READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Fractures all over the place' before Manly imploded<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Kimmorley gets new opportunity in NRLW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It was typical of his recent luck \u2014 most nights, it would probably be a boundary, but instead, a ball right out of the middle was down the throat of \ufeffHarry Brook.<\/p>\n Mitch Marsh followed on the next ball, leaving Australia two wickets down and Chris Woakes on a hat trick.<\/p>\n "He made the ball swing and take early wickets, it was brilliant bowling," Buttler said of his star bowler afterwards. \ufeff<\/p>\n Glenn Maxwell poked one meekly \ufeffto mid-off two overs later and by the time the covers were back on the pitch, the hosts needed 100 runs in 49 balls.<\/p>\n Five overs would have been enough for a result, which would have undoubtedly been a huge Duckworth\/Lewis loss for Australia, but hope that the teams would get back on by the cut-off time that would enable another seven balls to be bowled\ufeff quickly dissipated.<\/p>\n "The conditions just kept getting worse, didn't they?" Finch said afterwards.<\/p>\n \ufeff"It would have been nice to play a full game, but not to be."<\/p>\n England had already taken the first two matches of the three-game set, and win the series 2-0. \ufeff<\/p>\n Australia continue their World Cup preparations on Monday, when they play India at the Gabba.<\/p>\n Their first match of the tournament proper will be next Saturday night at the SCG, against New Zealand. \ufeff<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n