game over, apt end to the match as Hilfenhaus oversteps and concedes the winning run
England vs Australia, 7th ODI at Chester-le-Street, Sep 20 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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7th ODI, Chester-le-Street, September 20, 2009, Australia tour of England and Scotland
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England may have saved themselves from a 7-0 humiliation but the win was far from convincing. It'll give them some confidence but it still leaves plenty of questions unanswered ahead of the Champions Trophy. Australia will be disappointed with their batting, but the series win, and the margin, is a satisfying finish after the Ashes loss. A long tour for them, many of the players have stayed on since the World Twenty20, and a mixed one at the end of it. 6-1 is a bad enough result for the home team, only five times has the scoreline read the same, twice involving England. The presentation is yet to happen, and we'll get you the details in just a bit.
Strauss: "Reasonably happy to win today, we were very good to field. Graeme Swann put in an exceptional performance. We made hard work chasing 170, but we got there. Hopefully, people will put on a better show in South Africa, it's a different set of circumstances. The side is not the form it should be in, but we have an opportunity to prove ourselves. We've only got ourselves to blame for this performance. The schedule is tough, and it will continue to be so, so we have to stay fit and also relax when we get a break."
Swann is the Man of the Match
Swann: "I spoke to HArmison yesterday and he told me it'll turn today. I didn't believe him. It was nice to see the ball gripping. We didn't want to lose 7-0 and it was important we got what we wanted in the end. Champions Trophy will be a tough tournament, but there's this big momentum word that everyone's talking about, so i guess we are on a roll now."
Nice stuff, some self-deprecating wit there.
Cameron White is the Man of the Series,.
White: "Nice for Ricky to make way for me earlier in the series, so I'm happy to make the most of it. We'll just wait and see what the conditions are like in South Africa, and hopefully it'll go well."
The players are collecting their individual medals now.
Ponting: "We didn't play well today, the wicket just nipped a little bit so we were a little outplayed today. I expected to bounce back well after the Ashes, a few fresh guys came in so that livened things up a little. I think we'll be very competitive in the Champions Trophy. It makes up a small amount for the Ashes disappointment, but we want to put the Ashes behind us and play the best we can. We're looking forward to coming back in the middle of next year and doing it all over again."
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40.1
1nb
Hilfenhaus to PD Collingwood, (no ball)
end of over 402 runs
ENG: 176/6CRR: 4.40 • RRR: 0.10
Tim Bresnan10 (19b 2x4)
Paul Collingwood13 (21b 2x4)
Brett Lee 10-3-33-1
Ben Hilfenhaus 6-1-37-1
Collingwood has the honour of scoring the winning runs
39.6
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
full outside off, driven straight to mid-off
39.5
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
yorker again, tries to push it back towards the bowler, gets an inside edge onto his pads
39.4
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
short of a good length on middle, rocks back and defends it to midwicket
A big cheer from the crowd there, more out of relief than anything else
39.4
1w
Lee to Bresnan, 1 wide
misdirected bouncer, scores are level now, that was down the leg side, called by the umpire
39.3
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
yorker on middle, pacy but Bresnan is equal to the task, digging it out back to the bowler
39.2
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
goes for the pull, misses, well taken by Paine who drives to his left, belated appeal by Lee
39.1
1
Lee to PD Collingwood, 1 run
bowled short on leg stump, just lifts it behind square for a single, didn't time it all that well but got a single nevertheless
Lee to bowl
end of over 395 runs
ENG: 174/6CRR: 4.46 • RRR: 0.27
Tim Bresnan10 (14b 2x4)
Paul Collingwood12 (20b 2x4)
Ben Hilfenhaus 6-1-37-1
Brett Lee 9-3-31-1
38.6
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Hilfenhaus to Bresnan, no run
lands on a good length on the off, defended straight to cover
Just 3 needed now
38.5
4
Hilfenhaus to Bresnan, FOUR runs
four more, full and wide, goes after it, slicing it well wide of cover to bring England closer
One slip
38.4
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Hilfenhaus to Bresnan, no run
cuts back in just a touch, chopped down to point
38.3
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Hilfenhaus to Bresnan, no run
short of a good length on the off, pushed off the back foot to cover
38.2
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Hilfenhaus to Bresnan, no run
full, just outside off, tries to drive it through cover, doesn't connect
38.1
1
Hilfenhaus to PD Collingwood, 1 run
edged to third man, surprised by the extra bounce there was Collingwood, jabbed at it, got a single
end of over 387 runs
ENG: 169/6CRR: 4.44 • RRR: 0.66
Tim Bresnan6 (9b 1x4)
Paul Collingwood11 (19b 2x4)
Brett Lee 9-3-31-1
Ben Hilfenhaus 5-1-32-1
37.6
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
full on leg stump, struck on the pads as he attempted a similar shot, would have gone down
37.5
2
Lee to Bresnan, 2 runs
clipped away, too straight Lee and Bresnan brings the deficit to under ten by flicking it wide of fine leg
37.4
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
punched off the back foot towards point
37.3
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Lee to Bresnan, no run
good length on the off stump, defended towards cover from the crease
37.2
4
Lee to Bresnan, FOUR runs
well done Bresnan, short outside off, stays his ground and pulls it down wide of mid-on for four, poor length
37.1
1
Lee to PD Collingwood, 1 run
one taken, short on middle, tucked away off his hips to fine leg
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