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England batter Joe Root took a blinder to get rid of Australia’s captain Mitchell Marsh and trigger a top-order collapse in the must-win second ODI at the picturesque Adelaide Oval. The Yorkshire batter displayed an excellent piece of slip fielding as Australia whittled early in a steep run-chase of 356.
Marsh, who smashed a 29-ball half-century in the previous ODI en route to Australia’s convincing seven-wicket victory, crawled to 2 off 10 deliveries. With Sonny Baker delivering a wide delivery outside off-stump, the West Australian threw his hands hard at the ball. With the ball flying towards the third-man boundary, Root intercepted it brilliantly and flew to his left to take the catch.
He had also plucked a sharp catch to get the better of Travis Head for 7 before helping England dismiss Marsh.
AUS vs ENG 2nd ODI: Joe Root takes superb catch to dismiss Mitch Marsh in Adelaide
Here’s the video of the dismissal:
AUS vs ENG, 2nd ODI: Joe Root scores a brisk fifty as England amass 355 after being put to bat
With the coin toss falling in favour of the home side yet again, they opted to chase. But with Australia resting Mahli Beardman, the visitors got some respite and put up a much better batting performance.
Tom Banton led the way for England, smashing 121 off 99 deliveries, laced with 12 fours and four sixes. Root (62), Jordan Cox (67) and Will Jacks (54*) chipped in with crucial contributions to propel the tourists to a total of 355/6 off 50 overs. It also proved to be England’s highest ODI total in Australia, surpassing the tally of 333 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in 2011.
Xavier Bartlett was the pick of Australia’s bowlers with figures of 10-0-72-3. Spencer Johnson, Riley Meredith and Cooper Connolly picked up one each.
