Eng vs aus

Summary • Australia go 1-0 up in three-match series • Smith's 80 not out sees hosts to victory • Warner (86) & Head (69) put on 147 for first wicket • England set Australia 288 to win first of three ODIs • Malan hits second ODI century, eventually falling for a brilliant 134 off 128 balls • Left-hander holds England together after they slip to 118-5 • Roy makes 6 off 11 balls on return to side • Second ODI in Sydney on Saturday (03:20 GMT) Player of the match, England's Dawid Malan: "To get to the T20 World Cup final and be ruled out was gutting, so to come here, prove my fitness and score a hundred was extremely satisfying. "The pitch did a little bit early on, they bowled really well with the new ball. We just didn't seem to get the same movement, it also got a bit dewy later on and we were probably 30 or 40 runs short, if we're being honest. "I think it's always important to score runs. I think 50 overs is probably my strongest format but it's hard to get into the team with how guys have performed the last couple of years. "But if I keep doing what I'm doing, I might be part of that squad." On his bowling: "I was going to come on a little bit earlier but then Alex Carey came in and I didn't fancy bowling to that short boundary!" Australia captain Pat Cummins on Test Match Special: "It was a magnificent innings from Dawid Malan, he just kept ticking over and targeted the short boundary, he was class. "They did well to get to that score from their position but we bowled r...

Age 32 Caps 92 Captain/left-hand bat, right-arm seam Stokes has proved an inspirational leader and an excellent cricket captain since his appointment last April, but sadly his left knee seems to be a complete mess. Though he is adamant about his ability to bat, he has become a bowler of last resort and is quite happy doing nothing but leading – in the warmup against Ireland he became the first winning captain in Test history not to bat, bowl or keep wicket. Ollie Pope Age 25 C aps 36 Vice-captain/right-hand bat Since Stokes’s decision to play Pope, for the first time in his career, at No 3 the 25-year-old’s average is 49.80 – before that it was 28.66 – and his strike rate from 50.6 to 78, and he has been named vice-captain. Says he is determined to make up for his miserable Ashes in 2021-22, when he averaged 11.16 in six innings: “I feel like I’m a different player, mentally and technically.” Moeen Ali has come out of retirement from Test cricket and been added to England’s Ashes squad. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA Jimmy Anderson Age 40 Caps 179 Right-arm seam England’s evergreen man for all seasons just keeps going. “I don’t feel old or that I’m slowing down. Age is just a number,” he said earlier this year. Also just numbers: 179 Tests, 685 wickets, 7,675 Ashes deliveries (37 overs from a place in the all-time top three). “If we play to the best of our ability I don’t think anyone can cope with us,” he said last month, in a surprise pre-Ashes broadside. Jonny Bairstow Age ...

Ashes 2023 squad: Full team lists for England and Australia Australia squad Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith (vc), David Warner, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Starc. England squad Ben Stokes (c), Ollie Pope (vc), Moeen Ali, Joe Root, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood. The two squads have been confirmed for the first two Tests. Ashes 2023: Australia team news Australia, the No.2 ranked Test team in the world, come as World Test Championship winners, having defeated the top-ranked India team at The Oval. Led by Pat Cummins, Australia will face a bowling dilemma, with Josh Hazlewood set to be available, but Scott Boland in great form leading up to the first game. Ashes 2023 schedule: Full fixtures list First Test – June 16 to 20, 2023 – Edgbaston, Birmingham Second Test – June 28 to July 2, 2023 – Lord’s, London Third Test – July 6 to 10, 2023 – Headingley, Leeds Fourth Test – July 19 to 23, Old Trafford, Manchester Fifth Test – July 27 to 31, The Oval, London Ashes 2023: Where to watch live in Australia The Ashes will be available to watch in Australia on Nine’s Wide World Of Sports, specifically on the Nine and Nine Now network on the following channels: 9Gem and 9Gem HD. You can...

17 Nov 2022 06.34 EST It’s not a huge surprise that England were a little off key today –Sunday’s champagne still bubbling round their nostrils. A near second-team attack couldn’t restrict Australia to a slightly below par 287 – though they did drag it into the final four overs. A fantastic innings by Malan kept England in the match, and Olly Stone bowled nicely and with speed. Australia were awesome with the bat – fifties from Warner, Head and Smith ticked things along very nicely. Cummins celebrated his first ODI as captain with three wickets before chilling in the dug out as his top three knocked off an easy win. Join us for the next ODI on Friday/Saturday, thanks for all the messages, goodbye!. • • 17 Nov 2022 06.20 EST Australia win by six wickets! 46.5 overs Australia 291-4 ( Smith 80, Green 20) Smith finishes things off with a shovel for four and a big fat six over long-on! England lose their very first game after being crowned T20 champions and Australia go 1-0 up in a three-match series. • • 17 Nov 2022 06.16 EST 46th over: Australia 281-4 ( Smith 70, Green 20) That’s more like it! Green finishes Wood’s over with a dirty pull for four through midwicket. Pure power. Seven needed. Hello Tanya, from a cloudy Bahia morning.” Lovely to hear from you Cressida Evans. “Just checking in to say folks are following but it is all a bit underwhelming isn’t it? Glad to see Willey in the wickets, as Mrs T said, everyone needs one! “ • • 17 Nov 2022 06.10 EST 44th over: Australia...