AUSTRALIA 7-309 (Smith 70, Marsh 64, Stokes 3-60) defeated ENGLAND 245 (Morgan 85, Cummins 4-56, Maxwell 2-44) by 64 runs in the second one-dayer at Lord's, London. Australia lead 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
London: Australia are on the cusp of a one-day series victory after crushing England by 64 runs in a controversial second match of the series at Lord's. 
In a match where the result was overshadowed first by injuries to David Warner (fractured thumb) and Shane Watson (calf tightness) and then by the umpires' contentious decision to dismiss Ben Stokes for obstructing the field, Pat Cummins (4-56) and Glenn Maxwell (2-44) played pivotal roles in ensuring the home side got nowhere near Australia's total of 7-309.
England captain Eoin Morgan's decision to send Australia in upon winning the toss was explicable based on the rain in London that delayed the day match by a hour and reduced it to 49 overs each. But the home side's inability to take regular wickets left Australia with enough wickets in hand to again have wickets in hand to launch in the last 10 overs.
Steve Smith (70 off 87 deliveries) and George Bailey (54 off 72) set the platform for Australia's total in the first half of the innings, with Maxwell (49 off 38), Watson (39 off 38) and Mitch Marsh (64 off 31) finishing it.
While England's top four of Jason Roy, Alex Hales, James Taylor and Morgan all made solid starts it was only Morgan who went on with it - and most of his hitting came once England were on the cusp of defeat, at 8-187.
Morgan resolved to go down swinging - at one stage he hit three sixes and a four in the space of four deliveries - and was supported in that aim by No.10 batsman Liam Plunkett.
They brought up their half-century partnership from just 19 deliveries, the third-fastest ever by an English pair in one-dayers, striking seven fours and three sixes between them.
Smith's decision to recall Mitch Starc to snap the partnership brought loud boos from the Lord's crowd, based on Starc having thrown the ball that Stokes blocked with his hand that triggered his dismissal. The left-armer was even more unpopular once he bowled Plunkett (24 off 12) with the first delivery of his new spell.
The match ended in the 43rd over of England's innings when Morgan fell for 85 from 87 deliveries, leaving his team all out for 245.
With the result Australia moved to a 2-0 series lead and need to win only one of the remaining three matches - two in Manchester, one in Leeds - to guaranteed victory in their first one-day series since their World Cup victory in   March.
Australia were effectively one-down after two deliveries, after David Warner injured his thumb trying to defend a chest-bound bouncer from 
Joe Burns produced another promising middling innings, departing in the ninth over for 22. He again had little trouble finding the boundary but finished with a strike-rate under 100 because 17 of his 26 deliveries were dots.
Bailey's superb off-driven boundary off Liam Plunkett early in his innings proved a portent of the way he was to play.
The right-hander took the lead in a 99-run partnership with captain Smith. He fell for 54 to a delivery from off-spinner Moeen Ali that turned sharply into him.
While both he and Smith (70 off 87) fell to spin well short of a century - the captain sliced leg-spinner Adil Rashid to point - the hitting of Maxwell, Watson and Marsh meant it did not hinder Australia. The trio struck a eight sixes between them, most brutally in the 43rd over when Watson lifted Ali into the top-tier of stands at Lord's over long-on and mid-wicket.
Marsh lamented on Thursday that he was struggling with his timing with the bat, yet he had no such problems on Saturday, reaching the boundary seven times and clearing it thrice before falling on the last ball of Australia's innings.
Australia scored 96 runs in the last 10 overs. That Morgan waited until late in that period to recall Chris Woakes, who with the new ball conceded only 19 from his six overs and kept the batsmen scoreless for 28 of his 36 deliveries. He bowled only 8 overs, two fewer than he could have.
Smith's dazzling catch at short cover to remove opener Hales (18 off 20) in the sixth over helped peg back England after their strong start, during which Roy looked particularly impressive.
The remaining batsmen in the top three, Roy (31 off 32) and Taylor (43 off 57), both fell to edges behind that were taken by wicketkeeper Wade.
The dismissal of Stokes in the 26th over, which left England at 4-141, was followed by four batsmen for single-figure scores: wicketkeeper Jos Buttler (0), Ali (8), Woakes (6) and Rashid (2). The hitting of Morgan and Plunkett lifted the spirits of the spectators who were still irate at Stokes' dismissal. But even with their gutsy contribution the gap between the teams was still a huge one.