Australia vs England 2018, 2nd ODI - What went wrong for the hosts

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England faced no trouble to reach their target of 271 with 34 balls remaining as they beat Australia by 4 wickets in the second ODI of the five-match series at Brisbane on Friday.

Interestingly, it was England's first ODI win at the Gabba since 1999.

The touring party, who defeated the hosts by 5 wickets in the first ODI, now go 2-0 up in the series.

As far as Australia are concerned, they have now lost eight of their past nine ODI games and the inability to defend totals is becoming a serious headache for the hosts.

The third ODI, which is now a must win for Australia to stay alive in the series, will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, January 21.

Now, let us have look at things that went wrong for Steven Smith & Co. in the second ODI.

#5 Not playing any regular spinner

Although Adam Zampa was expensive and remained wicket-less in Melbourne but dropping him and not playing Nathan Lyon proved to be fatal for Australia.

England's trio of spinners - Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and part-timer Joe Root, were all effective as they claimed five out of Australia's nine wickets.

The hosts clearly struggled with their spin options and had to employ services of part-timers Aaron Finch and Travis Head.

Both Finch and Head bowled 10 overs in total and gave away 72 runs and failed to provide any inspiration to the bowling attack.

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