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Matthew Cooper

England vs Australia ODIs blasted as "meaningless cricket played in a meaningless way"

The three-match ODI series between England and Australia has been slammed as "meaningless cricket" by Steve Harmison, with Jos Buttler's side falling to a comprehensive 3-0 defeat.

The series started just four days after England lifted the T20 World Cup and they clearly struggled with the quick turnaround, with nine members of their squad featuring in the World Cup campaign.

Vice-captain Moeen Ali called the scheduling "horrible" before the series began and England slumped to heavy defeats in all three games. And with attendances hugely disappointing, only 4,524 fans turned up to the 100,000 seater MCG for the final ODI, Harmison has labelled the series "meaningless".

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