Australia is on its tour of England from 11 September to 19 September. Where a series of three T20 matches and a series of 5 ODI matches were to be played between these two teams. Out of which the series of three T20 matches has been completed. In which both the teams have equalized the series by winning one match each. Because the third and decisive T20 match was cancelled due to rain.

After that a series of 5 ODI matches was to be played between these two teams. And Australia won by 68 runs in their 2nd ODI Australia vs England match. Now Australia has taken a 2-0 lead in the series by winning both the matches played.

The second ODI match between these two teams was played on Saturday 21 September. Which was played at Headingley (Leeds). In which England won the toss and decided to bowl. And gave Australia a chance to bat first. And Australia, batting first, was all out after scoring 270 runs in 44.4 overs.  But England’s team was able to score only 202 runs while chasing 270 runs. And was all out in 40.2 overs. And Australia won by 68 runs its 2nd ODI Australia vs England match and took a 2-0 lead in the series.

Australia’s performance in the 2nd ODI Australia vs England match of the series

In this 2nd ODI Australia vs England match, England won the toss and gave Australia a chance to bat first. And young batsmen Mathew Short and Travis Head came on the field as openers from the Australian team. And giving a good start to the team, they scored 42 runs in 8 overs without losing a single wicket.

But on the last ball of the 9th over of the team, Travis Head was caught by Olly Stone. And England’s young bowler Brydon Carse took the first wicket of his team in the form of Travis Head. And Travis Head scored 29 runs in 27 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Now Australia’s captain Mitchell Marsh himself came on the field to support Mathew Short. Who could not perform anything special in recent matches. And neither did he seem to be in his rhythm.

And then on the fourth ball of the 12th over of the team, Mathew Short also lost his wicket. And Jamie Smith caught Mathew Short on the ball of England’s young bowler Mathew Potts.  And Mathew Short could score only 29 runs in 36 balls for his team by hitting 4 fours and a six in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England.

  Now experienced Australian player Steven Smith came on the field to support captain Mitchell Marsh. But he did not perform well and scored just 4 runs in 6 balls and was clean bowled by Mathew Potts. And then Marnus Labuchagne came on the field from the Australian camp to support the captain. But he could not stay on the field for long.

And he could score just 19 runs in 28 balls on the fourth ball of the 25th over. And this time Liam Livingston caught Marnus Labuchagne on Jacob Bethell’s ball. Then Australia’s wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey came on the field. But now captain Mitchell Marsh, who was standing on the field for a long time, was bowled lbw by Jacob Bethell.

And on the second ball of the 27th over, Mitchell Marsh performed brilliantly for his team by hitting 6 fours and three sixes and scored 60 runs in 59 balls in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England. And now deadly batsman all-rounder Glenn Maxwell came on the field to support Alex Carey.  But immediately in the second ball of the next over, Maxwell gave his catch to Jacob Bethell on the ball of Aadil Rashid.

After that Aaron Hardie came to the field to support wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey. And on the first ball of the 36th over, Aaron Hardie gave his catch to Mathew Potts. And this time Brydon Carse took the 7th wicket for his team at the team score of 216 runs. And Aaron Hardie could score only 23 runs in 25 balls for his team.

And after that Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa came to the field to support wicketkeeper Alex Carey but returned to the pavilion immediately. And Josh Hazelwood came to the field as the last wicket. But now wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey, who was standing in the field for a long time, gave his catch to Philip Salt.

And in this way Olly Stone dismissed Alex Carey on the fourth ball of the team’s 45th over. And in 44.4 overs, the Australian team was all out for 270 runs in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England. And Alex Carey performed brilliantly and scored 74 runs in 67 balls with the help of 8 fours and three sixes. And took his team to a respectable score of 270.

Performance of the England team in the 2nd ODI Australia vs England match of the series

Now England’s team came on the field to chase 270 runs in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England. And Philip Salt and young batsman Ben Ducket came on the field as openers from England’s team. But England’s team was seen struggling from the beginning against the bowling of Kangaroos.

And the last ball of the team’s fourth over hit Philip Salt’s bat and went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Alex Carey. And in this way Josh Hazelwood took the first wicket for his team in the form of Philip Salt. And Philip Salt got out after scoring only 12 runs in 14 balls with the help of 3 fours. As soon as Philip Salt left, Will Jacks also gave his catch to Mathew Short in the third ball of Mitchell Starc’s next over. And returned to the pavilion on a score of zero.

Then captain Harry Brook came on the field to support young batsman Ben Ducket. But Brook also could not perform anything special for his team. And soon on the last ball of the team’s 7th over, Mitchell Starc got him out LBW.  And England lost their third wicket at the team score of 46 runs. And captain Harry Brook was out after scoring only 4 runs off 9 balls in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England.

 Now England’s wicketkeeper batsman James Smith came to the field to support Ben Ducket. But England’s team was completely shaky in front of the Kangaroos’ bowling. And then in the second ball of the 10th over, batsman Ben Ducket, who was standing on the field for a long time, was also C & B by Aaron Hardie.

And England’s team kept on faltering like this and the whole team was reduced to 202 runs in 40.2 overs in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England. In which Jamie Smith scored 49 runs in 61 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. While Liam Livingston was caught by Alex Carey on the ball of Aaron Hardie on zero run on the very first ball. After this Jacob Bethell scored 25 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 fours, young all-rounder Brydon Carse scored 26 runs in 46 balls for his team with the help of 2 fours and a six. 

And bowling all-rounder Adil Rashid also scored 27 runs in 37 balls with the help of 2 fours and a six. And as the last wicket, bowler Olly Stone from the England team came to the field. And after scoring one run in three balls, he got caught by Steven Smith on the ball of Mitchell Starc. And the whole team was all out on a score of 202 in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England.

Best performers from both teams in the 2nd ODI Australia vs England match of the series

There was no special performance by the England team in batting in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England. But in bowling, young bowlers Mathew Potts, Aadil Rashid and Jacob Bethell took two wickets each for their team. While all-rounder Brydon Carse took 3 wickets for his team. And also scored 26 runs in 46 balls. While Jacob Bethell also took two wickets and scored 25 runs in 35 balls for his team.

Now if we talk about the Australian camp, then in batting, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh scored 60 runs in 59 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes. While Australia’s wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey performed brilliantly and scored 74 runs in just 67 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes. And he was also the “Man of the Match” in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England match of the series.

While Travis Head was “man of the match” in the first odi match of this series The Australian bowlers performed well and gave their team victory.  In which Josh Hazelwood, Aaron Hardie, and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell took two wickets each for their team. While Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for his team in this 2nd ODI Australia vs England. Along with this, Australia’s spinner bowler Adam Zampa also took one wicket.