In The contest at the 3rd ODI between England vs Australia, England emerged victorious by 46 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) Method. The match, at a rain-hit venue, saw both teams battle hard, but it was England who held their nerve and sealed the win in challenging conditions.
Australia Strong Batting Display
Winning the toss and electing to bowl first, Australia posted a competitive total on the board. Australia’s Matthew Short and Australia’s captain Mitchell Marsh came to open the batting. Travis Head did not come to open the batting as he was on rest for today’s match. Short was dismissed early after scoring 14 runs and Australia lost their first wicket at 21-1. After that Marsh was also dismissed after scoring 24 runs and then Australia’s score was 47-2 10.5.
After that Steve Smith came to bat and Cameron Green came to support him. Both of them made a partnership of 84 runs in which Smith scored 38 runs and Green scored 42 runs and then Green was caught out on Jacob Bethell’s ball. Australia lost 3 wickets at 131-3 26.4. Steve Smith scored 60 runs which included 5 fours.
Alex Carey played a brilliant innings of 77 runs which included 7 fours and 1 six and along with him Aaron Hardie played a fast knock of 44 runs, due to these two Australia’s score became 304 runs. England needed 305 runs to win this match.
Harry Brook and Will Jacks Show
From England’s side, Phil Salt and Ben Duckett both got out early and England were down to 11-2 due to the pressure on England team increased. Then Harry Brook and Will Jacks together made a partnership of 156 runs in which Harry Brook made his maiden hundred and remained 110 not out and Will Jacks made a brilliant 84 runs. Later when England needed 51 runs and it rained, due to the England won by 46 runs by D/L method.
It was very important for England to win this match because Australia had already won 2 matches in this 5 ODI series and if Australia had won this match too then England would have lost the series but this did not happen and England’s players won this match by giving a good performance and they can still win this series.
You will get to know which team will win this 5 ODI series. The 4th ODI match of this series is on 27th September and if Australia wins this match then it will win the series because Australia has already won 2 matches and if England wins this match then it will be tied 2-2 and the last match which will be played on 29th September will be a must win match for both the teams.