Australia beat England by 72 runs to seal ODI collection win as Steve Smith, Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc star

Australia recorded a convincing 72-run victory over England within the second ODI in Sydney to seal a collection victory with one match to spare.

Chasing 281 to stage the three-match collection, England had recovered from 0-2 and 34-3 due to a 122-run partnership between James Vince (60) and Sam Billings (71).

However Josh Hazlewood (2-33), filling in as Australia’s captain for Pat Cummins, pinned Vince lbw to interrupt the partnership and set off a collapse as England fell to 208 all out.

Mitchell Starc (4-47) and Adam Zampa (4-45) starred with the ball for the hosts, with Starc dismissing each Jason Roy and Dawid Malan for geese within the lead-up to England’s reply.

Earlier, Steve Smith’s 94-and-a-half centuries from Marnus Labuschagne (58) and Mitchell Marsh (50) had propelled Australia to 280-8 from their 50 overs, with the recalled Adil Rashid (3-57) the choose of the England bowlers.

Roy staggers once more | Vince and Billings impress

England recalled Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali from Thursday’s six-wicket defeat in Adelaide. Moeen captained the vacationers for the primary time in an ODI with Jos Buttler rested.

Australia additionally had a brand new skipper, with Hazlewood changing Cummings, who took two wickets to seal his first win as captain.

England bought off to the worst potential begin within the chase, shedding two wickets within the first over.

Starc bought the wicket of Jason Roy with the second ball after which bowled Dawid Malan with a surprising supply, with each batsmen heading for geese.

Phil Salt and Vince steadied the innings, with the opener discovering the boundary usually. However Hazlewood had his first wicket as captain within the fifth over.

Salt appeared to offer himself house on the off facet, nevertheless it was poor shot choice, and he misplaced his leg stump after hitting 23 runs from 16 balls.

Zampa and Starc star with the ball

England had been in determined want of a partnership, and that is precisely what Vince and Billings did. They each hit half-centuries as England countered and shared a century partnership.

Vince hit 60 from 72 balls as he helped England rebuild after shedding early wickets, however with Australia in search of a breakthrough, Hazlewood braced himself and DRS confirmed he had Vince out lbw on the umpire’s name.

Moeen hit straight boundaries off Zampa, however he was cheated by the foul-un and was gone for simply 10 runs.

Zampa then bowled Billings (71), who was seeking to offload at mid-on, to swing the match again Australia’s means. He had two wickets from the over, after Curran appeared for a giant shot however may solely discover Hazlewood.

Zampa took his third wicket in two overs, bowled Billings and England had misplaced 4 wickets for simply 13 runs in a collapse within the center.

Starc then bowled Woakes and Willey with England needing lower than 100 runs to win. Zampa took Liam Dawson’s final wicket, which was confirmed earlier than after a DRS overview.

Rashid shines for England

David Warner (16) and Travis Head (19) bought the hosts off to a very good begin and took Australia to 33 earlier than Moeen struck within the fifth over.

Smith continued his good type from the primary match, hitting 94 off 114 balls. He shared a century partnership with Labuschange (58) and an 80-plus partnership with Marsh (50).

Rashid was the choose of the bowlers for England, ending with figures of 3-57.

After the hosts raced to 33 with out loss, Moeen moved on to bowl, a call vindicated when Warner swept Dawson contained in the ring at sq. leg.

Woakes was costly in his first three overs, conceding 20, however tightened up and used variations to restrict the rating.

However a faster supply into the pitch did for Head, whose pull shot caught a prime edge and ballooned to Moeen at midwicket.

Smith misses century

Smith anchored the innings, whereas Labuschange made a rapid begin and whisked Moeen over the rope for six off simply his second ball.

He used his ft nicely towards the spinners, hitting 58 from 55 balls, however Rashid made the breakthrough when Labuschange tried a sweep shot, just for it to go to mid-off.

The leg-spinner had two in two balls, when Alex Carey missed a cross-bat shot and was stumped by Billings, who deputized with the gloves in Buttler’s absence.

With Australia slipping to 144-4, Smith started to assault, hitting Rashid and Dawson at 4, earlier than smacking Curran over deep sq. leg.

He appeared set for an additional trademark century, however holed out in Rashid’s last over, six runs wanting his 100.

England restricted Australia within the last 10 overs, with Woakes bowling Stoinis and Willey taking two wickets in successive deliveries within the forty ninth over.

However a late cameo from Ashton Agar, who hit 16 off Curran within the final over, took Australia to a rating over par of 280.

Billings: Early wickets tied England again

To speak to BT Sports activities, England’s Sam Billings mentioned: “These early wickets tied us again and we needed to rebuild. I believe Australia’s rating was in all probability over par on that pitch.

“It was fairly a two-stroke and up-and-down scoring. It was an actual disgrace that Vincey and I could not go on for an additional 10 overs. It was a disappointing loss.

“For greater than half the group who’ve clearly been right here a very long time, it is about attempting to collect the vitality for one final sport.

“For the gamers who’ve had restricted alternatives and got here in per week in the past, it is a large alternative for us to stake our declare and be that vitality for the group. It is not day-after-day you play on the MCG towards Australia so there should not be a scarcity on ambition.”

Zampa: Australia taking part in ‘actually good cricket’

Adam Zampa took 4 wickets, together with the harmful Billings to get a collapse.

To speak to BT Sporthe mentioned: “It is a collection win towards a very good crew, so it is essential for us. We really feel we have performed some actually good cricket.

“We bought a few huge wickets on the proper time. It was going to be robust for England to bounce again after the World Cup, nevertheless it was nonetheless good for us to beat a very good crew.”

What comes subsequent?

The ODI collection concludes in Melbourne on Tuesday, as England return to the bottom the place they gained the T20 World Cup. Jos Buttler’s facet will probably be hoping to keep away from a collection whitewash of their last sport of the yr.

The third match begins at 03.20 UK time, with textual content commentary from the match stay on the Sky Sports activities web site and app.