Australia secured a 3-2 victory in the ODI series against England, culminating in a rain-affected win at Bristol. Steve Smith led the team admirably in Mitch Marsh's absence due to injury, orchestrating a successful chase after Travis Head delivered an exceptional bowling performance.
Australia captain Mitch Marsh has hailed both the calmness of his injury-hit team and the excellence of stand-in skipper Steve Smith as the tourists celebrated a victorious, if somewhat soggy and anti-climactic, end to their UK tour.
Aussies win ODI series over England. Player-of-the series Head also cracked valuable runs as chasing Australia then won their race against wretched weather to win by 49 runs on the DLS method. Head, who began the series with a glorious ton, ended it with surprisingly masterful bowling, taking 4-28 off 6.2 overs, before his quickfire 31, allied to a record-breaking half-century from Matt Short, sealed the deal just before the deluge came.
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