England can extend their lead at the top of the ICC rankings having taken the No.1 spot earlier this year
Australia looking to avoid 34-year low
Australia will slip to their lowest ODI ranking in more than 30 years if they suffer a series whitewash against world No.1 England this month.
The world champions are currently ranked fifth by the ICC, their lowest ranking in more than two decades under the current system, having won just two of their past 10 matches.
And if a red-hot England are able to produce a 5-0 series sweep, Australia will drop to sixth in the rankings for the first time since January 1984.
Conversely, the Aussies will move up to third if they're able to produce a 5-0 result in their favour. Any other series scoreline will see Australia remain in fifth spot.
The World Cup favourites, England beat Australia 4-1 away from home in January and given the Aussies missing star batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner through suspension as well as injured quartet Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh, the hosts are favoured to dominate once again.
But the mass personnel changes in the Australian set-up since the series earlier this year have given the tourists somewhat of a clean slate as they look towards their World Cup defence next year.
A new coach in Justin Langer, a new captain in Tim Paine, a new opening partnership and a quintet of young fast bowlers has given the new skipper belief that his side can reverse their recent losing form.
"We know the task ahead of us is enormous and England have been playing some quality one-day cricket," Paine said earlier this week.
"It's a great test, we're going to know where we're at, but we don't see any reason why we can't win this series.
"It's an opportunity for other guys to come in, particularly in those batting spots and fill the void."
Australia have lost an ODI series 5-0 just once before, when an under-strength side was beaten in South Africa almost two years ago. The Aussies lost their 2010 series in England 4-0 when one match was washed out.
The Aussies were the top-ranked side in the world heading into that 2016 series against the Proteas but have since won just nine of 28 games (with all but one of those victories coming at home) to drop to their current ranking of fifth.
It's their lowest ranking since December 1997, when Mark Taylor was replaced as captain by Steve Waugh in one of the biggest shake-ups in Australia's one-day history.
The Aussies have not been ranked as low as sixth since the start of 1984, the year Paine was born, just after their group stage exit at the 1983 World Cup.
On the other hand, England can extend their lead at the top of the rankings by three points if they're able to secure a 5-0 series win. Assuming they can beat Scotland on Sunday, they will remain in top spot even if they lose up to three matches to the Aussies.
The ICC's current rankings system was introduced by David Kendix in 2002 and has since been applied retrospectively to previous years.
ICC ODI RANKINGS
1) England - 125 points
2) India - 122
3) South Africa - 113
4) New Zealand - 112
5) Australia - 104
6) Pakistan - 102
7) Bangladesh - 93
8) Sri Lanka - 77
9) West Indies - 69
10) Afghanistan - 63
11) Zimbabwe - 55
12) Ireland - 38
13) Scotland - 28
14) UAE - 18
Qantas tours of England and Zimbabwe
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, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes (injured), David Willey, Chris Woakes (injured), Mark Wood
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
Qantas Tour of England
June 7: Australia beat Sussex by 57 runs
June 9: Warm-up v Middlesex, Lord's
June 13: First ODI, The Oval (D/N)
June 16: Second ODI, Cardiff
June 19: Third ODI, Trent Bridge (D/N)
June 21: Fourth ODI, Durham (D/N)
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