Travis Head starred with each bat and ball as world champions Australia beat England by 49 runs in a rain-marred fifth and ultimate one-day worldwide on Sunday to finish a 3-2 sequence win. England had been set for an enormous complete when opener Ben Duckett (107) and in-form captain Harry Brook shared a third-wicket stand of 132 in 98 balls. But from 202-2 gradual bowling proved England’s undoing as they misplaced their final eight wickets for 107 runs to be dismissed for 309, with part-time spinner Head taking an ODI finest 4-28. Australia made a blistering begin to their chase, with openers Matthew Short (58) and Head (31) sharing a stand of 78 in barely greater than seven overs.
And when rain stopped play, Australia had been 165-2 off 20.4 overs — nicely forward of the goal required underneath the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern methodology for weather-affected white-ball video games.
Steven Smith, main Australia instead of the injured Mitchell Marsh, was 36 not out earlier than the umpires known as the sport off at 6:00 pm native time (1700 GMT).
Short and Head punished a wayward England assault that includes Olly Stone, in for the rested Jofra Archer. But Brydon Carse struck together with his first ball when he had left-hander Head caught at cowl.
Matthew Potts, who had already dismissed Australia’s Smith twice within the sequence, virtually had the star batsman given out lbw for 10 however a overview indicated the ball would have missed leg stump.
Short went to fifty when he pulled Carse for his fourth six in simply 23 balls. But he was out when caught behind driving at Potts.
England then missed a chance after they did not enchantment after Josh Inglis, on two, bought a skinny edge off Carse to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.
Earlier, Steve Smith gained the toss just for Phil Salt to launch England’s innings with a quickfire 45 that featured consecutive sixes off Aaron Hardie.
But Hardie had his revenge when Salt’s drive over level was caught by Marnus Labuschagne, earlier than he bowled Will Jacks for a duck with a wonderful off-cutter.
Brook got here in having struck a maiden and match-winning ODI century at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday that helped scale back England’s deficit to 2-1 earlier than his 87 laid the muse for a colossal 186-run success at Lord’s on Friday.
The 25-year-old Yorkshireman audaciously scooped skilled quick bowler Josh Hazlewood for 4.
Duckett, who made 63 at Lord’s, accomplished a 45-ball fifty earlier than Brook reached the landmark in simply 39 balls when he drove Hardie over long-on for six.
Brook then struck leg-spinner Adam Zampa for successive sixes firstly of the twenty fifth over.
But Zampa, holding his nerve, deceived Brook 4 balls later with a slower, flighted supply the batsman miscued low to Glenn Maxwell at long-off.
Zampa completed with an costly 2-74 from his full 10 overs.
Brook’s exit sparked an England droop however Duckett, out for 95 within the sequence opener at Trent Bridge, accomplished his second profession ODI hundred — each made at Bristol — in 86 balls together with 13 fours and a six.
The left-hander’s first England century in all codecs this season, after a number of shut calls in each Tests and ODIs, ended quickly afterwards when he holed out off Head.
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