England showed their firepower with bat and ball as they leveled the one-day international series with a 186-run win over Australia in a rain-shortened match at Lord’s.

Stand-in captain Harry Brook scored a superb 87 from 58 balls while Ben Duckett also scored a half-century before Liam Livingstone’s incredible unbeaten 62 from 27 balls took the home team to an impressive score of 312-5 from 39 overs.

Livingstone hit seven sixes, four of them when he took 28 off Mitchell Starc in the last over of the innings.

This late attack gave Livingstone a 25-ball fifty, the fastest in an ODI at Lord’s, while England’s 12 maximums represent a new record in an ODI at the home of cricket.

Australia made a fast start to the chase but three wickets in four overs, including both openers, halted the momentum and England took control.

The tourists fell from 68-0 to 126 in 24.4 overs, with Matthew Potts taking 4-38.

Brydon Carse had bowled Travis Head to open the scoring and the 29-year-old fast bowler finished the game with a tally of 3-36 while Jofra Archer took 2-33.

It was left to Adil Rashid to wrap things up as England claimed their second biggest ODI victory by runs over Australia.

After losing the first two games of the series, this newfound England team fought back to force a decider in Bristol on Sunday.