ENG vs AUS, 1st ODI match Report: The Australian cricket team is on a tour of England these days. After the conclusion of the T20 series, now both the teams are face to face in the five-match ODI series. The first match of the series was played at Trent Bridge, in which Australia defeated England by 7 wickets. The hero of this victory from the Kangaroo team was opener Travis Head, who created havoc with the bat and took the English bowlers to task.
England team batted strongly
Phil Salt won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Phil Salt and Ben Duckett added 48 runs for the first wicket. Ben Dwarshuis broke this pair. Salt was dismissed after scoring 17 runs. After this, Duckett along with Will Jacks took the Kangaroo bowlers to task. Jacks returned to the pavilion after scoring 62 runs in 56 balls. At the same time, 95 runs came off Duckett’s bat in 91 balls.
He was made a victim by Marnus Labuschagne. After this, captain Harry Brook contributed 39 runs. Liam Livingstone, who appeared in excellent form in the T20 series, could not do anything special and could score only 13 runs. The entire England team collapsed for 315 runs in 49.4 overs. Adam Zampa and Labuschagne took 3-3 wickets for Australia.
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Travis Head ~ 1st player to Score 2 150+ Scores against England in ODI format #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/K77BkWpQIh
Travis Head played a tremendous innings
In the reply innings, Travis Head started targeting the English bowlers as soon as he came on the field. Even after captain Mitchell Marsh was out early, he continued his stormy innings. Head scored an unbeaten 154 runs in 129 balls, which included 20 fours and five sixes. Apart from him, Steve Smith (32), Cameron Green (32) and Labuschagne (77*) also played good innings. Thanks to these innings, Australia achieved this target in just 44 overs by losing 3 wickets.
Head has also made a big record in his name
With this dangerous innings, Head has also made a big record in his name. Actually, this was the second time when Head has scored more than 150 runs in ODIs against England. He has become the first batsman in the world to do this feat against England.
With this dangerous innings, Head has also made a big record in his name. Actually, this was the second time when Head has scored more than 150 runs in ODIs against England. He has become the first batsman in the world to do this feat against England.