Published: Sep 10, 2015, 03:39 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 11, 2015, 12:18 AM (IST)
Chris Woakes has been ruled out from the remainder of England’s One-Day International (ODI) series against Australia with a thigh injury. After winning the third match by a huge margin of 93 runs at Manchester, England still trail the five-match series 1-2, hoping to equalizing on Friday by winning the fourth game in Leeds. The Warwickshire seam bowler, who played in the first three games had no success with the ball as he remained wicket-less. Woakes, who has damaged his right thigh muscle, is not expected to keep him out of contention for the upcoming Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. SCORECARD: Australia vs England, 3rd ODI at Manchester, ENG won by 93 runs
Woakes and Australia’s James Pattison are the only bowlers in the ongoing ODI series who have failed to claim a wicket so far. Following their losses in the first two matches, the hosts came back strong in their must win fixture that happened on Tuesday. After winning the toss, skipper Eoin Morgan’s team posted a massive total of 300 before bowling out the high-spirited opponents to a lowly 207 in 44 overs. At the end of the game, Morgan had not hesitated to credit the trio—James Taylor, Moeen Ali and Adil Rishaad—for their vital contributions that eventually became the major reasons for England’s victory and hence kept them alive in the contest.
“I was very impressed, not surprised, but very impressed,” said the skipper, whose side had lost 11 of their previous 12 ODIs against Australia. Man-of-the-match Taylor’s century was his first at this level and Morgan said: “I think the games we’ve played so far the top score before that was 85 so we want guys to make match-winning contributions and James Taylor managed to do that today.”
