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England made a great comeback after losing 2 matches in the 5 match ODI series and defeated Australia by 46 runs in the third match by Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method. In this way, England has maintained itself in the ODI series. Captain Harry Brook played an important role in England's victory. He scored a brilliant century against Australia's dangerous bowling, on the basis of which England's team was successful in making a comeback in the series. An unbeaten innings of 113 runs came out of his bat in which he hit 13 fours and 2 brilliant sixes. With this century, Brook's name was written in golden letters in the history of England's ODI cricket.
Harry Brooke makes history
England captain Harry Brook, who remained unbeaten after scoring 110 runs off 94 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes, was named Player of the Match. Harry Brook was 25 years and 215 days old when he scored a century in the third ODI against Australia. With this age, he also became the youngest England captain to score a century in ODIs.
Harry Brook holds a big record
Harry Brook is only the fourth English captain to score a century against Australia in One Day International cricket. After 9 years, an English captain has managed to score a century against Australia in ODIs. Earlier in 2015, as captain, Eoin Morgan had scored a brilliant century against Australia in Sydney.
Let us tell you that in the history of ODI cricket, the first century for England against Australia was scored by David Gower as captain at Lord's in 1985. After this, Michael Atherton scored a century against Australia at the Oval in 1997. The third ODI century for England as captain was scored by Eoin Morgan in Sydney in 2015 and now after 9 years, Harry Brook has become the fourth English captain to score an ODI century against Australia.
England ODI captains who scored a century against Australia
- 121 – Eoin Morgan, Sydney, 2015
- 113* – Michael Atherton, The Oval, 1997
- 110* – Harry Brooke, Chester-le-Street, 2024
- 102 – David Gower, Lords, 1985
It is worth noting that England's regular captain Jos Buttler is not playing in the ODI series due to an injury in his right leg. In such a situation, Harry Brook is leading the team in place of Buttler. England lost the first two matches of the ODI series but now England's victory in the third match has made the series exciting. The fourth ODI match of the series will be played at the historic Lord's Cricket Ground in London.