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England vs Australia Scorecard, 1st ODI, The Ashes 2017-18, Australia vs England
Result · Jan 14 2018, Sun - 08:50 AM (IST)
AUSTRALIA304/8
ENGLAND308/5
England won by 5 wickets
CRR:6.31
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in Australia 2017/18 |
| Date: | Jan 14 2018, Sun - 08:50 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Melbourne |
| Venue: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steven Smith (c), Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Tim Paine (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Andrew Tye |
| England Playing XI: | Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood |
- Australia are hosting England in a One Day International on home soil for the first time in almost three years (14th February 2015); the hosts have won 11 of their last 12 ODIs at home versus England (L1).
- England have claimed victories in three of their last four ODIs versus Australia (L1); having previously lost seven in succession against them.
- Australia have won eight of their last nine ODI games against England at the MCG (L1); that sole blip being a four-wicket defeat in February 2007.
- Australia had been enjoying a run of nine ODI wins on the bounce at the MCG prior to the defeat to Pakistan last time out (January 2017).
- England won 79% of their completed ODI matches during 2017 (15 of 19); the highest share of any side.
- England have claimed victories in seven of their last eight bilateral ODI series; India's 2-1 win in 2017 being the only series to go against them.
- Eoin Morgan requires 36 more runs to go above Paul Collingwood (5,092) into 2nd in the list of all-time leading ODI run-scorers for England.
- Mitchell Starc has taken 134 ODI wickets at an average of 20.1; only one bowler (Joel Garner, 18.8) has ever claimed 100+ ODI scalps with a better rate.
- Jos Buttler is set to make his 100th ODI appearance in this match; only Glenn Maxwell (123.9) has a higher batting strike rate than the Englishman (117.9) in this format (1000+ runs).
- Joe Root has only been able to post 227 ODI runs against Australia in 13 previous attempts, averaging just 17.5; his lowest rate of any side he's faced more than twice.