Australia vs England, 2nd ODI at Brisbane, Jan 19 2018, England tour of Australia and New Zealand

RESULT
2nd ODI (D/N), Brisbane, January 19, 2018, England tour of Australia and New Zealand
(44.2/50 ov, T:271) 274/6

England won by 4 wickets (with 34 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
46* (58), 2/31 & 2 catches
joe-root
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Scorecard summary
Australia 270/9(50 overs)
106 (114)
2/31 (7)
2/71 (10)
England 274/6(44.2 overs)
57 (60)
2/57 (10)

9.02pm Right, that's your lot. Thanks for joining us today, have a read of Dan Brettig's report and join us again on Sunday for the third ODI in Sydney, where Australia desperately need a win to stay alive in the series.

Sarvesh : "Even without Stokes, England ODI side is a force to reckon with. They were the most competitive in India among visiting teams last year, after South Africa. They played really well in South Africa before that. I m in favour of a whitewash in Australia !!! " Watch this space. They are clearly a team in a very good frame of mind at the moment. Good night.

9pm Man of the Match is Joe Root for his wickets and runs. "Enjoyable today, didn't think I'd bowl seven overs at the start of the day. The form Smith has been in this summer, very enjoyable to see the back of him."

"Whenever you come off a series loss you want to prove a point, and leading into the World Cup we want to set a benchmark. We had to stay cool in the moment and get the job done."

Eoin Morgan: "Our bowlers were exceptional. It puts pressure on the Australia batsmen. We did enough to win but it was far from a complete performance, which is exciting for us."

"We have a level of trust and confidence in the group that someone will put their hand up for us."

8.55pm Time for some presentations. Here's Steve Smith. "We're not playing good enough one-day cricket at the moment. It's a quality England batting line-up. We lost a couple of wickets in a row, we couldn't get that power going at the back end to get that 320 we were after."

"Richo bowled pretty well, perhaps [we should have played a spinner]. This wicket is different to the one we had for the Test match."

8.47pm England have won their first ODI at Brisbane since 1999, and they have taken an emphatic 2-0 lead without really being stretched in two apparently daunting chases.

Hypocaust: "Joe Root now has the 3rd highest average (87.06) in victorious ODI chases (min. 20 innings), behind Dhoni (102.72) and Kohli (93.64) and just ahead of Bevan (86.25)."

Mark: "Are we facing a scenario where Australia's total domination of the Tests will be countered by England's total domination of the ODIs and T20s. You begin to wonder if Australia could be whitewashed."

Deedat: "Like Morgan said last time, if Roy fails, someone from the rest of the team would step up. This time, seems like who whole team did. Magnificent from Hales and Bairstow. And just solid as always from Root"

44.2
4
Stoinis to Woakes, FOUR runs

pumped up and over long-on, plugs in the deep, trickles to the rope, and England have secured a tremendous win

David: "So, in the end, we're looking at Joe Root utterly failing to convert. "

44.1
4
Stoinis to Woakes, FOUR runs

up and over point, leaning back and timing the pants off his uppercut! Scores are level...

end of over 444 runs
ENG: 266/6CRR: 6.04 RRR: 0.83
Chris Woakes31 (25b 3x4 1x6)
Joe Root46 (58b 1x4)
Mitchell Marsh 1-0-4-0
Marcus Stoinis 4-0-26-0

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43.6
3
Marsh to Woakes, 3 runs

up and over the covers, a shackle-breaking slap to reduce the requirement to within a single blow

43.5
Marsh to Woakes, no run

on the pads, attempted flick, can't get this one through

bhaskar: "Who was it that predicted the chase in 43.4 overs? Go and buy a lottery ticket or something! " Afraid he's missed the jackpot!

43.4
Marsh to Woakes, no run

back foot block, pushed to cover

43.3
Marsh to Woakes, no run

solid defence, back down the track

Sarvesh : "Still my Man of the match is Joe Root. Played in the shadow of Roy last game, didn't get that attention. But this time Roooot is anchoring just by rotation of strikes. And has the spotlight. "

43.2
1
Marsh to Root, 1 run

short and through midwicket

43.1
Marsh to Root, no run

full length, attempted drill back past the bowler, but not quite timed

end of over 439 runs
ENG: 262/6CRR: 6.09 RRR: 1.28
Joe Root45 (56b 1x4)
Chris Woakes28 (21b 3x4 1x6)
Marcus Stoinis 4-0-26-0
Jhye Richardson 10-1-57-2

uzairbinnisar: "Can you update why M. Marsh has not bowled a single over in this match?" I cannot. Most peculiar. Well, blow me down. Here he comes!

42.6
1
Stoinis to Root, 1 run

on the back foot, glided into the off side

42.5
Stoinis to Root, no run

defended into the off side

Chris Brant: "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, if Jhye doesn´t get you then Tye must." If at first you don't succeed, Try, Jhye and Tye again

42.4
1
Stoinis to Woakes, 1 run

open the face, angle the shot, down to third man

42.3
4
Stoinis to Woakes, FOUR runs

short, and slammed! A brilliant pull, going from high to low, nailed clean through square leg to reduce the requirement to 11

Mukunda Phuyal: "Root justifying the value of keeping wicket and at times ticking the scoreboard. This is a typical one day old fashioned match winning innings from him." Every team needs a nurdler. Even the pedal to the metal ones

42.2
2
Stoinis to Woakes, 2 runs

back of a length, pumped down the ground with a cross-batted mow, takes a bit of a top edge but eludes the field

42.1
1
Stoinis to Root, 1 run

on the pads, clipped through the leg side

end of over 426 runs
ENG: 253/6CRR: 6.02 RRR: 2.25
Chris Woakes21 (18b 2x4 1x6)
Joe Root43 (53b 1x4)
Jhye Richardson 10-1-57-2
Andrew Tye 9-0-47-0

MAHARAJ SINGH: "Is he real Ben Stokes?" Even it it was, I think instigating an insurrection against his captain at this juncture of his career would be... less than prudent

41.6
Jhye Richardson to Woakes, no run

outside off, and an attempted thrash through the covers

41.5
4
Jhye Richardson to Woakes, FOUR runs

back of a length, pulled round the corner and ... whoops, that's a tremendous blooper from Stoinis, who slides, attempts to gather, lets the ball elude his grasp, and watches it trickle over the rope

Umair: "Some one tell Smith that in an ODI match you atleast play 4 pure bowlers! also instead of trying to play like England we would be a much better team if we focus on the Australian way!"

41.4
Jhye Richardson to Woakes, no run

blocked on a full length

41.3
Jhye Richardson to Woakes, no run

angled defence back down the pitch

AshesAddict: "Going back to 2005 (with the sole exception of 2013/14), the team winning the Ashes tests series has then failed to win the following ODI series. Good omen for England?" I suppose it is. If you discount the fact that the team that has lost most of those ODI series is England!

41.2
1
Jhye Richardson to Root, 1 run

dead-batted defence, down into the crease. And another sharp single

41.1
1
Jhye Richardson to Woakes, 1 run

short, an uncertain pull, but safely placed into no-man's land at midwicket

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AJ Finch
106 runs (114)
9 fours1 six
Productive shot
flick
29 runs
0 four0 six
Control
80%
JM Bairstow
60 runs (56)
9 fours0 six
Productive shot
cut shot
13 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
79%
Best performances - bowlers
MA Starc
O
10
M
0
R
59
W
4
ECO
5.9
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
JE Root
O
7
M
0
R
31
W
2
ECO
4.42
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Series
Season2017/18
Player Of The Match
Series resultEngland led the 5-match series 2-0
Match numberODI no. 3958
Hours of play (local time)13.20 start, First Session 13.20-16.50 Interval 16.50-17.35, Second Session 17.35-21.05
Match days19 January 2018 - daynight (50-over match)
ODI debut
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