England cricket crew batter Harry Brook shattered Virat Kohli‘s document to realize a sensational feat throughout the fifth ODI encounter towards Australia on Sunday. Brook, who was appointed captain for the ODI sequence within the absence of the injured Jos Buttler, has been having fun with an excellent run of type. The teenager slammed his maiden century within the third ODI to information his crew to victory and he adopted it up with a gritty half-century. On Sunday, he slammed 72 off simply 57 deliveries to take his tally of runs within the sequence to 312. That’s now the best runs scored by a captain in a bilateral sequence towards Australia as Brook broke the document that Kohli achieved again in 2019. Ex-India captain MS Dhoni holds the third place within the checklist with 285 runs that he scored towards Australia in 2009.
Travis Head produced his finest bowling figures in one-day internationals as Australia fought again to dismiss England for 309 within the sequence decider at Bristol on Sunday following 100 by Ben Duckett.
With the five-match contest degree at 2-2, England have been set for an enormous whole at 202-2 within the twenty fifth over as Duckett (107) and skipper Harry Brook (72) focused the quick straight boundaries throughout a century stand.
However sluggish bowling proved England’s undoing as they misplaced their final eight wickets for 107 runs.
Half-time spinner Head took 4-28, with wicketkeeper Josh Inglis finishing a high-quality stumping and holding two good catches as much as the stumps.
However Adil Rashid (36) struck successive boundaries off ODI debutant left-arm spinner Cooper Connolly to take England previous 300 earlier than he was final man out when caught within the deep off Head.
England need to full a comeback sequence victory towards the world champions after falling 2-0 behind.
Brook’s maiden ODI and match-winning century at Chester-le-Road on Tuesday helped cut back the deficit to 2-1 earlier than the 25-year-old Yorkshireman made 87 because the hosts levelled issues up with a colossal 186-run success at Lord’s on Friday.
Australia captain Steven Smith, main the aspect after Mitchell Marsh was dominated out by soreness, received the toss just for Phil Salt to drive the primary ball of the match, from Mitchell Starc for 4.
Salt was additionally extreme on Aaron Hardie — one in every of three adjustments from the Australia aspect who performed at Lord’s — as he struck the paceman’s first two deliveries for six.
Hardie, nevertheless, ended Salt’s speedy 27-ball 45 when a drive over level was properly caught by Marnus Labuschagne.
Hardie then bowled Will Jacks for a duck with a superb off-cutter.
Brook audaciously scooped quick bowler Josh Hazlewood for 4.
And when normally correct leg-spinner Adam Zampa twice dropped quick in three balls, Brook pulled and slog-swept sixes over midwicket.
Duckett, who made 63 at Lord’s, accomplished a 45-ball fifty earlier than Brook reached the landmark in simply 39 balls when he drove Hardie over long-on for six.
Brook then struck Zampa, who took an costly 2-74 in 10 overs, for successive sixes firstly of the twenty fifth over, an excellent straight drive adopted by a sweep off a full toss.
However Zampa, holding his nerve, deceived Brook 4 balls later with a slower, flighted supply that the batsman miscued low to Glenn Maxwell at long-off.
It was the beginning of a droop that resulted in three wickets misplaced for 14 runs, with Liam Livingstone, who made a shocking 62 not out at Lord’s, caught behind for a duck off Zampa’s leg-break on a pitch taking flip.
Left-hander Duckett, out for 95 within the sequence opener at Trent Bridge, then accomplished his second profession ODI hundred — each made at Bristol — in 86 balls together with 13 fours and a six.
However a ball after driving Head for six, he did not get to the pitch and holed out within the deep.
(With AFP inputs)
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