it's done now, Faulkner makes sure there are no more stutters as he slaps the ball just over Bopara at short midwicket for two and Australia do get the bonus point
Australia vs England, 1st Match at Sydney, Jan 16 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Match (D/N), Sydney, January 16, 2015, Carlton Mid One-Day International Tri-Series
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Eoin Morgan: We did well to get to 234 after the early wickets, 250 would have been better. Ultimately the early wickets cost us. Starc swings the ball like Jimmy Anderson, so credit to him. We still won't know what a par score is if we look back, losing wickets throughout the innings cost us. I was happy with my performance to start like this as captain but devastated at the result. Woakes bowled well, Moeen Ali held his own as well. Looking forward to play India after four days.
Starc is the Man of the Match: To contribute to a win is always great and make Australia win is what we play for. The ball came out nicely and they got some partnerships in the middle but as a whole we bowled really really well. It's fantastic to see Warner bat like that, he's had a great summer and showed it tonight as well. There's healthy competition among the fast bowlers in the squad, everyone's looking for games and wickets in the tri-series and in the lead up to the World Cup.
George Bailey: Outstanding, and especially the start Starc gave us. He's coming down at really good pace and he can rip through the heart of a team. Cummins is coming along nicely as well and Johnson will be back with Hazlewood so we have some good pace. It's a challenging tri-series here. We were reasonably late to go for the bonus point, maybe in the Powerplay and Warner deserved to get his hundred. We made sure he got it and then went for the win, trying to make sure it didn't get messy.
That's all we have from the first match of the series. Join us again on Sunday for the Australia-India clash at the MCG - 2.20pm local time. Until then it's goodbye from Vishal Dikshit. Adiós!
9.35pm What was going to be an easy win turned out to be stressful as Australia chased the bonus point. The target wasn't that steep on this pitch and Warner's hundred made sure they got there within 40 overs to start the series on a great note. What actually set it up for them was two wickets in the first three balls of the match from Mitchell Starc. It did go downhill from there, even though Eoin Morgan unleashed a fighting hundred that put up a respectable score for England.
39.5
2
Broad to Faulkner, 2 runs
39.4
W
Broad to Faulkner, OUT
oh, that's chaos, that's just poor stuff from Australia as Haddin is run out! Faulkner dug out the full delivery to short midwicket, Haddin was already halfway down the track and Bopara ran to the non-striker's end with the ball to run him out
Brad Haddin run out (Bopara) 16 (8b 3x4 0x6 15m) SR: 200
39.3
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Broad to Faulkner, no run
charges down the track and Broad angles it in, Faulkner pokes and misses
39.2
1
Broad to Haddin, 1 run
full toss on the pads and it's clipped on the leg side for one
39.1
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Broad to Haddin, no run
makes a bit of room and pushes the length ball back to the bowler
Australia scored 50 for 3 in the Powerplay. Now 3 required off 6 for the bonus point
end of over 3913 runs • 1 wicket
AUS: 232/6CRR: 5.94 • RRR: 0.27
James Faulkner4 (1b 1x4)
Brad Haddin15 (6b 3x4)
Chris Woakes 8-1-40-4
Stuart Broad 6-0-46-0
38.6
4
Woakes to Faulkner, FOUR runs
slightly short outside off, Faulkner slaps it right between mid on and midwicket for four. Bonus point becomes easy now
38.5
1
Woakes to Haddin, 1 run
full outside off, driven easily to sweeper cover for one
38.4
W
Woakes to Warner, OUT
oh, another wicket, Warner also falls. He tried to heave the length delivery on the off side over the in field but got a leading edge and was caught at point. Raises the bat for the crowd while walking back
David Warner c Bell b Woakes 127 (115b 18x4 0x6 169m) SR: 110.43
38.3
4
Woakes to Warner, FOUR runs
stays left-handed this time and gets a full toss to smash it over the fine leg boundary for four. Might have been a no ball, but not given
38.2
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Woakes to Warner, no run
that's a switch hit, but he doesn't connect well. Changed the grip of the bat and could not clear the leg side in field
38.1
4
Woakes to Warner, FOUR runs
it's full, it's smacked, it's four! Cleared his front foot out of the way and cleared the mid on fielder
16 runs required from 12 balls for bonus point, and 12 overs to win
end of over 3818 runs
AUS: 219/5CRR: 5.76 • RRR: 1.33
David Warner119 (111b 16x4)
Brad Haddin14 (5b 3x4)
Stuart Broad 6-0-46-0
Chris Woakes 7-1-27-3
37.6
1
Broad to Warner, 1 run
full outside off now, steered to cover for one
37.5
4
Broad to Warner, FOUR runs
full on the leg stump, Warner heaves it to the wide long on boundary for another cracking four!
37.4
1
Broad to Haddin, 1 run
37.3
4
Broad to Haddin, FOUR runs
oh, what a shot! He made room, the ball was coming in towards leg stump and he cut it fiercely past point for four
37.2
4
Broad to Haddin, FOUR runs
and another one! Short ball follows the full delivery and this one is pulled wide of the deep midwicket fielder for four
37.1
4
Broad to Haddin, FOUR runs
fullish on the off stump, Haddin smacks it straight down the ground over the umpire'a head for four!
end of over 373 runs • 2 wickets
AUS: 201/5CRR: 5.43 • RRR: 2.61
Brad Haddin1 (1b)
David Warner114 (109b 15x4)
Chris Woakes 7-1-27-3
Stuart Broad 5-0-28-0
36.6
1
Woakes to Haddin, 1 run
incoming delivery towards the stumps, helped to the leg side for one
36.5
W
Woakes to Maxwell, OUT
there's a loud appeal for caught behind and he's gone! It was a fullish delivery outside off, Maxi poked without much footwork, the keeper and bowler went up and so did the umpire's finger! But replays and HotSpot confirm there was no edge, the sound was of the bat hitting the ground
Glenn Maxwell c †Buttler b Woakes 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
36.4
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Woakes to Maxwell, no run
charges down, makes room and slaps the short ball to cover point at the edge of the circle
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