All-round Joe Root powers England to 4-wkt win in second ODI

Brisbane, Jan 19 (CRICKETNMORE): England rode on Test skipper Joe Root's all-round show to beat Australia by four wickets in the second One-day International and take a crucial 2-0 lead in the five-match rubber here on Friday. Chasing 271, opener

Earlier, winning the toss and opting to bat, the Kangaroos built around opener Aaron Finch's (106) second hundred of the series but the support cast spluttered in the shallow end against England's spin trio of Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Joe Root, with five of the top six wickets snared between them.

It was Root, so much more than the ‘occasional bowler' he is sometimes erroneously labelled as, who turned the innings in England's favour. 

At 110/1 after 19.4 overs Australia were readying themselves to pounce when Steve Smith (18) inexplicably missed a straight off-break from Root and was adjudged lbw.

Soon after, Root induced a false drive from Travis Head (7) as Australia's innings had hit the skids. 

A mini-recovery was then duly cut short when Mitchell Marsh (36) ran past a conventional Rashid leg-break, before the critical removal of Finch, caught at mid-on.