England v Australia LIVE: Result from ODI as Travis Head hits century to lead visitors to victory
Head’s unbeaten 154 led Australia to a seven-wicket victory in the opening ODI at Trent Bridge
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Travis Head scored a unbeaten 154 and Marnus Labuschagne contributed 77 as Australia successfully chased down a formidable 316-run target to beat England by seven wickets in the first of their five-match One Day International Series at Trent Bridge.
Australia reached 317-3 with six overs to spare after bowling England out for 315 in 49.4 overs.
It was a 13th successive ODI win for last year’s World Cup winners, and sixth in a row over England, despite being forced to field a depleted line-up because of illness in their camp and injury.
Head’s highest ODI score, coming off 129 balls with 20 fours and five sixes, was ably supported by Labuschagne, who earlier had also proven key in restricting England’s strong start to the contest.
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Australia 16-0 (3) Marsh 6, head 6, Archer 0-14 (2) - need 300 runs to win
A loose ball from Archer is driven to the boundary by Marsh.
A second boundary is saved on the rope as one just glances off the face of the bat.
Australia 6-0 (2) Marsh 1, Head 4, Potts 0-1 (1) - need 310 runs to win
Potts bowls from the other end and there is early movement! His first ball just evades the outside edge of the bat, and that’s encouraging with the new ball.
The batters have struggled to get Potts away.
Australia 5-0 (1) Marsh 0, Head 4, archer 0-4 (1) - need 311 runs to win
When Archer has the ball in hand there is just that sense that anything could happen, and keep an eye on the speeds!
The first one had a hint of sharp movement as the ball jagged back into Marsh.
Archer has pace, but he is also such a skillful bowler.
Head brings up the first boundary with a hit over the top, partly due to the added pace.
England bowled out for 316
Jofra Archer has ball in hand and Australia have been set 316 to win
Here is another story from the cricketing world during the break
Sri Lanka batter closes in on Don Bradman and major Test records
Kamindu Mendis continued his remarkable start to his Test match career, scoring his fourth century in just seven Test matches.
After receiving a promotion from number seven to number five following his prolific form against England earlier in the summer, Mendis scored another century against New Zealand on 18 September as he helped his side fight back from 106 for four to 302 for seven at the close of play.
Against the kiwis, Mendis scored a fluent 173-ball 114, taking his total to 809 runs in 11 innings, averaging 80.90 in the format, the highest for any batter after Sir Don Bradman, with a minimum of 10 innings.
However, Wisden does not count any batter in their official list before they have a minimum of 20 innings. Although only Bradman has a higher average batting at number five or lower for a minimum of 10 innings in Test cricket.
Sri Lanka batter closes in on Don Bradman and major Test records
Kamindu Mendis has the second-highest Test average after Don Bradman for batters with a minimum of 10 innings
England all out for 315
Here are some photos from the first innings:
Bethell out for 35! Rashid out for 0! England all out for 315 with two balls remaining
Head will bowl the final over of the innings, and Bethell has dispatched him for six, followed up with another edged streaky four.
The crowd are getting behind England now at the end of this innings.
He couldn’t add another and was caught by Labuschagne on the boundary, trying to hit the ball down the ground for six rather than square.
Rashid comes down the ground first ball of his innings and is caught, and that is the end of England’s innings with 315 all out.
England 304-8 (49) Bethell 25, Potts 11, Zampa 3-49 (10)
Zampa is back on for his final over.
Potts goes for a big swing and a miss, and time is now massively running out for England.
Potts followed it up with a reverse swing and a miss that sparked an appeal for a glove and caught behind, the tourists sent it upstairs, but there was a clear gap between glove and ball as it went past Potts and he survived.
Another review, this time for lbw, again against Potts. There was no inside edge and DRS showed the ball going over the stumps. The number 10 has another lifeline.
Potts smashes Zampa’s last ball of the day for six to bring up England’s 300.
England 297-8 (48) Bethell 24, Potts 5, Head 0-23 (4)
Head will continue, normally the seamers come back on, but when the spinners have been this prolific, Marsh was probably thinking that quite rightly it makes sense to stick with them.
England are just rotating the strike and trying to avoid being bowled out.
Archer out for 4! England 291-8 (47) Bethell 21, Potts 1, Labuschagne 3-39 (6)
Zampa has another, but it will be Marnus Labuschagne to bowl again.
Bethell gets the first delivery of the over away for a single, but Archer carves one straight to the fielder the next ball.
He just carved the ball straight to Connolly at point, another piece of brainless batting from England, and the hosts find themselves eight down.
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