Key events
15th over: England 94-5 (Smith 18, Bethell 17) Hazelwood continues to join the dots for Australia before Jacob Bethell pounces on a lesser spotted short ball and pulls away for four to end the deluge of dots.
14th over: England 88-5 (Smith 17, Bethell 12) No sign of spin yet for Australia as Hardie continues. He’s been very impressive though and stitches together a maiden to a frustrated Jamie Smith.
13th over: England 88-5 (Smith 17, Bethell 12) A bit ragged from Josh Hazlewood – which is not a line that gets typed regularly. He oversteps to give away a Free Hit but then sends down consecutive wides to loud jeers from the crowd. When he does bowl a legal delivery Jacob Bethell smears him over mid-off for four. Cue more jeers. Hazlewood then shows his class by beating the bat twice and getting out of the over for no more cost.
12th over: England 81-5 (Smith 17, Bethell 8) Hardie to Smith. One slip in place. Jamie Smith goes up and over and picks up four. Not wholly convincing that one. The two youngsters scamper a quick two off a leg-bye. Eoin Morgan approves paternally from the commentary box.
11th over: England 75-5 (Smith 13, Bethell 8) Jacob Bethell looks a real talent – he plays a princely cut behind point off Hazlewood to pick up four and then latches on to a short ball, lasering it through midwicket for four more. These two need to do more than flatter to deceive though, England need a mammoth partnership to give themselves a chance.
Phew. What a passage of play. Here’s the Hardie grab that got rid of danger man Duckett:
10th over: England 65-5 (Smith 12, Bethell 0)Jacob Bethell blocks out the hat-trick ball but Hardie finishes the PowerPlay with a double-wicket maiden to leave England on the ropes.
WICKET! Livingstone c Carey b Hardie 0 (England 65-5)
What a grab by Alex Carey! Livingstone is snaffled down the leg-side from his very first ball and has to go! Hardie on a hat-trick!
WICKET! Duckett c & b Hardie 32 (England 65-4)
Catch me, Hardie! A brilliant reaction catch from Hardie in his follow through as Duckett gets a cue end on an attempted pull shot. Big wicket for Australia!
9th over: England 65-3 (Duckett 32, Smith 12) Jamie Smith has started his innings like a bullet train! He drives Starc down the ground in some style and then follows up with a flick through midwicket for four more. Neither side taking a backward step at the minute.
8th over: England 55-3 (Duckett 31, Smith 4)Aaron Hardie replaces Hazlewood and is greeted by a Duckett clip off the hip for four first ball. A single brings Smith on strike. Not bad! Smith is high on his toes and smokes a back foot drive through cover for four. Punch and counterpunch at Headingley.
WICKET! Brook lbw b Starc 4 (England 46-3)
Harry Brook is set up and knocked down by Mitch Starc! Starc drags the batter across his crease before spearing in a full in-swinger that pins Brook lbw. Excellent fast bowling, England’s captain is on his way.
7th over: England 46-3 (Duckett 26, Smith 0) Jamie Smith is the new batter, he joins Duckett with England in bother.
6th over: England 42-2 (Duckett 26, Brook 0) Audacious scoop for four over the keeper by Duckett! Hazlewood gets his teapot on, that ball was bang on middle stump. SHOT! Duckett plays a short arm jab for SIX into the Western Terrace. It isn’t dull this, a huge play and miss follows the next ball. Timed to purrrfection, Duckett clips off his pads for another four to finish the over.
5th over: England 28-2 (Duckett 11, Brook 0) In walks Harry Brook. Three slips waiting to a pumped up Mitch Starc. Brook defends stoutly, three dots to finish the over. Australia on top after the early exchanges.
WICKET! Jacks c Short b Starc 0 (England 26-2)
Starc gets Will Jacks for a duck! Good catch from Matthew Short diving away to his right at second slip. Starc angled it across and took a thick edge. Early wobble for England.
4th over: England 26-1 (Duckett 11, Jacks 0) Will Jacks is the new batter. Starc will continue to Duckett.
WICKET! Salt c Carey b Hazlewood 12 (England 26-1)
Salt gets a meaty edge off a length ball from Hazlewood and the ball flies away for four. Salt is trying to engineer some space outside off stump but the bowler isn’t giving him an inch. GONE! After three play and misses Salt gets a feather on one and is somewhat predictably snaffled by Carey behind the stumps. Australia have their first.
3rd over: England 22-0 (Salt 8, Duckett 11) Shot! Duckett clips Starc off his pads for a well timed four through mid-wicket. Starc then spears a wide down the leg-side. Eeeesht! Starc over-corrects and flings one outside the tramlines on the off side that Duckett nevertheless throws the kitchen sink, kettle and toaster at to no avail. Starc beats his man with the next, pitching it on off and moving it away late. Duckett connecting only with fresh air once more.
Starc sends down a third wide in the over, he’s very much bowling like a man who hasn’t played since June and has been in bed with flu the last few days to boot.
2nd over: England 13-0 (Salt 8, Duckett 5) Here comes Mr Metronome – Josh Hazlewood. His usual nagging length against Mr ‘I Don’t Leave It’ Duckett will be a fascinating match up. Duckett clubs down the ground for a couple to get off the mark. Hazlewood responds with a rippah that flies past a Duckett forward poke. An edge past Smith in the slips sees Salt come on strike.
Is that a tickle? There’s a wood-y sounding noise as the ball passes Salt’s bat and Australia choose to review… NOT OUT. The DRS shows the ball passed the bat and clipped Salt on the elbow. THAT WAS AN EDGE! Salt edges to the cordon and is dropped by a diving Matthew Short at second slip just as Ricky Ponting was wondering why Steve Smith – one of the all time great slip grabbers – isn’t in the cordon! Eventful over, Salt survives by the skin of his molars.
1st over: England 8-0 (Salt 8, Duckett 0) Starc goes full with his first ball, a booming in-swinger beats Salt and flies narrowly past the off stump!
Shot! Salt then uses the 90mph pace of Starc, leaning on a full ball that races through cover for four. Same again! Salt gets bat on a full and fast ball and angles it in the gap wide of point for four more. Australia can’t afford for England to get away to a flier.
Right then, here come the English openers Phil Salt and Ben Duckett. The returning Mitchell Starc prowls at the top of his mark as late summer sun the beats down at Headingley. Let’s play!
I’ll be back for England’s run chase. They’ll have Starc, Hazlewood and Zampa to contend with and 271 runs to make.
Far too much has been made of Harry Brook’s throwaway comments while not enough had been made of his excellent rotation of bowlers and dynamic field positioning. He’s got a long career ahead of him and I can see him lifting a lot of trophies as England captain.
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) September 21, 2024
Australia 270 all out!
England breathe a sigh of relief. Alex Carey hits two boundaries at the start of Olly Stone’s over and tries to strike a third only to find Phil Salt in the deep. A final wicket partnership of 45 gets Australia up to a target they can defend, especially with Starc and Hazlewood returning to the bowling stocks.
England bowled well though, sharing the wickets around on a batter friendly surface. Over to their much vaunted batting card to knock off this eminently reachable total.
44th over: Australia 262-9 (Carey 59, Hazlewood 4) Crrrunch! Carey hangs back and launches Matthew Potts over extra cover for SIX! A single off the fifth ball leaves Hazlewood needing to survive one ball… which he does. If Carey can do this for the next six overs then he’ll haul his side up to near 300 which will feel like a real gut punch for England.
43rd over: Australia 255-9 (Carey 59, Hazlewood 4) Alex Carey is playing a gem of a knock for Australia. He whacks Olly Stone for SIX down the ground and then scampers a single to keep strike for the next over. This last wicket partnership is up to 34 off 39 balls.
42nd over: Australia 248-9 (Carey 52, Hazlewood 4) Brydon Carse finishes his day’s work with the ball, a mixed bag sees him pick up three wickets but for the cost of 75 runs.
41st over: Australia 246-9 (Carey 51, Hazlewood 4) Shot! Carey goes to his fifty with an beautifully timed SIX down the ground off Will Jacks. This last wicket stand is annoying England but not yet dangerously so, Australia close on on 250 which looked out of reach a few overs back when wickets were tumbling apace.
40th over: Australia 238-9 (Carey 44, Hazlewood 4) Carey takes five balls from Carse before running a single off the fitth to leave Hazlewood with one ball to face in the over. What were you worried about? A delightful uppercut from a short ball sees Hazlewood pick up a boundary. Australia still ticking.
39th over: Australia 232-9 (Carey 43, Hazlewood 0) Well played Josh Carey, the keeper-batter picks up back-to-back boundaries off Adil Rashid. Depositing a full ball down the ground and sweeping one past Olly Stone on the leg-side fence. On we go.
38th over: Australia 223-9 (Carey 34, Hazlewood 0) Just a single off Carse’s latest improves his figures further still.
37th over: Australia 222-9 (Carey 32, Hazlewood 0) Josh Hazlewood defends three balls from Rashid. Carey is still there for Australia, I’d wager he’ll try and farm the strike and plunder some boundaries.
WICKET! Zampa c Stone b Rashid 3 (Australia 221-9)
Tame end for Zampa who plinks Rashid to Stone at cover. Australia on the brink of a bad bad score.
36th over: Australia 219-8 (Carey 32, Zampa 2) A decent hat-trick ball from Carse is well negotiated by Zampa. Mitchell Starc fell rather tamely to Carse the ball before leaving Australia in strife once more and staring down the barrel of a sub 250 run score on a decent Headingley deck.
Carse looks dangerous all of a sudden – Zampa fends off a short ball from his throat wide of the slip. The crowd appreciate the over, Carse was having a torrid time before popping up to take a brace in his seventh over.
Adam Zampa arrives at the crease with Headingley a-buzz…
WICKET! Starc c Potts b Carse 0 (Australia 216-8)
Brydon Carse is on a hat-trick!
WICKET! Hardie c Potts b Carse 23 (Australia 216-7)
Brydon Carse returns and immediately breaks the partnership! England needed that. Hardie got himself into a real tangle to a short ball and spooned an easy catch to Matt Potts at square leg.
35th over: Australia 216-6 (Carey 31, Hardie 23) Livingstone has been expensive so far, Hardie slaps him away past point for four and Carey rocks back and slams a short ball for another four through extra cover to bring up the fifty partnership for this pair and thirty runs off the last three overs.
34th over: Australia 205-6 (Carey 25, Hardie 18) Will Jacks replaces Rashid. England lose a bit of their intensity as the Surrey man spears five wides down the leg side and is then lofted for four over mid-wicket by Carey. The 200 comes up for Australia.
33rd over: Australia 194-6 (Carey 17, Hardie 20) Liam Livinsgtone, who passed a fitness test on a dodgy knee before the match began is called into the attack. Carey reverse-sweeps for four with aplomb and then plays a conventional sweep for a couple more. Aaron Hardie then gets in on the act, an under edge on another reverse-sweep sees the ball trickle past the fielder at point for a second boundary off the over. Expensive start for Livingstone who emits a loud groan as he takes his cap back from the umpire.
32nd over: Australia 182-6 (Carey 13, Hardie 12) Another wonderful over from Adil Rashid. Just a single off it. He has 1-30 from eight overs today. Sun out at Headingley and time for the players to have a slurp.
31st over: Australia 181-6 (Carey 13, Hardie 11) Bethell drops short and Carey hacks a four through Phil Salt on the leg side boundary.
Gary Naylor is coming to a regional theatre near you…
“I’m expecting Aaron Hardie to get Australia up to 222 and then be given out, once on the field and then on review. Yes, a case of “Kismet Hardie”
30th over: Australia 173-6 (Carey 7, Hardie 9) Rashid into his seventh over, Carey and Hardie are watchful as they try to rebuild the innings for Australia. They have to look to bat out their overs at the very least, there are twenty still to bowl!
29th over: Australia 168-6 (Carey 6, Hardie 5) Bethell is getting decent grip off the wicket and nearly picks up Carey off the leading edge. Aaron Hardie is the new batter and he plays a lovely late cut to a ball outside off stump to pick up four runs.
28th over: Australia 162-6 (Carey 4, Hardie 1) Congratulations to Adil Rashid who brings up his 200th ODI wicket with that Maxwell scalp. He’s been England’s quiet genius in white ball cricket for the past decade and his 200th was a suitably big wicket. With Maxwell back in the hutch England are well and truly on top in Headingley as the Aussies lose three wickets for just twenty runs.
WICKET! Maxwell c Bethell b Rashid 7 (Australia 161-6)
Maxwell lives and DIES by the sword! He tries to smear Rashid into the Western Terrace but doesn’t get enough of it, Jacob Bethell holding onto a comfortable catch in front of the Yorkshire faithful. England on the charge!
27th over: Australia 161-5 (Carey 4, Maxwell 7) Glenn Maxwell is the new man and he wastes no time at all in announcing himself, clearing his front leg and hoicking a short delivery from Bethell into the crowd for SIX off his very first ball!
WICKET! Mitchell Marsh lbw b Bethell 60 (Australia 151-5)
Bethell gets the big one! Marsh is STONE DEAD lbw on the sweep, the ball thudding into his back leg off a pre-meditated sweep and England are cockahoop, the fielders converging on Bethell and rubbing his bleached mop in celebration. Marsh opted against the review, wisely so, it was poleaxing middle stump.
26th over: Australia 150-4 (Marsh 51, Carey 1) Important passage of play here, England would dearly love another wicket. Four runs off Rashid. Carey works a googly to mid on to bring up the 150 for Australia.
25th over: Australia 146-4 (Marsh 51, Carey 1) Alex Carey is the new batter and he laps a sweep away fine for a single to get off the mark. England buoyed by the wicket, Rashid brought back in to replace the beleaguered Brydon Carse.
WICKET! Labuschagne c Livingstone b Bethell 19 (Australia 145-4)
Huge breakthrough! Marnus cloths a short of a length ball from Bethell to Livingstone at mid-on and is absolutely furious with himself for giving it away.
24th over: Australia 143-3 (Marsh 58, Labuschagne 18) Shot! Mitch Marsh pulls a Carse short ball high and long into the Western Terrace to bring up his fifty. You simply can’t bowl there to ‘The Bison’. Poor Carse is having a bit of a shocker here, his second front foot no ball gives away another Free Hit and Marsh capitalises – smearing away into the leg side for SIX more. Big test of character here for Carse, he’s been carted for 63 runs off his six overs so far.
23rd over: Australia 128-3 (Marsh 45, Labuschagne 17) A key passage of play incoming as Jacob Bethell is tossed the ball. Australia will look to put some pressure on the youngster. Bethell, bleached mullet and high arm, darts the ball in but strays onto a leg stump line allowing Marsh to sweep powerfully for four. “I don’t mind that, Beth” chirps Jamie Smith from behind the stumps.
22nd over: Australia 123-3 (Marsh 40, Labuschagne 17) Carse replaces Stone, he’s been the most expensive of England’s bowlers today, going at nearly ten an over albeit he did pick up the wicket of Travis Head. Australia rotate strike with four singles before Marnus gets on the front foot and drives handsomely for four through the covers. “A soft half volley” admonishes Ricky Ponting on the TV commentary.
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