Australia Win Series As Smith Misses Century
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Australia has won the ODI series against England after clinching a 72 runs victory today at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Steve Smith missed out on a well-deserved century but helped Australia get across the line.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first on a good bouncy SCG pitch. It was more of a bowling pitch today, and Josh Hazlewood knew that defending a total would be a better option at the end of the match.

The English Side Was Led by Moeen Ali Today.

There were a lot of changes made for the second ODI by both teams. Jos Buttler did describe the rest players needed post the World Cup. With Jos Buttler, Chris Jordan, Luke Wook, and Olly Stone at rest, the captaincy was handed over to Moeen Ali.

Ali has captained England in 11 T20 games before this but today was the first time he captained England in an ODI match. He will definitely not be happy with the result but his counterpart Hazlewood had a good day as Australian Captain.

This is for the first time that two fast bowlers have captained a national team in two consecutive ODIs. Hazlewood’s side did everything perfectly today to clinch the ODI series.

Steve Smith Missed Out on a Well-Deserved Hundred.

Steve Smith has started to like facing the Englishmen. He has now been the highest run scorer against England in the past two years. With his 94 off 114 deliveries, he really set the SCG on fire.