Big Morgan gamble pays rich dividend

By Matt Green

CHRIS WOAKES revealed how England went ‘attack, attack, attack’ to win the second match of the series last Sunday.
Australia looked certain to wrap up the three-match series 2-0 by chasing England’s modest 231-9, especially when they were 144- 2 with 19 overs to go.
But captain Eoin Morgan took the decision to ‘throw in all his chips’ and bowl out opening seamers Woakes and Jofra Archer in a last-gasp bid that worked by removing Aaron Finch (73) and Marnus Labuschagne (48).
Australia continued to collapse with Woakes fin...

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