Player of the Match
Player of the Match

8.12pm And the match has been called off - England win by 46 runs on DLS to keep the series alive. Will bring you the presentation shortly.

Mitchell Marsh: "Thought we did extremely well to get to 300, particularly with conditions early on. England too good with the bat. I thought 250 after that start would be awesome and we were well and truly in the game. We knew the wicket had flatten out...but they got a really good partnership going. Fair play to them."

Harry Brook (who is also Player of the Match): "We started off really nice with the ball, looked to take wickets and got a few early on. Obviously they started building partnerships through the middle and batted really nicely. With the bat, me and Jacksy just tried to stay out there as long as possible and create that partnership. Definitely thought the pitch got better towards the end of Australia's innings and it was a simple message of go out and play your own game. Thankfully it came off today. Nice to get the first [hundred] on the board, hopefully there's plenty more to come."

Right, on that somewhat damp note, I'll wrap things up for tonight. Excellent chase from England, led by their captain. Plenty to plan for at Lord's on Friday. Alan's report will be here but from him, and me, it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.

8.05pm Very heavy rain. More covers coming out. It's a bit grim, although not for Harry Brook.

7.58pm Vish: "Very fine rain now...and now heavier" A reminder England are 46 runs ahead on DLS.

Mustafa Moudi: "So finally Australia's 14 Match Winning Streak comes to an end after almost a year (348 days to be exact). They last lost an ODI to South Africa in the World Cup 2023!" At the moment appears that way.

7.55pm As we wait, here's some news from today. Mark Wood will have a further assessment of his elbow this week. And Ben Stokes is open to a limited-overs comeback.

Vish: "Stopped playing rain-adjacent songs - now onto Joy Division." And it has stopped raining. We starting lose overs at 8.04pm

7.45pm Here's Vish again: "It's a softer hoon, but a hoon nonetheless. Crowds dispersed, lot of umbrellas."

7.40pm Full covers are on. So we may have to get a lucky turn of events.

Mike: "Livingstone seems to have really matured this summer. Always been a fan of his, but he's played a few excellent match-winning knocks this series instead of being hit-or-miss. Hopefully this cameo has been another."

Keith Armstrong: "Sorry but we're done for the night. Steady drizzle 6 miles west."

7.35pm Rain stopped play. The umpires have decided it's too heavy. England 46 runs ahead of DLS. We have 30 minutes of extra time. Not sure we'll be off for long. But Miller is less hopeful: "That might be it, thought that first band had missed, but there's a heavier one coming up." And now Vish adds: "Properly hooning now." So ignore what I said!

John: "Definition of captains knock? Coming in with your side in trouble and 2-0 down in series. Well done Harry." Can he finish it?

37.4
0
Abbott to Livingstone, no run, a slower ball, length around off, tapped into the covers
37.3
0
Abbott to Livingstone, no run, full at the pads, pushed firmly to midwicket

It's raining

37.3
1w
Abbott to Livingstone, 1 wide, short and loopy outside off, left alone, called wild to cheers...not sure Abbott can quite make this work
37.2
6
Abbott to Livingstone, SIX, gives himself room outside leg, then upper cuts another boundary over the off side
37.1
0
Abbott to Livingstone, no run, moves across to off stump, sways out of the line of a better-directed short ball
37.1
1w
Abbott to Livingstone, 1 wide, very short outside off, miles above Livingstone's head

END OF OVER:
37 | 11 Runs | ENG: 246/4 (59 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 6.64, RRR: 4.53)

  • Harry Brook110 (94b)
  • Liam Livingstone27 (16b)
  • Mitchell Starc8-1-63-2
  • Sean Abbott7-0-45-0
36.6
0
Starc to Brook, no run, nearly cleaned up! Goes across outside off and attempts a scoop, misses and it skims past leg stump. Is that needed?
36.5
1
Starc to Livingstone, 1 run, full and into the pads, doesn't connect with his swing to leg, rebounds off the pad to midwicket

Keith Armstrong: "I hate to be the bearer of bad news. I am about 6 miles west of the ground, and its started to rain."

36.4
2
Starc to Livingstone, 2 runs, this drive goes squarer, the bottom hand came through, sweeper can't stop the second
36.3
4
Starc to Livingstone, FOUR, what a shot! That's a gem from Livingstone. Hold the pose. The perfect lofted straight drive
36.2
4
Starc to Livingstone, FOUR, a different delivery action, wrong line into the hip, pulled away to fine leg
36.1
0
Starc to Livingstone, no run, round the wicket, hits a drive very hard but straight to mid-off on the ring. Marsh felt that

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7BM DuckettPD Salt
2nd4BM DuckettWG Jacks
3rd156WG JacksHC Brook
4th30HC BrookJL Smith
5th57LS LivingstoneHC Brook