New Delhi: Australia defeated England by 7 wickets in the first ODI. Opener Travis Head played an unbeaten innings of 154 runs. At the same time, Marnush Labuschagne contributed an unbeaten 77 runs. England scored 316 runs while batting first. Australia won the match by scoring 317 runs at the loss of three wickets in the 44th over.

England won the toss and decided to bat first. England's batsmen could not stay at the crease for long against Australia's spinners. However, Ben Duckett and Will Jacks played useful innings.

Ben and Jax took over

Opener Ben Duckett missed his century by five runs and became the victim of Labuschagne after scoring 95 runs. At the same time, Will Jacks lost his wicket to Adam Zampa after scoring 62 runs. Captain Harry Brook contributed 39 runs. Adam Zampa and Marnush Labuschagne took three wickets each for Australia. Head took two wickets.

Head's storm arrived

Australia had a bad start while chasing the target. The first wicket fell at a score of just 20. Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 10 runs. Steve Smith and Cameron Green were out after scoring 32-32 runs. However, Travis Head, standing at one end, kept scoring runs continuously. He was supported by Labuschagne.

Labuschagne played along

Head completed his century in 95 balls. At the same time, Labuschagne also scored a half-century. Head played an unbeaten innings of 154 runs with the help of 20 fours and 5 sixes in 129 balls. Labuschagne scored an unbeaten 77 runs with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes in 61 balls.