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Fifth Metro Bank One-Day International, Bristol
England 309 (49.2 overs): Duckett 107 (91), Brook 72 (52); Head 4-28
Australia 165-2 (20.4 overs): Short 58 (30), Smith 36* (48)
Australia won by 49 runs (DLS method)
England's bid for a comeback bid triumph against Australia fell abbreviated arsenic the tourists bushed the rainfall successful Bristol to triumph the deciding 5th one-day international.
The hosts, having travel from 2-0 down to level the series, posted 309 aft being enactment into bat with Ben Duckett scoring 107 - his 2nd ODI period - and skipper Harry Brook 72.
But that was a disappointing full fixed a rampant commencement which took England to 202-2 wrong 25 overs.
Brook's dismissal began a acquainted illness arsenic 8 wickets fell for 107 runs - each of them to rotation - and his broadside were dismissed successful their last over.
Australia were likewise assertive astatine the commencement of their chase, openers Travis Head and Matt Short flogging 78 from the archetypal 7 overs.
Head was caught astatine other screen for 31 and Short nicked down connected 58 but their onslaught had enactment Australia good up of the crippled with rainfall clouds looming.
The lucifer threatened to extremity successful farcical manner with England attempting to dilatory proceedings and guarantee the 20 overs needed for a contention were not bowled successful time.
That would person meant nary effect and a drawn bid but, with Steve Smith having nudged 36 not retired to support Australia up of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern target, the rainfall arrived 4 balls into the 21st over.
At that signifier Australia were 165-2, 49 runs up of the par score, and the players did not instrumentality - with the tourists winning the bid 3-2.
England's attraction present turns to a three-match Test bid successful Pakistan with 7 of this enactment flying retired connected Tuesday.
The bid opener begins successful Multan connected Monday, 7 October.
England had ne'er antecedently travel from 2-0 down to triumph an ODI bid 3-2. Just arsenic they did successful attempting to overturn the aforesaid scoreline successful past year's Ashes, they person failed successful their attempt.
Led by Brook, this young, experimental batting line-up was fantabulous successful the erstwhile 2 matches arsenic England levelled the series.
But successful the decider their inexperience showed - and they were near exposed with thing much than a par people fixed Bristol's abbreviated boundaries, adjacent much truthful successful a rain-shortened chase.
The rainfall was forecast each time and Australia knew arsenic agelong arsenic they did not suffer wickets they would ever beryllium up of the DLS par score.
Smith, lasting successful arsenic skipper for the injured Mitchell Marsh, was fixed retired lbw to Matthew Potts connected 10 but crucially helium reviewed and the shot was shown to beryllium missing limb stump.
Adil Rashid had earlier dropped a steepling drawback erstwhile Short was connected 27 and England besides missed a bladed borderline down disconnected Josh Inglis erstwhile the wicketkeeper was connected two.
That said, had Australia been 4 down they would inactive person been 7 runs up of the DLS par.
They were yet deserving winners.
England's innings was overmuch similar the archetypal ODI successful Nottingham.
There they collapsed from 213-2 successful the 33rd implicit to 315 each out. This descent was not arsenic speedy but conscionable arsenic stark with Head taking 4-28 with his part-time off-spin.
In the archetypal 25 overs determination were 31 boundaries, afterwards lone six.
Opener Phil Salt slashed 8 successful a frenetic 45 portion Harry Brook deed 7 sixes - 5 of them disconnected Adam Zampa - successful his 3rd successive people of 50 oregon much earlier miscuing the leg-spinner to long-off.
The illness followed arsenic Jamie Smith was bowled by Glenn Maxwell for three, Liam Livingstone edged down trying to fiddle a chopped disconnected Zampa for a three-ball duck and Jacob Bethell struggled for 13 from 27 earlier being stumped disconnected Head.
Throughout Duckett was comparatively calm. He deed lone 2 sixes but 13 fours successful utilizing his feet good to the spinners and going backmost to chopped and propulsion the quicks.
Having passionately punched the aerial aft reaching 3 figures - ending a tally of 5 scores supra 50 without a 100 crossed each formats - helium deed Head to long-off and England's hopes of a late-innings resurrection were over.
They person showed immoderate committedness but stay a enactment successful advancement arsenic they look towards their adjacent white-ball duty - 3 ODIs and 5 T20s successful the Caribbean, starting connected 31 October.
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