A second rain delay shortened the inning by two overs, and Marcus Stoinis was out attempting a wild swipe first ball after the break. Steve Smith followed him in the dugout three overs later in a comical fashion.
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Life after Aaron Finch is proving easy for Australia, with the new opening combination of Travis Head and David Warner piling up twin hundreds in a record-breaking partnership to demolish a listless England in the last ODI at the MCG. After the innings was trimmed to 48 overs owing to rain, the two put on a stand of 269 in 38.1 overs, falling just short of their own Australian record ODI partnership of 284, to underpin Australia’s imposing total of 355 for 5. After India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, they became the second pair in ODI history to post two 250-plus run stands.
After 34 overs, Australia were 217 for 0 at the second drinks break, having not hit a boundary in the previous five overs. Head and Warner then went into party mode, shattering 52 of the next 24 balls as Head approached 150. However, both guys holed out in the same Stone over, slowing Australia’s momentum slightly. A second rain delay shortened the inning by two overs, and Marcus Stoinis was out attempting a wild swipe first ball after the break. Steve Smith followed him in the dugout three overs later in a comical fashion.
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