it's over! England have won! Pattinson skies a high top edge that flies over the head of the keeper, but Buttler is good enough to run back and take a well-judged catch
Australia vs England, 4th ODI at Perth, Jan 24 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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4th ODI, W.A.C.A, January 24, 2014, England tour of Australia
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So there you have it - England have avoided what would have been an equal record 10th straight loss across all formats for them. It's their first win of the tour in a full international. Yes, the series is dead, and yes, Australia have rested four of their best players, but at this point England will take anything. It was a strong batting effort that set this up, through Stokes and Buttler especially. Finch's century gave the Australians hope but four wickets to Stokes and five catches to Buttler made sure of the win for England.
With that, Australia's reign at No.1 on the ODI rankings ends after two days. They drop back down to No.2 and India by default return to No.1.
Australia's stand-in captain George Bailey says Australia struggled to control the ball with so many wides and England getting away to a quick start really hurt. "I don't think we've quite nailed down our death bowling yet," Bailey said.
Man of the Match is Ben Stokes. "We batted really well and then I thought we were really consistent and put a lot of pressure on with the ball," Stokes said. "I do love the challenge in every game against Australia, the old foe."
Alastair Cook at last gets to answer some questions about a victory. Relief? "Yeah, it's been a while since we've had this feeling. It's been a frustrating tour and we've played a long way below our potential. The good thing is we know it's there ... when you see the way people have performed today you know we're not a bad side."
That's it from the WACA. What a relief for England to finally get a win on the board. It won't be a record losing streak. It won't be 10-0 or 13-0. Now the question is can they keep it up come Adelaide on Sunday? Join us then for the final match of the ODI series, until then, from Brydon Coverdale and Andrew McGlashan it's goodbye for now.
47.4
W
Bresnan to Pattinson, OUT
James Pattinson c †Buttler b Bresnan 4 (9b 0x4 0x6 9m) SR: 44.44
47.3
1
Bresnan to Coulter-Nile, 1 run
worked out towards leg
47.2
2
Bresnan to Coulter-Nile, 2 runs
thumps this out to deep midwicket in the air for a couple more
47.1
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Bresnan to Coulter-Nile, no run
beaten outside off - or is it? Jams down on the ground to a wide one and Hot Spot shows a little tickle on the bat there but England didn't really appeal
Bresnan gets a chance now.
end of over 477 runs
AUS: 256/9CRR: 5.44 • RRR: 20.33
James Pattinson4 (8b)
Nathan Coulter-Nile5 (9b)
Chris Jordan 9-0-57-0
Ben Stokes 9-1-38-4
46.6
2
Jordan to Pattinson, 2 runs
another one has been skied and another one doesn't get taken in the deep! This one was a top edge that flew out towards deep square leg, the men from deep midwicket and deep fine leg converged but neither quite got there. Ballance from fine leg very nearly made it, but perhaps just misjduged it a touch
46.5
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Jordan to Pattinson, no run
this one beats the bat through to Buttler
46.4
1
Jordan to Coulter-Nile, 1 run
Jordan tries for the yorker, Coulter-Nile drives down the ground to long-on
46.3
1
Jordan to Pattinson, 1 run
Pattinson chips this over cover for another single
46.3
1w
Jordan to Pattinson, 1 wide
bangs it in short now for an above-the-head wide
46.2
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Jordan to Pattinson, no run
46.1
1
Jordan to Coulter-Nile, 1 run
is this it? Is this the win? No! Oh dear, Stokes has dropped a chance at deep midwicket! Coulter-Nile has launched this high out into the deep and it was a pretty straightforward chance that just slipped through the fingers of Stokes.
46.1
1w
Jordan to Coulter-Nile, 1 wide
wrong line for Jordan though as he strays down leg
Jordan comes back now after Broad finishes his ten.
end of over 462 runs
AUS: 249/9CRR: 5.41 • RRR: 17.00
James Pattinson1 (4b)
Nathan Coulter-Nile3 (7b)
Ben Stokes 9-1-38-4
Stuart Broad 10-0-56-2
45.6
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Stokes to Pattinson, no run
beaten outside off now
45.5
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Stokes to Pattinson, no run
Pattinson pushes this away to cover for no run
45.4
1
Stokes to Coulter-Nile, 1 run
crunches this hard towards midwicket and they get through for a quick single
45.3
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Stokes to Coulter-Nile, no run
driven hard down the ground to mid-off
45.2
1
Stokes to Pattinson, 1 run
thickish edge away towards third man gets Pattinson off the mark
45.1
•
Stokes to Pattinson, no run
steered away towards point
end of over 455 runs • 1 wicket
AUS: 247/9CRR: 5.48 • RRR: 14.00
Nathan Coulter-Nile2 (5b)
Stuart Broad 10-0-56-2
Ben Stokes 8-1-36-4
So England are now one wicket away from their first win in a full international in this series. Yes, it's a dead rubber in the ODI series, but they'll be celebrating tonight. And so will India - an England win here will by default put them back on top of the one-day rankings.
44.6
W
Broad to Christian, OUT
Christian is gone now, yet another batsman in this match caught at third man. He's swung hard and a thickish edge is taken by a sliding Gary Ballance
Dan Christian c Ballance b Broad 23 (19b 1x4 1x6 48m) SR: 121.05
44.5
4
Broad to Christian, FOUR runs
at last Christian does get one out of the middle, he lifts a fuller delivery up and over wide midwicket and this bounces away for a boundary
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