England take on Australia in the first ODI of the five-match series at Trent Bridge on Thursday, with Harry Brook set to lead the side in the absence of Jos Buttler.
Buttler was ruled out of the entire series with injury, and Brook has been selected to step up. With Brendon McCullum due to take over the white ball side in January, and Brook one of the players who have taken ‘Bazball’ and its attacking brand of cricket to heart, there will be eyes on his decisions.
Jofra Archer will play his first ODI for 18 months as England are still carefully managing his return after an injury-plagued last few years, and are easing him towards a Test return with half an eye on next winter’s trip to Australia.
Jamie Smith and Jacob Bethell are also poised for ODI debuts, while on the fast bowling front, Brydon Carse and John Turner have been afforded chances to lead the line.
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England 72-1 (12) Jacks 19, Duckett 33, Short 0-12 (0)
Six! Jacks cuts loose, smashing over cover all the way over the rope for six. England add 10 more to their tally.
Lawrence Ostlere19 September 2024 13:24
England 62-1 (11) Jacks 10, Duckett 32, Green 0-3 (1)
Cam Green backs up Short with an economical over of his own, going for three. Australia have stalled the momentum a little.
Lawrence Ostlere19 September 2024 13:21
England 59-1 (10) Jacks 8, Duckett 31, Short 0-2 (1)
A nice, tight start from Matthew Short in his first over, giving up only a couple of singles, and that concludes the powerplay. England going along nicely so far.
Lawrence Ostlere19 September 2024 13:16
England 57-1 (8) Jacks 7, Duckett 30, Abbott 0-32 (3)
Abbott is back into the attack, facing England’s new batter, Will Jacks. He’s told off for going wide on his crease and then bowls a no ball that bounces way over Jacks’ head. With the next ball, Jacks stands and delivers with a smack down the ground for four.
Lawrence Ostlere19 September 2024 13:12
Wicket! Salt 17 (24), b Dwarshuis 1-15
Phil Salt tries to give himself room to slap through the off side but gets himself in a tangle and the ball skids through to hit the stumps. Finally, Australia have a breakthrough.
Lawrence Ostlere19 September 2024 13:06
England 46-0 (6) Salt 16, Duckett 29, Abbott 0-24 (2)
Excellent from Duckett, who begins Abbott’s latest over with back-to-back boundaries. He sees off a couple of dot ball and then there’s more, as he steps down the wicket and slashes across the line to mid-wicket for a four, and hits a near carbon-copy boundary from the back foot a moment later.
Four fours in the over. Ruthless.
Lawrence Ostlere19 September 2024 13:02
England 30-0 (6) Salt 16, Duckett 13, Dwarshuis 0-15 (3)
England start the next Dwarshuis over in watchful fashion, Duckett just defending the ball to the field, and waiting for a bit of width which comes in the next delivery which he plays comfortably for a single.
Salt takes over where Duckett left off and just defends the ball.
The next one is too straight and Salt tucks it away for a single towards backwards square. Salt goes after one, it’s a big inside edge and skews awkwardly behind him, but England have the boundary.
Sonia Twigg19 September 2024 12:55
England 23-0 (5) Salt 10, Duckett 12, Abbott 0-8 (1)
Time for a bowling change and Sean Abbott comes into the attack after just the two overs from Hardie.
His first delivery is played back to him by Duckett, but the next one is a wide and England won’t mind where the runs come from.
A short wide one is punched away by Duckett to bring up his first boundary of the innings. It was a well-timed shot just waiting for it and pushed through the gap.
And the final ball of the over is skewed away towards the boundary, he only had one hand on it and it saves the four.
Sonia Twigg19 September 2024 12:50
England 15-0 (4) Salt 10, Duckett 5, Dwarshuis 0-8 (2)
The ball skews off the inside edge of Salt’s bat and almost goes to the boundary, that is Trent Bridge and could be a sign that this will be a high-scoring game.
The next ball however he finds Labuschagne. There has just been the first sign of Archer, under a big duvet-like coat on the balcony, as he prepares for his first ODI for a year and a half.
England are taking their time so far, dealing in singles rather than boundaries, but there is a very long way to go in this match.
Another one off the outside edge, this time Duckett picks up a single to end the over.
Sonia Twigg19 September 2024 12:46
England 11-0 (3) Salt 7, Duckett 4, Hardie 0-7 (2)
Hardie is keeping things tight and halfway through the over Duckett still has just one run to his name.
But he manages to add a couple with a push into the gap on the off side between point and cover.
Duckett just knocking the ball around.
Sonia Twigg19 September 2024 12:42