50-over cricket is my strongest format: England batter Dawid Malan

England batter Dawid Malan scored a fantastic century against Australia and labelled the 50over format of cricket his favourite after being named the player of the match at the Adelaide on ThursdayThe lefthander also remarked that the ODI setup of the English team is tough to breach owing to the immense talent pool that the team boasts of and hoped that consistent performances could help him make the cutI think 50over cricket is my strongest format but it is quite tough to get into this team Hopefully if I can keep performing like this I can make my mark expressed MalanHe rued the opportunity to represent his team after being ruled out due to an injury in the semifinal and final of the T20 World Cup but was happy to put in a superb performance after regaining his fitnessAlso readInjured Dawid Malan may miss India gameTough to miss those two games with all the work youve put in the last few years but to come back here and prove my fitness with that hundred was exciting mentioned the batterCiting the possible reasons for the loss in the ODI he said The pitch got better in the second innings they bowled really well with the new ball Maybe we were about 30 runs short On bowling I was going to come on earlier but didnt fancy myself against Alex Carey with the short boundaryIn the first match of the threematch ODI series Australia won the toss and elected to field first It was a fine effort from the Australian bowlers as they ran through the England toporder reducing them to 1185 But Dawid Malan mounted a brilliant fightback and scored a brilliant 134 off only 128 deliveries as England posted a score of 2879 in their 50 overs at the Adelaide OvalHe was given a helping hand by David Willey who ended on an unbeaten 34Chasing a target of 288 David Warner and Travis Head put Australia in the front seat as the openers stitched up a 147run stand for the opening wicket But the fiery stand was broken by Chris Jordan who dismissed Head The Australia opener went back to the pavilion after scoring a 69 of 57 deliveriesSteven Smith then came out to bat and the batter slammed England bowlers all around the ground while forming a partnership with Warner The pair put up a score of 200 runs within 29 oversHowever Warners majestic stint on the crease was cut short as he was dismissed by David Willey after he had scored 86 runs in 84 balls Warners wicket led to Marnus Labuschagne to the ground but the batter could not do much as he was sent back to the pavilion after scoring four runs by Willey in the 31st over of the matchAlex Carey also departed after playing a small knock of 21 off 28 by Liam Dawson Smith then held the fort and guided his team home by 6wickets while slamming a stunning unbeaten 80 runs in 78 ballsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever