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England v Australia: Harry Brook leads the hosts to a stunning win that levels the series

England showed their firepower with bat and ball as they leveled the one-day international series with a 186-run win over Australia in a rain-shortened match at Lord's.

Stand-in captain Harry Brook scored a magnificent 87 from 58 balls while Ben Duckett also hit a half-century before Liam Livingstone's incredible unbeaten 62 from 27 balls took the home team to an impressive score of 312-5 from 39 overs.

Livingstone hit seven sixes, four of them when he took 28 off Mitchell Starc in the last over of the innings.

This late attack gave Livingstone a 25-ball fifty, the fastest in an ODI at Lord's, while England's 12 maximums represent a new record in an ODI at the home of cricket.

Australia got off to a quick start in the chase but three wickets in four overs, including both openers, halted the momentum and England took control.

The tourists fell from 68-0 to 126 in 24.4 overs, with Matthew Potts taking 4-38.

Brydon Carse had Travis Head bowled to open the scoring and the 29-year-old fast bowler finished with figures of 3-36 while Jofra Archer took 2-33.

It was left to Adil Rashid to wrap things up as England claimed their second-biggest ODI victory by runs over Australia.

After losing the first two games of the series, this newfound England team fought back to force a decider in Bristol on Sunday.