Australia thumped England by 221 runs in front of an embarrassingly paltry turnout for the third and final one-day international at the MCG
After T20 World Cup weeks in which the MCG held crowds well on the way to filling it, we came to this. Melbourne turning on another unseasonably cold November day, scattered rain breaking up preparation and play, a Tuesday afternoon before schools were on holiday or workers were bunking off, and an embarrassingly paltry turnout for the third and final one-day international to watch Australia thump England by 221 runs.
A crowd like that would have roared while watching Travis Head and David Warner taking on England’s bowlers in building a monster partnership worth 269, so close to their own Australian record of 284. Its scale hid the fact that England bowled well early, with Chris Woakes and David Willey getting movement from the pitch and in the air.
Head brought up his third ODI century in the 27th over, and increased his range of shots thereafter, hitting pace and spin alike, nearly reaching 150 before Warner joined him with a century. It was Warner’s 19th, going past Mark Waugh to sit second on the list for Australia, trailing only Ponting with 29.
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