England v Australia LIVE: Cricket result and reaction as Harry Brook’s men dominate in 186-run win
England levelled the series with a dominant 186-run victory over Australia at Lord’s
England levelled the series to set up a thrilling decider with a 186-run thrashing of Australia in the fourth ODI of the five-match series at Lord’s.
Liam Livingstone struck a rapid 62 at the end of England’s innings after rain delayed the start of play, forcing a shortened 39-over match, although the hosts secured victory with overs to spare.
Ben Duckett got England off to a solid start with the bat, hitting 63 runs, with Harry Brook coming close to repeating his magnificent century at the Riverside on Tuesday, but falling just 13 runs short with 87.
Liam Livingstone’s impressive display of power hitting, with seven sixes and three fours as he put on 62 from just 27 lifted England to what proved to be a match-winning total of 312.
England bowled expertly, after dismissing the opening partnership of Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head, the wickets tumbled quickly, as the Australians collapsed from 68 without loss to 96 for six and were unable to recover.
It was Australia’s first time back at Lord’s since Alex Carey’s infamous stumping of Jonny Bairstow during the Ashes, which led to ugly scenes in the Long Room between MCC members and touring players, but other than boos for the wicketkeeper when he came out to bat, there was none of the animosity of that affair.
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Australia 25-0 (4) Marsh 6, Head 11, Archer 0-12 (2) - need 288 runs to win
Archer again beats Head, a touch under 90mph, and it has gone past the outside edge.
Head turns the ball off his hip for a single from Archer, who will have a chance to bowl at Marsh.
Archer makes a big appeal for lbw but there’s nothing from any other player or the umpire and Head has driven him down the ground for four.
Australia 19-0 (3) Marsh 6, Head 6, Potts 0-8 (2) - need 294 to win
Potts’ first ball again drifts too far leg-side and it flicks off the pad for four leg byes, but he follows it up with a straighter dot ball.
Marsh is struck on the pad again, no chance of a wicket, but he doesn’t look entirely comfortable.
Two more dots to finish the over and that was better from Potts.
Australia 15-0 (2), Marsh 6, Head 6, Archer 0-7 (1)
Jofra Archer will bowl from the pavilion end, and the short-ball field has been set up with two in the slips.
The first ball hits Marsh awkwardly and drops to the ground, the second is top-edged straight into the air, Smith and Jacks run after it but the keeper doesn’t go for it, and Jacks can’t get there. It probably should have been Smith’s.
The next ball is hit away for six, stunning shot from Head for his first runs of the innings, into his pads and launched into the stands.
A lovely ball from Archer just goes past the outside edge of Head’s bat and narrowly misses the off stump.
Australia 8-0 (1) Marsh 5, Head 0, Potts 0-8 (1)
Matthew Potts starts the second innings from the Nursery End and Marsh is off the mark straight away with a couple of runs.
Potts goes wayward and is flagged up for a wide. He bowls outside the off stump, there’s an edge but wide of slip and it brings more runs.
But there are three wides in the over. There’s a big lbw appeal, everyone goes up, but there was no review.
England score 312 from their 39 overs
Here are some photos of the England innings:
England set Australia 313 to win
Livingstone smashed 20 from the final over to take his total to 62 from just 27 balls, to cap off an impressive innings for England after they lost the toss and were put in to bat.
Ben Duckett made a useful 60-odd, Brook 87, but Livingstone’s power-hitting at the end of the innings took them past the 300 mark.
Livingstone 50! England 312-5 (39) Livingstone 62, Bethell 12
Livingstone has smashed another six to move into the 40s! He backed himself to read the yorker and went straight down the ground.
The next ball is short and Livingstone misses the pull shot!
He picks the next one up and launches it into the mound stand for six, he is striking perfectly, on to 46...
Another one! He brings up his half century with another six into the pavilion, that also brings up England’s 300.
His 52 comes from just 25 balls with six sixes and two fours. Another one! He picks out the second tier of the tavern stand.
This is incredible power-hitting from Liam Livingstone. He breaks the pattern with the final ball of the innings, but it’s still a boundary.
Four sixes and a four from the final over as England move on to 312 for 5 from their 39 overs.
England 284-5 (38) Livingstone 34, Bethell 12, Hazlewood 1-40 (8)
The ball goes narrowly past Bethell’s bat and Australia have reviewed it after a discussion with a couple of seconds left.
Ultra edge on DRS showed no spike as the ball went past the bat, so no reviews remaining for Australia, but there are just 11 balls left in the innings.
Livingstone tries to create room outside the off stump and ends up letting it go, but the next one has been driven straight back down the ground for four.
England 278-5 (37) Livingstone 29, Bethell 12, Starc 0-42 (7)
Starc will return from the pavilion end, he will run from shadow into sunlight, that doesn’t seem to have bothered Bethell who drives up to long off for a single.
Livingstone has launched the ball down the ground for six over long off, he has picked the ball up so well today.
Livingstone has driven it back to Starc and struck him on the hand in his follow through, it was well-stopped but with the cold out there it might have hurt.
England 269-5 (35) Livingstone 23, Bethell 10, Hazlewood 1-35 (7)
Four overs left, likely to be Hazlewood and Starc. Bethell swats Hazlewood into the leg side for a single.
Livingstone tries a dab with two inside the circle behind the bat, but misses the ball and it goes through to Inglis.
The bowler goes full and Livingstone smashes the ball over deep midwicket and well into the stands!
Hazlewood goes short, missed by Livingstone and it has been called a wide. The next ball thuds into Livingstone’s helmet and trickles into the leg side and they run a single, it’s called a leg bye.
Livingstone just having a brief pause while his helmet is looked at.
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