England's batting fails as Australia take 2-0 lead

Second T20, Headingley

Australia 270 (44.4 overs): Carey 74 (67); Carse 3-75

England 202 (40.2 overs): Smith 49 (61); Starc 3-50

Australia won by 68 runs; lead bid 2-0

Scorecard

England fell 2-0 down successful nan one-day world bid against Australia arsenic their batting wilted successful nan 2nd lucifer astatine Headingley.

Having dismissed nan visitors for 270, England's apical bid was blown distant by Australia's high-class gait bowling onslaught successful a broad 68-run defeat.

Will Jacks and Liam Livingstone made first-ball ducks and Harry Brook only 4 successful his 2nd lucifer arsenic England's stand-in captain.

Youngsters Jamie Smith and Jacob Bethell attempted a rebuild from 65-5 until Bethell looped a drawback to depart for 25.

Smith continued to 49 but clipped Josh Hazlewood, who was superb alongside chap returning speedy Mitchell Starc, to mid-wicket and England were 7 down still 112 adrift.

Adil Rashid and Brydon Carse prolonged nan crippled pinch 27 and 26 respectively, but by nan clip nan hosts were dismissed for 202 galore successful nan stands had already gone home.

Australia were grateful for Alex Carey's 74, which dragged them from 161-6 to what proved a competitive, if chaseable, total.

Carey, having been booed to nan crease for his domiciled successful past summer's Ashes stumping of Jonny Bairstow, crucially put connected 49 pinch Hazlewood.

Australia tin now clinch nan five-match bid pinch triumph successful nan 3rd ODI astatine Chester-le-Street connected Tuesday.

Kick-starting a caller era of 50-over cricket against nan world champions was ne'er going to beryllium easy.

This defeat, connected nan backmost of a thrashing successful Nottingham, reaffirmed nan size of England's challenge.

On Thursday nan batters grounded to capitalise connected a decent platform. This clip 5 were retired wrong nan powerplay pinch Starc and Hazlewood, who missed nan series-opener done illness, erstwhile again proving themselves to beryllium world-class operators.

Opener Phil Salt had already been dropped connected 8 erstwhile he was caught down for 12 trying to slash Hazlewood disconnected a length.

Starc had Jacks caught edging a loose thrust to first gaffe earlier brilliantly mounting up Brook, who was pinned successful beforehand by an inswinger yorker aft a tally of balls pushed crossed nan right-hander.

Softer were nan wickets of Ben Duckett, who chipped a drawback backmost to Aaron Hardie, and Livingstone – strangled down nan limb broadside by nan seamer’s adjacent ball. It was nan 2nd innings successful succession Duckett has miscued a half-tracker.

There was immoderate committedness successful nan rebuild from Smith and Bethell. They played sensibly successful their guidelines of 55, pinch Smith hitting Starc for 1 picture-perfect on-drive.

Hazlewood dismissed him successful nan 2nd complete of his comeback spell, however, and Australia yet proved a people above.