England won by 186 runs - 39 overs game
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Harry Brook
Batter
Bowler
Excellent comeback from England to square the series after being 0-2 down. We have a series decider and the hosts have all the momentum leading into that game. Can Australia bounce back? Tune in on Sunday to find out. Until then, goodbye...
Brook | Player of the Match: We have taken all the positives and momentum we had from the first two games and brought them to the last two games. Ducky (Duckett), we know how good he is. Unbelievably hard to bowl at. We know what Livi is capable of and he showed that at the back end. They (England bowlers) bowled beautifully, we got an above-par score. He (Jofra Archer) was bowling quick today, swinging and seaming, hopefully we can see that a lot more of that. It's always nice to be scoring runs, you think more clearly when you score runs.
Marsh: Fair play to England, they put us under a lot of pressure. They completely outplayed us. Probably a bit above-par, Liam Livingstone played a gem of an innings. In a run-chase like that, you need one or two big partnerships. England bowled really well, we lost wickets continuously. That's cricket. It's going to be a great experience (final ODI), we obviously would have liked to wrap up the series in the last couple of games. England have come back really strongly, we go to Bristol, excited for the opportunity.
Biggest defeat for AUS in ODIs (by runs)
242 vs ENG, Nottingham, 2018
206 vs NZ, Adelaide, 1986
196 vs SA, Cape Town, 2006
186 vs ENG, Lord's, 2024*
- 186 runs is the second biggest win for England at Lord's in terms of runs after their 202-run win against India in the first match of the 1975 World Cup.
- 126 runs all-out by Australia is the second-lowest ODI total at Lord's after 107 all-out by South Africa vs England in 2003.
- 126 runs is Australia's lowest total after a 50+ opening partnership in ODIs. The previous lowest was 139 runs against India at Sharjah in 1985
- This is only the second loss for Australia in their last eight ODIs against England at Lord's.
- The team batting first has won the last nine ODI matches at the Lord's.
20:18 Local Time, 19:18 GMT, 00:48 IST: England have hammered Australia at Lord's to level the series 2-2. A shortened game due to rain, the hosts were inserted to bat. They got off to a decent start against some disciplined new-ball bowling attack. Duckett and Brook forged a crucial partnership for the third wicket which laid the platform for the hosts. While both of them notched up fifties, it was captain Brook who was the aggressor. He continued from where he left in the previous ODI but missed out on a ton today. Livingstone applied the finishing touches by punishing Starc in the final over (6 0 6 6 6 4) and England crossed 300. In reply, Australia got off to a flier despite plenty of plays and misses. They were 66/0 at the end of the first poweplay (8 overs), but things went downhill after that for the visitors. Carse cleaned up Head, Smith tried to be too ambitious, Archer nipped out Marsh with a peach, Carse added two more to his tally in the 15th over and Australia just capitulated. Brook eployed just four bowlers and they wrapped up the proceedings inside 25 overs.
Adil Rashid to Hazlewood, out Bowled!! Adil Rashid wraps it up! England win by 186 runs. 88kph, flatter in trajectory, Hazlewood clears his front leg to heave across the line. Gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball spins in a bit to crash into the leg-stump. Hazlewood b Adil Rashid 0(4)
Adil Rashid to Hazlewood, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, in the air and safe! Googly outside off, Starc checks his horizontal-batted shot and chops it it over point
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Starc, no run, 81kph, legbreak on a length, punched to mid-off off the back foot
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Starc, 3 wides, slow leggie, spinning down leg, Starc gets down to slog and misses. No chance for the keeper to stop it. The slip fielder runs back to hunt it down
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Starc, no run, low full toss, Starc flicks it to midwicket
END OF OVER 24
0 Runs
AUS: 122 - 9
W 0 W 0 0 0
Josh Hazlewood
0 (3)
Mitchell Starc
2 (5)
Matthew Potts
8-2-38-4
Potts to Hazlewood, no run, no fifer for Potts! 138kph, fullish ball, driven to mid-off and Potts finishes with 4/38!
Final ball for Potts. Can he get a fifer?
Potts to Hazlewood, no run, shortened length, Hazlewood moves leg-side and taps it to gully
Potts to Hazlewood, no run, short of length ball, Hazlewood makes room to slash it away and misses. The ball wobbles after passing the batter and Jamie Smith does well to pouch it