This was England’s most complete ODI performance for years – certainly since the start of the 2023 World Cup debacle, and arguably all the way back to the 2019 World Cup. In the years since, English players have fleetingly produced high-class ODI performances; here, virtually the entire team did.

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -England annihilated Australia by 186 runs in a rain-shortened ODI at Lord's with Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone laying waste to the visitors attack before Matthew Potts took four wickets as the hosts tied the series at 2-2 on Friday.