AUS VS ENG - 3rd ODI, England tour of Australia, 2018

I'm infatuated by closures. Not that England have one today after the 0-4 Ashes mutilation but they have come close -- as close as they can get, ever. Today, they win their first bilateral series in Australia and at a venue that's seen many a English team disintegrate under the weight of an Ashes loss. It all rounds up, always. On that note, this is Pratyush Sinha exiting the comm. box with Vineet Anantharaman and Mukesh Gowda. Make whatever you can of the Sunday left, ta-ta!

For those who are wondering, Buttler is the Player of the Match for his 83-ball 100*

Rakesh Nath: That's some counterpunch from England ODI boys. For all the beatings that their test team took, they have given it back. Definitely ruining some fun from Aussies's Ashes victory!!

Warner's early wicket was key on a soft SCG wicket and Woakes provided that. Australia tried to go after Joe Root, who had to bowl Plunkett's overs after the latter walked out to an hamstring injury, but Smith fell at just the wrong time for the hosts. And to a debatable decision that sent the TV umpire into a reiterative replay loop. And Twitter into hysteria, perhaps. Marcus Stoinis's fifty got Australia closer, yes, but in the light of the upcoming World Cup, is he batting too deep?

09:08pm local: This series win will be tough for a few nineties kids to digest. I mean England were never this good. Never before. In the backdrop of two successful chases, they were asked by Smith to set a total this time. And that they did. Buttler created quite a whirlwind with a hundred off the last ball, pumping the total to 302 and it immediately looked beyond Australia, who crashed to their sixth defeat in the last seven ODIs versus England. Times've changed.

Woakes to Paine, 1 run, memorable victory for England - their first bilateral series win in Australia. Take an unassailable 3-0 lead. Paine hacks this across the line and gets a single to mid-wicket. Not enough

Woakes to Pat Cummins, 1 run, upper-cuts a short ball to deep backward point

England fans are wide awake at 9:00pm local. Well

Woakes to Pat Cummins, no run, doesn't connect the yorker outside off

Pat Cummins, right handed bat, comes to the crease

England look easy on the field now. They know this one's for the taking. Gulp a drink or two and get ready to bowl the last 3 balls. "We will, we will, rock you" plays

Woakes to Stoinis, out Caught by (sub)Billings!! England inch closer. Woakes lets out a short ball, Stoinis had to go for the pull but holes out to deep backward square leg. Stoinis c (sub)Billings b Woakes 56(43) [4s-3 6s-2]

Woakes to Stoinis, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Woakes to Stoinis, 2 runs, Woakes gets the yorker right outside off. All Stoinis could do was jam it out to long-on. He's back on the strike through. Good intent

Let's see what we've got here

Woakes to Paine, 1 run, slower back of a length delivery, smacked with a delay to long-on. They settle for a single. Rightly so. Stoinis is on strike now

This is England's game now. 22 runs to get off the last over. Woakes will bowl it. Australia have let it slip here towards the end

Mark Wood to Paine, 1 run, only gets a single. Bowls a low full toss outside off, Paine slices it to deep point region. 2/46 for Wood today. He's done

Mark Wood to Paine, no run, he tries. But surrenders to Mark Wood's pace. Around 145ks that. Looks to hit it across the line but the ball's through before he completes his followthrough

Australia need a six from Paine. Can he?

Mark Wood to Stoinis, 1 run, shortish ball at 144ks, dragged off the back foot to backward square leg