Australia Beat England In the 1st ODI
Britain versus Australia: Josh Hazlewood took a stingy 3-26 from his greatest 10 overs that smothered England's quest for an objective of 295 from the beginning.
Australia quick bowler Josh Hazlewood demanded it was an instance of "onwards and upwards" after he featured in a 19-run prevail upon title holders England on the first day worldwide at Old Trafford on Friday.
Hazlewood took a parsimonious 3-26 from his greatest 10 overs that smothered England's quest for an objective of 295 from the start, eliminating opener Jason Roy and Test captain Joe Root for single-figure scores as the hosts limped to 22-2 off the initial 10 overs. This was Australia's initial 50-over match against England since a devastating eight-wicket rout by their most outstanding opponents in the semi-finals of a year ago's World Cup at Edgbaston.
Hazlewood, nonetheless, didn't play in that coordinate in the wake of being dubiously precluded from the World Cup crew, with the selectors rather needing him to recover full wellness following a back physical issue for the ensuing Test arrangement in England, where Australia held the Ashes in a 2-2 draw.
In the interim, England skipper Eoin Morgan said Hazlewood had appreciated a "day out" after his side went 1-0 down in a three-coordinate arrangement that proceeds with Sunday. They (Australia) were extraordinary, unfathomably exact and they got the ball going, he said. Rarely do it transpires.
'Keeping Stokesy's seat warm.'
Sam Billings keeps England in the game with 118, his lady ODI hundred, in the wake of offering a century association to Jonny Bairstow (84) after the hosts' breakdown to 57-4. Billings was the main individual from England's XI on Friday not engaged with the World Cup crew, with his consideration owing a lot to star all-rounder Ben Stokes as yet being on sympathetic leave with his evil dad in New Zealand.
Billings, pondering his "blended sentiments" at making a hundred out of a losing cause, disclosed to Sky Sports he was quick to "continue putting scores on the load up" after what was only his nineteenth ODI appearance in a five-year England vocation. The 29-year-old Kent batsman included, nonetheless: I don't think it makes a difference what number of runs I get, I know I'm just keeping Stokesy's seat warm for him.