England confirmed their firepower with bat and ball as they levelled the one-day worldwide sequence with a 186-run thrashing of Australia in a rain-shortened match at Lord’s.
Stand-in captain Harry Brook scored a powerful 87 from 58 balls, whereas Ben Duckett additionally made a half-century earlier than Liam Livingstone’s blistering unbeaten 62 from 27 balls took the house facet to a formidable 312-5 from 39 overs.
Livingstone hit seven sixes, with 4 of them coming as he took 28 off the final over of the innings from Mitchell Starc.
That late onslaught gave Livingstone a 25-ball fifty, the quickest in an ODI at Lord’s, whereas England’s 12 maximums is a brand new file in an ODI on the house of cricket.
Australia made a quick begin within the chase however three wickets in 4 overs, together with each openers, halted the momentum and England seized management.
The vacationers crumbled from 68-0 to 126 all out in 24.4 overs, with Matthew Potts wonderful in taking 4-38.
Brydon Carse had bowled Travis Head to get issues began and the 29-year-old quick bowler ended with figures of 3-36, whereas Jofra Archer claimed 2-33.
It was left to Adil Rashid to wrap issues up as England claimed their second largest ODI victory by runs over Australia.
After dropping the primary two matches of the sequence, this new-look England facet have battled again to drive a decider in Bristol on Sunday.