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Fourth ODI, Lord's
England 312-5 (39 overs): Brook 87 (58), Duckett 63 (62), Livingstone 62* (27)
Australia 126 (24.4 overs): Head 34 (23); Potts 4-38, Carse 3-36
England won by 186 runs; bid level astatine 2-2
England showed their firepower with bat and shot arsenic they levelled the one-day planetary bid with a 186-run thrashing of Australia successful a rain-shortened lucifer astatine Lord's.
Stand-in skipper Harry Brook scored a magnificent 87 from 58 balls, portion Ben Duckett besides made a half-century earlier Liam Livingstone's blistering unbeaten 62 from 27 balls took the location broadside to a formidable 312-5 from 39 overs.
Livingstone deed 7 sixes, with 4 of them coming arsenic helium took 28 disconnected the past implicit of the innings from Mitchell Starc.
That precocious onslaught gave Livingstone a 25-ball fifty, the fastest successful an ODI astatine Lord's, portion England's 12 maximums is simply a caller grounds successful an ODI astatine the location of cricket.
Australia made a accelerated commencement successful the pursuit but 3 wickets successful 4 overs, including some openers, halted the momentum and England seized control.
The tourists crumbled from 68-0 to 126 each retired successful 24.4 overs, with Matthew Potts fantabulous successful taking 4-38.
Brydon Carse had bowled Travis Head to get things started and the 29-year-old accelerated bowler ended with figures of 3-36, portion Jofra Archer claimed 2-33.
It was near to Adil Rashid to wrapper things up arsenic England claimed their 2nd largest ODI triumph by runs implicit Australia.
After losing the archetypal 2 matches of the series, this new-look England broadside person battled backmost to unit a decider successful Bristol connected Sunday.
Following up his maiden ODI 100 successful Durham, Brook played arsenic if this was a continuation of that innings.
The bully enactment of Duckett and Phil Salt to conflict done the powerplay successful precise tricky conditions, aft a hold of much than 2 hours due to the fact that of rain, helped laic the foundations and Brook built connected them supremely.
His effortless powerfulness and immaculate timing were connected amusement from aboriginal on, with his assuredness and power astatine the crease a changeless passim his innings.
Australia thought they had got him caught down behind the limb broadside disconnected Starc aft a uncommon misjudgement but the determination was overturned erstwhile replays showed the shot bounced earlier reaching wicketkeeper Josh Inglis – prompting a chorus of boos from the location crowd.
From there, Brook hardly made a misstep and erstwhile helium did depart 13 shy of different ton, determination was astir much astonishment than disappointment astir the ground.
Adam Zampa yet dismissed him but it was a pugnacious time for Australia’s premier spinner.
Duckett launched him implicit the ropes successful his archetypal implicit past Jamie Smith and Brook followed suit arsenic Zampa was prevented from settling.
Smith had been connected the violative from shot 1 arsenic England tried to property connected and though helium and Brook fell successful speedy succession, Livingstone ensured determination was nary respite for Australia.
The all-rounder had already clubbed Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood and Starc into the stands but it was his brutal takedown of the second to decorativeness the innings – hammering 2 consecutive sixes and clobbering 2 much limb broadside – that enactment a existent outpouring successful the hosts’ measurement going into the interval.
Australia came retired swinging to commencement their innings, with Head and Mitchell Marsh speedy to enactment the England seamers nether pressure.
They raced to 66-0 astatine the extremity of the eight-over powerplay but Carse bowled Head successful the adjacent implicit and, with the white-ball nipping astir nether lights, the wickets began to tumble.
Potts had Steve Smith caught behind, Archer knocked implicit Marsh with a quality and Carse did for Inglis earlier uprooting Marnus Labuschagne’s disconnected stump.
It was a superb effect from the England gait attack, who were objective aft moving themselves into a presumption of strength.
Brook kept his seamers going and, erstwhile Archer removed Glenn Maxwell, they were into the Australian bowlers.
The location broadside were relentless successful their hunt for wickets and faced small absorption from the tourists.
The teams present caput to Bristol with a buoyant England hoping to implicit the turnaround from 2-0 down.
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