Australia Defeats England in the 4th ODI Match of ENG v AUS Series on September 27, 2024 | Sports

September 29, 2024

England 312 for five (Brook 87, Duckett 63, Livingstone 62*) beat Australia 126 (Potts 4-38, Carse 3-36) by 186 runs

England produced an electrical all-round show to arrange a collection decider at Bristol on Sunday, as they thrashed Australia by 186 runs at Lord's. Harry Brook's chic 87 shaped the spine of the innings which was capped off by the thunderous hitting of Liam Livingstone in a ground-record 25-ball half-century. Jofra Archer then briefly rekindled recollections of 2019 with the finest spell of his newest comeback, whereas Matthew Potts bagged a career-best 4 for 38 in an awesome efficiency.

Harking again to final yr's dramatic Ashes Test, there was additionally, briefly, a second with an Australian wicketkeeper in the highlight. On 17, Brook glanced Mitchell Starc down the leg aspect and was given out however queried whether or not the catch had carried to Josh Inglis, who had been recalled to the aspect after damage. The replays confirmed the ball pitching simply earlier than his gloves. The crowd booed as the footage got here on the large display screen, accompanied by a couple of chants of ‘usual Aussies, at all times dishonest', nevertheless it was a tame interlude in comparison with 2023.

Following his maiden ODI hundred in Durham, Brook cruised to a 37-ball fifty, including 79 in 53 balls for the third wicket with Ben Duckett and 75 in 47 with Jamie Smith for the fourth, as England went by way of the gears in a sport minimize to 39 overs by heavy morning rain. Livingstone produced a grandstand end to the innings with a mighty show of hanging, together with 4 sixes off the final over bowled by Starc, whose 28 runs conceded amounted to the costliest over by an Australian bowler in males's ODIs. England amassed 156 off their final 15 overs.

Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh gave the daunting chase a promising begin – Head launching a big pull out of the floor over the Tavern Stand – and after the eight-over powerplay Australia have been 66 with out loss in comparison with England's 34 with out loss. Overall, the 16 sixes hit in the match was a document for a Lord's ODI. However, sustaining the tempo was a tall order. Head swung throughout the line at Brydon Carse and Steven Smith edged an unpleasant cost at Potts.

Then Archer produced one thing particular. An off-cutter at 88.2mph initially formed in at Marsh earlier than straightening to beat the edge and clatter off stump. It was a gem of a supply to present Archer his first Lord's wicket since 2019 and he rightly wheeled away in celebration. When his subsequent ball clattered into the forearm of Marnus Labuschagne, the 2019 flashbacks have been in full move, albeit in colored garments, and Archer additionally added Glenn Maxwell throughout Australia's collapse

Before lengthy, nevertheless, his ball to Marsh had a contender for supply of the sport (or collection) when Carse discovered an unplayable providing to flatten Labuschagne's off stump. It was a collective effort from England's quicks who shared 9 wickets – Potts taking three wickets in 4 balls to hurry by way of the decrease order – earlier than Adil Rashid completed issues off.

Under heavy cloud, the ball nipped round early after England had been put into bat. Phil Salt fell shortly after the powerplay, skewing the wonderful Josh Hazlewood to backward level, and Will Jacks picked out the similar fielder to present Marsh a wicket in his second over – the first he had bowled since April 3. On a day when Cameron Green was revealed to have a again damage, it was not insignificant that Marsh was again with the ball.

Brook initially gave the impression to be taking part in a special sport to the different batters, as he skipped out of the blocks with three leg-side boundaries previous to his near-dismissal, and England's momentum constructed round him. Sean Abbott's costly collection continued – by the finish of the innings his mixed figures for 3 outings have been 19.4-0-165-0 – whereas each Brook and Duckett took on Adam Zampa in addition to the different overs of spin from Maxwell and Labuschagne.

Duckett, who had supplied a troublesome return catch to Starc earlier than scoring, despatched Zampa over long-on for six earlier than transferring to a hard-working 51-ball half-century one ball later, earlier than top-edging the legspinner to deep backward sq.. Smith continued the aggressive method in opposition to Zampa, sending him over vast long-on, and Brook added a second six in the similar over to deep midwicket. The 12 overs of spin went for 106.

A second of absent-mindedness practically did for Smith when he solely simply prevented being run out when he did not run his bat in at the non-striker's finish, though the ball ended up costing Australia six runs as the deflection went to the rope. By then, Brook was difficult for England's quickest ODI hundred at Lord's – 61 balls by Jos Buttler – however picked out long-on as Zampa ended his keep from his 58th.

Smith fell in the subsequent over, slicing Maxwell to brief third, however any issues the innings might limp to a end vanished as Livingstone supplied beautiful late energy. An enormous blow over midwicket off Hazlewood was adopted by the dismantling of Starc's figures, together with two sixes into the pavilion, to the more and more joyous roars of a big crowd. Unlike final summer time, an England-Australia collection goes to the closing sport 2-2, though the climate in Bristol might but have the closing say.