Australia spinner Adam Zampa overtook former pacer Nathan Bracken to turn out to be Australia’s eighth-highest wicket-taker in ODIs on Saturday. Zampa made this upward motion within the charts throughout the fourth ODI in opposition to England at Lord’s. In the match, Zampa was considerably the one optimistic for Australian bowling, taking two wickets for 66 runs in eight overs at an ecomomy charge of 8.25. He obtained essential wickets of half-centurions Ben Duckett and Harry Brook.
Now, in 102 ODIs since his debut in 2016, Zampa has taken 175 wickets at a mean of 27.99, with greatest figures of 5/35. He has 11 four-wicket hauls and a five-wicket haul in ODIs.
On the opposite hand, Bracken, a distinguished Aussie pacer from 2001-09, as soon as ranked primary in 50-over format, took 174 wickets in 116 ODIs at a mean of 24.36, with greatest figures of 5/47. He took 5 4-wicket hauls and two five-wicket hauls in ODIs.
Pace legends Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee (380 wickets every) are joint-highest wicket-takers in ODIs for Aussies.
Coming to the match, Australia received the toss and opted to subject first.
England began off with a high quality 48-run opening stand between Phil Salt (22 in 27 balls, with three fours) and Ben Duckett. After a short stumble, skipper Harry Brook recorded a 79-run partnership with Duckett (63 in 62 balls, with six fours and a six) and a 75-run partnership with Jamie Smith (39 in 28 balls, with a 4 and two sixes). Brook missed out on a well-deserved second-successive ODI ton, scoring 87 in 58 balls, with 11 fours and a six.
Liam Livingstone (62* in 27 balls, with three fours and 7 sixes) supplied some sensible ending touches, smashing Mitchell Starc for 28 runs as England scored 312/5 of their 39 overs.
Adam Zampa (2/66) was the decide of the bowlers. Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, and Josh Hazlewood obtained a wicket every.
In the run-chase, openers Travis Head (34 in 23 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes) and skipper Marsh (28 in 34 balls, with two fours and a six) supplied a high quality begin with a 68-run stand. However, after their partnership was damaged, it was all downhill for Australia, who was skittled out for 126 in 24.4 overs, due to sensible spells from Matthew Potts (4/38) and Brydon Carse (3/36). England levelled the five-match sequence 2-2 with a 186-run win.
Brook secured the ‘Player of the Match’ award.
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