PLAYER RATINGS: Mitchell Starc and Steve Smith sparkle

The Cricketer rates the individual performances of every player during the second ODI between Australia and England

Australia beat England by 72 runs to wrap up the series win with one game to spare. The Cricketer takes a look at the performances of each player at the SCG...

ENGLAND

Jason Roy (DNB & 0): Out second ball, touching through to Alex Carey. His bad luck continues. 2

Phil Salt (DNB & 23): Unfazed by the early wickets, taking on Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, but a reckless dismissal. 3.5

Dawid Malan (DNB & 0): Little he could about Starc's outswinger. 2

James Vince (DNB & 60): Good, positive batting to drag England back into the contest. Loves batting in Sydney. 7

Sam Billings (DNB & 71): Quick thinking to stump Carey and tidy on the whole. Impressed with the bat, taking time to get in before dominating Australia for a spell in the middle overs. 7.5

Moeen Ali (1-24 & 10): Brought himself on in the powerplay and struck with his second ball to remove Warner. Crash, bang and out with the bat - not particularly helpful in the grand scheme of things. 4.5

^{Chris Woakes was the standout bowler for England [Cameron Spencer/Getty Images]}

Chris Woakes (2-42 & 7): Nice variations, outsmarting both Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis, and looked dangerous whenever he had ball in hand. Little of note with the bat. 6.5

Sam Curran (0-55 & 0): Not his best outing. Started well but punished at the death. Needless swipe at Adam Zampa with the bat. 3

Liam Dawson (0-48 & 20): Another unhelpful pitch but mixed up his speeds nicely. Very economical and helped England wrestle back control in the middle overs. Showed some fight with the bat. 7

David Willey (2-44 & 6): Bowled nicely in all three phases and deserved a couple of wickets. Another of Starc's victims with the bat. 6

Adil Rashid (3-57 & 3*): One expensive over aside, another good day for Adil Rashid, who controlled the middle period and picked up three big wickets - Marnus Labuschagne, Carey and Steve Smith - with his trickery. 7.5

^{Marnus Labuschagne scored a half-century [Cameron Spencer/Getty Images]}

AUSTRALIA

David Warner (16 & DNB): Another positive start but undone by Moeen Ali. 3.5

Travis Head (19 & DNB): Like Warner, started positively but couldn't kick on, falling to a clever piece of England bowling (this time from Woakes). 3.5

Steve Smith (94 & DNB): Another textbook Steve Smith knock, well and truly back to his best. 9

Marnus Labuschagne (58 & DNB): Aggressive half-century to re-energise Australia after a brief lull and an excellent partnership with Smith. Disappointing dismissal but showed what he can offer with the white ball. 7.5

Alex Carey (0 & DNB): Out sweeping, as Billings predicted. Solid behind the stumps. 4

Mitchell Marsh (50 & 0-12): Brisk half-century - his first since September 2020 - but couldn't kick on at the death as the pitch got harder to bat on. 7

^{Sam Billings impressed for England [Cameron Spencer/Getty Images]}

Marcus Stoinis (13 & 0-29): Tried to smack everything, didn't really come off. Conceded just two boundaries in five overs with the ball. 5

Ashton Agar (18* & 0-41): Did the job at No.8, taking the final over for 16 runs. Wicketless once again but did bowled well enough. 7

Mitchell Starc (0 & 4-47): Aggressive intent with the bat and connected nicely but picked out Woakes. Had England in all kinds of trouble with the ball. 9

Adam Zampa (0* & 4-45): A valuable nought, running hard with Agar at the death. Highly impressive with the ball, derailing England with the big wickets of Billings and Moeen. 9

Josh Hazlewood (DNB & 2-33): A winning captaincy debut and two crucial wickets, halting Salt in his tracks early on before kickstarting the chaos by removing Vince. Sensible bowling changes. 8.5

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