RESULT
1st ODI (D/N), The Oval, June 13, 2018, Australia tour of England
(44/50 ov, T:215) 218/7

England won by 3 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
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end of over 4410 runs
ENG: 218/7CRR: 4.95 
David Willey35 (41b 5x4 1x6)
Liam Plunkett3 (15b)
Michael Neser 8-1-46-2
Kane Richardson 9-1-49-1

England win by three wickets with plenty of time to spare. It's been one of their less convincing chases and for a little while it appeared they may stumble as they did against Scotland. But David Willey played calmly, an ODI career-best for him, and Australia were left to rue their own poor batting display. Eoin Morgan and Joe Root played nicely, but England's win was set up by the performance of their spinners earlier in the day. We'll bring you the presentations shortly

Sudharshan: "Good innings from Willey when everyone was throwing their wickets."

Tim Paine "England's batting line is really deep, a hard side to bowl, but our bowlers did a terrific. Let down as a batting group. A lot of those guys have good white-ball skills. They played our spinners much better than we played theirs. We have a few wickets away. Our top four or five didn't get the job done. Maxi has been hitting the ball well in the nets and nice to see him translate that to the middle. Thought it was simple today, our top order didn't get the job done."

Eoin Morgan "Very pleased, particularly with the bowler, thought they did amazingly well. The spinners turned the momentum in our favour. They've been a great combination for us in the middle. Moeen had a few left handers to bowl at. He always gives you options, like Ben Stokes. He's had a great day. The Scotland game kicked us into touch and helped is hone our skills. The big positive from today is that we were way off the mark with our batting but managed to win the game. Was nice to bat with Joe and get the momentum going, but more important we won. We can improve again with the ball and with the bat building partnerships is crucial."

Man of the Match is Moeen Ali "The most important thing is we won and to bowl the way I bowled was fantastic. I back myself in the Powerplay, have bowled with the new ball recently and feel confident with it. You wanted to make the batters hit through the off side. You just try to hold your nerve."

We'll wrap things up there for today. England are 1-0 up and the series now moves to Cardiff on Saturday. We'll see you then but for now from Gnasher, Alan and Miller it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.

43.6
6
Neser to Willey, SIX runs

good way to finish things! Full and straight, drills through the line it flies into the stands

43.5
2
Neser to Willey, 2 runs

drives a length ball on the up to mid-off, there's a direct hit but Willey is safe and the ball rebounds away for an extra run

43.4
Neser to Willey, no run

short of a length, almost pushes through the line a little early

43.3
1
Neser to Plunkett, 1 run

full at off stump, he plays forward and it slides off the outside edge to third man

43.2
1
Neser to Willey, 1 run

tucked off the pads through square leg

43.1
Neser to Willey, no run

short of a length, worked into midwicket

end of over 43Maiden
ENG: 208/7CRR: 4.83 RRR: 1.00
Liam Plunkett2 (14b)
David Willey26 (36b 5x4)
Kane Richardson 9-1-49-1
Andrew Tye 10-1-42-2
42.6
Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run

full and straight, he can't beat Richardson in his follow through. A maiden. That's not an issue for England

Mid-off and mid-on are pushed back

42.5
Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run

full and straight, pushed back to the bowler

42.4
Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run

length ball, straight, defended

42.3
Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run

full and straight, slower ball at 73mph, worked down the on side

42.2
Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run

full at off stump, driven to cover

42.1
Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run

short of a length, straight, takes a bit of a leading edge back down the pitch

Kane Richardson is back

Stefan: "On a different note - how good is Stuart Broad's commentary! He's an absolute natural, sounds like he's been doing it for decades. Very sensible conversationalist, insightful and well spoken."

end of over 421 run
ENG: 208/7CRR: 4.95 RRR: 0.87
David Willey26 (36b 5x4)
Liam Plunkett2 (8b)
Andrew Tye 10-1-42-2
Michael Neser 7-1-36-2

That's Tye done. Another good outing for him

41.6
Tye to Willey, no run

full at off stump, pushed to mid-on

41.5
Tye to Willey, no run

short outside off, 73mph, defended to backward point

Two balls left for Tye. Can he do a Stanlake? (Who is off the field, as it happens)

41.4
Tye to Willey, no run

nips in on a good length, Willey is slightly hurried into his defensive shot

41.3
Tye to Willey, no run

good length, angled in from round the wicket, defended to the off side ring

41.2
Tye to Willey, no run

defeated by a slower one again, dropped in short, he's through his pull way to early, goes on the second bounce to Paine

41.1
1
Tye to Plunkett, 1 run

full at off stump, driven to deep cover

Aman Ajmani: "Australia missing Starc dearly here to clean up the tail!"

end of over 416 runs
ENG: 207/7CRR: 5.04 RRR: 0.88
David Willey26 (31b 5x4)
Liam Plunkett1 (7b)
Michael Neser 7-1-36-2
Andrew Tye 9-1-41-2

Single figures needed for England

40.6
4
Neser to Willey, FOUR runs

he's like that area today! Touch of width outside off, driven on the up behind point and it beats third man...Tye could have done better with his attempt to flick it back

40.5
1
Neser to Plunkett, 1 run

good length at off stump, blocked through the off side, point can't get across and it runs to the cover sweeper

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