England vs Australia, 3rd Match at London, , Jul 12 2005 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd Match, The Oval, July 12, 2005, Australia tour of England and Scotland
228/7
(34.5/50 ov, T:229) 229/2

Australia won by 8 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
121* (101) & 2 catches
adam-gilchrist
Player Of The Series
168 runs
ricky-ponting
New
AUS
Full commentary

Brings an early end to the match, with Australia easily winning by 8 wickets with 15.1 overs remaining

The players all converge on Shepherd and it is hugs and hand shakes from all the players

Players form two lines as Shepherd leaves international cricket with the hat raised to the crowd

A series win for Australia and a lot of confidence to take with into the Ashes

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night from all of us and join us again for the Sri Lanka West Indies series, plus of course the Ashes

34.6
5nb
Harmison to Martyn, (no ball) FOUR runs

oversteps again, short again, this time he does not duck, sends it one bounce over the square leg rope

34.5
Harmison to Martyn, no run

short again, jumps up on the back foot, not controlled to the on side

34.5
1nb
Harmison to Martyn, (no ball)

oversteps as hegoes round the wicket with a short ball, batsman goes under it

Sheperd having been involved since 1983

34.4
Harmison to Martyn, no run

line and length, defends to the off

34.3
1
Harmison to Gilchrist, 1 run

outside off, back, late cuts to 3rd man

Sheperd for maybe the last time does his little skip and jump for the 222, and is cheered by the crowd

34.2
1
Harmison to Martyn, 1 run

short, gets back and backs away to the leg side, cuts that over slip area to 3rd man

34.1
4
Harmison to Martyn, FOUR runs

down the pitch, turns it into a half volley, crashes that down the pitch inside mid-off

end of over 344 runs
AUS: 217/2CRR: 6.38 RRR: 0.75
Damien Martyn15 (15b 3x4)
Adam Gilchrist120 (100b 17x4 2x6)
Ashley Giles 10-0-64-1
33.6
1
Giles to Martyn, 1 run

leg stump line, gets forward and nudges wide of square leg

33.5
1
Giles to Gilchrist, 1 run

full on the off, stroked down the ground to long-off

33.4
Giles to Gilchrist, no run

quicker and flat, stands up in the crease and dabs to the on side

33.3
1
Giles to Martyn, 1 run

gets well forward, looks to the on side, leading edge into the gap at cover

33.2
1
Giles to Gilchrist, 1 run

full on thelegs, half forward, flicks that behind square

33.1
Giles to Gilchrist, no run

full on thelegs, dabs to the on side

end of over 339 runs
AUS: 213/2CRR: 6.45 RRR: 0.94
Damien Martyn13 (13b 3x4)
Adam Gilchrist118 (96b 17x4 2x6)
Steve Harmison 9-0-69-0

Giles on for his last over

And still no 2nd powerplay for England, looks like they will not need to use it

32.6
Harmison to Martyn, no run

outside off, touch stroke, lazy shot, hangs the horizntal bat out at it, bottom edges into the crease

32.5
Harmison to Martyn, no run

decides to go under the shorter ball

32.4
4
Harmison to Martyn, FOUR runs

too short, gets back and pulls firmly to midwicket

32.3
4
Harmison to Martyn, FOUR runs

outside off, too full, drives on the up past cover

32.2
1
Harmison to Gilchrist, 1 run
32.1
Harmison to Gilchrist, no run

yorker dug out to cover

end of over 321 run
AUS: 204/2CRR: 6.37 RRR: 1.38
Damien Martyn5 (9b 1x4)
Adam Gilchrist117 (94b 17x4 2x6)
Andrew Flintoff 9-0-34-0

Some of the crowd took the drinks break as a chanceto head off towards the gates and beat the rush for the trains

Some of the remainder still making themselves heard

31.6
Flintoff to Martyn, no run

angled in from over the wicket, gets forward and dabs it back down thepitch

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