4s
6s
Total 4's :
7
Total 6's :
4
Wickets :
10
all
fours
sixes
wickets
6
1.3
Jofra Archer to Travis Head, SIX! That will frustrate Archer even more. He bowls a fast ball but it is full and on the pads. Travis Head gets off the mark in some style as he whips it nonchalantly over backward square leg. 298 more needed from 225 balls.
4
3.5
Jofra Archer to Travis Head, FOUR! IMPERIOUS! Jofra Archer tries something different and alters his length. Goes full, outside off and Travis Head hammers it down the ground, beating mid off to his left. 288 more needed from 211 balls.
6
4.2
Matthew Potts to Mitchell Marsh, SIX! MURDERED! Finally Marsh connects with one. Back of a length, outside off, Mitchell Marsh launches into this one, pulling it comfortably over mid-wicket.
4
5.3
Jofra Archer to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! PLUNDERED! A rare bad ball from Archer. Short and wide outside off, Mitchell Marsh latches onto the opportunity and flays his arms at it, getting the cut over point. Never intended to keep it down.
4
6.2
Brydon Carse to Travis Head, EDGED, FOUR! That is the way he plays. Carse goes short and Head immediately takes him on. Attempts the pull but is done in by the pace. Gets a top edge which flies over the keeper and lands just in front of the fine leg fence. 267 more needed from 196 balls.
4
6.4
Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! Nothing lucky about this one. Carse goes full and Travis Head goes down a touch on his knee and lofts this nicely over cover. 50-STAND UP IN 40 BALLS!
6
6.5
Brydon Carse to Travis Head, SIX! PLUNDERED! A short ball, around off, coming in with the angle, Head fetches this and pulls it magnanimously over deep square leg! 257 more needed from 193 balls.
4
6.6
Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! Not the best of shots but Head will take it. A fuller ball, following the batter down the leg side from around the wicket, Travis Head looks to flick but is a tad late onto the shot. The ball takes the inside edge and scoots past the sliding effort from Adil Rashid at short fine leg. 19 from Carse's opening over!
4
7.4
Matthew Potts to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! POUNDED! Very full, from Potts and Marsh drives it straight back to where it came from. No chance for mid on to his left. 247 more needed from 188 balls.
W
8.4
Brydon Carse to Travis Head, OUT! BOWLED! Excellent comeback by Carse after a punishing opening over. He just sticks to the basics, keeping the line pretty straight, targetting the stumps. Travis Head gives himself some room to the leg side and attempts a massive swing and that brings Carse into business. He follows the policy of 'You miss, I hit' and to his joy, Head misses. The ball doesn't and the bails are scattered. So England strike immediately after Powerplay 1 as Australia's opening stand is finally broken on 68. Head departs for a well-made 34 (23). The visitors need another 245 from 182 balls.
4
9.2
Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, FOUR! MAGNIFICENT! Now, that is more like Smith. Playing according to the ball. It is on a length, outside off, Steven Smith leans into the shot and drives the ball on the up, piercing the gap between cover and mid off. Gets off the mark in fine fashion.
W
9.6
Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Well, England right back on top in this game now. Another weird shot from Smith, putting it down to the mounting required rate. He steps away down the leg side and Matthew Potts follows him, bowling it on a length. Smith attempts an ambitious inside-out shot but is cramped for room. The ball nips back in a long way and takes a thin inside edge, on its way to the keeper, Jamie Smith. England appeal but Smith does not even wait for the umpire's decision. Big wicket, as he departs for just 5 (6) and Australia have now slipped from 68/0 to 75/2. 238 more needed from 174 balls.
W
11.2
Jofra Archer to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! BOWLED'EM! An absolute seed from Archer, through the defence of the Aussie skipper! Jofra Archer stays over the stumps, and attacks the line of the middle and the off stumps, it gets a bit of an away movement which is enough to deceive Marsh. He anticipates the ball to stay straight and hence, brings his bat vertically down to drive it down the ground and ends up playing inside the line of the ball. As a result, with a tinge of a deviation away from the bat, the ball whispers the outside edge and crashes into the pegs. Mitchell Marsh departs on 28 (34). Australia lose their third wicket and they slip from a comfortable 68/0 to 80/3. Marnus Labuschagne walks in at number 5, replacing his skipper.
W
14.2
Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, OUT! TAKEN! England keeps the pressure on! Length ball outside off. Inglis drives away from the body with no proper foot movement, and chips it straight to short cover off the outer half of the bat. Now, not sure whether Will Jacks lost the ball in the lights or was just late to react but he jumped pretty late and almost at the last moment, plucked it out of thin air. Inglis departs for 8 (15) and Australia are in a bit of a pickle here.
W
14.5
Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CASTLED! This is top tier bowling from Carse! Length ball around off, it jags back in degrees from the angle. Marnus Labuschagne presents the full face of the bat but the ball sneaks through the edge as Marnus plays inside the line. It cannons into the off stump, uprooting it. Australia are teetering at 93/5 now in 14.5 overs. They need 220 more runs to win now.
W
15.4
Jofra Archer to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Archer gets his second and this just keeps getting worse for the Aussies now as they are 6 down even before 100 on the board. Jofra Archer tests Maxwell with a good length ball on the middle. It pitches and nips back in a fraction. Maxwell is in his crease and looks to heave it across the line but ends up getting the bottom edge to the keeper. Jamie Smith dives to his left and takes a good sharp catch. From 68/0, Australia have now slipped badly to 96/6.
6
21.5
Matthew Potts to Sean Abbott, SIX! PUMMELED! Shades of the shots from Abbott's 34-ball century in the 2023 Vitality Blast. That had come at The Oval, which is also in London, not too far from here. A length ball, outside off, Sean Abbott just plays a Martin Guptillesque shot, not looking at the ball and flicking it over mid-wicket. High and handsome it goes, into the stands.
W
21.6
Matthew Potts to Sean Abbott, OUT! CAUGHT. And that is the end of that. Potts keeps it full again, outside off and this time, Abbott just tries to chip it over the infield. There is no attempt to heave but there is no power on the flick either. The shot is more or less the same, a no-look one but the ball just travels in the air. Not enough distance as Liam Livingstone rushes across to his right from mid on and completes the formalities. Pott's figures read 7-1-38-2.
W
23.1
Matthew Potts to Alex Carey, OUT! LBW! Wonderful review from England and Potts has his third! On a good length, outside off, Alex Carey looked to whip it through the leg side but missed as the ball darted back in. Potts appealed but the umpire turned it down. Initially it looked high to the naked eye, but one or two England fielders, probably from the slip cordon, told Harry Brook that it did not look that high. Brook agreed and decided to take the review and sure enough, Ball Tracker projected it to be hitting the top of leg stump! No heroics for Carey tonight as he goes for an unlucky 13. POTTS IS ON A HATTRICK!
W
23.3
Matthew Potts to Adam Zampa, OUT! CAUGHT! Two in the over for Potts and he now has four as Zampa lasts 2 balls. A short ball, outside off, Adam Zampa looks to hoick it over the leg side but he is in no position to play that shot. The extra bounce does him in and he only manages to spoon it straight up in the air. Liam Livingstone runs a yard or so to his right to take his second catch of the evening. England a wicket away from levelling the series.
W
24.4
Adil Rashid to Josh Hazlewood, OUT! BOWLED! It also brings up the 50th wicket in ODIs for Adil Rashid against Australia. It is a straighter one, around leg stump, a tad short, which stays low as well. Josh Hazlewood rocks back to pull but is defeated by the lack of bounce and the ball hits the leg stump. ENGLAND WIN BY 186 RUNS AND LEVEL THE SERIES 2-2!