Travis Head’s 154* powered the Aussies to a difficult chase of 316 towards England within the ODI opener at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Ben Duckett’s 95 off 91 balls had set the stage for an even bigger rating however Marnus Labuschagne scalped three to bowl out the hosts with two balls remaining.
Transient rating: AUS 317/3 (44) [Head 154*(129), Marnus 77*(61); Bethell 1/20 (3)] defeat ENG 315 (49.4) [Duckett 95(91), Jacks 62(56); Marnus 3/39 (6)] by seven wickets
Opting to bat first, England have been stored below bay by the debut new-ball pair of Aaron Hardie and Ben Dwarshuis in swinging circumstances till Ben Duckett let free with 4 boundaries towards Sean Abbott within the seventh over. Nevertheless, Dwarshuis set again the momentum by rattling a size ball into Phil Salt’s center stump and the scoreboard quickly learn 59/1 on the finish of the powerplay. Cameron Inexperienced and Matthew Quick took over bowling duties and Will Jacks signalled his intent early by punishing the previous for a most. Adam Zampa acquired the identical therapy within the 14th over as a saga of boundaries started and the rating raced to 127/1 after 20 overs with Duckett citing a 49-ball fifty within the course of. Seven boundaries adopted within the subsequent 4 overs as Jacks introduced up his personal fast half-century till Zampa had him holed out for a 56-ball 62 within the twenty fifth over. Skipper Harry Brook struggled to get going early however broke free with a six off Quick and one other succession of boundaries led to a run-aball 48 partnership, forcing Marsh to go left discipline with Marnus Labuschagne. He took simply three balls to have Duckett caught and bowled for 95 and Brook adopted swimsuit in his subsequent over after smashing a 4 and 6 to depart for 39 off 31. No batters managed to get going thereafter aside from a couple of begins till Jacob bethell;s 34-ball 35 propelled the staff to 315, whilst Zampa and Labushcagnes three-fers noticed the staff not end teir 50-over quota.
In response, make shift opener Mitch Marsh couldn’t come to phrases along with his function and holed out cheaply off Matthew Pott. However, Head and Steve Smith went after Jofra Archer, Potts, and Brydon Carse to be effectively positioned at 69/1 on the finish of the powerplay. The run price quietened regularly because the fielders unfold out and culminated with Smith popping one again to Livingstone after a 28-ball 32. Head and Cameron inexperienced stored the required price in verify with the odd boundary every time alternative arose and breezed their method to faster than run-a-ball 73-run partnership. Despite the fact that Bethell broke the stand along with his maiden scalp within the twenty seventh over, Head introduced up a 91-ball ton three overs later and there was little respite thereafter. The opener went after Carse with 4 boundaries within the thirty fourth over and Marnus Labuschagne joined the get together with two maximums and a boundary off Livingstone within the thirty seventh. The runs stored leaking with out mercy as Head obtained to his 150 with a spectacular straight six towards Livingstone earlier than Labuschagne completed issues off with a boundary on the final ball off the forty fourth over to maintain the 148-run stand unbeaten.
What a shot!
Brilliantly completed on at the present time!
so Travis Head scored a century whereas chasing, on the nineteenth day of the month, towards a staff sporting blue jerseys, with Marnus Labuschagne on the different finish… pic.twitter.com/XOPaT1DRuy
— 🍺 (@anubhav__tweets) September 19, 2024
TRAVIS HEAD IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET:
Checks: 41.75 Avg & 64.71 Sr
ODIs: 44.75 Avg & 103.44 Sr
T20I: 33.12 Avg & 160.49 Sr
– Head is dominating World Cricket. 🙇#ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/Bo9dZXFqO4— Sunil Choudhary (@Suniljaat121) September 19, 2024
Sure he’s!
TRAVIS HEAD – Probably the most damaging batters at present in cricket.
— राहुल सिंह शेखावत (@RajputRahulRR) September 19, 2024
No feedback!
Date – nineteenth
Opposition – Blue Jersey
Job : Chasing a goal
Head scores a 💯,
Labuschagne scores a 50…!!
We now have seen this earlier than 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/68AUWaoMsd— Traditional Mojito (@classic_mojito) September 19, 2024
Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne chasing down a complete towards a blue colored staff on nineteenth day of the month 💀 pic.twitter.com/2KX3xDMFiv
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) September 19, 2024
LOL! Moye moye!
nineteenth day of the month, 3 wickets down whereas chasing, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne constructing a partnership, and Head scoring a century, this has occurred earlier than 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/8aJ2CO07yo
— Kusha Sharma (@Kushacritic) September 19, 2024
Nice batters!
Australia gained by 7 wickets towards England
Travis head 154*
Marnus labuschagne 77*#ENGvAUS— Sathish (@ksathishsh) September 19, 2024
Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne scoring taking part in match profitable knock on nineteenth date of month. We now have seen this earlier than 🙂 #AUSvsENG #TravisHead #MarnusLabuschagne
— PK (@Pushkar76190944) September 19, 2024