Liam Livingstone's stunning unbeaten 62 paved the way for England's colossal 186-run win over world champions Australia in the fourth one-day international at Lord's on Friday.The victory pulled a youthful England ODI side level at 2-2 in a five-match series ahead of Sunday's finale at Bristol.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Livingstone's whirlwind 27-ball innings took England to 312-5 in a match reduced by rain to 39 overs per side after captain Harry Brook just fell short of successive hundred with 87.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia made a sound start to their daunting chase but lost six wickets for 28 runs in slumping from 68-0 to 96-6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
They were eventually dismissed for 126 inside 25 overs, with paceman Matthew Potts taking an ODI-best 4-38.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fit-again opener Travis Head's 34 was the top score in an Australia innings where only four batsmen made it into double figures.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
This was England's second-biggest win at this level over arch-rivals Australia in terms of runs, following their mammoth 242-run success at Trent Bridge in 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We've taken all the positives and the momentum and brought them here," player-of-the-match Brook, 25, told Sky Sports. "Livingstone, we know what he's capable of and he showed that tonight."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We just identify the times we need to apply pressure."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh accepted his side had been outclassed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "We were a bit off today but fair play to England they put us under pressure," he said. "They out-played us today... Liam Livingstone played a gem of an innings."<\/p>\r\n\r\n England were 16 runs shy of 300 when Mitchell Starc began to bowl the last over of their innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n But Livingstone, renowned as a big-hitter, then hammered the left-arm fast quick for 28 runs -- the most expensive over by an Australian bowler in men's ODIs -- including four sixes in five balls, before finishing with a four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Livingstone started the 39th over by driving Starc into the pavilion for six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n And two balls later, Livingstone lofted Starc for six over midwicket and next ball drove him for another six. The fifth ball also went for six, via a monster pull, before Livingstone scythed the last ball of the over for four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Livingstone struck three fours and seven sixes in total as Starc finished with hugely expensive figures of 0-70 in eight overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Australia, who saw their run of 14 straight ODI wins ended by England at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday, were up against it after that late blitz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n But Head, who made a superb 154 not out in Australia's series-opening win in Nottingham, launched Brydon Carse for a huge six onto the roof of the Mound Stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Carse, however, had his revenge when he bowled left-hander Head for 34 from around the wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Australia's 68-1 then became 75-2 when Potts had star batsman Steven Smith caught behind for just five.<\/p>\r\n\r\n After Marsh was bowled for 28 by a superb delivery from express fast bowler Jofra Archer that nipped past his outside edge, Carse struck twice in the 15th over to remove Josh Inglis and Marnus Labuschagne.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Potts just missed out on a hat-trick before leg-spinner Adil Rashid ended the match by bowling last man Josh Hazlewood for a duck.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Earlier, Brook -- fresh from a match-winning maiden ODI century at Chester-le-Street -- came in with England faltering at 71-2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n But he responded with an exhilarating 58-ball innings including 11 fours and a six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Australia thought Brook had been caught behind down the legside for 17 by Inglis, playing his first match of the series after injury, off Starc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n But an umpire review made it clear the ball had bounced into Inglis's gloves -- with boos ringing round Lord's as the replay was shown on the giant screen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n It was the second controversial incident involving an Australia wicketkeeper at Lord's in as many matches after Alex Carey -- playing as a batsman only on Friday -- stumped Jonny Bairstow during an Ashes Test last year when the England batsman believed the ball was dead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n- 'Gem of an innings' -<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n