked: "Is the 12th man going to come on again or something?
"I haven't thought about the Test match, we are here to play a one-dayer. But looking at the Test, we'll probably have a bit of an idea about what the wicket might be like, a bit slower and less bounce than at the Rose Bowl.
"We're 1-0 down with four games to go. We've got to make sure we are in the best shape we can be physically and mentally for the next challenge we've got."
England (probable): Andrew Strauss (capt), Craig Kieswetter (wk), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
Australia (from): Ricky Ponting (capt), Shane Watson, Tim Paine (wk), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Mike Hussey, James Hopes, Nathan Hauritz, Ryan Harris, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger, Josh Hazlewood, Steve Smith.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Nigel Llong (England)
Third umpire: Ian Gould (England)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (India)
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