New Delhi. The England cricket team lost the fifth ODI by scoring 309 runs while the Australian team won the match and the series by scoring 165 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the 21st over. Australia defeated host England by 49 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. England batted first and scored 309 runs in 49.2 overs. Chasing the target of 310 runs, Australia scored 165 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 20.4 overs. After this it started raining. A lot of time was wasted due to rain. It was then seen that when the match was stopped due to rain, under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, Australia’s score should have been 116 runs for 2 wickets but Australia was ahead by 49 runs. The umpire waited for about an hour for the rain to stop. But the torrential rain was not stopping. Then the umpires declared Australia the winner.
Australia (ENG vs AUS) won the 5-match ODI series 3-2. After winning the first two matches of the series, England won the remaining two matches. Australia won the 5-match ODI series 3-2. After winning the first two matches of the series, England won the remaining two matches. Chasing the target, the Australian team got a great start by openers Matthew Short and Travis Head. Both added 78 runs in the eighth over itself. Head was out after scoring 31 runs. After this, Short along with captain Steven Smith took the innings forward and both the players took the score to 118 runs. Short was out after scoring 58 runs in 30 balls.
Ben Duckett’s century was useless, captain Harry Brook’s innings also did not work.
Steve Smith scored unbeaten 36 runs off 48 balls while Josh Inglis returned unbeaten after scoring 28 runs off 20 balls. Earlier, England scored 309 runs in 49.2 overs on the basis of opener Ben Duckett’s 107 runs and Phil Salt’s 45 runs. Adil Rashid was out after scoring 36 runs while captain Harry Brook scored 72 runs. Head took the maximum of 4 wickets while Aaron Hardy, Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell took two wickets each.
Tags: Australia vs England, England vs Australia, Travis Head
FIRST PUBLISHED: September 30, 2024, 01:30 IST