ENG VS AUS - 4th ODI, Australia tour of England, 2018

Australia need to remember that their present situation is not their final destination. The best is yet to come. Even if that comes in the final ODI on Sunday, then so be it. Better late than never! Meanwhile for England, their life is very sweet as of now. All they need to do is be in the moment and enjoy their success. On that note, this is Nikhil signing off on behalf of Raju, Abhinand and Sulthan. Good night and take care!

Jason Roy, Man of the Match: It's been good fun, ya. I am feeling like I have got myself into a training routine. Feeling good that I am doing the job for the team. Just trying to control and pace my innings. Unfortunately couldn't carry on after the century. Was concentrating on taking the catch (Marsh's dismissal) and tuck it to someone, was lucky that I threw it to the big fellow (Overton).

Eoin Morgan, England captain: I thought we played pretty solid cricket today. Having lost the toss and Australia winning the toss, our objective was to restrict them to total that could be later chased on. I think it depends on conditions. The wicket was really good. At the halfway stage it was a total well within our grasp. He's (Overton) a young fellow, he came in and grabbed the opportunity. He might get an opportunity in the next game too as we go to Manchester. It's a ground we have enjoyed, hopefully it goes well there.

Tim Paine, Australia captain: I thought we were 30-40 short. We got ourselves in a good position, but failed to capitalize in the last 10 overs. We dropped the catch and lost the momentum. Jason and Jonny are really in good touch. I am trying to enjoy but you gotta catch those. We came here as an inexperienced side, but that can't be an excuse. This is a good chance for the young players and a good experience for them.

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Highest targets chased down by Eng vs Australia:
311 Chester-Le-Street, 2018
305 MCG, 2018
300 Leeds, 2015
271 Brisbane, 2018
270 Lord's, 1997

Eighth win for England against Australia in nine head-to-head encounters in 2018 - the joint most England have beaten an opponent in a calendar year alongside eight against Pak in 1987 (in 11 games)

Highest targets chased down by Eng:
350 v NZ, Trent Bridge, 2015
311 v Aus, Chester-Le-Street, 2018 *
306 v Ban, Oval, 2017
306 v SL, Oval, 2016

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Another comprehensive victory for England, their 4th straight win in a row. In the previous match they notched up the highest ever score in the history of ODIs and today they have chased down their second highest total in this format. They've been on a roll, creating records for fun. Australia did manage to post a competitive score with Finch and Marsh scoring centuries but Willey stole the show in death overs by bagging four crucial wickets. Then it was the Roy-Bairstow show once again, that proved to be the knockout punch. Roy brought up his sixth ODI ton with his flamboyant stroke play while Bairstow missed out on his century by 20-odd runs. They had done enough damage as the likes of Hales and Buttler finished things off convincingly to give England a 6-wicket win. Buttler's 29-ball 54* was an icing on the cake. Hang on for the presentations...

Neser to Buttler, FOUR, that's the winning shot! Buttler finishes it off in style. Right into the slot on middle, Buttler moves away and smacks it over extra cover. No fielder in the deep as England register another emphatic win. That has been the story of the series.

Neser to Buttler, 2 runs, caught at long-on but it's a free-hit. Won't make a difference. Buttler gets to his fifty too. A full length delivery around off, Buttler looks to go big but can only manage to get caught at long-on. Comes back for the second and celebrates his fifty

Neser to Buttler, no ball, SIX, free-hit coming up. That's a high-full toss and Buttler makes sure to pump it over the mid-wicket fence with an excellent pull. Bonus runs, bonus ball.

Neser to Buttler, no run, tapped into the off-side

Neser to Buttler, FOUR, can't bowl such freebies, especially to Buttler. He's on top of his game. Was the full toss on off, Buttler waited for it and creamed it through covers, a lot of bottom hand on that blow by Buttler

Neser to Buttler, wide, slower delivery, but down the leg side. Nothing working right for the Aussies. This was down the leg side as Buttler failed to connect his flick

Lyon to Hales, no run, Hales gets forward and dead bats the tossed up delivery, back to the bowler

Lyon to Buttler, byes, 1 run, how close to that off-stump. Good flight on that ball by Lyon. Pitches outside off and spins in sharply to go through Buttler's defence. Paine gets beaten too as the batsmen steal in a bye

Lyon to Buttler, no run, deep in his crease as he finds the man at cover with a firm back foot punch

Lyon to Buttler, no run, moves away and punches this short one to cover