Tom Banton’s century fired England to their highest ever ODI score on Australian soil as the tourists teed up a series decider in Tasmania.
Banton struck 121 in 99 balls at the Adelaide Oval – only 10 fewer than the entire team managed in their thumping defeat in Perth just 48 hours earlier – as the batting order bounced back to post 355 for six.
That easily eclipsed their previous best of 333 and stacked up enough scoreboard pressure for Australia to collapse to 29 for four in response.
Dropped catches allowed the hosts to scramble 220 but they never threatened to get close as they slipped to a 135-run defeat. The teams now head to Hobart for…
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