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We now come to the end of our coverage of the first of five ODIs between these two sides. Australia take the spoils at Trent Bridge thanks to a clinical batting performance, led by the maverick named Travis Head, steadily supported by 'all-rounder' Marnus Labuschagne. Both sides will now be heading up north - the second ODI will take place at Leeds on Saturday. Join us right here on Sportskeeda for our coverage of the game, and in the meantime, keep a close eye on our tabs for a whole lot more - the cricket season is well and truly here! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Pragadeesh Shanmugam. Good night!
Mitchell Marsh, Australia captain: Very happy. Was a great win, specially after the start England got and the way we pulled it back, especially after a man down, was a pretty quick last 20 overs for us, but yeah, a grand win. I'd love to take credit for it (bringing Marnus into the attack) it was a forced change, the longer the innings went on, we felt pace off was the better option. The guys around made those decisions and went with it. I thought the way we bowled, specially our part-timers was fantastic. Probably just the calmness of the group, got a couple of injuries and bit of illness around, that's the way it goes. We just want to stay consistent with how we want to play, the personnel, and hope we keep winning.
Harry Brook, England captain: We did everything we said we were going to do, go out there, try and score quickly and put pressure on the bowlers, we tried taking wickets when we came out to bowl. Wasn't our day today, hopefully it can be next game. We were eyeing a big score. Was difficult against the spinners, bit of hold in the pitch. Didn't rotate strike as well as we wanted, and we ended up getting a below-par score at the end. Them two played really well, felt good out there myself as well. Will take the positives, Rash bowled nicely, few others bowled nicely too. Hope we can carry on the momentum.
Travis Head (Man of the Match) - I was lucky at the start and if I get through the first phase, there is a lot of runs here, so capitalised on it. Felt like we batted and grind. Exceptional job to restrict them to 315. The partnership with Marnus was fantastic. The environment you can say they put a blueprint and I have that. I enjoy what I am doing and it's coming off well
Match summary:
Australia win by 7 wickets with 36 balls to spare
Travis Head 154*(129) | Marnus Labuschagne 3/39 (6) Ben Duckett 95 (91) | Jacob Bethell 1/20 (3)
As was expected from him, Travis Head got away with a few plays and misses against the new ball, and gradually went after the ones marginally loose in either line or length. Both Jofra Archer and Matthew Potts posed questions early on, beating the bat of Head and Mitchell Marsh several times. Marsh looked to break free, smoking a couple of wide deliveries to the fence, but the Australian skipper fell in the fourth over, having been rushed by a short ball from Potts.
Travis Head got in on the act. He and Steven Smith proceeded to make the most of the powerplay, literally smashing the shine off the white Kookaburra. Both Archer and Potts had their figures spoiled as Australia finished with 69 in the first ten overs. Brook's decision to turn to spin stemmed the flow of runs momentarily as Jacks and Rashid produced a couple of quiet overs on the trot after the powerplay.
Having seen turn and bounce on offer, Brook brought Liam Livingstone on, and the move worked. Smith, trying to work one into the leg side against the spin, handed a return catch to Livingstone. Australia, though, kept motoring along thanks to Travis Head - the odd boundary came about every over as Head, past his half-century by then, proceeded to navigate Australia ahead.
Cameron Green played himself in nicely at the other end. The tall all-rounder played second fiddle to Head, stitching a 50-run stand for the 3rd wicket with the left-handed opener. Jacob Bethell broke the stand, going right past Cameron Green's attempt to cut a low, straight delivery. Marnus Labuschagne joined Head in the middle, and settled into playing the role of second fiddle nicely as Head reached his hundred.
Having reached three figures, Head went up a gear or two, smashing four boundaries off one Brydon Carse over. Marnus Labuschagne got in on the act soon after - he went after Liam Livingstone in the latter's sixth over, taking 17 off it and bringing the required rate down to five. The white Kookaburra experience quite a lot of air time in the next few overs as Labuschagne and Head went on the charge, smashing England's spinners out the ground at will.
With plenty of time to spare, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne proceeded to navigate Australia home against a team in blue - once again, Head staying in the middle till the end this time. Stick around for the presentations...
7:28 P.M. Local Time, 11:58 P.M. IST: As clinical a run-chase as they come! As it turns out, England were a fair few runs short - Trent Bridge has decks conducive of batting all the time. Australia strike first in this five-match ODI series!
44
overs
317/3score
0
1
1
0
1
4
runs
Marnus Labuschagne*
77(61)
Travis Head
154(129)
Will Jacks
0/29
43.6 Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Marnus seals it in style and Australia go 1-0 up in the series. This turns out to be a match-winning partnership. Short and wide, Marnus cuts it to the left of cover and the ball trickles to the fence
43.5 Will Jacks to Travis Head, short and wide, Head chops it to deep cover for a single
43.4 Will Jacks to Travis Head, spins away from a good length, Head punches it to extra cover
43.3 Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, flighted delivery outside off, Marnus turns it down to mid-wicket for one
43.2 Will Jacks to Travis Head, backs away and punches the length delivery down to long-on for a single
43.1 Will Jacks to Travis Head, pitched up and angling on leg, Head offers a straight bat but gets a leading edge down to extra cover
Will Jacks (5-0-22-0) has been brought back
Just one big hit is all that's needed for Australia to seal this. England look completely deflated. So does the crowd - they're flocking off the stands now.
43
overs
310/3score
6
1
1
1
2
4
runs
Marnus Labuschagne*
72(59)
Travis Head
152(125)
Liam Livingstone
1/76
42.6 Liam Livingstone to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! The sweep of high authority! Tossed up and the length is too full on leg-stump, Marnus goes down to one knee and gets it to the left of square leg
42.5 Liam Livingstone to Marnus Labuschagne, flighted delivery on leg-stump, Marnus plays a paddle sweep and gets a couple of runs
42.4 Liam Livingstone to Travis Head, spears it back from a good length, driven down to long-on for a single
42.3 Liam Livingstone to Marnus Labuschagne, good length delivery and it spins away, punched down to deep cover for one
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