full toss, on the stumps and swept behind square, Bailey delivers the final blow as Australia win by eight wickets and take the series, 2-0 up with one to play
Australia vs England, 2nd T20I at Melbourne, Jan 31 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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2nd T20I (N), Melbourne, January 31, 2014, England tour of Australia
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10.50pm: That's all for today, folks. I'll leave you with Brydon's report and the ICC rankings, where Australia have swum up to midtable mediocrity and sixth, dropping England in the gunk at eighth. Join us again on Sunday in Sydney, for the final game of the tour. Sadly, the curtains were drawn on England a long while ago. G'night, all.
10.40pm: Josh Hazlewood is named Man of the Match: "Yeah, it's nice to have an opportunity with the Test team away and to make the most of it. It's been a great summer and to be a part of it at the end is brilliant."
England captain, Stuart Broad: "Give credit to Australia, they outplayed us. Maybe the wicket just stuck in a little today and we couldn't get going. We've done some great things with the bat but it's not clicked in these two games. But it's not just the batting, we didn't bowl well today. I imagine conditions in Sydney will be slightly different to Chittagong but we've have to get some momentum from somewhere."
Australia captain, George Bailey: "Another great performance with the ball, set the game up. We thought it would be a bit of a surprise for the English [to open with Hodge]. He had to make do with a catch and a run out. We've really been put through our paces in the field and in all formats it's crucial. James Muirhead bowled absolutely beautifully, he came in with confidence and did really well tonight."
10.30pm: There you have it, Australia claim another series, more silver for the mantelpiece. England have been pulverised, brutalised, marmelised again; at least they know the way to A&E by now. In 1998, England's rugby players embarked on what became known as the "Tour to Hell", losing all seven of their games against southern-hemisphere opposition by heavy margins - but England's cricketers have discovered there are still-darker corners of Hades Down Under, 11-1 down across all formats now. On a sunnier note, meanwhile, Cameron White may have sealed a spot in Australia's World T20 squad, with his second consecutive half-century, though it's a shame we didn't get to see a fellow Victorian, Brad Hodge, pressing his claim. Anyway, time for the presentations...
14.5
4
Tredwell to Bailey, FOUR runs
14.4
4
Tredwell to Bailey, FOUR runs
darted in, Bailey makes room and clatters a drive over and wide of mid-off for another boundary. The end is nigh!
14.3
1
Tredwell to White, 1 run
slides to leg, flat and quick again, manages to deflect it to short fine leg
14.2
4
Tredwell to White, FOUR runs
tossed up on middle and leg, White glances it firmly through midwicket and beats the boundary rider
14.1
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Tredwell to White, no run
pushed through flat on off, played back to the bowler
end of over 147 runs
AUS: 118/2CRR: 8.42 • RRR: 2.16
Cameron White53 (42b 8x4)
George Bailey52 (26b 5x4 3x6)
Ravi Bopara 2-0-12-0
James Tredwell 3-0-24-1
"Well, that drop chance summed up everything!" exclaims Gopi. Whatever it is, it's not catching, as Richie would say
13.6
1
Bopara to White, 1 run
slower ball, I think, White waits and nudges another single through square leg
13.5
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Bopara to White, no run
tight line on the stumps, turned to leg
13.4
1
Bopara to Bailey, 1 run
dances forwards and wallops a length ball down the ground, bit of a swipe and it lands short of long-off
13.3
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Bopara to Bailey, no run
punched back to the bowler and dropped! Simple caught-and-bowled chance but Bopara shells it
13.2
4
Bopara to Bailey, FOUR runs
touch of width from Bopara and this is glided down to the boundary a third man, a delicate cut - and, in a blink, Bailey has fifty too
13.1
1
Bopara to White, 1 run
length ball on the stumps, nudged with a close of the bat face through square
Dernbach is taken off to the glue factory, Ravi Bopara comes back
end of over 1311 runs
AUS: 111/2CRR: 8.53 • RRR: 2.85
Cameron White51 (39b 8x4)
George Bailey47 (23b 4x4 3x6)
James Tredwell 3-0-24-1
Jade Dernbach 3-0-42-0
"The light in England's eyes was only a reflection from the fireworks from Australia!" laments Chris in Taunton
12.6
1
Tredwell to White, 1 run
pushed through on the stumps, comes forward and clips past mid-on for one more
12.5
1
Tredwell to Bailey, 1 run
very full, clipped through midwicket
12.4
6
Tredwell to Bailey, SIX runs
hello, it's six o'clock! Again it's Bailey bringing the pain, skipping down the track and depositing the ball hiiiiiiiiiiiiigh over long-on
12.3
1
Tredwell to White, 1 run
White walks forward on off stump and dabs a single through square - raises the bat for fifty at the 'G in front of his home crowd
12.2
1
Tredwell to Bailey, 1 run
length ball, Bailey goes for the big yahoo and under-edges into a gap behind square
12.1
1
Tredwell to White, 1 run
tossed up and nurdled into the leg side for one
James Tredwell comes back on, as the light in England eyes fades
end of over 1218 runs
AUS: 100/2CRR: 8.33 • RRR: 3.87
George Bailey39 (20b 4x4 2x6)
Cameron White48 (36b 8x4)
Jade Dernbach 3-0-42-0
Stuart Broad 3-0-29-0
11.6
4
Dernbach to Bailey, FOUR runs
four more, this time an inside out drive! The carnage continues for Dernbach, as he tries for the leg stump yorker, Bailey makes room and spears it wide of mid-off
11.5
4
Dernbach to Bailey, FOUR runs
short again, merciless from Bailey, smiting Dernbach into the vacant wide long-on area again, it trundles to the rope
11.4
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Dernbach to Bailey, no run
length in the channel, steered sharply to point where it's well stopped
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