Australia vs England, 3rd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: England tour of Australia, 2018 Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Date & Time: Jan 21, 02:20 PM LOCAL

A fine all-round performance from England helped them go 3-0 up with two matches to go © Getty

That's a wrap:Another dominating performance from England despite being put under pressure on occasions. Living up to their status as one of the teams to beat in limited-overs cricket, the Morgan-led side extended Australia's woeful form in the ODI format and ended their seven year streak of not losing an ODI series at home.

Stonis fifty in vain as England clinch series:

With 30 required off 12 deliveries, Stonis registered a fifty in the penultimate over. But it was a fine over from Wood as he gave away only 8 runs and finished with figures of 2 for 46 from his 10 overs. He fell in the final over to Woakes, who finished with two wickets to continue his good showing from the first innings as England won by 16 runs to clinch the series with two matches to go.

Stonis, Paine fight but England in control:

The sixth-wicket pair tried to keep Australia in the reckoning but the asking rate was constantly on the rise. The hosts needed 43 more to win off three overs.

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Steady start by England:

There was some swing on offer but Mitchell Starc struggled with his line, straying down the leg side to concede wides off the first two balls of the match. Both Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy have looked solid, with the latter scoring the first four of the game by punching a Josh Hazlewood delivery wide of cover. He follows it up with a well-timed flick off Starc for another four and one more with a flick off Hazlewood. Bairstow too gets into the attack with a authoritative cover drive to take England to 29 for 0 after four overs.

Toss and teams:

Australia have won the toss and have opted to field this time. England are unchanged while Australia make as many as four, bringing in Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa and Tim Paine. Travis Head, Alex Carey, Andrew Tye and Jhye Richardson make way. Australia also tweaked their batting line-up, giving Cameron White a promotion to No. 3.

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch, Cameron White, Steven Smith(c), Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Tim Paine(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa

Prelude:

Hello and welcome to the Live Blog of the third One Day International between Australia and England at the SCG. In what has been a complete turnaround of fortunes, England have been rampant force in the ODI series, having taken a 2-0 lead against a team whose woes in limited-overs cricket has continued. Having lost nine of their past 10 completed matches, Australia's seven-year streak of not losing an ODI series at home goes on the line. With some of the star players set to return for this game, can they stay alive in the series? Stay tuned for the toss and team updates.