Australia vs England, 2nd ODI: Record-breaking Smith, Starc, Zampa earn Aussies series win

Steve
Smith
made
a
94
as
Australia
posted
a
competitive
280
for
8
in
50
overs.
Smith
had
fair
bit
of
assistance
Marnus
Labuschagne
(58)
and
Mitchell
Marsh
(50)
in
his
venture.

England
raised
pockets
of
resistance
through
James
Vince
(60)
and
Sam
Billings
(71)
but
that
was
not
going
to
be
enough
on
the
day
as
the
Three
Lions,
who
were
recently
crowned
the
T20
world
champions,
could
muster
only
208
all
out
in
38.5
overs.

Australia
found
their
bowling
heroes
in
left-arm
pacer
Mitchell
Starc
and
leg-spinner
Adam
Zampa,
who
bagged
four
wickets
apiece.

Earlier,
Smith
crossed
the
14,000
run
mark
in
international
cricket,
becoming
the
fastest
player
from
his
country
to
do
so.

Smith
hit
a
delightful
94
off
114
balls,
consisting
of
five
fours
and
a
six.
He
struck
the
ball
at
a
strike
rate
of
82.45.

Now
in
288
matches,
across
328
innings,
Smith
has
14,065
runs
at
an
average
of
49.52.
He
has
scored
40
centuries
and
69
half-centuries,
with
the
best
individual
score
of
239.

His
strike
rate
is
65.44
across
all
formats.
He
has
surpassed
David
Boon
(13,386)
to
become
the
ninth-highest
run
scorer
in
international
cricket
for
Australia.

The
top
five
run-scorers
for
Australia
in
international
cricket
are:
Ricky
Ponting
(27,368),
Steve
Waugh
(18,496),
Allan
Border
(17,698),
Michael
Clarke
(17,112)
and
David
Warner
(16,612).

The
top
five
run
scorers
in
international
cricket
are:
Indian
legend
Sachin
Tendulkar
(34,357),
Sri
Lankan
great
Kumar
Sangakara
(28,016),
Ricky
Ponting
(27,483),
Sri
Lankan
batter
Mahela
Jayawardene
(25,957)
and
great
South
African
all-rounder
Jacques
Kallis
(25,534).

Australia
had
beaten
England
by
6
wickets
in
the
first
ODI
at
Adelaide
Oval
and
the
third
ODI
will
be
played
at
the
MCG
on
Tuesday
(November
22).