<p>Australia batted itself into a winning position before dramatically collapsing on Sunday as England won the second one-day cricket international by 24 runs to stay alive in the series.</p>.<p>England's decision to bat first at Old Trafford had appeared to backfire with the world champions limited to 231-9 and Australia reaching 143-2 with 20 overs left.</p>.<p>Australia was making it look easy thanks to a 107-run stand for the third wicket between captain Aaron Finch (73) and Marnus Labuschagne (48). But the tourists then collapsed to 147-6, and 166-8, in Manchester before finishing 207 all out in 48.4 overs.</p>.<p>A trio of England pacers did the damage: Chris Woakes (3-32), Jofra Archer (3-34) and Sam Curran 3-35. In what has become an unwanted tour tradition for Australia, Archer again claimed opener David Warner (6).</p>.<p>Australia was looking to wrap up a series victory after beating England by 19 runs in the first ODI on Friday, also in Manchester.</p>.<p>The third and final ODI is at the same venue on Wednesday as England tries to avoid its first one-day home series defeat since 2015. </p>
<p>Australia batted itself into a winning position before dramatically collapsing on Sunday as England won the second one-day cricket international by 24 runs to stay alive in the series.</p>.<p>England's decision to bat first at Old Trafford had appeared to backfire with the world champions limited to 231-9 and Australia reaching 143-2 with 20 overs left.</p>.<p>Australia was making it look easy thanks to a 107-run stand for the third wicket between captain Aaron Finch (73) and Marnus Labuschagne (48). But the tourists then collapsed to 147-6, and 166-8, in Manchester before finishing 207 all out in 48.4 overs.</p>.<p>A trio of England pacers did the damage: Chris Woakes (3-32), Jofra Archer (3-34) and Sam Curran 3-35. In what has become an unwanted tour tradition for Australia, Archer again claimed opener David Warner (6).</p>.<p>Australia was looking to wrap up a series victory after beating England by 19 runs in the first ODI on Friday, also in Manchester.</p>.<p>The third and final ODI is at the same venue on Wednesday as England tries to avoid its first one-day home series defeat since 2015. </p>