Australia vs England 2018, 2nd ODI - What went wrong for the hosts

#4 Posting an inadequate total

Australia's biggest concern at Melbourne followed them to Brisbane too, as their target of 271 proved to be too easy for England to get.

Skipper Steven Smith had admitted after his team's inability to defend 304 in Melbourne that Australia's batting needs to step up but there were no improvements as the hosts managed just 270 at the Gabba, which was easily achieved by England with 34 balls remaining.

"We're not playing good enough one-day cricket at the moment. It's a quality England batting line-up. We lost a couple of wickets in a row, we couldn't get that power going at the back end to get that 320 we were after", Smith said after the loss.