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During the fourth ODI of the five-match series at the Lord’s in London, in the final over of the England innings, Liam Livingstone, the right-handed batter, smashed Australian pacer Mitchell Starc for 28 runs on Friday, September 27. With four maximums and one four in an over, Liam Livingstone helped propel England’s total to 312/5 in 39 overs after the rain had curtailed the duration of the match earlier in the afternoon.
For the unversed, after Mitchell Marsh, the captain of Australia, put England into bat first, Ben Duckett and Phil Salt had a steady start in the first powerplay. But in the 10th over, Phil Salt lost his wicket to arch-nemesis Josh Hazlewood before Mitchell Marsh removed Will Jacks from the crease cheaply, to reduce England to 71/2 in the 14th over of their innings.
Harry Brook scored 87 runs in 58 balls before Liam Livingstone's batting blitz
Following that, Harry Brook, the stand-in captain of England, led from the front once again in the five-match ODI series against Australia, hitting an enterprising fifty in the 4th ODI at Lord’s in London. After notching up his first hundred in 50-overs cricket at the Riverside Ground in Durham in a match-winning effort, to keep the series alive, the right-handed batter followed it up with a stroke-filled 87 off 58 with 11 fours and one maximum.
The dismissal of Harry Brook brought Liam Livingstone to the crease in the final nine over of the England innings, and the carnage ensued at the Lord’s in London. While Jacob Bethell ensured that no wickets fell at the other end, Liam Livingstone showcased his array of power strokes against the pacers and spinners alike before putting Mitchell Starc to the sword in the final over of the innings with 6, 0, 6, 6, 6, 4, to take England’s total past 300.
Liam Livingstone stayed not out on 62 off just 27 balls, an innings which had three fours and seven maximums, to undo some of the good work done by Australian bowlers earlier in the innings.
