Harry Brook’s Heroic Century Leads England to Dramatic Rain-Soaked Victory Over Australia
England Keeps Series Alive with DLS Win Over Australia
England has opened the account of victory by defeating Australia. England maintained their challenge in the series with a 46-run win over the Australian cricket team in the third and deciding match according to DLS. Australia was leading 2-0 in the 5-match series. So the third match was a do-or-die affair for hosts England. Australia challenged England to 305 runs for victory. England scored 254 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 37.4 overs on the strength of Captain Harry Brook’s century. But then the game was stopped due to rain. The rain stopped for a long time. But as the rain did not stop, England was finally declared the winner
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Harry Brook Shines for England
Captain Harry Brooke from England scored an unbeaten 110 off 94 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. Liam Livingstone scored 33 runs not out in 20 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 2 fours. Before that, Jamie Smith scored 7 runs and Ben Duckett scored 8 runs. Will Jacks scored 84 runs off 82 balls with 9 fours and 1 six. Philip Salt could not even crack a pumpkin. Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green both took 2 wickets each for Australia.
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Australia Posts a Challenging Total
Meanwhile, before that, England won the toss and forced Australia to bat. Australia’s Marnus Labuchen could not crack the pumpkin. But apart from Marnus, all the batsmen got off to a promising start. Steven Smith and Alex Carey both scored half-centuries. While Aaron Hardy and Cameron Green both scored 40+ runs. But the other three could not convert this innings into big numbers.
Smith scored 60 runs. Aaron Hardy and Cameron Green both scored 44 and 42 respectively. Glenn Maxwell scored 30 runs, captain Mitchell Marsh scored 24 runs and Matthew Short scored 14 runs. Finally, the duo of Alex Carey and Sean Abbott returned unbeaten. Carey scored 77 not out in 65 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. So Abbott returned not out on 2 runs. Jofra Archer took 2 wickets from England. Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, Brayden Kars, and Jacob Bethel took 1 wicket each.
Australia Playing XI: Matthew Short, Mitchell Marsh (captain), Steven Smith, Cameron Green, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardy, Shaun Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood
England Playing XI: Harry Brook (captain), Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel, Brayden Carrs, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer and Matthew Potts.
England’s victory keeps the series alive, with two more matches to go
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