Australia vs England 2018, 3rd ODI - What went wrong for the hosts

Australia v England - Game 3

#1 Failure to convert starts

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Australia v England - Game 3

While chasing a target of 303, four Australian batsmen got to their respective fifties, still, they were not able to cross the finish line collectively as a unit.

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After scoring back-to-back hundreds in Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia's in-form man Aaron Finch (62) hit a half-century in Sydney to give the hosts a bright start before the 31-year-old trapped in front of the wickets by Adil Rashid.

Even though Steven Smith (45), Mitchell Marsh (55) and Marcus Stoinis (56) got off to good starts, none of them was able to convert it into a big hundred.

Despite being well-set in the game, they could not play the role Jos Buttler played for his team.

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