England fast bowler Jofra Archer is slowly returning to his best after a few years of injuries that affected his career. During the fourth ODI between England and Australia at Lord’s, Archer produced a magnificent delivery to dismiss Australia’s stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh.
During Australia’s twelfth innings, Archer came down the Lord’s slope and bowled a long ball just outside off stump. The ball seemed far away after the delivery when batsman Mitchell Marsh played down the wrong line.
Once Marsh misjudged the line of the throw, there was no chance of being saved due to Archer’s high pace and accuracy. The ball went over his outside edge and hit his off-stump.
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Jofra Archer gets rid of Captain Marsh with a special one, claiming his first wicket at Lord’s since 2019!#ENGvAUSonFanCode pic.twitter.com/m1AkoQZs3m
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It was almost an unplayable ball from Jofra Archer who showed good signs of returning to his best level. Mitchell Marsh had no answers to this ball and was dismissed cheaply for 28 off 34 balls.
This was also Archer’s first wicket at Lord’s in five years. The last time he played a match at Lord’s was during the 2019 Ashes series, where he hit Steve Smith on his helmet, injuring him. Smith was later ruled out due to concussion and was later replaced by Marnus Labuschagne.
Jofra Archer has some special memories at Lord’s, where he helped England win the 2019 ODI World Cup final over New Zealand. Archer bowled the Super Over in the final and successfully defended the score to lead England to their first ODI World Cup title.
England level ODI series 2-2
Meanwhile, it was a one-sided encounter at Lord’s as hosts England thrashed Australia by a huge margin of 186 runs. The match was shortened due to time lost due to incessant rain. As a result, the match was reduced to 39 overs per side.
England started steadily in overcast conditions after Australia put them into bat first. But it was captain Harry Brook’s innings that shifted the momentum towards the home team. Brook smashed 87 off 58 balls with 11 fours and 1 six.
Apart from him, Ben Duckett scored 63 off 62 balls while Liam Livingstone was in magnificent form scoring 62 off 27 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes. Livingstone thrashed Mitchell Starc for 28 runs in the bottom of the innings. The Australian bowlers were expensive, apart from Josh Hazlewood, as England scored 312-5 in 39 overs.
Australia, chasing a daunting target to win, got off to a great start thanks to none other than Travis Head. But Head was soon dismissed for 34 off 23 balls by Brydon Carse and a collapse began. Australia’s middle order flopped like a pack of cards as they struggled against the seam movement of the English bowlers.
In the end, they were dismissed for just 126 runs. Harry Brook used just four bowlers that day. Matthew Potts picked up 4 wickets while Jofra Archer returned figures of 2-33 in 7 overs. Brydon Carse also picked up 3 wickets. With this victory, the series is tied 2-2 with the last game being played in Bristol.