Brook is England’s stand-in captain for this sequence due to harm to Jos Buttler. Three video games into his tenure, this innings had the entire hallmarks of a cliched captain’s knock.
When Phil Salt was caught for a painful eight-ball duck and Ben Duckett skewed to level for eight, the recollections of England’s collapses within the first two matches and their struggles in a run of 10 defeats throughout 14 matches on this format loomed massive.
Brook, although, did what many have been asking of England. In his 18th ODI, he took six from his first 13 balls in a measured begin. His first scoop shot didn’t come till he had scored 57.
That isn’t to say his innings was missing in what has change into trademark strokeplay. He crashed the ball by means of the off aspect, together with hitting spinner Matt Quick for an excellent six over mid-off and an higher lower to a Cameron Inexperienced bouncer.
Inexperienced had dismissed Jacks when he performed the identical shot, after England’s quantity three impressed in making his second fifty of the sequence in a relaxed partnership that laid the platform for England’s win.
When Jamie Smith pulled one other Inexperienced bouncer to deep sq. leg, England, helped by the absence of Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa by means of sickness, nonetheless wanted 108 from 109 balls however Livingstone ensured the momentum had swung definitively to the hosts by the point the rain got here.
He hit Mitchell Starc for 2 fours and Sean Abbott for a six within the two overs earlier than the gamers left the sphere.
