Before the entry of 'Bazzball', England was thrashed, Australia defeated them in 21 overs and won the ODI series.

Australia won the 5-match ODI series against England 3-2. In the last match of the series, Australia defeated England by 49 runs (Duckworth-Lewis rule) based on Travis Head's all-round performance. This was England's last series before coach Brendon McCullum's 'Badgeball' style entered the ODI team in Test cricket, but they lost. In this match played in Bristol, opener Ben Duckett scored a brilliant century for England but Australia's spinners made a strong comeback in the match, after which Matthew Short's explosive innings brought the team to the threshold of victory.

After losing the first two matches of the series badly, England made a strong comeback in the next two matches and tied the series 2-2. Harry Brook, who was leading the team in the absence of regular captain Jos Buttler, continued his excellent performance with the bat and played a brilliant innings in the third consecutive match. Brook scored 72 runs in just 52 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 3 fours. At the same time, opener Phil Salt scored 45 runs in just 27 balls.

But the real star of the England team was left-handed opener Ben Duckett, who scored the second century of his ODI career exactly a year later. Incidentally, he had scored his first century in Bristol in September last year. Duckett scored 107 runs in 91 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. Together, these three took England to 202 runs in just 25 overs. It was here that the course of the innings changed and the Australian spinners tightened the reins. Adam Zampa, who conceded 6 sixes at the hands of Brook, dismissed him, and after this Travis Head took 4 wickets and destroyed England's hopes of more than 350 runs. England scored 309 runs in 49.2 overs.

As soon as Australia's innings started, the possibility of rain had increased. In such a situation, the Australian batsmen started batting aggressively as soon as they came, so that in case of a decision by the Duckworth-Lewis rule, the team remains ahead of the set equation. Ultimately this happened and its star was Matthew Short. Opener Short, who returned to the team due to captain Mitchell Marsh's illness, gave the team an explosive start by scoring a half-century in just 23 balls. Short and Head together scored 78 runs in just 7.1 overs. Head was out after scoring 31 and Short 58. After this, Steve Smith and Josh Inglis did not let any more wickets fall and took the team to 165 runs by the 21st over. The match was stopped due to rain on the 21st and could not be started again.