It's good fun having captaincy: Josh Hazlewood on captaining the side

Australia standin captain Josh Hazlewood mentioned that leading the side is fun after the teams 72run victory against England in the second ODI of the threematch series at SydneyEngland fell short by 72 runs and lost the ODI chasing a target of 281 runs in the second ODI costing them the seriesIts good fun having captaincy Will obviously hand it back to Pat for the last game Will see what Melbourne dishes out He said hes back Smith Summer looks good for him expressed HazlewoodThe pacer mentioned that the wicket looks to easy bat when the team is able to stitch partnerships but a wicket could also trigger a collapseAlso Read Australia wrap up series with 72run victory over EnglandIt looks easy to bat on when a partnership is going But only a wicket away from causing a collapse on such a pitch Very happy with 280 mentioned the lanky seamerComing to the match Steve Smith scored his second fifty of the series before speedster Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa bowled superbly to help the team secure a 72run victory against EnglandOpting to bat first Australia lost inform David Warner in the sixth over to Moeen Ali as the batter failed to replicate last matchs inningsHis opening partner also walked back to the pavilion in the ninth over with Australia losing both the openers inside the first ten oversSmiths 94 off 114 balls was the highlight of Australias innings including a flowing halfcentury from Marnus Labuschagne and a more gruelling effort from Mitchell Marsh who also smashed a fiftyThe middleorder batters did set the stage for the finishers but the likes of Marcus Stoinis and Ashton Agar could not capitalize with Australia ending with 2808 after the end of the 50 oversEngland never totally lost control of the ball owing largely to Adil Rashids three wickets but 280 seemed extremely competitive on a surface that was not particularly conducive to scoringSmith topscored with 94 114 while Labuschagne played a breezy inning of 58 55 Adil Rashid was the pick of the bowlers picking up three wicketsChasing the target England got off to a disastrous start as Starc removed Jason Roy and Dawid Malan in the first overPacer Josh Hazlewood also added a wicket to his name in the sixth over removing Philip Salt for just 23 16 The visitors lost their topthree batters under the 10over markEngland presented a strong example of the batting depth they possess as the number five and six batters stitched a 122run partnership to bring England back into the gameJames Vince and Sam Billings hit Agar for successive sixes putting on a magnificent fourthwicket stand of 122 in 22 overs putting England back in a position where the target seemed reachableBut after Vince swung across the line at Hazlewood for an umpires ruling of lbw Zampa made the critical breakthroughs in the middle order including Billings for 71 as he took 3 for 0 in nine balls and England lost 7 for 52The loss of seven wickets in quick succession proved to be the undoing of the 2022 T20 World Champions as they fell short by 72 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever