| 0.0 : TOSS - Back to Bristol, the first step in having a game is done. The flip of the coin has happened and stand-in captain Steven Smith has called it correctly. AUSTRALIA ELECT TO CHASE, not surprisingly, because of the weather forecast. |
| England (Playing XI) - Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Harry Brook (C), Jamie Smith (WK), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone and Adil Rashid. |
| Australia (Playing XI) - Travis Head, Matthew Short (IN FOR MITCHELL MARSH), Steven Smith (C), Josh Inglis (WK), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie (IN FOR ALEX CAREY), Cooper Connolly (DEBUT) (IN FOR SEAN ABBOTT), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood. |
| Big day for the Connolly family. The 21-year old gets a game for Australia in the 50-over format after making his T20I debut in the previous series. Having captained the Under-19 side in the 2022 World Cup, Connolly comes across as a dashing left-hand batter who can also bowl some left-arm orthodox. In fact, his batting has been compared excessively to that of former legend Shaun Marsh and it will be interesting to see whether he can live up to that expectation. T20s are a hit and miss but his p |
| England, on the other hand, have resisted the temptation to play Jofra Archer for three straight games. Archer was easily at his vintage best in the previous ODI, with his first ball to Marnus Labuschagne reminding everyone of his second ball to Labuschagne in the 2019 Ashes. The management understands that while every series is important, the bigger goal would be having Archer fit for the Champions Trophy next year. You don't want to commit the same mistake which Joe Root did in the 2019 As |
| Australia's stand-in captain, STEVEN SMITH, informs that Mitchell Marsh is a bit sore from the previous game, hence is being rested. Agrees that Australia are certainly looking to bounce back and aims for a good start with the new balls this morning, under cloudy conditions. Relishes the chance of playing a game similar to a knockout and hopes to give his best. |
| England's skipper, HARRY BROOK, says that he too, would have bowled first. Is eager to play this match and win the series, having come from behind. Informs that Jofra Archer is not playing this game and is replaced by Olly Stone. |
| We are all set then, for the first ball to be bowled at 10 am GMT. 36 hours back, we had already called this a washout. Let's hope that mother nature continues being merciful on us and allows us 100 overs of good, competitive cricket. The players are on the field and have taken their positions. Phil Salt and Ben Duckett are the usual openers for England, with their willows of mass destruction in their hands. Mitchell Starc has found some swing this series and will be looking for some help fr |
| 0.1 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, FOUR! MAJESTIC! |
| 0.2 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, Play and a miss this time. |
| 0.3 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, Fuller, outside off, Phil looks to drive again but this one shapes back in a touch. Goes off the inner half of the bat towards mid on. |
| 0.4 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, FOUR! Fortunate for Salt, but a boundary for England. |
| 0.5 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 0.6 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, FOUR! Third boundary of the over to end a bizarre opening over! Starc had Salt in trouble for 4 balls in the over, but has still gone for 12. |
| Will it be Josh Hazlewood with the second new ball? Indeed. |
| 1.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 1.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, We have seen this time and time again in this series. Hazlewood comes running in, lands it in the corridor of uncertainty, asks Salt to drive, Salt obliges, only to get beaten. |
| 1.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, Fuller, slower, around off, Phil Salt defends it towards mid off. |
| 1.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, On a good length, around off, Phil looks to punch it through the off side but the ball comes back in a long way, cramps him for room and takes the inside edge onto his pads. |
| 1.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, Lovely from Josh. He has bowled brilliant balls in this series but without luck and has been good only in patches. Nothing much to show in the wickets' column. He lands it on a good length around off, makes it to shape in with the angle but then gets it to move away. PS pushes at it, staying inside the line and is beaten. The ball just goes over the stumps! |
| 1.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, FOUR! Not convincing but will still get a boundary. Phil Salt uses his feet and seeing that Hazlewood drags his length back. It is outside off and Salt, staying leg side of the ball, slashes hard, Gets a bit of an outside edge but it is enough to take the ball over point and into the fence. Decent start from Hazlewood. |
| 2.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Full and straight, getting that away shape to the left hander, Ben Duckett defends. |
| 2.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, LEADING EDGE, SAFE! Is the ball already holding up? That's what Duckett seems to be signalling to Salt. This is only the second time that international cricket has been played in the last week of September in England and hence, the pitches might be dying down. |
| 2.3 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 2.4 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, On a length this time, around off, Salt punches it towards cover. |
| 2.5 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, Better from Salt. Allows the ball to come to him, after seeing it pitch on a good length around leg stump. Gently opens the face of his bat, expecting the ball to move away with the angle and guides it to deep third for a run. |
| 2.6 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! That one bad ball per over mandate from Starc arrives and Duckett profits. It is a length ball, on the pads and Ben Duckett flicks it to the mid-wicket boundary. |
| 3.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, A length ball, around middle, Phil Salt decides to charge at Hazlewood to make him change his monotonous length. But being a machine, Josh sticks to his basics and hits the length again. Salt is through his swing and gets it off the inner half of the bat through square leg. A single taken. |
| 3.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, On a good length, outside off, landing on the seam and moving away. |
| 3.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Fractionally shorter in length, outside off, angling away, Duckett punches it straight to cover. |
| 3.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Slower and fuller, on middle, Ben flicks it straight to mid-wicket. |
| 3.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 3.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Fuller, straighter, Ben Duckett drives it straight back which is stopped by Hazlewood. |
| 4.1 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, On a good length, around off, Phil Salt looks to play at that, expecting the ball to come in. But the ball holds its shape and beats the outside edge of the hanging bat. |
| 4.2 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, SIX! Fortitious for for Salt and England won't mind! Fortune favours the brave as Phil Salt charges down the track and has a wild swing to a length ball. The ball moves away from him, bounces a tad extra, takes the top edge and flies over the deep third fence! |
| 4.3 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, More luck and Australia are forced to take this situation with a pinch of 'Salt'. |
| 4.4 : Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, Around off, PS pushes it wide of mid off and takes a quick single. |
| 4.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Fuller and wider outside off, Ben Duckett's eyes lit up on seeing the width and he aims the full-blooded drive. But the ball moves away late and beats the outside edge. |
| 4.6 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Much straighter, around middle and off, Duckett pushes it towards mid on for a quick run. |
| 5.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 0.0 : Interesting piece of statistical information from Michael Atherton on air. We have observed that Phil Salt has played and missed a lot in this series but on deliving deeper on Salt's ODI statistics in general, it turns out that 16 percent of Salt's career in ODIs has seen balls being played and missed - which is the most by an opener since his debut. Wow. But the impact he creates is massive. |
| 5.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 5.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, There you go, another play and a miss. Clearly Salt is not concerned about the stat mentioned earlier. A length ball, outside off, Phil Salt backs away to the leg side and has a hack through the off side, for the obvious result. |
| 5.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, Outside off, on a length, Salt punches it straight to point. |
| 5.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, Landed outside off, punched wide of short third for a single. |
| 5.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 0.0 : First change of the morning. Aaron Hardie comes on to bowl. |
| 6.1 : Aaron Hardie to Phil Salt, SIX! SLAP! And he straightaway makes it hard for Hardie! A short ball, around off, Phil Salt swivels a touch and pulls it magnificently over fine leg! Moves to 34 from 23 balls. |
| 6.2 : Aaron Hardie to Phil Salt, SIX MORE! England have clearly made a plan. They have had a look at this Australian bowling and decided to attack the inexperienced bowlers. Not that they haven't attacked Starc or Hazlewood but they are certainly not going to allow Hardie and the rest to settle. |
| 6.3 : Aaron Hardie to Phil Salt, RUN CHANCE OF SALT MISSED! Supreme effort from Glenn Maxwell in the field but poor stuff from Aaron Hardie. |
| 6.4 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 6.5 : Aaron Hardie to Phil Salt, FOUR! Fine shot. |
| 6.6 : Aaron Hardie to Phil Salt, OUT! c Marnus Labuschagne b Aaron Hardie. |
| 0.0 : Will Jacks walks in at number 3, replacing Phil Salt. |
| 7.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 7.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 7.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 7.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 7.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 7.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, EDGED, FOUR! Tea pots are boiling now with the first boundary of an inside edge and the last boundary of an outside edge. Australia are bowling well but yet, going at almost 9 an over. A length ball, outside off, comes in, Ben Duckett slashes hard and gets a thick outside edge. It flies straight to vacant second slip and races to the deep third fence. |
| 8.1 : Aaron Hardie to Will Jacks, No run. |
| 0.0 : Change of bat for Will Jacks. Almost 5 or 6 come out. Normally these days, cricketers carry 6-7 bats in their kit bag. |
| 8.2 : Aaron Hardie to Will Jacks, Around off, on a length, pushed away. |
| 8.3 : Aaron Hardie to Will Jacks, This one pitches outside off and then bounces awkwardly. |
| 0.0 : Change in the field. Fine leg comes up and Matthew Short moves back to deep backward square leg. Gives Aaron Hardie more room for error with that short ball. |
| 8.4 : Aaron Hardie to Will Jacks, OUT! BOWLED! That is a jaffa and suddenly, Hardie has 2 wickets in 5 balls. |
| 0.0 : Skipper Harry Brook walks in at number 4, replacing Will Jacks. |
| 8.5 : Aaron Hardie to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 8.6 : Aaron Hardie to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 9.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 9.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Fuller, around off, watchfully pushed towards mid off. |
| 9.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, There is a point, a cover-point and a short extra cover. Yet, Duckett threads it through the tiny gap. Outside off, on a length, Duckett hammers it between cover-point and extra cover. Cooper Connolly chases it down from one of the three positions and with the outfield damp due to overnight rain, the ball holds up. Three runs taken. |
| 9.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, Excellent stop. |
| 9.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, Slower from Hazlewood, on a length, outside off, Brook watchfully lets it go. |
| 9.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, Fuller, around off, the skipper defends it out watchfully towards mid on. England are 73/2 at the end of POWERPLAY 1. |
| 0.0 : POWERPLAY 2 time. |
| 10.1 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 10.2 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 10.3 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Fuller, around off, Duckett punched straight to short extra cover. |
| 10.4 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Looks like Duckett is waiting for the back of a length ball. |
| 10.5 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, A length ball again, around middle, Ben mistimes his pull towards mid-wicket. |
| 10.6 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Fuller, around middle, BD blocks it with a dead bat towards mid off. Good comeback by Hardie after the boundary on his first ball. |
| 11.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, Fuller, around off, coming in with the angle, Harry Brook looks to drive straight but the bat twists in his hands. The ball goes off the inner half of the bat towards mid on. |
| 11.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, On a good length, outside off, comes in again, Brook waits for the ball to arrive and dabs it behind. There is a slip and a wide second slip. The ball beats the second fielder, goes past his dive to his right, towards deep third. A single taken and the skipper is off the mark. |
| 11.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Switches to around the wicket does Hazlewood and bowls length, around off, coming in with the angle. Ben Duckett tucks it through square leg, runs hard for the first, wants the second but has to be satisfied with one. |
| 11.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, Full and straight, watchfully pushed towards mid on. |
| 11.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, FOUR! Scooped away! Hazlewood keeps it full and just outside off, but Brook has already pre-meditated. Gets across, goes down on a knee and paddles it through the vacant leg gully region, to the fine leg fence. |
| 11.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Harry Brook, On a good length, around off, the skipper pushes it towards point. |
| 12.1 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, A bit bizarre from Duckett. |
| 12.2 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 12.3 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Around middle, pushed towards mid on. |
| 12.4 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, 2 runs. |
| 12.5 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Around off, punched through point for a single. |
| 12.6 : Aaron Hardie to Harry Brook, On a good length, around off, Harry Brook works it through mid-wicket for one more. |
| JOS BUTTLER can be seen in the English dressing room. He is missing this series due to injury but will be a key part of England's transformation for the future. |
| 13.1 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 13.2 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 13.3 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, This time he goes a bit squarer, but finds backward point. |
| 13.4 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Excellent work by Aaron Hardie. Starc goes full and Brook times it beautifully through the covers. Despite the outfield being damp, the ball still races across the turf. Hardie puts in the hard yards to his right from sweeper and dives full stretch to save the boundary. Two runs taken. |
| 13.5 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Oohhh... lucky. Starc rolls his fingers over the ball and the English skipper is caught early into his flick. The ball takes the leading edge and lobs in the air, but wide of the bowler and lands well short of mid off. |
| 13.6 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Ouch . Hobby hobbly dobbly dobbly. That has hit Harry Brook right on the knee. Almost everyone is laughing, including Ben Duckett. |
| Time for spin. Adam Zampa comes on to bowl. He was carted around at Lord's. Will England target him again? |
| 14.1 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 14.2 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 14.3 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, 1 run. |
| 14.4 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, On middle and leg, Ben Duckett works it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 14.5 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, FOUR! Fast hands from Brook. Fractionally short from Zampa and Harry Brook rocks back in a flash and punches it behind point. Even on this damp outfield, the ball races away. |
| 14.6 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 15.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS BREAK. After a brief lull during those two wickets, England have found momentum again through this Duckett-Brook partnership. The balls have stopped moving around but the deck is becoming a touch slower and the balls are holding on the surface. |
| 15.2 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Landed outside off, Harry Brook goes right back in his crease and guides it behind point for a run. |
| 15.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, On a good length, around middle and leg, Ben Duckett works it through mid-wicket. |
| 15.4 : Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, That came out of nowhere. |
| 15.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, On a good length, around off, watchfully defended. |
| 15.6 : Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, EDGED, FOUR! Duckett smiles and so does Starc. But that is a wry one from the latter. This is not the first time that we have seen a good ball fly off the edge to the fence. |
| 16.1 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, SIX! STUPENDOUS! |
| 16.2 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, No run. |
| It is getting quite blustery out there, with the wind picking up. |
| 16.3 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 16.4 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 16.5 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 16.6 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 0.0 : More spin and maybe, more runs. Glenn Maxwell is being turned to. |
| 17.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, Fuller, around middle, Ben Duckett pushes this through the covers for a single. |
| 17.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, Around off, well defended. |
| 17.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 17.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, 1 run. |
| 17.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 17.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, 1 run. |
| Big moment for Cooper Connolly. |
| 18.1 : Cooper Connolly to Harry Brook, 1 run. |
| 18.2 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, Fuller, outside off, Ben Duckett gets down and sweeps this behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 18.3 : Cooper Connolly to Harry Brook, A bit of flight, from around the wicket, on middle, Brook punches this down to long on for one more. |
| 18.4 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, FOUR! 50 IN 45 BALLS FOR BEN DUCKETT! His 6th in ODIs. |
| 18.5 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, FOUR MORE! Connolly over compensates and bowls a full toss on middle. |
| 18.6 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, Fuller, around middle, Ben pulls it through square leg for one. Every ball of that over has been scored of - resulting in 12 runs. |
| 19.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 19.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Slightly short, outside off, Duckett picks the length very quickly and immediately rocks back. |
| 19.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 19.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, 1 run. |
| 19.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 19.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, No run. |
| Smith is forced to change the bowling again. Aaron Hardie is back on. 4-1-26-2 so far. |
| 20.1 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Welcome back into the attack, mate! |
| 20.2 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 20.3 : Aaron Hardie to Harry Brook, SIX! SMASH! 50 IN 39 BALLS FOR HARRY BROOK! |
| 20.4 : Aaron Hardie to Harry Brook, On middle and leg, helped through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 20.5 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 20.6 : Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Overpitched outside off, Duckett drives this straight to wide mid off. Duckett is disgusted with himself. A meter either side of that fielder and it would have been a boundary. 12 from the over, Hardie's figures read 5-1-38-2. |
| 21.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, A short ball, around off, big turn, Harry Brook looks to pull but is beaten by the spin. Mistimes the ball through mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 21.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, On middle and leg, helped through square leg for a run. |
| 21.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 21.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, Quicker through the air, around off, the skipper goes back and works it through mid on for one. |
| 21.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, A short ball, around off, spinning away, Ben Duckett gets down on a knee and pulls it through mid-wicket for another single. |
| 21.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, FOUR! Risky but effective. This is full and straight on the stumps, which means that if Brook misses this, he is gone. But he doesn't miss and the ball goes instead. The skipper employs the reverse sweep, picks the ball from leg stump and gets it over point. THE 100-STAND IS UP IN 80 BALLS! |
| 22.1 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, Change of ends for Cooper Connolly. |
| 22.2 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, FOUR! SMASH! |
| 22.3 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 22.4 : Cooper Connolly to Harry Brook, Fuller, around off, Harry Brook works it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 22.5 : Cooper Connolly to Harry Brook, Nicely bowled from Connolly, a little bit of drift, on middle, Harry Brook pushes it towards long on for a run. |
| 22.6 : Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, Full, on middle, Ben Duckett brings out the reverse sweep behind point for one. |
| 23.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, Full and straight, no flight, Ben Duckett defends. |
| 23.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, A touch short, around middle, spinning away, Duckett rocks back and punches it to the right of a diving short cover for a single. |
| 23.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Harry Brook, A bit of flight this time, around off, Harry Brook lunges and works it through mid-wicket for a run. The stand moves to 110 (89). |
| 23.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, SIX! The attack continues. |
| 23.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 23.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, 2 runs. |
| Second trial by fire for Adam Zampa. |
| 24.1 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 24.2 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, SIX! Carbon copy of Zampa's previous over. Or nearly. |
| 24.3 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, 1 run. |
| 24.4 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 24.5 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, No run. |
| 24.6 : Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, OUT! CAUGHT! Stop the press, Australia have got a wicket. In fact, stop the social media as well, because Zampa has struck. |
| 0.0 : The player of the summer, Jamie Smith, makes his way out at number 5, replacing his skipper, Harry Brook. |
| 25.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 25.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 25.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 25.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Jamie Smith, No run. |
| 25.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Jamie Smith, No run. |
| 25.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Jamie Smith, Another short ball, around middle, spinning in, Smith backs away a long way and punches the ball down to long on for a run to get off the mark. |
| 26.1 : Adam Zampa to Jamie Smith, Tossed up, outside off, Jamie Smith drives this to wide long off for a single. |
| 26.2 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Well done, by both, Duckett and Inglis. |
| 26.3 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, On middle and leg, Duckett works this through mid-wicket for a single. Moves to 90 (72). |
| 26.4 : Adam Zampa to Jamie Smith, No run. |
| 26.5 : Adam Zampa to Jamie Smith, Shorter, around off, Jamie punches this through the covers for a run. |
| 26.6 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, Much slower through the air, way too short, but BD misses out. Is beaten by the lack of pace and punches the ball straight to point. There was no one in the deep behind him. |
| 27.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Jamie Smith, 1 run. |
| 27.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, A short ball, around off, Ben Duckett rocks back and punches it through the covers, for a run. |
| 27.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Jamie Smith, Dropped short and Jamie Smith picks the length in a trice. |
| 27.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Jamie Smith, OUT! BOWLED! Out of nowhere, Maxwell gets a wicket and tell you what - Adil Rashid, Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone ââââand Will Jacks will like that from the dressing room. |
| Liam Livingstone comes in at number 6, replacing Jamie Smith, fresh from his 28-run assault over Starc to sign off at Lord's. |
| 27.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Liam Livingstone, No run. |
| 27.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Liam Livingstone, No run. |
| 28.2 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, Goes back this time and helps it past short mid-wicket, to his left for a single. |
| 28.1 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, A touch short, on middle, Ben Duckett works it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 28.3 : Adam Zampa to Liam Livingstone, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Excellent catch from the keeper. Once again, the pitch caches an England batter by surprise. |
| 0.0 : Jacob Bethell walks in at number 7, replacing Liam Livingstone. Did not get much opportunities in the last 2 ODIs, but he is another talent for the future. |
| 28.4 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 28.5 : Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 28.6 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 29.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 29.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 29.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 29.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, Short ball, outside off, Duckett sits down on a knee and pulls it through square leg. Calls for two and gets them. Moves to 96 now. |
| 29.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, Make that 97 as Duckett punches this short ball through point for a single. |
| 29.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, Outside off, eased down to long off for one more. |
| Salt now. |
| 30.1 : Matthew Short to Jacob Bethell, Outside off, punched towards cover for a single. |
| 30.2 : Matthew Short to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 30.3 : Matthew Short to Ben Duckett, 1 run. |
| 30.4 : Matthew Short to Jacob Bethell, Outside off, punched towards cover for one more. |
| 30.5 : Matthew Short to Ben Duckett, Fuller, around off, pushed towards the bowler. |
| 30.6 : Matthew Short to Ben Duckett, Short, outside off, Ben punches it through the covers and sets off for a single. Moves to 99. Sweeper cover comes in and fumbles. Duckett thinks about the second but then wisely decides against it. Stays on 99. |
| 31.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 31.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, SECOND ODI HUNDRED FOR BEN DUCKETT! In just 86 balls. |
| 31.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, Fuller, around middle, watchfully defended. |
| 31.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, How has that missed the leg stump? |
| 31.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 31.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, Fuller, outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| 32.1 : Matthew Short to Ben Duckett, Fuller and quicker, on leg stump, Ben Duckett defends. |
| 32.2 : Matthew Short to Ben Duckett, Comes down the track but gets out a bit too early. Short sees that and fires in a yorker and Duckett just about squeezes it through square leg for a single. |
| 32.3 : Matthew Short to Jacob Bethell, Full, on leg stump, Jacob Bethell pushes it to the left side of Short who stops the ball. |
| 32.4 : Matthew Short to Jacob Bethell, Similar ball, this time it is defended watchfully. |
| 32.5 : Matthew Short to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 32.6 : Matthew Short to Jacob Bethell, Around off, Jacob punches it through point for one more. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS BREAK. A better passage of play for Australia since that Brook wicket. They have conceded 29/3 in the last 49 balls. But it could also be the calm before the storm. |
| 33.1 : Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 33.2 : Travis Head to Ben Duckett, No run. |
| 33.3 : Travis Head to Ben Duckett, SIX! SMOKED! Flighted around middle, and with mid on and mid off, that is a free hit for Duckett. |
| 33.4 : Travis Head to Ben Duckett, OUT! CAUGHT! Big wicket for Australia and Kate Cross on air says, 'One risk too many' for the shot played by Ben Duckett. But that is how it is. Had this cleared the ropes, we would have been praising for the launch of attack by Duckett to put Australia under pressure. |
| 0.0 : Brydon Carse walks in at number 8, replacing Ben Duckett. He is no mug with the bat either. |
| 33.5 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, No run. |
| 33.6 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, No run. |
| Adam Zampa returns. 5-0-54-2 so far. |
| 34.1 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 34.2 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, 2 runs. |
| 34.3 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 34.4 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, 1 run. |
| 34.6 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, A short ball, around leg stump, Jacob punches it down to long on for one. |
| 34.5 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, Fuller, around off, Bethell plays a crisp-looking cover drive but it is straight to the fielder. |
| 35.1 : Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 35.2 : Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 35.3 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, No run. |
| 35.4 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, Very full, around middle, driven back to the bowler. |
| 35.5 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, No run. |
| 35.6 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, On middle, punched down to long on for a run. |
| 36.1 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, Huge shout for LBW! Umpire Kumar Dharmasena stands still. That looked very close. |
| 36.2 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, 1 run. |
| 36.3 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 36.4 : Adam Zampa to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 36.5 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, No run. |
| 36.6 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, Outside off, Carse punches this through the covers. The batters take the single but Cooper Connolly returns a wild throw to the keeper, Josh Inglis, right at the base of the stumps. Inglis is forced to bend to collect and the ball rockets into his left arm, hurting him. The ball goes behind for overthrows but the backing up is good, so it costs nothing. But Inglis is in pain. |
| 37.1 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, 2 Wides! |
| Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Around off, pushed towards cover. |
| Is that a stumping? Inglis is confident while Bethell is not so much. Yes, one replay is enough to confirm. |
| 37.2 : Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, OUT! STUMPED! England continue to lose wickets. |
| 0.0 : Adil Rashid walks in at number 9, replacing Jacob Bethell. |
| 37.3 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, No run. |
| 37.4 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 37.5 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, 1 run. |
| 37.6 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 38.1 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, No run. |
| 38.2 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, No run. |
| 38.3 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 38.4 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, No run. |
| 38.5 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, No run. |
| 38.6 : Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, 1 run. |
| 39.1 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, 1 run. |
| 39.2 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, On middle and leg, Adil Rashid works it through square leg for a run. |
| 39.3 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, WIDE. Fires it down the leg side, does Head, Carse misses his flick. |
| Travis Head to Brydon Carse, 2 runs. |
| 39.4 : Travis Head to Brydon Carse, OUT! LBW! This was a perfect offie from Head, outside off and making it spin back in. Brydon Carse looked to initially work it through the leg side but then tried to change his shot, attempting to dab it towards short third. |
| 0.0 : Matthew Potts walks in at number 10, replacing Brydon Carse. |
| 39.5 : Travis Head to Matthew Potts, 1 run. |
| 39.6 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, No run. |
| 0.0 : change? |
| 40.1 : Adam Zampa to Matthew Potts, No run. |
| 40.2 : Adam Zampa to Matthew Potts, No run. |
| 40.3 : Adam Zampa to Matthew Potts, No run. |
| 40.4 : Adam Zampa to Matthew Potts, 1 run. |
| 40.5 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 40.6 : Adam Zampa to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, outside off, Potts hammers it through mid off for one more. |
| 41.1 : Travis Head to Matthew Potts, Fuller, on middle, Matthew Potts brings out the reverse sweep but cannot beat short third. |
| 41.2 : Travis Head to Matthew Potts, Overpitched on that occasion, outside off, Potts thumps it down the ground to long off for a single. |
| 41.3 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, Fuller, around off, Adil Rashid defends. There is Matthew Short present at short leg. |
| 41.4 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, And it just goes past that short leg! |
| 41.5 : Travis Head to Matthew Potts, No run. |
| 41.6 : Travis Head to Matthew Potts, No run. |
| 42.1 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, FOUR! A boundary after 51 balls! |
| 42.2 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 42.3 : Adam Zampa to Matthew Potts, No run. |
| 42.4 : Adam Zampa to Matthew Potts, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : The floodlights gets switched on now as it has gone really dark in Bristol. |
| 42.5 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, No run. |
| 42.6 : Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 43.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Glenn Maxwell is back on. 8-0-42-1 so far. |
| 43.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Matthew Potts, No run. |
| 43.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Matthew Potts, 1 run. |
| 43.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 43.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Matthew Potts, OUT! c Josh Inglis b Glenn Maxwell. |
| 0.0 : Olly Stone is the last man in, replacing Matthew Potts. |
| 43.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Olly Stone, No run. |
| 44.1 : Mitchell Starc to Adil Rashid, Four! |
| 43.6 : The drizzle is back. The groundstaff gets ready. Steven Smith senses the opportunity and brings back Mitchell Starc. 5-0-38-0 so far. |
| 44.2 : Mitchell Starc to Adil Rashid, No run. |
| 44.3 : Mitchell Starc to Adil Rashid, Interesting from Rashid. He is not looking to farm the strike, |
| 44.4 : Mitchell Starc to Olly Stone, That is probably why Rashid is not farming the strike. What a shot by the number 11. |
| 44.5 : Mitchell Starc to Adil Rashid, Fuller, on middle, Adil flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 44.6 : Mitchell Starc to Adil Rashid, Landed wide outside off, AR flays this through point for a single. |
| 45.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Adil Rashid, Around middle, a touch short, Adil Rashid hops and turns it towards short fine leg. Wants a single but is sent back. |
| 45.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Adil Rashid, Fuller this time, around off, Rashid leans and drives it towards long on for a single. |
| 45.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Olly Stone, No run. |
| 45.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Olly Stone, Outside off, Stone eases it through the covers for a run. Considering the situation, Australia are way too defensive, giving away easy singles. England will take that at the moment, if that can help them to bat out 50 overs. |
| 45.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 45.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Olly Stone, Down the leg side, Stone tickles it towards fine leg for another single. Decent job by Glenn Maxwell, as he finishes with figures of 10-0-49-2. Whether that is good or bad for Australia with England having 4 spinners, only time will tell. |
| 46.1 : Cooper Connolly to Olly Stone, Turn and bounce on the first ball. |
| 0.0 : Oh dear. Big gamble from Smith. He has brought on debutant Cooper Connolly to bowl the 47th over. 2-0-19-0 so far. |
| 46.2 : Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, No run. |
| 46.3 : Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 46.4 : Cooper Connolly to Olly Stone, No run. |
| 46.5 : Cooper Connolly to Olly Stone, No run. |
| 46.6 : Cooper Connolly to Olly Stone, A touch shorter to finish, Stone rocks back and punches it towards long off for one more. |
| 47.1 : Travis Head to Olly Stone, 1 run. |
| 46.6 : Travis Head returns. 5-0-22-3 so far. |
| 47.2 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, Down the leg side, Adil Rashid misses his flick. |
| 47.3 : Travis Head to Olly Stone, 1 run. |
| 47.4 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 47.5 : Travis Head to Olly Stone, On middle and off, pushed down to long on for one more. |
| 47.6 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, 1 run. |
| 48.1 : Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, FOUR! 300 IS UP FOR ENGLAND! Classy shot from Adil Rashid. |
| 48.2 : Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, Four! |
| 48.3 : Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, Outside off, pushed through the covers for a single. |
| 48.4 : Cooper Connolly to Olly Stone, No run. |
| 48.5 : Cooper Connolly to Olly Stone, 1 run. |
| 48.6 : Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, The arm ball, on middle, Adil gets his bat down at the last moment to defend. 4-0-31-0 for Cooper Connolly on ODI debut. |
| 49.1 : Travis Head to Olly Stone, A short ball, on middle, Olly Stone helps it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 49.2 : Travis Head to Adil Rashid, OUT! CAUGHT! Head finishes with a 4-fer. Flighted, outside off, Adil Rashid looks to play the slog sweep but is done in by the flight. Does not quite connect cleanly and gets more height than distance. Two fielders converge, one from long on and the other from deep mid-wicket and eventually, Marnus Labuschagne takes it calmly. End of a crucial cameo from Rashid - 36 (35) and ENGLAND FINISH WITH 309 on the board. |
| 0.0 : The players rush off the field as the drizzle has intensified into heavy rain. Out come the sheets to cover the pitch and the hover cover should be on as well. Both teams will be relatively pleased with the score but this particular break could decide which way the match might go. |
| An innings of two halves. England were targetting 500 at one point, when they were 202/2 in the 25th over. Australian shoulders were drooping and they were just not able to adjust to the cold conditions. Then, suddenly, the hosts lost their skipper, and from 202/2, slipped to 276/9, before a crucial last-wicket stand took them past 300. If you look at it from this point of view, definitely, Australia would be the happier side but if you look for the reason of the collapse, England will believe t |
| Right from the start, the pitch was on the slower side. Somewhere around the halfway mark, it started to turn and caught the batters off guard. Australia finally got a hold of the pitch and crawled their way back through their spinners. As many as 8 bowling options were used, with as many as 5 spinners being employed. After the initial onslaught against the new balls seeing a couple of wickets to Aaron Hardie, the spin 'trio' of Zampa, Maxwell and Head had combined figures of 26.2-0-151-8. Engl |
| This might eventually come down to that new-ball blast by England. Only three batters crossed 40 in a scorecard which had 5 batters dismissed in single digits but the opening stand of 58 and then a mammoth 132-run stand for the third wicket between Ben Duckett and Harry Brook - in 98 balls - took the wind out of the Australian sails. The visitors were looking down and out and had they been a little bit better with the semi-new balls, might have restricted the hosts to 250ish. |
| England continue to live by the sword and die by it. They kept on coming at the Australian bowlers which looked extremely good for the first half of the innings. But post that, the inexperienced middle order just gave it away, not even trying to bat till the end. Eventually, on this pitch, this score might still be enough but they need to channel a balance between attack and overattack. Ben Duckett was the pick of the batters as he looked calm and resolute, reaching his second ODI ton, with the |
| Will 309 be enough? We can have multiple answers to that. Answer 1 would be, as per ODI standards, this is well below par. Answer 2 would be, if you look at this pitch and also Austraia's batting against the moving ball, this is 100 above par. Answer 3 would be, if the rain continues to fall, the pitch might get better to bat and the wet ball might skid onto the bat. This could make batting easier and bowlers might find it difficult to grip the ball, as was witnessed during the first ODI. Plenty |
| In the meanwhile, let's look at the warmup fixtures lined up for today in the Women's T20 World Cup. Australia and England are set to go against each other over there as well, while in another ground, New Zealand take on South Africa. The third match is between India and West Indies. In all the three games, the captain winning the toss has elected to chase - that's New Zealand, West Indies and England. There is no official rule set for warmup games as such, as those are basically played to allow |
| 1.53 PM GMT UPDATE - Well, we should have begun by now. But that heavy shower at the end of the first innings has caused a bit of a delay. The good thing is that it has stopped raining and the covers are slowly coming off. We are expected to start by 2 pm GMT. Though, there are plenty of murmurs with the forecasted wet band of rain to hit the ground in around an hour's time. Ouch. |
| ... THE RUN CHASE ... |
| We are all set to begin. Travis Head and Matthew Short will open the innings for Australia. Matthew Potts has the first new ball in his hand. |
| 0.1 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, On a good length, around off, Matthew Short helps it through mid-wicket and takes a quick single to get things underway. |
| 0.2 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Around off, from around the wicket, on a good length again, Travis Head hops and punches this through the covers for a run. Both openers are off the mark. |
| 0.3 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Around off, Short punches it through the covers for one. |
| 0.4 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, This one nips back in from a good length, good seam movement, Head is cut into half and gets a thick inside edge as he looks to defend. Almost chops it on. |
| 0.5 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, A tad fuller this time, outside off, Travis is on his toes to punch it through the covers but cannot pierce the gap. |
| 0.0 : Point goes back and fine leg comes in. |
| 0.6 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Nips back in sharply from outside off, TH is caught in his crease as he looks to flick and is hit on the pads. A leg bye taken. |
| Olly Stone will have the second new ball in his hand. |
| 1.1 : Olly Stone to Travis Head, Landed around middle, Travis Head punches this behind point for a single. |
| 1.2 : Olly Stone to Matthew Short, On a good length, just around off, Matthew Short defends it towards cover. |
| 1.3 : Olly Stone to Matthew Short, Big movement off the seam. |
| 1.4 : Olly Stone to Travis Head, No run. |
| 1.5 : Olly Stone to Travis Head, Around off, Head punches it towards backward point. |
| 1.6 : Olly Stone to Travis Head, Down the leg side, Travis misses his tuck. The ball goes off his pads towards short fine leg and a leg bye is taken. Good start by the English seamers. |
| 2.1 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On a good length, around off, Travis Head punches it towards cover. |
| 2.2 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Again, Matthew Potts tucks Head for room. |
| 2.3 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Another excellent delivery. This is disciplined bowling. Not giving Australia anything. On a good length, outside off, Travis looks to tuck it away but misses. The ball hits his right thigh and rolls back on, almost hitting the leg stump! Head had no idea where the ball went. |
| 2.4 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR LEG BYES! |
| 2.5 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Four! |
| 2.6 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On off and middle, TH pushes it towards cover and takes a quick single. |
| 3.1 : Olly Stone to Travis Head, Four! |
| 3.2 : Olly Stone to Travis Head, Down the leg side again, but this time Head misses his connection. |
| 3.3 : Olly Stone to Matthew Short, FOUR! Width and Short cashes in. On a length, but wide outside off, Matthew Short gets on top of the bounce and punches it through the covers. |
| 3.4 : Olly Stone to Matthew Short, Six! |
| 3.5 : Olly Stone to Matthew Short, 1 run. |
| 3.6 : Olly Stone to Travis Head, Around middle, Travis looks to punch it down the ground but is beaten by the extra bounce. MIstimes it down the pitch. 16 from the over! |
| 4.1 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, SIX! TAKE THAT! |
| 4.2 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 4.3 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, No run. |
| 4.4 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 4.5 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, No run. |
| 4.6 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, No run. |
| First bowling change of the run chase. Brook turns to spin pretty quickly. Will Jacks is on. |
| 5.1 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, FOUR! Not the best of starts. Short and outside off, Travis Head rocks back to cut and gets it to the left of cover. |
| 5.2 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, Six! |
| 5.3 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, No run. |
| 5.4 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, Six! |
| 5.5 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, Four! |
| 5.6 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, Around off, punched towards mid off. 20 from the over, 50 in the last 3! |
| 6.1 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, CATCHING CHANCE, MISSED! |
| 6.2 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, No run. |
| 6.3 : Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Fired down the leg side, Travis Head misses his flick. The ball goes off his pads past the off stump towards deep third and a leg bye is taken. |
| 6.4 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 6.5 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, No run. |
| 6.6 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, SIX! THUMP! |
| 0.0 : Brydon Carse, who was impressive in the last game, has been summoned upon. |
| 7.1 : Brydon Carse to Travis Head, OUT! CAUGHT! And like last game, Carse strikes immediately! Well, in the 4th ODI, once Head got out, Australia fell like a pack of cards. Will it be the same case here as well? |
| 0.0 : Australia's stand-in captain, Steven Smith, walks in at number 3, replacing Travis Head. |
| 7.2 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 7.3 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Wide! |
| Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Four! |
| 7.4 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, 1 run. |
| 7.5 : Brydon Carse to Matthew Short, No run. |
| 7.6 : Brydon Carse to Matthew Short, No run. |
| As per Nasser Hussain on air, if the game is stopped at the 20-over mark, Australia need to be 97/1. If another wicket falls, that number will change. Olly Stone returns. 2-0-16-0 so far. |
| 8.1 : Olly Stone to Steven Smith, Four! |
| 8.2 : Olly Stone to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 8.3 : Olly Stone to Steven Smith, Fuller, pushed down the ground. |
| 8.4 : Olly Stone to Steven Smith, A length ball, outside off, the skipper gets across and works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.5 : Olly Stone to Matthew Short, Gets away with one there, Stone. Another short ball, outside off, Matthew Short looks to pull but misses. Unless, this is a plan from England to bowl short to Short and get him out pulling or hooking. |
| 8.6 : Olly Stone to Matthew Short, FOUR! MARVELLOUS! |
| 0.0 : Matthew Potts returns. 4-0-33-0 so far. |
| 9.1 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, A heart-in-mouth moment for Steven Smith |
| 9.2 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 9.3 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, Four! |
| 9.4 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 9.5 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, 1 run. |
| 9.6 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Wide! |
| Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 10.1 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 9.6 : POWERPLAY 2 time. 4 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle till the 40th over. Brydon Carse comes on from the end of Olly Stone. So it was a change of ends for the former. |
| 10.2 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, 1 run. |
| 10.3 : Brydon Carse to Matthew Short, SIX! THWACK! A 23-BALL 50 FOR MATTHEW SHORT! It has been an aggressive innings alright and once again, he has got a start. The problem with Short has been his innings, which seem to be like his name - short. |
| 10.4 : Brydon Carse to Matthew Short, 1 run. |
| 10.5 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 10.6 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, No run. |
| Brook needs wickets and calls on his trump card. Adil Rashid to bowl now. |
| 11.1 : Adil Rashid to Matthew Short, No run. |
| 11.2 : Adil Rashid to Matthew Short, 1 run. |
| 11.3 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 11.4 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, 1 run. |
| 11.5 : Adil Rashid to Matthew Short, No run. |
| 11.6 : Adil Rashid to Matthew Short, No run. |
| 12.1 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 11.6 : Matthew Potts returns. 5-0-43-0 so far. |
| 12.2 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, 1 run. |
| 12.3 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 12.4 : Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Once again, Short plays a short innings, lasting just 30 balls. |
| 0.0 : Josh Inglis walks in at number 4, replacing Matthew Short. |
| 12.5 : Matthew Potts to Josh Inglis, No run. |
| 12.6 : Matthew Potts to Josh Inglis, No run. |
| 13.1 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Landed around middle, Steven Smith gets across and flicks it uppishly through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.2 : Adil Rashid to Josh Inglis, Landed outside off, a touch short, spinning away, Josh Inglis punches it straight to cover. |
| 13.3 : Adil Rashid to Josh Inglis, 1 run. |
| 13.4 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Floated, around middle, Smith lunges and blocks. |
| 13.5 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Slower again, around off, the skipper gets across and nurdles it through mid-wicket for a run. 189 more needed from 217 balls. |
| 13.6 : Adil Rashid to Josh Inglis, Once again, Inglis sits back and plays Rashid off the pitch. It is not all that short but the keeper batter plays it off the back foot and punches it through the covers for one. |
| 14.1 : Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Brydon Carse returns. 2-0-14-1 so far. Starts off with a length ball, outside off, Josh Inglis has a lazy slash at it, without moving his feet and is beaten. |
| 14.2 : Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, On a good length, just outside off, Inglis hops and dabs it towards deep third for a single. |
| 14.3 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, On a good length, just outside off, Steven Smith gets forward and across to defend it down the pitch. |
| 14.4 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Fuller, outside off, Smith gets a big stride across and shoulders arms. |
| It has gotten ever so darker. |
| 14.5 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Landed outside off, watchfully defended. |
| 14.6 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Fuller, outside off, the skipper walks into that shot and defends. |
| 0.0 : Well, well, well, what happened in that last over? On 14.1, Josh Inglis looked to flay at a ball close to his body and got beaten. |
| 15.1 : Adil Rashid to Josh Inglis, 1 run. |
| 15.2 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 15.3 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, On middle and leg, Steven Smith stays back to defend. |
| 15.4 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Pushed through from the front portion of his hand by Adil Rashid, Smith picks it really late and gets into a tangle, somehow managing to defend. |
| 15.5 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 15.6 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Floated, outside off, the skipper pushes it towards long off for a single. |
| 16.1 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 0.0 : The breeze has really picked up in Bristol and we can hear the thunder rumbling. We are 4 overs away from having a result. The ground staff is moving and we are scheduled to have a DRINKS BREAK at the end of the 17th over, or if a wicket falls earlier. |
| 16.2 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Similar ball, around off, Smith comes forward again to block. |
| 0.0 : And now, there is rain in the air... |
| 16.3 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Six! |
| 16.4 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Nearly chopped on! On a good length, outside off, the skipper gets across to punch it through the off side but is done in by the extra bounce. Gets a thick inside edge which goes past the stumps. Good work by the keeper, Jamie Smith, to dive to his left to stop the ball. |
| 16.5 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Another inside edge. |
| 16.6 : Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, On a good length, around off, Josh Inglis hops and defends. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS BREAK. As mentioned earlier, the scheduled break is being taken. At this point in time, England will not mind it one bit but one more wicket will make things interesting as that DLS par score will increase after the third wicket. |
| 17.1 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 17.2 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 17.3 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, A bit wider outside off, Steven Smith lets it pass. |
| 17.4 : Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, Landed outside off, Smith gets across and nurdles it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Matthew Potts signals for a new pair of shoes towards the dressing room. Ian Ward and Ricky Ponting on air suggest cheekily to call for the support staff and physio, just to waste some time. Potts has his shoes off and socks off as well. Harry Brook is near the bowler and is almost about to burst out laughing. The umpires get a bit serious now and want to get this done quickly and on comes someone from the dressing room, with a pair of shoes. Still 14 legal balls away to constitute a game. Pot |
| 17.5 : Matthew Potts to Josh Inglis, Fuller, around off, Josh Inglis comes forward and drives it towards mid on. |
| 17.6 : Matthew Potts to Josh Inglis, Fuller, just around off, Inglis gets a big stride forward to defend. |
| Olly Stone is back on. 3-0-25-0 so far. |
| 18.1 : Olly Stone to Steven Smith, Short and wide outside off, Steven Smith slaps it through point for a single. Moves to 30 (42). |
| 18.2 : Olly Stone to Josh Inglis, On a length, outside off, another airy-fairy swish from Josh Inglis, without moving his feet and misses. |
| 18.3 : Olly Stone to Josh Inglis, EDGED, FOUR! A length ball, outside off, just a little bit of width again, moving away off the seam. Inglis throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge, behind Will Jacks at back point and beats Adil Rashid running to his right from deep third. |
| 18.4 : Olly Stone to Josh Inglis, Better from Inglis. |
| 18.5 : Olly Stone to Josh Inglis, No run. |
| 18.6 : Olly Stone to Josh Inglis, FOUR! TONK! |
| 19.1 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, 1 run. |
| 18.6 : Brydon Carse returns. 4-0-22-1 so far. |
| 19.2 : Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, SIX! VIOLENCE! A short ball, outside off, Josh Inglis picks the length up pretty quickly. Rocks onto his back foot in a flash and pulls it over mid-wicket. This stand moves to 33 from 40 balls and 150 COMES UP FOR AUSTRALIA. 159 more needed from 184 balls. |
| 19.3 : Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, TOP EDGE, SIX! Not a bad ball from Carse. He goes short again, tempting Inglis to go for the pull and is obliged. |
| 19.4 : Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, 1 run. |
| 19.5 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Landed outside off, Steven Smith looks to flay at that one and misses. Harry Brook has a chat with his bowler and keeper regarding the review for a catch but does not take it. |
| 19.6 : Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, And we shall have a result. |
| Adil Rashid switches ends. 3-0-8-0 so far. |
| 20.1 : Adil Rashid to Josh Inglis, Full, on middle, Josh Inglis flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 20.2 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, No run. |
| 20.3 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Four! |
| 20.4 : Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, WIDE. The googly, but down the leg side, left alone. |
| Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Around middle, punched down to long on for a run. |
| 0.0 : Ahh welll... a matter of a few balls! If the rain had come at 19.5 and play was halted, not to resume again, this would have been a no result. Miraculously, the rain held itself just long enough to allow 20.4 overs to be bowled in the second innings. The DLS score after 20.4 overs with 2 wickets down reads 116 for Australia, which means they are 49 ahead. |
| Ian Ward on air states that as per the forecast, once the rain starts to fall, it will not stop. But cricket matches and results are not based on forecasts. Australia have played much better with the bat, compared to the 4th ODI. Short and Head got off to a 78-run stand, pretty much similar to what they did in Lord's. But crucially, here, Smith came ou and ensured that there was no collapse. He added 40 more with Short and took Australia to a position of safety. For as long as one of the openers |
| It is not like England have not bowled well but perhaps they were too desperate for wickets. This is what happens when you have one eye on the clouds and are not fully focussed on the job at present. The new-ball bowlers started well but then Olly Stone started to leak runs. Overs 3-6 yielded 62 runs and that prompted Harry Brook to ring in a number of changes - something which he would not have done, had the rain threat not been looming. That meant the bowlers never got set and Australia got |
| For now, we play the waiting game, hoping for the game to resume. Australia and their fans would be very happy if that does not happen but from a cricket fan's point of view, let's hope that the game resumes at some point in time, albeit it will be a shortened one. Please stay tuned for updates. |
| 4 PM GMT UPDATE - A little bit of positive news coming our way. By the looks of it, the groundstaff is working on the covers. Not quite sure whether the rain has stopped but it does appear that the wind is pretty strong, which is blowing the clouds away. Fingers crossed we get a resumption soon. Till then, let's delve into what is happening in Women's Cricket in the World Cup, which is about to kickstart from October 3. Starting with Aus-Eng, the females are in a much better position, having res |
| Moving across to another venue, after a disatrous period for the last 12 months or so, New Zealand Women have begun brightly against South Africa. Leigh Kasperek and Melie Kerr took 3 wickets apiece and dismantled the Proteas for 92. Skipper Laura Wolvaardt was the only one who could cross 20, making 33. In reply, the White Ferns are in a strong position at 56/1 after 9 overs, with Kerr leading the charge with the bat as well. |
| 4.10 PM GMT UPDATE - Scratch the previous update. The covers were indeed almost taken off and the umpires were due for an inspection but the weather gods seem to have got offended. Back comes the rain, back on come the covers. |
| Okay. So what's left from the warm-up matches? Aahhh... West Indies vs India. On a difficult pitch to bat on, Jemimah Rodrigues' fighting 52 has taken India to a competitive 141/8, in a scorecard where 2 batters crossed 20. West Indies were decent with the ball, with skipper Hayley Matthews again leading the charge with 4/17 in 4 overs. But the reply from the Windies has not been that great. India's new-ball bowlers have run riot and reduced West Indies to 22/3 at the end of the Powerplay. On sl |
| More updates from the cricketing world. Same country, the UAE, but a different section. Ireland and South Africa are playing the second of the 2-match T20I series in Abu Dhabi, the first one being pocketed easily by the Proteas. The second one has begun well for the Irish, as they have raced to 98/0 after 9 overs, with Ross Adair reaching his second T20I fifty. However, they will know from the last game that anything under 200 is not going to trouble South Africa much. |
| 4.30 PM GMT UPDATE - Sadly, nothing new to update from Bristol. It continues to rain. We have got an update from Dubai though, as New Zealand Women have cantered to an 8-wicket win, against South Africa chasing down 93 in the 15th over. Melie Kerr and skipper Sohpie Devine helped themselves to some useful runs. In the Aus-Eng game, Alice Capsey has just been dismissed for 40 (34) and England are 96/3, needing 67 from 40 balls. In the WI-Ind game, the wicket flow has been stemmed but the Caribbe |
| The official cut-off time for this game to resume, is 6 pm GMT. Though I am not sure, for how many overs. We have already had 20 done and given this rain, the outfield would have got damp as well. England have the series on the line but they could be risking injuries to their own players if they show too much desperation to play. We are roughly 80-odd minutes from that phase but wonder for how long, will the umpires be patient, if the rain does not stop. |
| As we approach towards the end of this series, let's take a look at the future for both teams. Given that there has been plenty of talk regarding England's inexperience in this ODI series, who are the key personnel missing? One of them is surely Jos Buttler who should be back with them during the winter. The other name is Joe Root, who was not injured as such, but took a break, having had a hectic summer of cricket. Don't think Ben Stokes will make a white-ball return but there are cases for Jon |
| Talking about Australia, they are in a strong position to win this series now but it has not been a good one for them overall. Barring the second ODI, their seamers struggled in each of the remaining games. They got lucky in the first ODI with England throwing it away while in this game, their spinners brought them back in the game. So fast bowling, which has been their strength, did not work for them much on this tour. Don't think they have any fresh resources in the bank or any experienced per |
| The final verdict is out. The umpires have seen enough with the rain forecast and decided that enough is enough. The 5th ODI has been called off after 20.4 overs in the second innings and AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN DECLARED WINNERS BY 49 RUNS, VIA THE DLS METHOD. Looking back at the Australian innings and given how close they were to seeing this being declared as a no result, one just wonders those 3.4 overs being bowled by Adil Rashid. Had Brook not gone towards spin at all, who knows, this series cou |
| End of a bizarre game. England were skyrocketing with the bat, at 202/2, targetting 500 at the halfway stage, when a dramatic collapse saw them fold up for 309. While the Australian seamers got a pasting, the spinners hauled them back, in the most unlikely fashion. Adam Zampa had gone for 44 in his first 17 balls, before he eventually got Harry Brook and that turned the tide. What surprised England though, was Travis Head churned out 4 wickets which hurt them very badly. It laid to nought all |
| In reply, Australia were pretty confident and started off with their usual tonking-the-ball business through their openers. Again, they got a good opening stand but this time, they did not let the opportunity slip. With partnerships of 78, 40 and then an unbeaten 47, they ensured that there was no collapse. If this match had been played like a 50-over game, maybe the result could have been different. But England were caught in two minds - whether to play for the rain or try and stall the game - |
| TRAVIS HEAD HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his 4 wickets with the ball and a brisk 31 with the bat. Head says that he did not expect to be bowling in the death overs and honestly says that he did not expect to be bowling too much, let alone the last few overs. Details with Glenn Maxwell in the side, he is not usually required to bowl but is happy to roll his arm over when required. Feels that it was a good series for him personally, admitting that Australia could have done bette |
| England's skipper, HARRY BROOK, HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE PLAYER OF THE SERIES. Brook is happy to get some runs on the board and contribute to the team's cause. Admits that he has not been playing too much ODI cricket, so it means a lot more to him. On this 5th ODI, losing their way from 202/2, Brook says that they are trying to build towards bigger series with a new entertaining brand of cricket, which he believes has been done well. Adds that the bowlers taking wickets throughout has helped. On |
| Victorious series captain for Australia, MITCHELL MARSH, is all smiles, especially having won without him in the 5th ODI. Marsh says that England were on track for a big total and credits Steven Smith for pulling things back. On Australia having so many allrounders, Mitch says that allrounders are now a trend in world cricket and his team's allrounders don't let opposition batters settle. Hopes that it continues for some more tim. On the series review, The Bison says that it was a good few we |
| And with that, we wrap up this series and also the grand summer of England. With wins of West Indies and Sri Lanka and a drawn T20I series against Australia earlier, this ODI series was the only series loss for them and they will take that. They would have gained a lot for the future and would be keen on building and developing these young stars along with a blend of experience. Australia will be happy to 'get away' without too much damage but they will honestly admit in secret that they need to |
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