Australia vs England 2018, 1st ODI - What went wrong for the hosts

#2 Posting an inadequate total

Although a target of 305 is not a modest one, in the end, it proved to be a cakewalk for England.

The hosts were put in to bat by Eoin Morgan and after the early departures of David Warner, Steven Smith and Travis Head, Australia were reduced to 78/3.

Aaron Finch (107) combined forces with Mitchell Marsh (50) to bring up a 118-run partnership before Marcus Stoinis scored a useful 60 to propel the hosts to 304/8 from their 50 overs.

While chasing, England faced no problem whatsoever as they crossed the finish line in the 49th over.

"We probably left ourselves a few short, we lost a few wickets in the middle and that stopped us going from as hard as we liked at the back end," Steven Smith said at the post-match presentation.

"If we got 340, 350 that's what we were after. We weren't able to do that, and we didn't start as well as we'd like with the ball either, they got off to a flying start.

"We tried everything we could to pull them back and take wickets but it wasn't our night."