England Beats Australia 5-0 In Old Trafford ODI Series
England Beats Australia 5-0 In Old Trafford ODI Series: Jos Buttler’s unbeaten Century on his Lancashire Home Ground saw England to a thrilling one-wicket win over Australia in the 5th One-Day International at Old Trafford.
Victory gave England their first 5-0 Series Sweep of Australia, in more than 140 years of Men’s International Cricket between the Arch-Rivals.
Buttler is in the form of his life, having played a pivotal role in England’s 5-0 rout of Australia in the just-concluded One Day Internationals (ODI) series.
Earlier, batting first Australia were bowled out for 205 runs in 34.4 over’s. In reply England achieved the 206-run target for the loss of nine wickets in 48.3 over’s.
England slumped to 50 for five and then 114 for eight. They were still 11 runs shy of victory at 195 for nine when Adil Rashid was out after sharing a stand of 81 with Jos Buttler.
But Buttler’s 110 not out saw them win with nine balls to spare while last man jake ball held firm at the other end. For Australia, Ben Stanlake and Kane Richardson took three wickets each.
Jos Buttler was declared Man of the Match and player of the Series.
Asked to rate Buttler, Paine, who himself is a ‘keeper-batsman said, “He’s good, he’s very good. Right now, he’d have to be the best white-ball wicketkeeper-batsman in the world.
“I don’t think there are too many guys to challenge him. MS Dhoni is pretty good, but at this moment, Jos is at the absolute peak of his powers. He understands his one-day game so well and knows his strengths inside out and just doesn’t go away from him.”
Buttler scored 275 runs in the series with three unbeaten scores of 91*, 54* and 110*.
In fact, he single-handedly won the final ODI for England with his hundred after the home team was in trouble at 50 for five, chasing 206.
Buttler has had a transformation since he played a stellar role for Rajasthan Royals with nearly 600 runs to his credit. He was recalled to the Test team and he responded with two half-centuries in the drawn series against Pakistan.
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