BRISTOL: Travis Head starred with each bat and ball as world champions Australia beat England by 49 runs in a rain-marred fifth and closing one-day worldwide at Bristol on Sunday to finish a 3-2 collection win.
England have been set a for an enormous complete when opener Ben Duckett (107) and in-form captain Harry Brook (72) shared a third-wicket stand of 132 in 98 balls.
However from 202-2, sluggish bowling proved England’s undoing as they misplaced their final eight wickets for 107 runs to be dismissed for 309, with part-time spinner Head taking an ODI greatest 4-28.
Australia’s Matthew Brief (58) and Head (31) made a blistering begin to the chase with a gap stand of 78 in barely greater than seven overs.
And when rain stopped play, Australia have been 165-2 off 20.Four overs — nicely forward of the goal required beneath the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern methodology used to resolve weather-affected white-ball video games.
The umpires known as the sport off shortly earlier than 6:00 pm native time (1700 GMT), with Australia having halted an inexperienced England ODI group’s restoration from 2-Zero down within the collection.
