Former Australia bowler Jason Gillespie has said that England need to play in a positive manner if they are going to beat the Aussies in their opening World Cup game on Saturday.

Co-hosts Australia are considered favourites to win the tournament, but Gillespie sees a way that England can cause a surprise at the MCG.

He told BBC Sport: "They need to go out there and take it to the Aussies. When teams go out there with a positive, aggressive body language and attitude and don't back down, the Aussies start looking for fights on the field just to psyche themselves up and get them going.

"If you do that to the Aussies, you have half a sniff of taking the momentum away. England need to get under the skin of the Aussies."

The sides are joined in Pool A by New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Scotland and Afghanistan.