Australia’s tempo assault has delivered once more because the vacationers survived a modest batting efficiency to take a 2-0 lead within the five-match ODI collection in England.
Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Aaron Hardie made a sub-par 270 look mountainous to England’s callow batting line-up, taking 5 wickets within the 10-over powerplay.
The hosts have been in the end dismissed for 202, giving the vacationers a 68-run win at Headingley.
Put in to bat after dropping the toss below cloudy skies, solely Mitchell Marsh (60) and Alex Carey (74) handed 50 as Australia was dismissed with 32 balls unused.
Although needing lower than a run-a-ball, England started the chase in a rush, and as in Thursday’s first match, the recklessness performed into Australia’s arms, with the quicks decreasing the house facet to five for 65 on the finish of the powerplay with two golden geese.
There was no manner again from that, regardless of Jamie Smith’s 49, and Australia cantered to its 14th successive ODI win, a run that has been exceeded solely by one other Australian facet, Ricky Ponting’s World Cup winners of 2003, who achieved 21 on the run.
“You at all times like extra with the bat, lately, 270 at all times feels somewhat bit brief, however the best way the boys bowled was excellent,” Marsh stated.
“Whenever you welcome that a lot expertise into your line-up that is nice. It is also the assistance they offer the others, having Aaron Hardie bowling with Starc and Hazlewood is a extremely good studying expertise for him.”
It was Australia’s first ODI win at Headingley because the well-known 1999 World Cup victory over South Africa when Steve Waugh made a century after being dropped early on by Herschelle Gibbs.
Marsh offered one other captain’s knock however the important thing innings was by Carey, who solely performed as Josh Inglis has a good quad.
Booed to the crease by Yorkshire followers remembering his dismissal of native hero Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s final yr, he led an excellent rearguard motion that included a 49-run final wicket stand with Hazlewood, who made 4.
Travis Head, the matchwinner at Trent Bridge with an unbeaten 154, had begun the place he left off, smashing two sixes, however was caught at deep sq. leg for 29.
Matthew Potts then dismissed each Matt Brief (29), edging flat-footed to the keeper, and Steve Smith (4), bowled by means of the gate and the vacationers have been 3 for 89.
Headingley has horrible recollections for a lot of Australians however not for Marsh, who revived his profession with an excellent counter-attacking Check century on the Yorkshire floor within the 2023 Ashes.
He seemed comfy, smiting three sixes, and with Marnus Labuschagne (28) rebuilt the innings. Nevertheless, Jacob Bethell dismissed each and caught Glenn Maxwell (7) on the ropes and Australia have been 6 for 161 having misplaced 3 for 16.
Carey, initially supported by Hardie (23), then a cussed Hazlewood, rose to the problem, lifting Australia to a defendable whole.
Then the bowlers started working.
Hazlewood had Phil Salt (12) swishing and lacking earlier than being caught behind.
Subsequent Starc (2 for 50) had Will Jacks (0) fantastically caught by Brief at second slip first ball earlier than trapping stand-in skipper Harry Brook (4) with a trademark inswinging yorker.
Amid the carnage Ben Duckett (32) had been batting serenely however a slower ball from Hardie (2 for 26) foxed him and his excellent return catch was matched by Carey’s legside take a ball later as Liam Livingstone (0) edged.
England wanted Jamie Smith to repeat Carey and for some time he did.
With Bethell (25), then Brydon Carse (26) he stored England hoping.
Marsh, conscious wickets have been the difficulty, introduced again Hazlewood and, aided by a pointy catch at mid-wicket by substitute fielder Jake Fraser-McGurk, that did the trick.
Although Adil Rashid (27) lifted England previous 200 it was only a matter of time.
The third match within the collection is on Tuesday (9:30pm AEST) at Durham.
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