By Chris Stocks
Record partnership: Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwell
AUSTRALIA came back from the dead in this deciding match thanks to a stunning 212-run partnership between Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwell that inflicted a first home one-day series defeat on England in five years.
Eoin Morgan’s team were coasting towards victory when, after setting Australia 303 to win, they reduced their opponents to 73-5 in the 17th over of the chase. But a record sixth-wicket stand for Australia in ODIs changed the whole complexion of this contest as Carey and Maxwell scored centuries to take the g...
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