David Warner Pat Cummins Dawid Malan Sam Billings Jos Buttler Chris Woakes Travis Head Jason Roy Josh Hazlewood Adam Zampa Sean Abbott Australia cricket England as David Warner Pat Cummins Dawid Malan Sam Billings Jos Buttler Chris Woakes Travis Head Jason Roy Josh Hazlewood Adam Zampa Sean Abbott Australia

Head, Warner plunder centuries as Australia crush England in final ODI

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Dominant centuries from Travis Head and David Warner helped Australia thrash a tired England by 221 runs Tuesday in the third and final one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to sweep the series 3-0.ScorecardAfter a six-wicket loss in Adelaide and a 72-run defeat in Sydney, England's long tour ended with a crushing defeat at the same venue where they won the Twenty20 World Cup this month.Australia made a formidable 355-5 on the back of Head's 152 and Warner's 106 in a rain-hit game reduced to 48 overs, with the pair's 269-run stand the ninth-highest opening partnership in 50-over cricket and the biggest at the MCG.It left England needing 364 to win under a DLS-adjusted target, an ominous score they never looked like getting against a disciplined attack led by the pace of Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa's spin.A comprehensive victory helps Australia complete a 3-0 series whitewash against their arch-rivals ?? #AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/ghGQD2tcLjWith Phil Salt sidelined for a concussion check after hitting his head while fielding, Dawid Malan was elevated to open with Jason Roy but he fell for two to Hazlewood.It didn't get any easier for the batsmen, who were restricted to just 49-1 off the opening 10 overs, already well behind the required run rate.Cummins accounted for Roy (33) and Sam Billings (7) in quick succession, while James Vince ground out 22 off 45 balls before Sean Abbott broke his resistance.When Zampa removed skipper Jos Buttler (4) and Chris Woakes in successive balls, then Moeen Ali (18) in his next over, England were 95-7 and their hopes over.

Zampa ended with 4-31.Buttler, back after missing the Sydney game, won the toss and asked Australia to bat, only to watch an exhibition

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