Twitter Reacts as England Seals the Series with a Massive Win at Trent Bridge
Updated - 20 Jun 2018, 01:30 PM
Top-ranked ODI team, England continued their dominance as they wrap up the series beating defending World Champions Australia by 242 runs at Trent Bridge with two matches still to play.
Meanwhile, England posted the highest ever ODI score of 481 runs after opting to bat first. A good opening show from Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy ensured that they are in line for a big score. The duo added 159 runs before Alex Hales joined the party.
Hales made this ground his own, as he brought his first century of the year to put all speculations to rest. On the other hand, Bairstow continued with his rich form. He hammered his consecutive hundreds as England grew stronger.
However, Bairstow (139) brilliant knock came to an end in the 35th over with the host sitting strong at 334 for 2. However, there was no respite for the Australian bowlers as skipper Eoin Morgan picked right from there. Hales (147) and Morgan (67) added 124 runs before getting out on consecutive deliveries off Jhye Richardson.
The inexperienced Aussie attack looked out of socks as they gave up against such powerful hitting. However, some back to back at the fag end ensured that the score didn’t touch the 500-run mark.
Unlike England, Australia’s start wasn’t as fiery and fluent as they’d have liked. They lost D’Arcy Short in the fourth over as Australia were reeling at 27 for 1. Shaun Marsh – the centurion from the previous encounter – walked out with the task of teeing straightaway. Marsh couldn’t quite do that, but Head attempted to wriggle Australia out of the mess with a 36-ball half-century. But, after dealing with David Willey and Mark Wood at the start, his innings ended with a tame push back to Moeen Ali off his own bowling, leaving the door ajar for Australia to run riot.
The visitors once again struggled against spin as Ali (3/28) and Adil Rashid (4/47) shared seven wickets between each other. As a result, Australia rattled up within 239 runs, ensuring their biggest loss.
Here is how the Twitter reacted:
England win by 242!!!! Brilliant performance by @englandcricket! Well played boys, absolutely class! ??? #ENGvAUS
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) June 19, 2018
Ridiculously good from @englandcricket ! Congrats boys! Another series won! ???????????? #WorldRecord #481
— Chris Woakes (@chriswoakes) June 19, 2018
Absolutely outclass from both @AlexHales1 and @jbairstow21 well played brothers ????????????
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) June 19, 2018
I’d take a loss to Scotland to watch @englandcricket do this to the Aussies any day of the week. Just wonderful to see #ENGvsAUS #ODI
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) June 19, 2018
I think Oz bowlers should now be officially allowed to tamper the ball !#EngvsAus
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) June 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/SimHowe/status/1009233485352001538
Hmm so thats what Englishmen used to do with Aussies…… 481/6!! Absolute carnage!! #EngvsAus
— Tanveer Ejaz (@tanobaba) June 20, 2018
@ECB_cricket which lost to @CricketScotland a few weeks ago, made 481!!! That too against the so called mighty @CricketAus !!! All Oz maniacs in India trolled en masse #ENGVsAUS
— Rajagopalan Krishnan (@rajaryank) June 20, 2018
What!!!! Nearly 500 odi score. Well now am excited for them taking on india ! 1vs 2 … #ENGvsAUS
— tenzing kunchok (@tenz_kunchok) June 20, 2018
Australia got brutally destroyed by England. One of the worse downfall in cricket history. Awesome stuff from England ??????? – in all departments! #EngvAus #EngvsAus #Cricket #WorldRecord
— Asad Khan (@kasadlive) June 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/Aggerscricket/status/1009161796966584320
So Neser bowls well with the new rock and doesn’t play games 2 and 3. Kane Richardson is out most experienced bowler there not playing m. England proving 2 spinners works… Lyon can’t get a game… don’t start on the batting line up.. wow #ENGvsAUS
— Mitchell Smith (@Mitchysmith36) June 19, 2018
England still ain't winning the world cup #engvsaus #AUSvsENG
— Haider (@HaiderAltaf21) June 19, 2018
If you look out of your windows tonight you will probably see one of Alex Hales sixes orbiting earth #englandcricket #engvsaus
— Matt (@MWJS82) June 19, 2018
And Adil Rashid hits the final nail in the coffin for England as they beat Australia by 242 runs – their largest margin of victory in ODIs #EngvsAus
— Muhammad Qasim (@Qasimiftikh) June 19, 2018
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