AUS Vs ENG: Harry Brook shattered Australia's pride and 9-year-old record, became the hero of victory

Cricket News Desk. A 5-match ODI cricket series is being played between Australia and England. Australia has performed brilliantly and has taken a 2-0 lead in the series by winning the first two matches. But, England made a comeback in the third ODI and defeated Australia by 46 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. In this match, England cricket team captain Harry Brook scored an unbeaten century, which played an important role in the team's victory.

How was the result of the match?
In this match, the England team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Australia lost two wickets for 47 runs in the first game, but after this the team made a great comeback and with the help of wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey's 77, Steve Smith's 60 and Green's 42 runs, the team's score reached 50 overs. 304 runs were scored for 7 wickets. After this, England had a bad start while chasing this huge target. Both the opening batsmen of the team returned to the pavilion on a score of just 11 runs. After this, Will Jacks and captain Harry Brooks led the team to victory by sharing 156 runs in 148 balls. The team scored 254 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 37.4 overs. Meanwhile, rain started and the next game could not be played. After this, England won by 46 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule.

MAIDEN ODI HUNDRED FOR HARRY BROOK WHILE CHASING 305 RUNS…!!!! 🥶 pic.twitter.com/6BcLoX9ZGY

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 24, 2024

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Harry Brook played a brilliant innings
Regular captain of England cricket team Jos Butler is not playing in this ODI cricket series due to injury in his right leg. In such a situation, Harry Brook has been given the captaincy of the team in place of Butler. He scored an unbeaten 110 runs against the dangerous bowling of Australia. It was on the basis of this strong performance of the team captain that England team made a comeback in the series.

This record was registered in the name of Harry Brook
Harry Brook became the fourth England captain to score a century against Australia in ODI cricket. Before him, only Eoin Morgan, Michael Atherton and David Gower were able to achieve this record. It has been almost 9 years since an England captain has scored a century against Australia. The last time Eoin Morgan scored a brilliant century as captain was in 2015 against Australia. Harry Brook became the youngest captain to score a century for England. He scored a century as captain at the age of just 25.

Australia's winning streak is broken
The Australian team has not lost a single match in ODI cricket for the last 348 days. Australia won 14 consecutive ODI matches.

England captain who scored a century in ODI against Australia