- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR22.2 Strauss comes rushing down the track, and finds the man at short midwicket with his attempted lofted stroke, it was teasingly tossed up, Strauss took the bait, and hit it straight to David Hussey who throws the ball gleefully in the air after taking a neat catch 121/27.3 Prior has run out of luck finally this innings, and to an absolute beauty from Johnson, it was fullish, swinging in from around off stump, and Prior played all around it, and the ball crashed in to off stump, Johnson strikes in his first over 41/149.5 short ball and Trott falls after top edging a pull shot. He made room and skied it, Tait called for the catch and took it cleanly 330/634.1 and the Powerplay jinx continues! Lee pitched on a good length around off stump, Pietersen tried to go over mid-off, the bat turned in his hand as he mis-timed it and he couldn't clear the fielder at mid-off. Steven Smith took a simple catch at waist height 189/345.5 caught, Bell makes room to hit a full ball through the off side but hits it flat and hard right at Clarke at extra cover 293/448.5 caught at short third man. Morgan whipped around to get into position to play the reverse swat and make good contact with the length ball too. He hit it in the air, though, and straight to Tait in the circle 319/5Extras13 (b 1, lb 4, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL333/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.66)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (MJ Prior, 7.3 ov), 2-121 (AJ Strauss, 22.2 ov), 3-189 (KP Pietersen, 34.1 ov), 4-293 (IR Bell, 45.5 ov), 5-319 (EJG Morgan, 48.5 ov), 6-330 (IJL Trott, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Lee 9 1 66 1 7.33 19 9 0 1 0 SW Tait 10 0 59 2 5.90 29 5 0 1 1 MG Johnson 6 0 43 1 7.16 14 5 0 2 1 JW Hastings 7 0 48 0 6.85 14 4 0 2 0 DJ Hussey 4 0 25 0 6.25 6 1 0 0 0 SPD Smith 7 0 40 1 5.71 11 1 0 0 0 MJ Clarke 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 0 0 0 SR Watson 6 0 40 1 6.66 11 4 0 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.1 Yardy strikes! Great catch from Andrew Strauss. Another fifty-and-out for Watson, he was aiming to whip through the leg side but hit the ball in the air. Strauss, at short midwicket, leapt to his right to pluck the ball out of the air. A timely wicket for England 87/27.6 Trott is back on the field and back into action with a tremendous, diving catch at short fine leg! Leg stump half-volley from Anderson, begging to be put away and Haddin gets nicely into position to flick to fine leg. The ball goes in the air, however, and Trott goes airborne to pull off a great catch. He's still got some juice in the legs then! That'll lift England 71/123.5 oh dear, Ferguson and Johnson had done so well but they've really messed this up. Johnson tried to slog sweep, it lobbed off his pad out to the leg side and Ferguson toook off for a single that Mitch wasn't ready for, Ferguson turns back but has no hope of beating the throw from Prior to Yardy 166/329.5 this time Johnson is gone! Pietersen makes the breakthrough, giving it some air and pushing it well wide of off, Johnson was down the pitch again, but couldn't connect, and Prior whips the bails off 194/448.5 slower-ball bouncer, Clarke aims a well-controlled paddle-pull into the deep. They push hard for the second ... but he's short of his ground! Clarke is run out and Australia are eight wickets down 327/835.1 he picks up a wicket first ball, the dangerous White departs! It was short and rising to about neck height, White swivelled into pull but couldn't control the shot and the ball lands in Eoin Morgan's hands out at deep square leg. He barely had to move there. Finn, who tumbled over in his follow-through as he does so often, stood up just in time to see the catch taken 224/546.6 got him! Finn strikes, after beating the outside edge a couple of times he sends down another slower cutter on a length and this time the ball kisses the edge of Hussey's flailing bat. Straight through to Prior, the celebrations are very muted indeed but that's given England a chance 314/647.4 the disaster that was waiting to happen! Clipped straight to a sliding midwicket fielder, Australian batsmen running all over the place and Haddin is well short of his ground as the throw comes in to Anderson. He and Smith trudge off, heads bowed 317/7Extras11 (w 11)TOTAL334/8 (49.2 Overs, RR: 6.77)Did not bat: SW TaitFall of wickets: 1-71 (BJ Haddin, 7.6 ov), 2-87 (SR Watson, 12.1 ov), 3-166 (CJ Ferguson, 23.5 ov), 4-194 (MG Johnson, 29.5 ov), 5-224 (CL White, 35.1 ov), 6-314 (DJ Hussey, 46.6 ov), 7-317 (SPD Smith, 47.4 ov), 8-327 (MJ Clarke, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CR Woakes 9.2 0 73 0 7.82 17 7 0 3 0 JM Anderson 10 0 91 1 9.10 19 8 2 1 0 ST Finn 10 0 51 2 5.10 29 4 0 2 0 MH Yardy 10 0 47 1 4.70 21 0 0 0 0 KP Pietersen 6 0 43 1 7.16 14 1 2 1 0 IJL Trott 4 0 29 0 7.25 6 1 1 0 0
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- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 33 runs, 0 wicket)
- England: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (68 balls), Extras 3
- AJ Strauss: 50 off 52 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 84/1 in 16.0 overs (AJ Strauss 51, IJL Trott 10)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (AJ Strauss 32, IJL Trott 17, Ex 2)
- England: 100 runs in 18.4 overs (113 balls), Extras 5
- IJL Trott: 50 off 61 balls (1 x 4)
- England: 150 runs in 28.1 overs (170 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (IJL Trott 27, KP Pietersen 22, Ex 1)
- Drinks: England - 189/2 in 34.0 overs (IJL Trott 73, KP Pietersen 29)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 34.1 - 39.0 (Batting side - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
- England: 200 runs in 34.6 overs (211 balls), Extras 6
- Over 35.5: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - IJL Trott (Upheld)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (IJL Trott 24, IR Bell 27, Ex 1)
- IJL Trott: 100 off 100 balls (7 x 4)
- England: 250 runs in 41.1 overs (248 balls), Extras 7
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 67 balls (IJL Trott 53, IR Bell 45, Ex 3)
- England: 300 runs in 46.2 overs (279 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: England - 333/6 in 50.0 overs (PD Collingwood 7, CR Woakes 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 78 runs, 1 wicket)
- Australia: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (SR Watson 32, BJ Haddin 15, Ex 5)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 26 runs, 1 wicket)
- SR Watson: 50 off 32 balls (8 x 4)
- Australia: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Australia - 114/2 in 16.0 overs (CJ Ferguson 21, MG Johnson 17)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (CJ Ferguson 20, MG Johnson 30, Ex 0)
- Australia: 150 runs in 21.5 overs (131 balls), Extras 5
- MG Johnson: 50 off 50 balls (1 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Australia: 200 runs in 31.4 overs (190 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Australia - 201/4 in 32.0 overs (MJ Clarke 17, CL White 5)
- Over 33.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - DJ Harper, Batsman - CL White (Struck down)
- Australia 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (37th over, bowled by KP Pietersen, called by Umpire M Erasmus)
- Australia: 250 runs in 39.6 overs (241 balls), Extras 7
- Powerplay 3: Overs 42.1 - 47.0 (Batting side - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- MJ Clarke: 50 off 51 balls (2 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (MJ Clarke 32, DJ Hussey 17, Ex 2)
- Over 44.0: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - DJ Hussey (Struck down)
- Australia: 300 runs in 45.3 overs (274 balls), Extras 9
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