Australia lost for the first time after winning the World Cup: England defeated them by 46 runs by DLS, Brook scored his first century

World champion Australia has suffered its first defeat after the ODI World Cup 2023. The Australian team was defeated by England by 46 runs on Tuesday night by DLS (Duckworth Lewis Standard) method. With this win, the English team has made a comeback 1-2 after trailing 2-0 in the 5-match series. The fourth match of the series will be played at Lord’s on 27 September.

The host team won the toss and decided to bowl in this rain-affected match played at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday night. The Australian team, batting first, scored 304 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. In the reply, the English team had made 254 runs for 4 wickets in 37.4 overs when it started raining and the game had to be stopped. Eventually, England was declared the winner by 46 runs under the DRS method. Harry Brook was selected as the Man of the Match. Brook scored an unbeaten 110 runs off 94 balls.

special in the match

Average start for Australia, lost 2 wickets within 50 runs Australia, batting after losing the toss, did not have a great start. The team lost the wickets of the openers within 50 runs. Captain Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 24 runs in 38 balls and Matthew Short was out after scoring 14 runs. Jofra Archer gave the first blow to the Kangaroo team by dismissing Short. After that Brydon Carse sent Captain Marsh to the pavilion.

Matthew Short was out after scoring 14 runs. He was sent to the pavilion by Jofra Archer.

Steve Smith’s test-like innings, scored 60 runs in 82 balls After losing early wickets, Steve Smith and Cameron Green took charge of the innings. Both of them shared a partnership of 84 runs in 96 balls. Both these batsmen adopted a defensive approach. Smith played a Test-like innings. He scored 60 runs in 82 balls. While Cameron Green contributed 42 runs in 49 balls.

Lower order took the score past 300, Carey’s fifty After the top-5 batsmen were out for less than 200 runs, the lower batsmen of the team took the score past 300. Wicketkeeper Alex Carey played an unbeaten innings of 77 runs off 65 balls. He scored the 10th half-century of his ODI career. Meanwhile, Glenn Maxwell contributed 30 runs and Aaron Hardley contributed 44 runs.

2 wickets for Jofra Archer For England, Jofra Archer took 2 wickets. Brydon Carse, Jacob Bethan, Will Jacks and Will Livingstone got one wicket each.

England’s innings from here…

Bad start for England, Starc took the wickets of the openers England, chasing a target of 305 runs, had a bad start. The team lost the wickets of the openers at a score of 11 runs. Mitchell Starc sent Phil Salt to the pavilion at a personal score of zero and Ben Duckett at a personal score of 8 runs. Salt was caught by Short and Duckett was caught by Maxwell.

Ben Duckett was out after scoring 8 runs. He was caught by Glenn Maxwell off Starc.

156 run partnership between Jacks-Brook Will Jacks, batting at number-3, and wicketkeeper Harry Brook brought England back into the match by sharing 156 runs in 148 balls for the third wicket. Will Jacks was out after scoring 84 runs, while Brook played an unbeaten innings of 110 runs. Liam Livingstone contributed 33 runs.

2-2 wickets for Starc and Green Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green got 2-2 wickets for Australia. Starc sent both the openers to the pavilion, while Green broke Will Jacks’ partnership with Brook by dismissing him. He also dismissed Jamie Smith.