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Patna : Opener Jonny Bairstow, 30, made 112 in 126 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes, his 10th ODI ton, and Sam Billings, 29, made 57 in 58 balls hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes, his 4th ODI fifty, as England scored a competitive 302/7 in 50 overs in the 3rd ODI against Australia at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, UK, on September 16, 2020, night. Bairstow scored his century with a six off fast bowler Pat Cummins.
All-rounder Chris Woakes remained unbeaten on 53 in 39 balls hitting 6 fours in a blistering knock. Woakes scored 14 runs in the last over. Spinner Adil Rashid remained unbeaten on 11 hitting a six. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc and spinner Adam Zampa took three wickets each.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, England made a disastrous start losing their first two wickets without any run on board. Opener JasonRoy and Joe Root were out without scoring both falling to fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Captain Eoin Morgan fell to spinner Adam Zampa for 23 in 28 balls with 4 fours after adding 67 runs for third wicket with Bairstow. Jos Buttler (wk) also fell to Zampa for 8 and it was 96/4. Bairstow and Sam Billings then added 114 runs for the 5th wicket. Billings too fell to Zampa and it was 210/5. Bairstow fell to fast bowler Pat Cummins making it 220/6. Tom Curran fell to Starc for 19 in 19 balls hitting a six and it was 266/7.