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England produced an impressive comeback to beat Australia by 24 runs and send the three-game ODI series to a decider at Emirates Old Trafford.
SCORECARD | HOW IT HAPPENED
Australia appeared to be sailing at 144-2, chasing just 232 for victory, thanks to a 107 position between Aaron Finch (73) and Marnus Labuschagne (48) before Eoin Morgan reclaimed Jofra Archer (3-34) and Chris. Woakes (3-32) to devastating effect.
The Tourists lost 4-3 when England’s new ball pair made the older ball speak, with Woakes eliminating Labuschagne lbw before pitching Finch and Glenn Maxwell, while Archer castling Mitch Marsh after having accounted for David Warner and Marcus Stoinis in a fiery opening spell.
Sam Curran (3-35) then put England on the brink of victory with two wickets on two balls, added a third shortly after, and while Alex Carey did enough to keep Australia in contention, he was the last man to leave. , puzzled trying to hit Adil Rashid on top.
It was Rashid’s first wicket but it was his batting efforts, along with Tom Curran, that gave England a total to defend as the pair added 76 for the ninth wicket to help the hosts go 149-8. at 231-9.
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Having opted to hit first, Morgan would have expected a better performance from his destructive starting pair, but with Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood continuing their fantastic form, the chances of England’s first order coming out of their less than stellar form. they were few and far between.
Bairstow left without scoring, falling behind when Starc (2-38) crossed him at an angle, and although Roy (21) hit three limits off Hazlewood, Joe Root eliminated him shortly after when Stoinis came in from the spot and shot down. stumps.
Root (39) was another who seemed woefully out of place, but he fought alongside Morgan and while he pitched Stoinis over the midwicket for six to bring up the association of fifty, he was still fighting when he outpointed Adam Zampa against Finch in the slip.
Jos Buttler (3) came and went quickly, lbw to Pat Cummins, and while the England captain saw the ball a little better and had gathered five limits, Zampa caught him lbw for 42, an excellent review that overturned the original decision of no go out.
Zampa (3-36) has been excellent throughout the course and the leggie had his third wicket with a ball that skidded over Sam Billings (8), the England centurion in the first game, stinging as he returned trying to cut and when Woakes (26) passed Hazlewood (1-27) to follow Sam Curran (1) back to the locker room, England were in serious trouble.
However, they were given hope by a brilliant and ultimately game-winning partnership between Rashid and Tom Curran. The pair started off steadily, simply pushing the singles before coming to life in the final five overs.
Curran hit Cummins and then Starc back to the ground with a four bounce to get things going and when Rashid took 18 from a Cummins, including a six hitched to the square leg, Australia was in danger of undoing their good work.
Marsh pitched Curran (37) in the last over but even then England didn’t finish when Archer added another limit from the last ball.
A field error from the first ball of Australia’s innings might not have been the best omen, but England soon got back on track when Archer produced a beauty to have Warner (6) trapped behind.
Stoinis (9) hit a delightful six in a row off Woakes, but was then undone by a brutal Archer goalie who was only able to defend himself in mid-air, allowing Buttler to catch a simple trap.
The fast thrower was taken out of the attack after a spell of five and it wasn’t until he returned in the 26th that England really threatened that Finch and Labuschagne quietly piled up against the paddlers and led the attack on Rashid, whose first three overs were for 27.
Woakes returned to bowling along with Archer, but even then, the Australian pair, with Finch having reached his 27th ODI 50, seemed relatively comfortable and moved up the position of the century.
The game changed at 31 when Woakes hit Labuschagne on the platform and after the referee rejected lbw’s appeal, England reviewed. He came back with three reds and if that pushed the door ajar, the home team had soon taken it off its hinges.
Archer pitched Marsh (1) on the next over with one that stayed low and then Woakes hit Finch’s big one at 33 with a ball that held his line to hit the edge and mess up the stumps.
Morgan decided to keep the pair going and throw them, his reward was Maxwell’s window (1), thrown identically to Finch from the first ball of the Woakes final.
With the lead men finished for the day, it was left to the Currans, both brought in after the first ODI was missed, and Rashid to finish the job.
Tom (0-28) proved to be economical throughout his spell, but it was Sam who did the damage, his left arm throwing Cummins (11) around the wicket before Starc caught him behind the next ball.
Zampa and Carey held just over four overs, but had added just 10 runs as the former passed the ball halfway to give Curran his third and put England on edge.
Carey (36) finally came into action when Rashid came in to throw his final two overs, with Tom Curran also thrown, and reduced it to 27 of 12 required balls.
However, he still wasn’t connecting with consistency and eventually passed a gaping Rashid as the speed mounted and the pressure mounted. Buttler got rid of the bonds to ensure England remain undefeated in the bilateral ODI series since January 2017 and since 2015 at home.
Australia will have another chance to upset that record on Wednesday, but after such an exciting turnaround, it is England with momentum entering the series decider.
Watch the third ODI between England and Australia on Sky Sports Cricket starting at 12.30pm on Wednesday.
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