slapped away, it runs wide of point and they come back for three
England vs Australia, 4th ODI at Chester-le-Street, Jul 07 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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4th ODI, Chester-le-Street, July 07, 2012, Australia tour of England and Ireland
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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
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
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