Under DLS method, Australia defeated England by 49 runs and won the series 3-2.

Australia defeated England by 49 runs under the DLS method in the last match of the 5-match ODI series. With this, Australia won the ODI series 3-2.

In the 5th ODI, when Australia's score was 165 runs losing 2 wickets in 20.4 overs, the rain came and did not stop. After this the umpires declared Australia the winner under the DLS method. When the rain came, Australia needed to score 116/2 in 20.4 overs as per DLS but they were ahead by 49 runs.

Batting first, the entire England team was all out on the score of 309 in 49.2 overs. For England, the highest score of 107 (91) came from the bat of Ben Duckett. In this innings he hit 13 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, captain Harry Brook played a half-century inning of 72 (52) runs. Duckett and Brook added 132 (98) runs for the third wicket.

Phil Salt played an inning of 45 runs in 27 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. In the lower order, Adil Rashid played an important inning of 36 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 fours. Travis Head took the maximum 4 wickets for Australia. Adam Zampa, Aaron Hardy and Glenn Maxwell were successful in taking 2-2 wickets.

Chasing the target, Australia's score was 165 runs after losing 2 wickets in 20.4 overs when rain came and the match could not start. Matthew Short scored the most runs for Australia. He played a half-century inning of 58 runs with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes in 30 balls. Steve Smith played an unbeaten inning of 36 runs in 48 balls with the help of 4 fours and one six. Travis Head played an inning of 31 runs with the help of 26 balls, 4 fours and 2 sixes. Josh Inglis remained unbeaten after scoring 28 runs in 20 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts got one wicket each for England.

England's playing eleven: Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Will Jacques, Harry Brook (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Adil Rashid.

Australia's playing eleven: Travis Head, Matthew Short, Steven Smith (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

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