New Delhi. World Champion Australia’s victory in ODI cricket has finally stopped. Kangaroos, who have been winning continuously for almost a year, have had to face defeat from England this time. England defeated Australia in the third match of the 5-match ODI series. This is Australia’s first defeat after 14 consecutive wins. Harry Brook scored the first century for England as captain. He remained unbeaten after scoring 110 runs.
The third ODI match was played between Australia and England at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday. Australia made a strong score of 304 runs in this match. In response, England played a baseball game and scored runs in a stormy manner. Host England knew that rain could come at any time. Because of this also he batted fast. English captain Harry Brook did not even care about the fall of early wickets and scored quick runs. Result: When rain came in the 38th over, England was 46 runs ahead of the target under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. In this way he won the match by 46 runs.
Australia has suffered defeat in ODI cricket after 348 days. Earlier, it had to face defeat against South Africa in the ICC World Cup 2023. England has also made a comeback in the 5-match series by defeating Australia. However, even after this win, he is behind by 1-2. If the host team wants to win the series, it will have to win both the remaining matches. Australia can win the series even by winning one match.
Partnership of 156 runs in 147 balls
Apart from captain Harry Brook, Will Jacques played an important role in England’s victory in the third ODI. Both of them came together at the crease when England had lost 2 wickets for 11 runs. Despite the pressure, both the batsmen retaliated against the Australian bowlers. Harry Brook and Will Jacques made a partnership of 156 runs in 147 balls at a strike rate of more than 6. This pair broke due to the dismissal of Will Jacques, who scored 84 runs in 82 balls. After his dismissal, Jamie Smith (7) also quickly returned to the pavilion. Captain Harry Brook still remained steadfast and returned unbeaten after scoring 110 runs on 94 balls. He got excellent support in the form of Liam Livingston. When the game was stopped due to rain and England was declared the winner, Livingston was unbeaten on 33 runs off 20 balls.
104 runs scored in the last 10 overs
Earlier, Australia scored 304 runs for 7 wickets with the help of half-centuries from Alex Carey and Steve Smith. In this match for Australia, 6 batsmen played innings more than 20 runs, but except Steve Smith, no one in the top-5 could touch the fifty mark. This affected Australia’s run rate and it could not put pressure on England. It must be good for Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Hardy, who batted brilliantly in the end and took Australia beyond 300 runs. Australia added 104 runs in the last 10 overs. Alex Carey remained unbeaten after scoring 77 runs in 65 balls. Aaron Hardy scored 44 runs in 26 balls. Maxwell played an innings of 30 runs in 25 balls. Before these three, Steve Smith (60) and Cameron Green (42) played useful innings.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : September 25, 2024, 07:54 IST