Australian National Cricket Team batsman Steve Smith has stepped up against his team in the third ODI England National Cricket Team. The remaining leg of the five-match series between the teams takes place at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street on Tuesday (September 24).
Steve Smith scored his maiden half-century in the ongoing ODI series against the England National Cricket Team. The right-hander, who scored 32 runs in the first game and 4 runs in the second game, made sure to make up for the failures in the first two games.
Batting at No.4, Smith came on when Australia lost two quick wickets. As he played a big role for his team, he realized the need to catch one end and ensured that he brought the side bowling track and helped them score runs at crucial time.
Smith looked hard at the crease as he hardly put his foot wrong and hit a magnificent half-century. On his way he was all set for a big ton but his stay at the crease was cut short by the brilliance of Brydon Carse who was stunning on the boundary ropes.
Steve Smith tried to play a pull shot to a short delivery by Jofra Archer. The kick was executed to perfection but Brydon Carse produced a stunning effort. He ran to deep backward square leg to the left and caught it with both hands with a knee slide. The ball was moving, but he made it look easy.
Brydon Carse stunner to eliminate Steve Smith
We present the video:
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Steve Smith finished with 60 runs from 82 balls. He batted at a strike rate of around 75 and hit 5 fours in his innings. With their own wicket, Cricket Australia lost their 5th wicket and trailed at 172/5.
However, after that the Australian National Cricket Team scored a few runs thanks to the vital contributions of Alex Carey. The wicketkeeper-batsman played a perfect knock of 77 runs off 65 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six.
Glenn Maxwell also supported him well with 30 quick runs which included 5 boundaries. But the real blitz came from the bat of Aaron Hardy. The all-rounder played a wild cameo scoring 44 runs off just 26 balls at a strike rate of around 170 with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes in his innings.
Relying on a vital effort from the lower order, the Australian National Cricket Team posted a total of 304 runs on the board. It didn’t look like they were going to cross 300 runs after losing 5 quick wickets, but it was a magnificent effort by the World Champions to cross it.
Jofra Archer picked up two wickets for England, while Braydon Carse, Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks and Liam Livingstone picked one each.
