Chester-le-Street (England), June 22 : England registered their fourth consecutive win in the five-match ODI series against Australia as they outclassed the visitors by six wickets at the Riverside Cricket Ground here on Friday.

The English batsmen continued their red-hot form as they overhauled the 310-run target with ease with 32 balls to spare.

The hosts rode on Jason Roy (101 runs off 83 balls), Jonny Bairstow (79 off 66) and Jos Buttler's (54 not out off 29) knock to reach 314/4 in 44.4 overs.

Earlier opting to bat, opener Shaun Marsh's 106-ball 101, Aaron Finch's 92-ball 100 and a 63-run contribution by Travis Head helped the visitors reach a competitive total.

For England, David Willey scalped 4 for 43 off seven overs while Mark Wood and Adil Rashid bagged two wickets each.

Both the sides will clash for one final time in the series at Manchester on Sunday.

Brief Scores: England 314/4 (Jason Roy 101, Jonny Bairstow 79; Ashton Agar 2/48) beat Australia (Shaun Marsh 101, Aaron Finch 100; David Willey 4/43)

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New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI): In a major crackdown on syndicates running digital arrest scams, the Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested four people following searches at 12 locations, officials said on Tuesday.

Terming it "Operation Chakra-V", they said the CBI carried out searches in connection with a digital arrests case registered by it on the request of the Rajasthan government in which two persons each were arrested from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai.

It was alleged that the arrested accused extorted a total of Rs 7.67 crore in 42 instalments. The victim was digitally detained for over three months by cybercriminals posing as personnel of various law enforcement agencies, the officials said.

"The CBI has been adopting a multi-pronged approach in investigating digital arrest cases, with a special emphasis on dismantling the infrastructure behind such offences," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.

He said the CBI has registered multiple cases of digital arrests in recent months.

The agency conducted an in-depth investigation involving extensive data analysis and profiling after taking over the Rajasthan case.

"The CBI employed advanced investigative techniques to identify the perpetrators. Based on the leads generated during the investigation, the CBI conducted extensive searches recently across 12 locations in Moradabad and Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, Krishnanagar in West Bengal, Mumbai and Jaipur, leading to the arrest of four individuals involved in this highly organised crime syndicate," the spokesperson said.

The agency seized bank account details, debit cards, chequebooks, deposit slips, and digital devices/evidence during the searches, he said.

The arrested persons have been remanded in police custody for five days.