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The decisive match of the three-match ODI series between India and England is being played on July 19 at the historic Lord’s ground in London. In this match, England won the toss and decided to bat first and proved their decision completely right. The English team scored a huge score of 387 runs by losing only 3 wickets in 50 overs.

Indian bowlers looked ineffective in the entire match and England’s batsmen took full advantage of them. Ben Duckett scored a brilliant century, while Jacob Bethel and Joe Root played excellent half-centuries to put the team in a strong position. Let us tell you that the target of more than 300 runs has been chased only once so far at Lord’s. India had achieved this feat by scoring 326 runs against England in the 2002 NatWest final.

England’s innings

England started their innings in a strong manner and did not allow the Indian bowlers to take a single wicket for the first 30 overs. The team scored 58 runs in the first 10 overs. After this, 67 runs were added between 11 to 20 overs and 67 runs were also added between 21 to 30 overs. England lost one wicket during overs 31 to 40 but still scored 69 runs. After this, in the last 10 overs the English batsmen completely changed gear and scored 126 runs losing only 2 wickets. Thanks to this explosive finish, England scored a huge score of 387 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 50 overs.

Garza Bat of Duckett-Bethel-Root

England’s opener Ben Duckett batted brilliantly in this match and scored a century and achieved a special achievement in his name. He has now become the sixth batsman in the world to score a century in both Test and ODI formats as an opener at Lord’s ground. Duckett played an excellent inning of 141 runs in 135 balls. Along with him, Jacob Bethel also batted brilliantly and scored 91 runs in 93 balls. Both of them made a big partnership of 192 runs for the first wicket. After this, Joe Root returned unbeaten after scoring 74 runs and Josh Butler after scoring 41 runs.

Indian bowlers flopped

Gurnoor Brar proved to be the most expensive bowler in this match. He spent 97 runs in his entire spell without taking any wicket. Arshdeep Singh also did not have a good day. He also did not get a single wicket and gave away 72 runs. Akshar Patel also could not achieve any success and lost 61 runs in his account. On the other hand, Prince Yadav took 1 wicket, while Prasidh Krishna sent 2 batsmen to the pavilion.