England vs Australia, 4th ODI at Chester-le-Street, , Jul 07 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
4th ODI, Chester-le-Street, July 07, 2012, Australia tour of England and Ireland
(47.5/50 ov, T:201) 201/2

England won by 8 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
4/37
steven-finn
New
ENG
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England have the series then, can they make it 4-0? Find out on Tuesday for the final match of this series from Old Trafford, 2pm start so join us then. Not the end of the cricket tonight though because West Indies are in action against New Zealand in Jamaica so head across to follow that game. But from me, Alex Winter, it's goodbye for now...



That's all from me today then, my thanks to George Binoy for his help with the coverage too. The other ESPNcricinfo George, Dobell, has penned today's match report and we've got plenty of reaction, analysis and photographs from Chester-le-Street.



Today the toss was crucial but England were so good with the ball, once again they ripped out the Australian top order and it was left to Michael Clarke to try and create something which he did. At least today, David Hussey stepped up in the middle order to put some sort of score on the board. But barring a new-ball rampage it was never going to be enough. England again laid good foundations and knocked off the runs so comfortably...



Presentation time. Steven Finn is the man of the match for his 4 for 37, a superb spell. "Since the new year it's been an amazing effort to not lose," says Alastair Cook. "The bowlers make my job easy, they know what they're doing. But we've got to keep working to keep those standards."



"Tough day," says Michael Clarke. "No doubt we've got plenty of work to do before the Ashes but our Test cricket has been more consistent than our one-day cricket."



So England take their ninth ODI victory in a row, that's a new record for them. They've also secured a seventh ODI series win at home in a row, also another record that this England team can lay claim to.



A comfortable chase and England win by eight wickets and absolutely hammer Australia, It was a super performance with the ball and a chase that was never in doubt...

47.5
3
Hussey to Bopara, 3 runs

slapped away, it runs wide of point and they come back for three

47.4
Hussey to Bopara, no run
47.3
Hussey to Bopara, no run

back of a length and pushed to extra cover

47.2
1
Hussey to Trott, 1 run

length clipped square of midwicket

47.1
1
Hussey to Bopara, 1 run

dropped through cover

end of over 473 runs
ENG: 196/2CRR: 4.17 RRR: 1.66
Jonathan Trott63 (101b 4x4)
Ravi Bopara29 (43b 3x4)
Michael Clarke 5-0-17-0
David Hussey 8-0-43-0
46.6
Clarke to Trott, no run

another cracking delivery from Clarke, draws Trott out of his ground did he? Appeal for a stumping but Trott is safely in his ground, well bowled though

46.5
1
Clarke to Bopara, 1 run

pulled out to deep square leg

One hit will do it...

46.4
Clarke to Bopara, no run

pushed to cover

46.3
1
Clarke to Trott, 1 run

turned fine, 45 comes round

46.2
1
Clarke to Bopara, 1 run

tucked into midwicket on the back foot

46.1
Clarke to Bopara, no run

a beauty! Spin past the outside edge, drawing Bopara out and beating him

Only eight more now, Clarke comes back because no-one else can bowl...

end of over 4611 runs
ENG: 193/2CRR: 4.19 RRR: 2.00
Ravi Bopara27 (39b 3x4)
Jonathan Trott62 (99b 4x4)
David Hussey 8-0-43-0
James Pattinson 10-1-46-0
45.6
1
Hussey to Bopara, 1 run

pushed down the ground to long on this time

45.5
4
Hussey to Bopara, FOUR runs

another horrible ball, this time a full toss cracked again wide of long on

45.4
1
Hussey to Trott, 1 run

leg side and helped round to deep backward square

45.3
1
Hussey to Bopara, 1 run

full and clipped through midwicket

45.2
Hussey to Bopara, no run

faster on middle and leg, ran back to the bowler

45.1
4
Hussey to Bopara, FOUR runs

long hop slapped wide of long on, poor ball

end of over 451 run
ENG: 182/2CRR: 4.04 RRR: 3.80
Ravi Bopara17 (34b 1x4)
Jonathan Trott61 (98b 4x4)
James Pattinson 10-1-46-0
David Hussey 7-0-32-0

Reasonable shift from Pattinson, nowt special...

44.6
1
Pattinson to Bopara, 1 run

driven off the back foot., squirts off an inside edge through square leg

44.5
Pattinson to Bopara, no run

length that beats Bopara's forward push as he looked to open the face to third man

44.4
Pattinson to Bopara, no run

fuller and clipped strongly to mid on