England fell 2-0 down in the one-day international series against Australia as their batting wilted in the second match at Headingley.

Having dismissed the tourists for 270, England’s top order was blown away by Australia’s high-class pace bowling attack in a comprehensive 68-run defeat.

Will Jacks and Liam Livingstone made first-ball ducks and Harry Brook only four in his second match as England’s stand-in captain.

Youngsters Jamie Smith and Jacob Bethell attempted a rebuild from 65-5 until Bethell looped a catch to depart for 25.

Smith continued to 49 but clipped Josh Hazlewood, who was superb alongside fellow returning quick Mitchell Starc, to mid-wicket and England were seven down still 112 adrift.

Adil Rashid and Brydon Carse prolonged the game with 27 and 26 respectively, but by the time the hosts were dismissed for 202 many in the stands had already gone home.

Australia were grateful for Alex Carey’s 74, which dragged them from 161-6 to what proved a competitive, if chaseable, total.

Carey, having been booed to the crease for his role in last summer’s Ashes stumping of Jonny Bairstow, crucially put on 49 with Hazlewood.

Australia can now clinch the five-match series with victory in the third ODI at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday.

(This story first was published at Sportsbook Wire, part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.)

In a 12-round IBF world heavyweight championship bout, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois meet Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London. The fight will take place at approximately 5:30 p.m. ET (DAZN). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Joshua vs. Dubois odds, and make our expert boxing picks and predictions.

Records: Joshua (28-3-0, 25 KOs) | Dubois (21-2-0, 20 KOs)

Joshua looks to snatch the IBF Interim World Heavyweight belt off of Dubois. He picked up a 2nd-round KO/TKO win over Francis Ngannou in early March in Saudi Arabia. He also had a win over Otto Wallin before that in Riyadh, while knocking out Robert Helenius in the 7th round at O2 arena in Aug. 2023.

Joshua has won 4 straight fights since losing back-to-back bouts to Oleksandr Usyk in Sept. 2021 in Tottenham, U.K., and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Dubois has picked up consecutive victories via TKO against Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic in Riyadh. Before that, he also suffered a setback to Usyk, the class of the division, with a 9th-round loss via knockout.

Joshua stands just 1 inch taller than his counterpart, but he has a 4-inch reach advantage.

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Joshua vs. Dubois odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook: access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 10 a.m. ET.

• Fight result (2-way line): Joshua -350 (bet $350 to win $100) | Dubois +280 (bet $100 to win $280)
• Total Rounds 7.5: (Over -125 | Under -110)
• Will the fight go the distance? (Yes +300 | No -450)

Joshua vs. Dubois picks and predictions

Fight result (2-way line or moneyline)
Backing Joshua (-350) on the 2-way line will cost you 4 times your potential return. That’s way too much risk for not enough reward. On the flip side, you can’t trust Dubois (+280) straight for the upset, either.

Let’s get a little more specific. Joshua has 28 career victories, with 25 of those wins, or 89.29%, coming via knockout. So, if you like the Briton to win, you should like him to end this fight early via KO.

As such, play JOSHUA IN ROUNDS 7-12 (+188) in Round Group Betting 3, if you’re a little more on the conservative side.

If you’re a little more conservative, and you don’t want to declare a winner, playing ROUNDS 7-12 (+138) for when the fight will be won in Round Group Betting 4 is worth a play.

Over/Under (O/U)
No (-450): Will the fight go the distance? will cost you 4 times your potential return. That’s way too much risk, and not nearly enough reward.

While the fight isn’t expected to need the judges to decide a winner, it shouldn’t end prior to Round 7, either. OVER 7.5 ROUNDS (-125) is a solid play, as a result.

Jackson has had a hand in 23 goals across his last 29 Premier League starts for Chelsea (16 goals, seven assists), including 11 goal involvements in his last 10 starts (eight goals, three assists).

After the win he said his confidence was “growing higher” with his team-mates and “they have confidence” in him.

Since the start of 2023-24, Jackson and Chelsea team-mate Cole Palmer have combined for 10 Premier League goals – at least two more than any other duo in the English top flight.

“Everybody knows he (Jackson) is a top player. The Chelsea fans and players rate him highly – we know what he is capable of,” Palmer told TNT Sports.

Equally optimistically for Chelsea fans was the early signs of a rapport on the pitch between Jackson and new signing Jadon Sancho, who combined well for the first goal against the Hammers.

It was his second goal, though, that caught the eye of former Chelsea striker Demba Ba who said on X that Jackson gave a “masterclass on creating space”.

“How he gets the defender out of position and gets in there is top level,” added compatriot Ba. “Even better than the finishing itself.”

Former Chelsea and West Ham midfielder Joe Cole said Jackson was still “learning his trade” as a “younger man and a young player” after he compared his start at Stamford Bridge to one of the club’s legendary Premier League players.

“People talked about Didier Drogba’s first two seasons when he wasn’t as prolific as he later became. Nevertheless, he [Jackson] has scored the goals and he will get better,” Cole told TNT Sports.

“He needs to just keep improving, be a bit more composed and [gain] more confidence. He will bounce into the next game now.”

Fulham manager Marco Silva says his side ‘”deserved” to win 3-1 against Newcastle United which ended their unbeaten start to the Premier League at Craven Cottage.

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The UFC is beginning to schedule fights for its December pay-per-view event, including matching up Anthony Smith and Dominick Reyes.

At UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, former light heavyweight title challengers Smith (37-20 MMA, 13-10 UFC) and Reyes (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) are set to face off.

UFC officials announced the bout Saturday following an initial report from MMA Mania’s Alex Behunin in August.

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Smith, currently No. 12 in the promotion’s divisional rankings, will look to rebound from a loss to Roman Dolidze at UFC 303 in June, which continued a recent trend of trading wins and losses. Smith’s last win came in the fight prior at UFC 301, where he scored MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month for May against Vitor Petrino in just two minutes.

Reyes, currently ranked No. 14, will aim to keep his momentum going following a two-minute victory of his own. In his first fight since November 2022, Reyes returned to action and quickly finished Dustin Jacoby in the first round at UFC on ESPN 57. Not only was the result a successful return after a lengthy layoff, the win snapped a four-fight skid that stretched back to his controversial title challenge loss vs. Jon Jones at UFC 247 in 2020.

The latest UFC 310 lineup now includes:

• Dominick Reyes vs. Anthony Smith
• Virna Jandiroba vs. Tatiana Suarez