Australian cricket team in England in 2018
International cricket tour
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The Australian cricket team toured England in June 2018 to play five One Day International (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] Ahead of the ODIs, Australia played List A matches against Sussex and Middlesex.[4] This was Australia's first international tour following the Australian ball tampering scandal as well as Tim Paine's first series as captain in ODIs.
| Australian cricket team in England in 2018 | |||
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| England | Australia | ||
| Dates | 7 – 27 June 2018 | ||
| Captains | Eoin Morgan[nb 1] |
Tim Paine (ODIs) Aaron Finch (T20Is) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Jason Roy (304) | Shaun Marsh (288) | |
| Most wickets |
Moeen Ali Adil Rashid (12) |
Kane Richardson Billy Stanlake (6) | |
| Player of the series | Jos Buttler (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Jos Buttler (61) | Aaron Finch (84) | |
| Most wickets |
Chris Jordan Adil Rashid (3) | Mitchell Swepson (2) | |
Australia lost the first two ODI matches and, as a result, slipped to sixth place in the ICC ODI Championship.[5] Australia had lost thirteen of their last fifteen completed ODIs, falling to a 34-year low in the ICC rankings.[5][6] In the next match, England scored the highest innings total in ODIs, scoring 481 runs for the loss of six wickets and, in the process, won the series with two games to play.[7] England won the ODI series 5–0, the first time that Australia had been whitewashed in a five-match ODI series against England.[8] Twelve wickets taken by Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid each are the most for England spinners in a bilateral ODI series.[9][10] England also won the one-off T20I match, by 28 runs.[11]
Squads
Ahead of the tour, Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of Australia's ODI squad, and he was replaced by Michael Neser.[15] Ben Stokes was unavailable for the first three ODIs of the series due to injury, with Sam Billings added to England's squad as cover.[16] Stokes joined the squad for the last two ODIs. However, he did not play and continued his rehabilitation from injury.[17] Jake Ball was added to England's squad as cover for Chris Woakes.[18] Woakes was eventually ruled out of the tour with an ongoing knee injury.[17] Sam Curran and Craig Overton were added to England's ODI squad for the last two ODIs.[19]
Tour matches
List A: Sussex vs Australia
List A: Middlesex vs Australia
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Middlesex 182 (41 overs) | |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Robbie White (Middlesex) made his List A debut.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Michael Neser (Aus) made his ODI debut.
- Tim Paine captained Australia for first time in ODIs.[20]
2nd ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- D'Arcy Short (Aus) made his ODI debut.
- Alex Wharf (Eng) stood in his first ODI as an umpire.[21]
- England made their highest score against Australia in ODIs.[22]
- Adil Rashid (Eng) took his 100th wicket in ODIs.[23]
3rd ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Eoin Morgan scored the most ODI runs for England (5,443).[24] He also scored fastest fifty for England in ODIs (21 balls).[25]
- England set a new record for the highest innings total in ODIs. This was also the first instance where a men's team scored more than 450 runs in an ODI.[26]
- In terms of runs, this was both England's biggest win and Australia's biggest defeat in ODIs.[27]
4th ODI
5th ODI
T20I series
Only T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Mitchell Swepson (Aus) made his T20I debut.
- Jos Buttler scored the fastest fifty for England in T20Is (22 balls).[28]
In popular culture
An Australian docu-series - The Test was produced, following the Australian national cricket team in the aftermath of the Australian ball tampering scandal.[29] The first episode of Season 1 featured the team play the ODIs against England.
Notes
- Jos Buttler captained England for the second ODI.