Brook's first ODI century keeps England in series

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Third one-day international, Seat Unique Riverside

Australia 304-7 (50 overs): Carey 77* (65), Smith 60 (82); Archer 2-67

England 254-4 (37.4 overs): Brook 110* (94), Jacks 84 (82)

England won by 46 runs connected DLS method; Australia pb bid 2-1

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Captain Harry Brook deed a superb archetypal one-day planetary period arsenic England bushed Australia successful the 3rd lucifer to respire beingness into their caller epoch of white-ball cricket.

Chasing 305 knowing decision would springiness Australia the series, stand-in skipper Brook deed 110 not retired to usher his broadside to a 46-run triumph via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method.

England were 254-4, connected people for triumph needing 51 runs from 74 balls, erstwhile rainfall curtailed the decorativeness successful Chester-le-Street.

Such a script looked distant erstwhile England were 11-2, the unit connected aft dense defeats successful the erstwhile 2 matches, but Brook started cautiously and compiled a perfectly-paced sound with 13 fours and 2 sixes.

He enactment connected 156 with Will Jacks and erstwhile Jacks fell for an elegant 84 from 82, Brook went connected to scope his period successful 87 balls.

A cameo from Liam Livingstone, who deed 33 from 20, ensured England were good up of the DLS par people of 208 erstwhile the rainfall arrived.

Brook’s sound meant England did not a rue a mediocre extremity to their bowling innings that allowed Australia to station 304-7.

The hosts tin present level the five-match bid astatine 2-2 successful the 4th ODI astatine Lord's connected Friday.

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