Cricket: Ben Duckett misses century by five runs, England all out for 315 | News India

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Opener Ben Duckett's aggressive batting and Will Jackson's half-century after suffering from nervous nineties helped England set Australia a target of 316 runs to win the first ODI.

England won the toss and elected to bat first and were all out for 315 in 49.4 overs. Phil Salt (17) and Duckett shared a 48-run partnership for the first wicket. After this, Duckett and Will Jacks shared a 120-run partnership for the second wicket to take the team to a huge score. Duckett, who missed a century by five runs, scored 95 runs in 91 balls with the help of 11 fours and Will Jacks scored 62 runs in 56 balls. Apart from this, captain Harry Brook contributed 39 runs and Jamie Smith contributed 23 runs. At the end of the innings, Jacob Bethell scored a useful 35 runs to take the team to a score of 300. For Australia, Adam Zampa took three wickets for 49 runs, Labushe took three wickets for 39 runs and Travis Head lost two wickets for 34 runs.