Australia vs England 2018, 3rd ODI - Hits and misses

England's ODI juggernaut continued to roll as they beat Australia by 16 runs to win the five-match ODI series 3-0 at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

With three convincing wins, England proved that they are one of the best ODI sides in the world as they completely outplayed the hosts in their own backyard.

Australia, who appeared in the dominant position at one point, failed to avoid their 10th loss in 11 games.

This is Australia's worst 10-game stretch in history and consequently, they have slipped to the fifth spot in the ICC ODI rankings.

The fourth ODI will be played at Adelaide Oval on Friday, January 26.

Now, let's have a look at the hits and misses from the 3rd ODI.

Hit: Chris Woakes

Chris Woakes, who was added to England's squad to fill-in Ben Stokes' shoes, finally delivered what was expected of him.

Woakes, who underachieved with the bat in the Ashes Test series, played a powerful cameo as he whacked a whirlwind 53* off 36 balls to push England to 302/6.

The all-rounder stitched an unbroken 113-run seventh-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler and showed the depth of England's 50-over batting, in contrast to their Test side.

Woakes was handy with the ball as well. In his 10 overs, he gave away 57 runs and claimed two crucial wickets as Australia fell short by 16 runs.

Miss: David Warner

When a team has to chase down a score of three-hundred-plus, getting a good start is very important and that is why the openers have a vital role to play.

On one hand, where Aaron Finch has been at the top of his game in the ongoing series, David Warner has not been able to live up to the expectations.

With scores of 2, 35 and 8, Warner has been let down for the hosts, as they have failed to emulate their Test success in the limited overs format.

Even though Finch has scored most runs in the series, he failed to get support from his opening partner, as Australia were pushed on the backfoot with Warner's early dismissal, every time they came out to bat in the series.

Miss: Pat Cummins

In an absolute contrast to the recently-concluded Ashes Test series, the Australian pace battery has been completely ineffective against the hard-hitting English batsmen in the ODI series.

Pat Cummins, who wreaked havoc in the longest format of the game until a few days ago, looked totally out of the place in the 50-over cricket.

Cummins, who played at the MCG but was given the second ODI off, returned for the must-win match at the SCG.

The 24-year-old, who is an integral part Australia's pace trio with Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, was taken to the cleaners by Jos Buttler as he hit the pacer for 24 runs in the penultimate over of England's innings.

Cummins also proved to be hosts' most expensive bowler of the game as he gave away 67 runs in his full quota of 10 overs.

Hit: Aaron Finch

After scoring back-to-back hundreds in Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia's in-form man Aaron Finch hit a half-century in Sydney to give the hosts a bright start.

The 31-year-old scored 62 off 53 balls before being trapped in front of the wickets by Adil Rashid.

Finch, who constantly fights for his place in Australia's playing XI, is the highest-run getter of the five-match ODI series so far, with scores of 107, 106 and 62 in the first three games.

Since the start of the ongoing series, Finch became the joint fourth-fastest Australian to score 3,000 ODI runs and the sixth from his country to ever score 10 centuries in the 50-over format.

Hit: Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler completed a devastating ODI hundred off the final ball of England's innings as Australia were set a target of 303 to stay alive in the ODI series.

The England wicket-keeper, who scored his 5th ODI century, launched a late assault on the Aussies alongside in-form Chris Woakes with their extraordinary unbroken 113-run seventh-wicket stand, off 71 balls.

Australia were well on top after they reduced the visitors to 189/6 but had no answer to Buttler and Chris Woakes' destructive hitting.

The 27-year-old, who brought up the slowest ODI hundred to date off 83 balls, hit Pat Cummins for 24 runs in the penultimate over as the visitors added 102 runs to their total in last 10 overs.

Interestingly, Buttler has now scored 38 sixes, the most by any batsman, in the last five overs of the ODI games he has played since 2013.