Australian cricket results from last night show different fortunes for the men’s and women’s teams, who both faced international opponents.
The men’s ODI team’s 14-match winning streak came to an end against England, while the women’s T20 team sealed a 3-0 series win against New Zealand ahead of next month’s World Cup.
Men’s ODI v England
England have kept their hopes of a series win against Australia alive, winning the third ODI by 46 runs last night. England’s captain Harry Brook was named the player of the match after he scored 110 runs off 94 balls. It was Brook’s first century in an ODI.
Alex Carey was Australia’s high-scorer with 77 runs off 65 balls. Steve Smith reached his 34th ODI half-century with 60 runs off 82 balls. After 50 overs, the Australians had set a total of 304 runs for the English to chase.
England’s turn with the bat was cut short with 13 overs to play as bad weather interrupted the match, however, the Duckworth-Lewis method calculated England was 46 runs ahead of Australia.
The visitors missed the presence of spin bowler Adam Zampa and star batsman Travis Head, who were both rested.
Australia now leads the five-match series 2-1. The next match will be played at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Friday.
Women’s T20 v New Zealand
At Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Australia affirmed their status as the world’s number one side, seeing off New Zealand by five wickets. Australia’s Georgia Wareham starred for the home side with two wickets (2/21) and a handy 26 runs with the bat. She was named the Player of the Match.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Georgia Plimmer high-scored for the visitors with 53 runs off 48 balls before her wicket was taken by Wareham. New Zealand finished the innings with a total of 146/6.
The Aussie women looked comfortable chasing the total set by their opposition with Ellyse Perry scoring 36 runs off 29 balls followed by Ash Gardner with 33 runs off 26 balls. They reached the total with five balls remaining and five wickets in hand.
The result meant a tenth consecutive loss for New Zealand, who will be keen to get back to their winning ways.
Both teams will now prepare for the T20 World Cup next month in Dubai.
