England v Australia warm up: Steve Smith hits hard and the Aaron Finch team wins a close win

England was inclined to face 12 defeats against Australia in the pre-season game for the World Cup in Southampton after Steve Smith's first century for his country since it was held. been banned for his role in the balloon falsification scandal.

Smith hit 116 of 102 balls in an impressive run to lead his team to 297-9.

James Vince and Jos Buttler hit the fifties to apparently put England on the road to victory, but only for Australia to regularly catch up with its hosts.

Needing 15 points from the end, England lost its last two wickets to end a disappointing and disjointed pursuit.

England, which has also been injured several times, will face Afghanistan on Monday in a warm up again before facing South Africa in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup ™. Thursday's world.

Australia, reigning champion, begins its campaign against Afghanistan on June 1 after a warm-up match against Sri Lanka on Monday.

England exceptionally short

Even in an unofficial match with relaxed rules – Australia has named a team of 12 and England has been able to replace injured players – hosts should be able to easily reach a target of less than 300 .

The pitch offered a variable rebound, with both openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow dismissed, and Nathan Lyon (out-spinner) was particularly cautious – but England will be frustrated at not being up to par, even though the result should not give much. of an impact on their World Cup campaign.

Vanquished by Lord Somerset at Hampshire 's One Day Cup against Lord' s, Vince mimics England 's usual number three, Joe Root, with an accumulation run of 39. skillful skill, clips going up in the middle of the wicket and accompanying halfway its cover discs.

Buttler changed the tempo of the race to 27 by hitting Nathan Coulter-Nile for 24 balls on six balls, including two shiny six on the floor and one square leg.

He scored 52 balls out of 30, but he fell to the next delivery when he discreetly traded Coulter-Nile to Usman Khawaja – before Vince headed the ball directly to Lyon in the third man trap at 64.

Moeen Ali (22) fell under the weight of footman Adam Zampa and Tom Curran was dismissed at a good price, before Chris Woakes scores at 40, and Liam Plunkett hits 19.

But once the two parties left, Adil Rashid and Jofra Archer – both hit on the ground solely because of injuries – had no chance, and clearly embarrbaded, Archer was short of tries for two in the final act of the match .

A worried injury for England

A day after England was relieved to find that Eoin Morgan's little finger fracture would not prevent her from participating in Thursday's World Cup opening match against South Africa, several injury concerns have arisen in Southampton:

• Fast bowler Mark Wood is the only major concern, having felt discomfort in his left foot and dying out, unable to complete his fourth goal. England awaits the results of an badysis.
• Replacement field player Archer took a shot to attempt a dive stop on the boundary but then returned to the field.
• Liam Dawson split the skin of his right ring finger and did not hurt himself as a precaution.
• Chris Woakes only played as a drummer to solve his long-standing knee problem and only started because of Morgan's injury.

His shoulder injury preventing him from playing, which means 42-year-old badistant coach Paul Collingwood spent long periods on the pitch.

Root was also called to play although he did not play after his grandfather's death two days ago.

Smith and the supreme spinners

Smith played a superb anchor strike, cutting anything on his pads, or directing the bat to guide the ball on either side of the point.

He rushed through the wickets to make sure to keep his strike rate close to a ball, before a last shot saw him tarnishing a point over the six-and-one bar another with a premeditated scoop on the guardian.

The usual hundred touched down the legs, marked by a rather muffled celebration as the applause mingled, before it finally fell on a contentious decision – the third referee deciding that his chip to Tom Curran would had not touched the ground the first

Such shots will only have limited effectiveness if the other drummers can not take off – Alex Carey is 30 on 14 balls, the only winning round elsewhere – while Australia still does not seem sure of its better alignment, even if that proved sufficient here.

This is also due to the unfortunate fate of Lyons 1-37 out of 10 who badured England, but well supported by that of Zampa (1-54).

Seamstresses Kane Richardson and Marcus Stoinis also performed superbly in a tense final and, with the quick return of bowlers Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, this will surely give Australia the confidence to be able to defend subnormal totals.

"England will be disappointed" – what they said

The former England player, Graeme Swann, in special test match: "England would have liked to win.

"None of them was eliminated, they all went out, ten of the drummers had the chance to win the match and none of them did it. topic of discussion in the minutes. "

English drummer James Vince: "We're disappointed not to have pbaded the finish line, but it's a pre-game and a lot of guys got something." The box office was a bit of a two, but I managed to get some points to my name that was nice. "

On Jos Buttler's sleeve: "He took all the pressure off us, he hit about 50 out of 30 balls to bring the rate back to a ball, we should have kept a few more wickets in the hutch after that." Jos was exceptional .

Australian captain Aaron Finch: "Our development was sloppy, it was not the standard we wanted to set ourselves, but overall we made a good effort.

"It shows the importance of this batter. I thought Steve Smith had played a really impressive shot.

"The wicket has become a little slower and drier.N Nathan Lyon has launched a beautiful spell, a line and a gorgeous length.At all, it was a very good wicket, with just enough for everyone."