Twitter Reactions: Dominant England steamroll Australia in Nottingham

The visiting team Australia never lived up to expectations in the ongoing One Day International series against England. Three back to back disappointment results led in the series defeat for Aussies with two more games to go in the series. The hosts thumped the visitors by 242 runs in what was a must-win game for the Australians.

Coming to the toss, Tim Paine opted to field first on a flat track, the very first step where Aussies went wrong. England openers dominated the Aussie bowlers right from the very first ball to put up a 159-run stand before Jason Roy lost his wicket via run-out for 61-ball 82 runs. However, the other opener Jonny Bairstow continued to send the bowlers to all over the park with his explosive hitting skills.

Bairstow went on to register his sixth ton, four of them coming in the last six ODI innings – all of them at a strike-rate above 100. The no. 3 batsman Alex Hales also continued the decimate the opposition bowlers right from the first ball. Hales registered a 92-ball 147-run knock before getting out to Jhye Richardson. Eoin Morgan also pitched in by registering the fastest ever ODI half-century off just 21 balls. England posted a total of 481/6 in 50 overs – the highest ever in ODI history.

With 482 runs to win the game, Australian openers occupied the crease, only to lose their struggling opener, D’Arcy Short in the third over off David Willey for just 15 runs. Travis Head and Shaun Marsh looked settled but that was the time when the visitors lost Head for 51 runs off Moeen Ali. He picked two quick wickets to keep Aussies on further back foot. The under-performing Aaron Finch conceded his wicket to Adil Rashid for 20 runs.

With runrate mounting up, Aussie never looked in the chase as they lost wickets in regular intervals. Adil Rashid chipped in with four quick wickets. David Willey picked up two important wickets. Eventually, England won the game by 242 runs, their biggest victory in terms of runs in ODIs.

Here’s how the cricketing world reacted

Absolutely outclass from both @AlexHales1 and @jbairstow21 well played brothers 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) June 19, 2018

Ridiculously good from @englandcricket ! Congrats boys! Another series won! 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👏🏼🙌🏼 #WorldRecord #481

— Chris Woakes (@chriswoakes) June 19, 2018

England must be the latest to be called flat track bullies…batsmen prospering on tailor made pitches…India A hammered 450+ and now this 481….all in a day at two different venues

— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) June 19, 2018

What time does the second innings start?

— Joanne Vickers (@joannevickers) June 19, 2018

Biggest wins for Eng (by runs):
242 v Aus, Trent Bridge, 2018 *
210 v NZ, Edgbaston, 2015
202 v Ind, Lord's, 1975
198 v Pak, Trent Bridge, 1992
196 v E Africa, Edgbaston, 1975#ENGvAUS

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 19, 2018

Our last seven ODI series:

WWWWWWW

Great work lads 👊 pic.twitter.com/NZV6Gjlx9h

— England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) June 19, 2018

England win by 242!!!! Brilliant performance by @englandcricket! Well played boys, absolutely class! 🔥🙌👌 #ENGvAUS

— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) June 19, 2018

England win the series with an unassailable 3-0. England win by 242 runs. A record win by runs for England and a record defeat for the Aussies.

— Dean Wilson (@CricketMirror) June 19, 2018

Massive massive win for England,winning by 242 runs,spinners doing the job,largest victory margin for Eng in ODIs! #engvaus

— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) June 19, 2018

If @RCBTweets would have signed @AdilRashid03 they would have won the @IPL this year.

— Rob Key (@robkey612) June 19, 2018

This reminds me off my One day team playing against the Aussies ….. Men against boys …… #OnOn

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 19, 2018

Just woke up and saw the score in England. What the hell happened over there & what is going on boys ? Gulp…..

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) June 19, 2018

I hope England enforce the follow on …

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 19, 2018

The ozzies need atleast one boundary an over to have a realistic chance.. that was our mindset..if not you leave yourself with too much to catch up

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) June 19, 2018

A whirlwind of an innings from England to score close to 500 runs in a 50 over game. Looked more like an extended T20 match. feel sorry for th bowlers . #ENGvAUS

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) June 19, 2018

– England's largest ODI win
– Australia's heaviest ODI defeat

Lovely day at the office. pic.twitter.com/lrTYraSX4Z

— England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) June 19, 2018

That is Australia's heaviest ever defeat in ODIs. Worst ranking since 1984. They have lost 13 of their last 15 ODIs. But at least they didn't lose to Scotland, right?

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) June 19, 2018

Never thought I'd see England beat Australia by a margin as large as 242 runs. Astonishing stuff at Trent Bridge.

— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) June 19, 2018

1st instance of England spinners taking 7 wickets in an innings since GP Swann (3-36) & JC Tredwell (4-48) v India at Chennai on 17 March 2011. 1st occurrence in a home ODI.#EngvAus

— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) June 19, 2018