Glenn Maxwell and Alex Carey scored centuries in a 212-run position to help Australia reach their goal of 303 with two balls remaining and secure a one-day international series victory over England on Wednesday. Mitchell Starc swept a four for winning races as the Australians consigned England to their first loss in a bilateral ODI series at home since 2015 with a record-breaking chase at Old Trafford, giving them a famous victory to bring Down Under back from his cue ball. excursion.
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England bounced back from losing grounds to Jason Roy and Joe Root in the first two balls of the match to place 302-7 after winning the draw in the third ODI, with Jonny Bairstow hitting 112 for his 10th ODI hundred and Chris Woakes a final. . tickets 53 of 39 balls.
Australia, playing without Steve Smith for the third straight game in this series after the star hitter failed to recover from a blow to the head, fell to 73-5 after Marnus Labuschagne’s sloppy run to make England the big favorite. .
But Carey and Maxwell were defiant and produced a record sixth-field position against England to slowly turn the tide. Maxwell removed Adil Rashid by six to reach his second century ODI, quickly followed by Carey hitting a single to get his first ton in the format.
Maxwell eventually fell in love with a 90-ball 108 and Australia needed 14 of the final two overs, then Carey went 106 on a fabulous Mark Wood catch on the seventh to last ball.
Starc came in, with Australia needing 10 of six, and broke his first six-ball to Rashid. After two singles, Starc swept Rashid around the corner and the ball headed for the boundary rope, sealing a three-wicket victory and drawing cheers from his teammates on the balcony.
It was England’s only serial loss in their international summer, during which all of their games were played without fans, after playing against the West Indies, Ireland, Pakistan and Australia in various formats.
England won the T20 series against Australia 2-1.
Brief scores
England 302-7, 50 overs (J Bairstow 112, S Billings 57, C Woakes 53 no; A Zampa 3-51, M Starc 3-74)
Australia 305-7, 49.4 overs (G Maxwell 108, A Carey 106)
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