Australia beats England by 72 runs

November 19, 2022
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Steve Smith scored 94 runs and Mitchell Starc took four wickets for 47 to lead Australia to a 72-run victory Saturday over England to clinch the three-match one-day international series in consecutive games.

On the same day Josh Hazlewood became Australia’s 28th ODI captain filling in for the rested Pat Cummins, Smith’s total from 114 balls helped to set up Australia’s 280-8 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Starc then struck twice in the first over of England’s innings. James Vince (60) and Sam Billings (71) put England back in the chase but Adam Zampa (4-45) and Starc reduced any chance of an England win to have the visitors all out for 208.

Starc’s performance came after he was controversially dropped for Australia’s last group game in the Twenty20 World Cup against Afghanistan.

The left-armer swung the ball early, getting Jason Roy caught behind and beating Dawid Malan to take his off-stump in the first over.