Hazlewood proves captaincy chops on debut

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Josh Hazlewood has proved his captaincy chops successful his archetypal lucifer starring Australia, with a bid of important bowling changes resulting successful a triumph successful the 2nd ODI.

Australia acceptable England an imposing people of 280 aft batting archetypal astatine the SCG, courtesy of a superb 94 from Steve Smith, and looked connected people for a immense triumph erstwhile Mitchell Starc (4-47 disconnected 8 overs) removed some Jason Roy and Dawid Malan successful the archetypal over.

However, England was buoyed by a fantastic 122-run basal betwixt James Vince (60) and Sam Billings (71) that had the tourists concisely daring to imagination of an improbable victory.

AS IT HAPPENED: Zampa, Starc assistance Australia to bid win

On a wicket that had proved tricky to bat connected for batters from some sides, Vince and Billings were motoring on erstwhile Hazlewood decided to bring himself connected successful the 28th over.

The determination proved to beryllium crucial, with Australia's stand-in skipper removing Vince successful his archetypal implicit backmost into the attack.

If Vince's wicket got Australia's ft successful the door, Adam Zampa (4-45 disconnected nine) wrenched it wide open, efficaciously sealing the triumph by taking 3 wickets successful the abstraction of 9 deliveries to gut England's mediate order.

Speaking aft the match, Hazlewood explained however he'd been truthful preoccupied with the duties of captaining that he'd astir forgotten to bring himself into the attack.

"I was looking astir and reasoning who's adjacent to vessel and past I thought I'd amended person a go," helium said.

"It's bully amusive having the captaincy. I'll evidently manus it implicit to Pat again for the past game, but yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it and the boys surely helped maine retired from clip to time."

After Vince and Billings' basal had seen England scope 3-156 astatine 1 stage, it mislaid its past 7 wickets for conscionable 52 runs to beryllium each retired for 208.

Starc returned to the onslaught to cleanable up the process pursuing Hazlewood and Zampa's spree of wickets, and was named the Player of the Match for his efforts.

The 72-run triumph gives Australia an unassailable 2-0 pb successful the three-match series, with the bid finale to beryllium played astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground connected Tueday.

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