Australian cricket team in England in 2018

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Australian cricket team in England in 2018
  Flag of England.svg Flag of Australia.svg
  England Australia
Dates 7 – 27 June 2018
Captains Eoin Morgan [nb 1] Tim Paine (ODIs)
Aaron Finch (T20Is)
One Day International series
Results England won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Jason Roy (304) Shaun Marsh (288)
Most wickets Moeen Ali
Adil Rashid (12)		 Kane Richardson
Billy Stanlake (6)
Player of the series Jos Buttler (Eng)
Twenty20 International series
Results England won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Jos Buttler (61) Aaron Finch (84)
Most wickets Chris Jordan
Adil Rashid (3)		 Mitchell Swepson (2)

The Australian cricket team toured England in June 2018 to play five One Day International (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] [3] Ahead of the ODIs, Australia played List A matches against Sussex and Middlesex. [4]

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Australia lost the first two ODI matches and, as a result, slipped to sixth place in the ICC ODI Championship. [5] Australia had lost thirteen of their last fifteen completed ODIs, falling to a 34-year low in the ICC rankings. [5] [6] In the next match, England scored the highest innings total in ODIs, scoring 481 runs for the loss of six wickets and, in the process, won the series with two games to play. [7] England won the ODI series 5–0, the first time that Australia had been whitewashed in a five-match ODI series against England. [8] Twelve wickets taken by Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid each are the most for England spinners in a bilateral ODI series. [9] [10] England also won the one-off T20I match, by 28 runs. [11]

Squads

ODIsT20Is
Flag of England.svg  England [12] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [13] Flag of England.svg  England [14] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [13]

Ahead of the tour, Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of Australia's ODI squad, and he was replaced by Michael Neser. [15] Ben Stokes was unavailable for the first three ODIs of the series due to injury, with Sam Billings added to England's squad as cover. [16] Stokes joined the squad for the last two ODIs. However, he did not play and continued his rehabilitation from injury. [17] Jake Ball was added to England's squad as cover for Chris Woakes. [18] Woakes was eventually ruled out of the tour with an ongoing knee injury. [17] Sam Curran and Craig Overton were added to England's ODI squad for the last two ODIs. [19]

Tour matches

List A: Sussex vs Australia

7 June 2018
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
277/9 (50 overs)
v
Sussex
220 (42.3 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 110 (112)
Jofra Archer 3/62 (10 overs)
Phil Salt 62 (57)
Ashton Agar 3/64 (10 overs)
Australia won by 57 runs
County Cricket Ground, Hove
Umpires: Ian Blackwell (Eng) and Graham Lloyd (Eng)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to field.

List A: Middlesex vs Australia

9 June 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
283/6 (50 overs)
v
Middlesex
182 (41 overs)
Travis Head 106 (141)
Tom Barber 3/62 (9 overs)
Max Holden 71 (71)
Kane Richardson 3/31 (9 overs)
Australia won by 101 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and Mark Newell (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Robbie White (Middlesex) made his List A debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

13 June 2018
13:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
214 (47 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
218/7 (44 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 62 (64)
Liam Plunkett 3/42 (8 overs)
Eoin Morgan 69 (74)
Andrew Tye 2/42 (10 overs)
England won by 3 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Eng)

2nd ODI

16 June 2018
11:00
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
342/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
304 (47.1 overs)
Jason Roy 120 (108)
Kane Richardson 2/56 (8 overs)
Shaun Marsh 131 (116)
Liam Plunkett 4/53 (9.1 overs)
England won by 38 runs
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Jason Roy (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • D'Arcy Short (Aus) made his ODI debut.
  • Alex Wharf (Eng) stood in his first ODI as an umpire. [21]
  • England made their highest score against Australia in ODIs. [22]
  • Adil Rashid (Eng) took his 100th wicket in ODIs. [23]

3rd ODI

19 June 2018
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
481/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
239 (37 overs)
Alex Hales 147 (92)
Jhye Richardson 3/92 (10 overs)
Travis Head 51 (39)
Adil Rashid 4/47 (10 overs)
England won by 242 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Alex Hales (Eng)

4th ODI

21 June 2018
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
310/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
314/4 (44.4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 101 (92)
David Willey 4/43 (7 overs)
Jason Roy 101 (83)
Ashton Agar 2/48 (8 overs)
England won by 6 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Jason Roy (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Craig Overton (Eng) made his ODI debut.

5th ODI

24 June 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
205 (34.4 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
208/9 (48.3 overs)
Travis Head 56 (42)
Moeen Ali 4/46 (8.4 overs)
Jos Buttler 110* (122)
Billy Stanlake 3/35 (10 overs)
England won by 1 wicket
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sam Curran (Eng) made his ODI debut.

T20I series

Only T20I

27 June 2018
18:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
221/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
193 (19.4 overs)
Jos Buttler 61 (30)
Mitchell Swepson 2/37 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 84 (41)
Adil Rashid 3/27 (4 overs)
England won by 28 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mitchell Swepson (Aus) made his T20I debut.
  • Jos Buttler scored the fastest fifty for England in T20Is (22 balls). [28]

Notes

  1. ↑ Jos Buttler captained England for the second ODI.

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