The 3rd ODI between England and Australia began with Australia winning the toss, and electing to field. The England batting began on a strong note, with the openers Jason Roy and Bairstow attacking the Australian bowlers. While Jason Roy was dismissed, after scoring a pacy 82(61b, 7x4, 4x6), Bairstow was joined by Hales.
The duo scored some stunning and massive shots and kept the Australian bowlers at bay, before Agar struck and removed Bairstow who ended scoring a superb ton, 139(92b,15x4,5x6). Jos Butler was removed quick by Richardson as Hales got a superb partner in Eoin Morgan, who began destroying Australian bowlers right from the word go.
Even as Hales was scoring at a brisk pace, Morgan punched harder, and faster, as he ta raced to a quickfire half-century. Morgan scored the fastest 50 by an English batsman, in just 21 balls, surpassing Butler's 22 balls 50. While Hales was dismissed by Richardson after scoring a powerful ton, 147(92b, 16x4,5x6), Morgan was also dismissed in quick succession scoring 67(30b, 3x4,6x6) as England suffered a sudden collapse.
Richardson ended up with 3/92, and Australia somehow limped to restricting England to 481/6 when they were expected to score 500 or above. This was the same ground where England had earlier thrashed the previous ODI best score way back in 2016, scoring 444/3 against Pakistan, and now have become the first team to score 450+ in ODI History.
The duo scored some stunning and massive shots and kept the Australian bowlers at bay, before Agar struck and removed Bairstow who ended scoring a superb ton, 139(92b,15x4,5x6). Jos Butler was removed quick by Richardson as Hales got a superb partner in Eoin Morgan, who began destroying Australian bowlers right from the word go.
Even as Hales was scoring at a brisk pace, Morgan punched harder, and faster, as he ta raced to a quickfire half-century. Morgan scored the fastest 50 by an English batsman, in just 21 balls, surpassing Butler's 22 balls 50. While Hales was dismissed by Richardson after scoring a powerful ton, 147(92b, 16x4,5x6), Morgan was also dismissed in quick succession scoring 67(30b, 3x4,6x6) as England suffered a sudden collapse.
Richardson ended up with 3/92, and Australia somehow limped to restricting England to 481/6 when they were expected to score 500 or above. This was the same ground where England had earlier thrashed the previous ODI best score way back in 2016, scoring 444/3 against Pakistan, and now have become the first team to score 450+ in ODI History.
