Watch- Jofra Archer produces an unplayable beauty to shatter Mitchell Marsh's stumps

England fast bowler Jofra Archer is slowly returning to his best after a few years of injuries troubling his career. During the fourth ODI between England and Australia at Lord's, Archer produced a magnificent delivery to dismiss Australia's stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh.

During the 12th over of Australia's innings, Archer and down the Lord's slope and pitched a length ball just outside off-stump. The ball just seemed away after pitching as the batter Mitchell Marsh played down the wrong line.

Once Marsh wrongly judged the line of the delivery, there was no chance of him getting saved due to the high pace and accuracy of Archer. The ball went past his outside edge and cannoned his off-stump.

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Watch- Jofra Archer produces an unplayable beauty to dismiss Mitchell Marsh

An absolute jaffa from Jofra 🔥

Jofra Archer gets rid of Captain Marsh with a special one, claiming his first wicket at Lord's since 2019!#ENGvAUSonFanCode pic.twitter.com/m1AkoQZs3m

— FanCode (@FanCode) September 27, 2024

It was almost an unplayable ball from Jofra Archer who showed good signs of returning to his best. Mitchell Marsh had no answers to this ball and was dismissed cheaply for 28 off 34 balls.

This was also Archer's first wicket at Lord's in five years. He last played a match at Lord's during the Ashes 2019 series where he famously hit Steve Smith on his helmet and got him injured. Smith was later ruled out because of a concussion and was later replaced by Marnus Labuschagne.

Jofra Archer has some special memories at Lord's where he famously helped England win the ODI World Cup 2019 final over New Zealand. Archer bowled the Super Over in the final and successfully defended the score to take England to their first-ever ODI World Cup title win.

England level ODI series 2-2

Meanwhile, it was a one-sided encounter at Lord's as hosts England thrashed Australia by a massive margin of 186 runs. The match was shortened due to the time lost to the relentless rain. As a result, the match was reduced to 39 overs per side.

England started steadily under overcast conditions after being put in to bat first by Australia. But it was the skipper Harry Brook's innings that turned the momentum towards the home side. Brook smashed a blistering 87 off 58 balls with 11 fours and 1 six.

Apart from him, Ben Duckett scored 63 off 62 balls while Liam Livingstone was in magnificent form as he smashed 62 off 27 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes. Livingstone thrashed Mitchell Starc for 28 runs in the final over of the innings. Australian bowlers were expensive apart from Josh Hazlewood as England scored 312-5 in 39 overs.

Chasing a daunting target to win, Australia were given a flying start by none other than Travis Head. But Head was soon dismissed for 34 off 23 balls by Brydon Carse and it started a collapse. Australia's middle order failed like a pack of cards as they struggled against the seam movement of English bowlers.

In the end, they were dismissed for just 126 runs. Harry Brook used just four bowlers on the day. Matthew Potts picked up 4 wickets while Jofra Archer returned figures of 2-33 in 7 overs. Brydon Carse also picked up 3 wickets. With this win, the series is level 2-2 with the last match to be played in Bristol.