Australia quick bowler Josh Hazlewood insisted it was a case of “onwards and upwards” after he starred in a 19-run win over world champions England in the first one-day international at Previous Trafford on Friday. Hazlewood took a miserly 3-26 from his most 10 overs that stifled England’s pursuit of a goal of 295 from the outset, eradicating opener Jason Roy and Check skipper Joe Root for single determine scores because the hosts limped to 22-2 off the primary 10 overs. This was Australia’s first 50-over match in opposition to England since a crushing eight-wicket defeat by their arch-rivals within the semi-finals of final 12 months’s World Cup at Edgbaston.
Hazlewood, nevertheless, did not play in that match after being controversially omitted from the World Cup squad, with the selectors as a substitute wanting him to regain full health following a again damage for the next Check sequence in England, the place Australia retained the Ashes in a 2-2 draw.
Requested if the best way he bowled on Friday made his World Cup absence all of the extra painful, Hazlewood replied: “Nah it is onwards and upwards. That is a very long time in the past now, so at all times trying ahead.”
The 29-year-old was near unplayable throughout a surprising opening spell of two wickets for 5 runs in six overs.
“England’s prime order might be the shape prime order on this planet within the final three or 4 years, so I suppose going in opposition to them is an efficient measure of the place you are at,” Hazlewood stated after what was simply Australia’s third win in 14 ODIs in opposition to their oldest foe.
“To maintain them all the way down to 20-odd for 2 within the first 10 was nice.”
In the meantime, England captain Eoin Morgan stated Hazlewood had loved a “day trip” after his facet went 1-Zero down in a three-match sequence that continues Sunday.
“They (Australia) have been excellent, extremely correct they usually obtained the ball shifting,” he stated. “It is not typically it occurs to us.”
‘Maintaining Stokesy’s chair heat’
Sam Billings stored England within the sport with 118, his maiden ODI hundred, after sharing a century partnership with Jonny Bairstow (84) following the hosts’ collapse to 57-4.
Billings was the one member of England’s XI on Friday not concerned within the World Cup squad, along with his inclusion owing a lot to star all-rounder Ben Stokes nonetheless being on compassionate depart along with his ailing father in New Zealand.
Billings, reflecting on his “blended emotions” at making 100 in a dropping trigger, informed Sky Sports activities he was eager to “maintain placing scores on the board” after what was simply his 19th ODI look in a five-year England profession.
The 29-year-old Kent batsman added, nevertheless: “I do not assume it issues what number of runs I get, I do know I am solely conserving Stokesy’s chair heat for him.”
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Morgan, nevertheless, insisted Billings had batted brilliantly on the again of “sporadic” possibilities brought on by the actual fact he, in addition to Jos Buttler and Stokes, had typically been at No 6 as a substitute.
“However right now he (Billings) actually stood out in a spot that’s actually troublesome to bat, the place you may be thrown in in any respect totally different circumstances,” stated Morgan.
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