5 Reasons Why Australia Lost Against England: England defeated Australia in the third ODI. In fact, Australia had to face defeat despite scoring 304 runs. In this way, England stopped Australia’s record winning streak of 14 consecutive ODIs. But how did Australia lose despite scoring a good score of 304 runs? We will look at the 5 major reasons for Australia’s defeat…
Kangaroos fly in the storm of Harry Brook and Will Jacks
It is believed that the target of 305 runs will not be easy for England. But Harry Brook and Will Jacks made it very easy with their batting. Harry Brook played an innings of 110 runs in 94 balls. At the same time, Will Jacks contributed 84 runs in 82 balls. Australian bowlers had no answer to Harry Brook and Will Jacks.
Rain spoiled Australia’s game!
When the game was halted due to rain, England’s score was 254 runs for 4 wickets in 37.4 overs. Since 4 batsmen of the host England had already returned to the pavilion. However, captain Harry Brook was batting aggressively for England. But if the rain had not interrupted and the game had been played for the full 50 overs, any result could have been possible.
Australia’s bowlers disappointed
Australia’s bowlers failed to perform as expected. Although Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green took 2-2 wickets each, both proved to be expensive. Apart from this, other bowlers did not support them. Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott, Aaron Hardy, Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Short failed to take wickets.
Slow innings by top order batsmen!
Steve Smith did score 60 runs for Australia, but he faced 82 balls for this. Australia’s captain Mitchell Marsh played 38 balls to score 24 runs. While Marnus Labuschagne got out without scoring any runs. If Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh had scored runs quickly and Marnus Labuschagne had not returned to the pavilion cheaply, then the Kangaroo team would have been able to score more runs. If this had happened, then perhaps the result could have been different.
Superb batting by England
England’s opener Phil Salt may have returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs. Also, Ben Duckett got out after scoring 8 runs. But apart from this, Will Jacks, Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone displayed excellent batting. Due to which England stopped Australia’s streak of winning 14 consecutive ODIs.
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Australia’s winning streak ended, England defeated them in the third ODI; lost after 14 consecutive wins
