Harry Brook's first ODI century, England beats Australia

Latest News :- England's Harry Brook scored a century in the third ODI match between England and Australia. This is his first century in ODI cricket. With this he led his team to victory. The Australian cricket team is touring England and playing a cricket series. Both the teams are currently playing a 5-match ODI series. The third match of the series was played yesterday (Tuesday) at Chester-le-Street.

Batting first, the Australian team scored 304 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Alex Carey scored 77, Smith scored 60, Aaron Hardy scored 44 and Green scored 42 runs. Archer took 2 wickets for England. He gave 67 runs in 10 overs. England chased the target of 305 runs to win. Salt did not score any runs and Ben Duckett was out after scoring 8 runs. England had lost the first two matches of this series. Also, the tension of the game increased due to the early dismissal of the openers.

Will Jakes and Harry Brook made a partnership of 156 runs during that period. Will Jakes was out after scoring 84 runs. Jamie Smith, who came after this, was out after scoring 7 runs. At the other end, Harry Brook scored his first century in ODI cricket. His innings included 13 fours and 2 sixes. Livingston scored 33 runs in 20 balls.

England scored 254 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 37.4 overs. Then rain disrupted the game. England won by 46 runs in DLS mode due to continuous rain. With this, England has currently maintained the series at 1-2. England will aim to win the next two matches.

Man of the Match Harry Brook: “I thought we were better in bowling and batting in this match. When Jake and I batted, we decided to play on the field as long as possible. With this we were successful in forming a partnership. It was good to score the first century. I hope that I will score more centuries in the coming days. “We did what we said,” Brooke said. He is leading the England team as captain in this series.

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