Glenn Maxwell and Alex Carey's hundreds helped Australia to register a 3 wickets' memorable win over England in the third and final ODI in Manchester yesterday night and with this win, Australia also clinched the series by 2-1.
Earlier England won the toss and opted to bat first but they started off very poorly as Roy and Root got out on the first two balls of the innings in Starc's over and at 0/2 they're in big trouble. Jonny Bairstow and Eoin Morgan counter-attacked and took the score to over 50 runs in no time. Inform Zampa sent Morgan back to the dressing room once again and later Buttler also perished and at 96/4 England was on the back foot.
Jonny Bairstow and Sam Billings rebuilt the innings. Meanwhile, Bairstow brought up his hundred and Billings notched up his fifty. Both the batsmen got out after completing their milestones. In the end, Chris Woakes' unbeaten fifty helped England to post 302/7 on the board.
In reply, Australia also lost Aaron Finch, David Warner, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh, and Marnus Labuschange cheaply and at 73/5 they're in big trouble.
Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwell counter-attacked and went on to smash all England bowlers. And their record 212 runs partnership set the match in Australia's favor. Both Carey and Maxwell got out after scoring their hundreds and in the last over Australia needed 10 runs to win and Mitchell Starc hit a six and a four off Adil Rashid bowling and helped Australia to register a memorable 3 wickets' win.
All the major stats and facts from the third ODI between England and Australia in Manchester :
1 - England is the first-ever team to score 300 plus runs in an ODI match after losing 2 wickets for 0 runs. They were 0/2 in the first over and ended up with 302/7 runs on the board.
10 - Adam Zampa is the first Australian bowler to take 10 wickets in a three-match ODI series.
212 - Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwell's 212 runs partnership is the third-highest partnership for the sixth wicket in ODI cricket.
Highest partnerships for the sixth wicket in ODI cricket -
267* - Grant Elliott / Luke Ronchi (NZ) vs SL at Dunedin, 2015
218 - M Jayawardene / MS Dhoni (Asia XI) vs Africa XI at Chennai, 2007
212 - A Carey / G Maxwell (AUS) vs ENG at Manchester, 2020
188 - S Matsikenyeri / T Taibu (ZIM) vs SA at Benoni, 2009
177 - Shehan Jayasuriya / D Shanaka (SL) vs PAK at Karachi, 2019
303 - Australia's run chase of 303 runs is the highest ever successful run chase at Old Trafford in Manchester in ODI cricket.
Highest successful run chases at Old Trafford in Manchester in ODIs -
303 - AUS vs ENG, 2020
285 - ENG vs NZ, 1986
255 - ENG vs IND, 1986
255 - ENG vs PAK, 1992
242 - PAK vs NZ, 1999
2015 - This is Australia's first bilateral ODI series win over England since 2015 and also England's first ODI series loss at home since 2015.
3000 - Glenn Maxwell when on 45, completed 3000 runs in ODI cricket. He took 2440 balls to reach this milestone - the fastest to reach this milestone in terms of balls.
Fastest to reach 3000 ODI runs (In terms of balls) -
2440 - Glenn Maxwell
2532 - Jos Buttler
2824 - Jason Roy
2842 - Jonny Bairstow
2957 - Kapil Dev
