3rd One Day International, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia 355-5 (48 overs): Head 152 (130), Warner 106 (102), Stone 4-85
England 142 all out (over): Roy 33 (48), Zampa 4-31, Cummins 2-25
Australia won by 221 runs (DLS Method)
Travis Head and David Warner both scored centuries as Australia handed England their heaviest defeat in one-day internationals by runs in Melbourne.
The openers combined for the highest ever ODI stand at the MCG (269) to take the hosts to 355-5, their highest ODI total against England, 48 overs due to rain. was shortened to
Head scored a brilliant 152 off 130 balls and Warner scored 106 off 102 balls as England were punished for a poor bowling effort in their final match before returning home.
Duckworth Louis Stern (DLS) set up 364 to win, England never threatened to come close and Australia were bowled out for 142 with a 3-0 series sweep.
Adam Zampa took 4-31 as England were bowled out in 31.4 overs.
For both sides, the focus now turns to red ball cricket with Australia hosting the West Indies for a two-Test series starting next Wednesday while England begin a three-match tour of Pakistan a day later.
Head and Warner are ruthless in their record-breaking stance
It was the kind of innings that England should be very familiar with.
Very aggressive from ball one, take the attack to the bowlers, hit them off their lengths, take risks, ride your luck if you have to and before you know it, you’re flying. and the opposition is clashing.
In the last seven years, Jason Roy, Alex Hales or Jonny Bairstow have been doing it for the opposition. This time the head was giving them a taste of their own medicine.
The left-hander offered a difficult slip when he was on four runs, was overturned for lbw on nine and mistimed and mistimed shots early in his innings to the gap, or even the boundary. got it. Fate favored his heroic demeanor.
By the time he was bowled by Ollie Stone for 152, though, it was not only a shock that he missed the ball, he didn’t keep it in the middle.
With a tired England attack struggling to find any intensity or consistency, Head was relentless.
It was brutal hitting as the 28-year-old pounced on anything small and filled anything in a fearless display of batting.
It allowed Warner, by his own admission, to play second fiddle with a century faster than a run-a-ball.
