and that's the game! Gets under a full delivery and swings it over wide long-on
Australia win by six wickets with an efficient performance in a low-key atmosphere. The opening stand between David Warner and Travis Head broke the back of the chase and Steven Smith looked at ease throughout. The chase never looked in doubt. England were off the pace throughout, expect for the magnificent hundred from David Malan. They did well to get up to 287 after being 66 for 4, but the bowling attack lacked bite. But Olly Stone's performance was encouraging.
Moiz: "This is the ideal start for Australia post Finch era. Cummins has all the ability to lead this team and Head is the perfect replacement for Finch. Also they have likes of McDermott and Philippe in domestic circuit."
Alex: "I do think it's worth pointing out that this is England A vs Australia's first XI... not really worth reading into this result too much! Good to see Olly Stone in particular get a run out, here's hoping he can stay fit and build on a promising start. Should be a useful series for England to try a few others out too." - Will be interesting to see if Woakes, Curran, Rashid and Moeen are all back in Sydney on Saturday
Dawid Malan is player of the match: "It's usually really good wickets, grounds like this are small square which is handy. Tough to miss those two games with all the work you put in over three years. It was gutting. Then to come back here and score a hundred was extremely satisfying. It did a bit early on with the new ball and they bowled very well. We were probably 30-40 runs short. Think 50-over cricket is my strongest format but it's a tough team to get into."
Pat Cummins "Fantastic performance, a team performance. We came in here really fresh and keen to get back into it. Ash Agar into the team, Travis Head, they stood up. Everyone cracked on, it was great. Really pleasing to see classic Smithy, fluent from ball was awesome. It came out alright today, in that last month or so each time I play I'm getting better."
Jos Buttler "Not fussed about the result at all, it's all about the character we showed. Wanted to play with intent. Dawid Malan a fantastic innings. To get to that score from the position we were in was brilliant. In the field we took risks and everyone responded. I'm sure we'll make a few changes throughout the series...keep deepening that talent pool."
Right, on that note, I'll wrap things up for today. We'll be back on Saturday for the second match. Can England keep the series alive? For now, from Gnasher, Alex and Thilak it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.
clears his front leg and heaves this straight down the ground, enough of the prodding around
pushed back to the bowler
that's a long hop which Smith has managed to pull straight into Green at the non-striker's end
square drives from off stump to backward point
Big over here for Malan...
that's hammered! There's Green's power. Picks up a short-of-a-length delivery outside off and launches it over midwicket
lets a short ball go over his head
punched into the covers
works a straight delivery into midwicket
Afeef: "A hat-trick for Malan to turn the game, please"
short on leg stump, hooked down to long leg
over the wicket, whipped from outside off to deep square
touch shorter, driven off the back foot cover, Green watched the run but is sent back. A very tidy over from Malan
lands it nicely, full at middle, defended on the front foot
low full toss which he plays down to long-on
comes forward and drives to cover
loopy, full and straight, pushed down the ground
skids through outside off, left alone
Dawid Malan will bowl! Slip in place
123kph, short and pulled to deep square
short outside off, cut towards point
back of a length, drags a pull to deep midwicket
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Adelaide Oval | |
Toss | Australia, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022/23 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | ODI no. 4475 |
Match days | 17 November 2022 - daynight (50-over match) |
ODI debut | Luke Wood |
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