Australia lost for the first time after winning the World Cup: England defeated them by 46 runs by DLS, Brook scored his first century
World champion Australia has suffered its first defeat after the ODI World Cup 2023. The Australian team was defeated by England by 46 runs on Tuesday night by DLS (Duckworth Lewis Standard) method. With this win, the English team has made a comeback after trailing 2-0 in the 5-match series by 1-2. The fourth match of the series will be played at Lord’s on 27 September.
The host team won the toss and decided to bowl in this rain-affected match played at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday night. The Australian team, batting first, scored 304 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. In the reply, the English team had made 254 runs for 4 wickets in 37.4 overs when it started raining and the game had to be stopped. Eventually, England was declared the winner by 46 runs under the DRS method. Harry Brook was selected as the Man of the Match. Brook scored an unbeaten 110 runs off 94 balls.
special in the match
- Wicketkeeper batsman Harry Brook scored his first ODI century of his career. This is Brook’s overall sixth international century.
- The Australian team has lost an ODI match after 348 days. The team lost the last match in Lucknow on 12 October 2023.
- The Australian team has lost after winning 14 consecutive ODI matches. The team’s last defeat was against South Africa in the ODI World Cup.
Australia’s average start, lost 2 wickets within 50 runs Australia, batting after losing the toss, did not have a great start. The team lost the wickets of the openers within 50 runs. Captain Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 24 runs in 38 balls and Matthew Short was out after scoring 14 runs. Jofra Archer gave the first blow to the Kangaroo team by dismissing Short. After that Brydon Carse sent Captain Marsh to the pavilion.
Steve Smith’s Test-like innings, scored 60 runs in 82 balls After the early wickets fell, Steve Smith and Cameron Green took charge of the innings. Both of them shared a partnership of 84 runs in 96 balls. Both these batsmen adopted a defensive approach. Smith played a Test-like innings. He scored 60 runs in 82 balls. Cameron Green contributed 42 runs in 49 balls.
The lower order took the score past 300, Carey’s fifty After the top-5 batsmen were out under 200, the lower order batsmen of the team took the score past 300. Wicketkeeper Alex Carey played an unbeaten innings of 77 runs off 65 balls. He scored the 10th half-century of his ODI career. At the same time, Glenn Maxwell contributed 30 and Aaron Hardley contributed 44 runs.
Jofra Archer took 2 wickets for England. Brydon Carse, Jacob Bethan, Will Jacks and Will Livingstone got one wicket each.
England’s innings from here…
Bad start for England, Starc took the wickets of the openers. England, chasing the target of 305 runs, had a bad start. The team lost the wickets of the openers at the score of 11 runs. Mitchell Starc sent Phil Salt to the pavilion on a personal score of zero and Ben Duckett on a personal score of 8 runs. Salt was caught by Short and Duckett was caught by Maxwell.
156-run partnership between Jacks-Brook Will Jacks, batting at number-3, and wicketkeeper Harry Brook brought England back into the match by sharing 156 runs in 148 balls for the third wicket. Will Jacks was dismissed after scoring 84 runs, while Brook played an unbeaten innings of 110 runs. Liam Livingstone contributed 33 runs.
Starc and Green got 2-2 wickets Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green got 2-2 wickets for Australia. Starc sent both the openers to the pavilion, while Green broke Will Jacks’ partnership with Brook by dismissing him. He also dismissed Jamie Smith.
