Ashton Agar brilliant fielding at the boundary | Source: Getty
The reigning ODI and T20 World Cup champions, England were trounced by Australia by six wickets in the series opener of the three-match series on Thursday, November 17 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.
Meanwhile, it was Australian all-rounder Ashton Agar, who hogged all the limelight with his physics-defying effort as he saved a six with a brilliant piece of fielding at the boundary rope.
The incident happened during the 45th over of England’s innings when Malan tried to smack a delivery off Australia’s new ODI captain Pat Cummins, which looked like a six till Agar came up with an extraordinary effort to restrict the ball from crossing the boundary rope.
As for the match, Jos Buttler-led England was in all sorts of trouble with the scoreboard reading 118 for 5 before Dawid Malan’s 128-ball 134 took them to 287 for 9.
In reply, Australia rode on half-century knocks of David Warner, Travis Head, and Steve Smith to chase down the target in 46.5 Overs.
With this victory, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. The second match of the series is set to be played on Saturday, November 19 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
