Australia vs England 3rd ODI: Records broken
England have clinched the ODI series, after a 16 run victory over Australia in Sydney. The visitors posted 302-6 riding on the back of Jos Buttler's unbeaten century. In reply, Australia could only manage 286-6. Australia have lost the first three matches of an ODI series for the first time on home soil. Here are the records that got broken in this match.
A century of ODIs for Joe Root
Joe Root boasts the fourth most career runs after first hundred ODIs with 4,164 runs. South Africa's Hashim Amla tops this list with 4,808 runs followed by Australia's David Warner who scored 4,217 runs, West Indies great Gordon Greenidge is third with 4177 runs. Sir Vivian Richards is fifth with 4,146 runs and Indian captain Virat Kohli is on 6th position with 4,107 runs.
Morgan surpasses Aussies legend Ponting
England captain, Eoin Morgan surpassed former Australia's captain Ricky Ponting as the top scorer in Australia vs England ODIs. The Irishman has now scored 1,628 runs and his ahead of the likes of Ponting (1,598) Michael Clarke (1,430), Graham Gooch (1,395), Shane Watson (1,306), Allan Border (1,302), Ian Bell (1,148) and Adam Gilchrist (1,087).
Nice record for an Irishman
Eoin Morgan is now England's second most run scorer in ODI cricket. The 31-year-old surpassed former captain and all-rounder, Paul Collingwood's tally of 5,092 career ODI runs. Only Ian Bell has scored more ODI runs for England with 5,416 runs to his name. With 5,120 runs to his name already, Morgan is likely to surpass Bell by the end of the year.
Jos Buttler scores 5th ODI hundred
Wicketkeeper-batsman, Jos Buttler has hit the most number of sixes in ODI cricket in the last 5 overs, since 2013. The Englishman has smashed 38 sixes outside the park. South Africa's AB de Villiers is next with 37 to his name. Buttler has a stunning strike rate of 190+ in the last 5 overs.
England's resurgence under Eoin Morgan
Since 2015 World Cup, England have the highest number of 100 plus partnerships in ODI cricket for the 7th wicket, with 5 to their name. To put this into perspective, all of the teams across the globe combined have achieved this feat just 4 times in this period. Buttler and Woakes have been involved in four of these record partnership stands.
Jos Buttler's hundred made the difference
Buttler's century is the first against Australia in Australia, since February 2011, that has come in a winning cause, while batting first. The last 10 ODI hundreds, while batting first in Australia against them, have come in a losing cause. Buttler's ton is only the 3rd out of the 19 ODI hundreds against Australia, in Australia, that has come in a winning cause.
