ENG vs AUS: Australia defeated England by 7 wickets, Travis Head again wreaked havoc with the bat

The first match of the 5-match ODI series between Australia and England was played at Trent Bridge. In this match, Travis Head played an unbeaten innings of 154 runs, based on which Australia defeated England by 7 wickets. Harry Brook, who was captaining in the absence of Jos Buttler, won the toss and elected to bat first, England were all out in just 49.4 overs. During this, the team set a target of 316 runs, which Australia chased with 6 overs remaining and took a 1-0 lead in the series and also won 13 consecutive ODI matches.

Travis Head has been surprising everyone with his explosive batting for the last one and a-half years. The thrashing he started against India in the final of the World Test Championship continues even today. With a stormy innings of 154 runs in just 129 balls, he made the chase of 316 runs against England easy. During this, he also hit 20 fours and 5 sixes. He also troubled England with his bowling. Head also took 2 wickets for 34 runs in 4.4 overs in the first innings.

Head scored the sixth century of his career in this match and also made a record in his name. Head has become the first batsman to score more than 150 runs twice in ODIs against England. On the other hand, Marnus Labuschagne supported Head with an innings of 77 runs in 61 balls. Labuschagne also helped Australia to make a comeback during the first innings. He took 3 wickets for 39 runs in 6 overs. This also included the important wickets of Ben Duckett and captain Harry Brook.

Australia lost their captain Mitchell Marsh's wicket on 20 runs while chasing 316 runs. After this, Head along with Steve Smith took control of the innings with a 76-run partnership for the second wicket. But Smith was also out on a score of 96 runs. Head along with Cameron Green brought the innings back on track and made a 73-run partnership for the third wicket. Then Green was also out.

After this Marnus Labuschagne came to the crease. This time Head made an important partnership of 148 runs for the fourth wicket. Labuschagne contributed 77 runs in 61 balls. In this way, both of them together have also completed the fourth biggest run chase for Australia.