England vs Australia
ENG vs AUS: In the ODI series being played on English soil, the host English team has launched a strong counterattack on Australia. After winning the first 2 matches of the 5-match ODI series, Australia seemed to be capturing the series but then in the third match, England made a great comeback with a win and now in the fourth ODI, they defeated the Kangaroo team and took the series 2-2. Parity has been achieved.
In the fourth ODI played at Lord’s, England’s batsmen defeated the Australian bowlers. In this way, the England team managed to score 312 runs for 5 wickets in 39 overs. In response to this, when the Australian team came out to bat, the England bowlers wreaked havoc. Australian batsmen were seen struggling against the English bowlers. This was the reason why Australia was all out for just 126 runs. With this, Australia had to face one of its biggest defeats in ODIs. England defeated Australia by 186 runs. This is Australia’s fourth biggest defeat in terms of runs. This is Australia’s second defeat in the last eight ODIs against England at Lord’s.
Australia made a shameful record
This is Australia’s second lowest ODI score at Lord’s after being all out for 107 runs by South Africa against England in 2003. Not only this, 126 runs is Australia’s lowest score after 50+ opening partnership in ODI. The previous lowest score was 139 runs against India in Sharjah in 1985.
Australia’s biggest defeat in ODI (by runs)
- 242 vs England, Nottingham, 2018
- 206 vs New Zealand, Adelaide, 1986
- 196 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2006
- 186 vs England, Lord’s, 2024*
On the other hand, this is England’s second biggest ODI win at Lord’s. England’s biggest win at Lord’s was in 1975. In the first match of the 1975 World Cup, England won against India by 202 runs. You will be surprised to know that the last 9 ODI matches at Lord’s have been won by the team batting first.
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