England make 4 changes for the 2nd ODI as Ali replaces the rested Buttler as captain, with Woakes, Sam Curran & Rashid coming in for Stone. Jordan & Luke Wood.
After the retirement of Finch, new captain Cummins is rested after the 1st ODI, with Hazelwood standing in. Marsh in for Green is the other change.
It's the final ODI of the series tonight.
Let's hope England can sign off with a win before the test series against Pakistan gets underway in December.
3rd ODI Australia v England MCG
England elected to field
AUS 355-4 (48/48 overs) Head 152 Warner 106 Marsh 30 Stone 4-85
ENG 142 (31.4/48 overs) Roy 33 Vince 22 Zampa 4-31 Cummins 2-25 Abbott 2-45
Australia won by 221 runs (Target 364 DLS)
^^ Buttler & Stone replace Ali & Rashid. Cummins returns to captain Australia, Abbott plays, Agar & Starc miss out.
A series too far, the nature of each defeat got progressively worse. Aside from a few individual performances, England gained very little. When you compare the T20 series between these sides prior to the World Cup, which would've been 3-0 to England if weather hadn't intervened in the final match. England had a hunger that was missing in the ODI's.
Easy to see why. Imagine an England football team winning the World Cup, & then be asked to play the following week against say Brazil, Argentina, & Uruguay. It would never happen.
Jofra Archer was back in action yesterday for the 1st time in 18 months as England faced the Lions in Abu Dhabi, prior to their visit to Pakistan.
For any cricket fans with a short attention span the Abu Dhabi T10 comp is live on SkyCricket today.
1st ODI New Zealand India - Auckland
New Zealand elected to field
IND 306-7 Shreyas 89 Dhawan 72 Gill 50 Sundar 37 no Sampson 36 Ferguson 3-59 Southee 3-73
NZ 309-3 (47.1 overs) Latham 145 no Williamson 94 Conway 24 Allen 22 Umram 2-66
New Zealand on by 7 wickets
2nd ODI New Zealand v India Hamilton 27/11/22
New Zealand elected to field
India 89-1 (12.5/29 overs) Gill 45 no Suryakumar 34 no
No Result
