Watch: Mitchell Marsh Walks Into Parking Area To Fetch Ball Following A Huge Six By Sam Billings

Sam Billings hogged limelight after one of his six landed in the parking area and Australia's Mitchell Marsh had to leave the playing area to fetch the ball.

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The first One-Day-International match of the three-match series between Australia and England turned out to be a thriller as it went down to the wire and hosts England fought well till the last over. Although the visiting team defeated their arch-rivals by 19 runs, Sam Billings, by scoring a resilient ton (118 off 110 balls) gave his squad a bit of a chance.

After the departure of Jos Buttler, Billings and opening batsman Jonny Bairstow stitched a strong 113 run partnership for the fifth wicket to stage a fightback but it was too late for England to attain victory as the run rate climbed to almost 10 runs an over at the last stage of the match and they finished at 275 while chasing the 294-run total.

During his heroic ton, Billings smashed 14 boundaries and two big sixes. The star batsman hogged limelight after one of his six landed in the parking area and Australia's Mitchell Marsh had to leave the playing area to fetch the ball.

The video was shared and liked by netizens on social media and it became a huge hit as they don't often get to see players leaving the stadium to fetch the ball.

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For Australia, Maxwell and Marsh stitched a 126-run partnership for the sixth wicket to help the visitors post a good 294-run total. While Maxwell scored a brilliant 77 off 59 deliveries, Marsh kept the scoreboard ticking with a well compiled 73 before falling leg before wicket to Wood.