Manchester | Man-of-the-match match between Glenn Maxwell (108) and Alex Carrie (106) for the sixth wicket, a 21-run match-winning partnership, saw Australia beat England by three wickets in the third ODI in a three-match ODI series 2-1 Won from England, recovering from a poor start against Australia on Wednesday, put up a strong score of 302 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 50 overs, which Australia achieved by losing seven wickets with two balls to spare.
Australia started off chasing the target of 303 runs from England and it was a bad start and lost their five wickets within 73 runs.
These five wickets include the wickets of David Warner (24), captain Aaron Finch (12), Marcus Stoinis (4), Marnus Labushan (20) and Mitchell Marsh (2).
However, after this, Maxwell and Carrie gave Australia a resounding victory for the sixth wicket with a match-winning partnership.
Maxwell hit four fours and seven sixes in 90 balls while Carrie hit seven fours and two sixes off 114 balls. This is the second and highest score in Maxwell’s career. At the same time, this is the first century of Carrie’s career.
England have lost their first ODI series after five years at home. Australia had beaten him at his home in September 2015.
Apart from him, Pat Cummins scored four not out and Mitchell Starc scored 11 not out.
For England, Chris Woakes and Joe Root took two wickets each while Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid took one wicket each.
Earlier, England, recovering from a poor start, managed a strong score of 302 for seven wickets in 50 overs, thanks to the best innings of Johnny Bairstow (112), Sam Billings (57) and finally Chris Woakes (53 not out). did.
England won the toss and chose to bat, but Mitchell Starc gave him a start that the hosts did not expect. Stark took England under heavy pressure with two wickets off the opening two balls of the first over.
He dismissed Jason Roy (0) on the very first ball of the first over and then sent Joe Pavil on the next ball without opening the account. Stark was on a hat-trick but England captain Eoin Morgan did not let that happen.
The captain, along with Bairstow, added 67 runs for the third wicket. He was caught by Stark in an attempt to hit Adam Zampa’s ball over the midoff.
Zampa also did not let Jose Butler (8) last much longer. Billings landed after him again with Bairstow and the two shared a 114-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Shortly after completing his half-century, Billings became Jampa’s third victim with a total score of 210. Bairstow, 10 runs later, was bowled by Pat Cummins. Bairstow faced 126 balls and hit 12 fours and two sixes in his century.
After two set batsmen left, Australia had a chance to hold England to a low score, but Vox kept the run pace from the other end. Tom Quran (19), Adil Rashid (11 not out) supported him well. Vokes played 39 balls and hit six fours in his unbeaten innings.
Stark and Zampa took three wickets each for Australia. Cummins scored a breakthrough.
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