England v Australia, 3rd ODI - 5 Talking Points

England v Australia, 3rd ODI – 5 Talking Points: After a thumping victory in the first two ODIs, it was the time for Australians to enforce a series win. As it happened, it was England’s turn in the third ODI to make a point. Winning the toss, England opted to bat first in the test. They did make a brilliant point with the bat and they managed to score a total of 300 runs on the board. This was influenced by a stern and sensible innings from James Taylor.

In reply, the Australians did make a brilliant start to the chase but failed to capitalize. But with a disastrous middle order collapse, Australia were derailed to the chase. And they were bundled at the score of 207 runs. This resulted in a 93 runs victory for England.

To sum it up, here England v Australia, 3rd ODI – 5 Talking Points:

1. Superb century from James Taylor:

After being 2 down at the score of 86 runs, the English innings was settled by James Taylor and Eoin Morgan. Taylor was indeed sensible enough and did take the English innings to a settled position by a calm century. He smashed 101 runs off 114 deliveries with the aid of 5 fours. This helped England to pose a total of 300 runs on the board.

2. Game Changing Partnership between Morgan and Taylor:

Being 2 down at the score of 86 runs, Eoin Morgan and James Taylor poised the English innings to a good extent by a steady partnership of 129 runs in just 108 deliveries. Taylor played the sensible role in the partnership and he eventually succeeded in scoring a century. While, on the other hand, Morgan played a fiery innings of 62 runs off 56 deliveries with 7 fours and a six. This amplified the impact of the partnership to the context of the match.

3. Impressive Captaincy ploys from Morgan:

At a time, Australia was pacing well enough to the total. They were poised at the score of 69 runs after 13 overs. Thus, Australia was progressing swiftly towards the score. Just then, Morgan made swift bowling changes and did opt for aggressive ploys in the field set up. This helped England to dominate over Australia and in the end, they enforced an emphatic win over Australia.

4. Australian middle order collapse:

With a brilliant partnership from Aaron Finch and Steve Smith, Australia was well into the chase. But after that, the middle order of the Australian team collapsed in a rather poor manner. Bailey, Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh did manage to get starts but failed to convert them into big ones. This totally derailed Australia’s prospects in the game.

5. Moeen Ali’s economical blast:

The English spinner did prove his point for yet another time with a great deal of economical bowling. Ali just conceded 32 runs in his 10 overs and took the wickets of Bailey, Maxwell and Mitchell Starc. Moeen Ali acted as a stimulus to the English victory and thus aided England’s cause in the match.