| 0.1 : 0.1: Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, FOUR! MAJESTIC! |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, FOUR! Fortunate for Salt, but a boundary for England. |
| 0.6 : 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. |
| 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. |
| 2.6: 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. |
| 4.2 : 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! |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 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 : 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. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Aaron Hardie to Phil Salt, FOUR! Fine shot. |
| 6.6 : 6.6: Aaron Hardie to Phil Salt, OUT! c Marnus Labuschagne b Aaron Hardie. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 7.5 : 7.5: Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 7.6 : 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. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Aaron Hardie to Will Jacks, OUT! BOWLED! That is a jaffa and suddenly, Hardie has 2 wickets in 5 balls. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 11.5 : 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. |
| 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 : 14.6: Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 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 : 16.1: Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, SIX! STUPENDOUS! |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, FOUR! 50 IN 45 BALLS FOR BEN DUCKETT! His 6th in ODIs. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, FOUR MORE! Connolly over compensates and bowls a full toss on middle. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Slightly short, outside off, Duckett picks the length very quickly and immediately rocks back. |
| 20.1 : 20.1: Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Welcome back into the attack, mate! |
| 20.3 : 20.3: Aaron Hardie to Harry Brook, SIX! SMASH! 50 IN 39 BALLS FOR HARRY BROOK! |
| 21.6 : 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! |
| 22.2 : 22.2: Cooper Connolly to Ben Duckett, FOUR! SMASH! |
| 23.4 : 23.4: Glenn Maxwell to Ben Duckett, SIX! The attack continues. |
| 24.1 : 24.1: Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 24.2 : 24.2: Adam Zampa to Harry Brook, SIX! Carbon copy of Zampa's previous over. Or nearly. |
| 24.6 : 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. |
| 26.2 : 26.2: Adam Zampa to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Well done, by both, Duckett and Inglis. |
| 27.4 : 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. |
| 28.3 : 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. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 37.2 : 37.2: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, OUT! STUMPED! England continue to lose wickets. |
| 39.4 : 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. |
| 42.1 : 42.1: Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, FOUR! A boundary after 51 balls! |
| 43.5 : 43.5: Glenn Maxwell to Matthew Potts, OUT! c Josh Inglis b Glenn Maxwell. |
| 44.1 : 44.1: Mitchell Starc to Adil Rashid, Four! |
| 48.1: Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, FOUR! 300 IS UP FOR ENGLAND! Classy shot from Adil Rashid. |
| 48.2 : 48.2: Cooper Connolly to Adil Rashid, Four! |
| 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. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Four! |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Olly Stone to Travis Head, Four! |
| 3.3 : 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 : 3.4: Olly Stone to Matthew Short, Six! |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, SIX! TAKE THAT! |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 5.1 : 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 : 5.2: Will Jacks to Travis Head, Six! |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Will Jacks to Travis Head, Six! |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Will Jacks to Travis Head, Four! |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 6.6 : 6.6: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, SIX! THUMP! |
| 7.1 : 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? |
| 7.3 : 7.3: Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Four! |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Olly Stone to Steven Smith, Four! |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Olly Stone to Matthew Short, FOUR! MARVELLOUS! |
| 9.3 : 9.3: Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, Four! |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 10.3 : 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. |
| 12.3: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Once again, Short plays a short innings, lasting just 30 balls. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, Six! |
| 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. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Olly Stone to Josh Inglis, FOUR! TONK! |
| 19.2 : 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 : 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. |
| 20.3: Adil Rashid to Steven Smith, Four! |
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