England vs Australia, 3rd Match, Group A at Birmingham, Jun 08 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd Match, Group A, Birmingham, June 08, 2013, ICC Champions Trophy
269/6
(50 ov, T:270) 221/9

England won by 48 runs

ian-bell
Player Of The Match
91 (115)
New
Over50
13 runs
AUS 221/9CRR: 4.42
James Faulkner 54 (42b 5x4 1x6)Clint McKay 7 (17b)
Tim Bresnan2/45 (10)

That's it from Edgbaston, England underway with a win and now have a few days to take stock, their next game comes on Thursday against Sri Lanka in Cardiff. A day before that fixture, Australia play their next game, that's against New Zealand back in Birmingham again. Tomorrow it's down to Cardiff for the second match in Group A, Sri Lanka and New Zealand getting underway at 10.30 BST so tune in then but from Gnasher, Monty and myself, Alex Winter, it's goodbye for now.



Here's the Presentation. "We were a partnership short with the bat we couldn't get anything going," stand-in losing captain George Bailey says. "From 1 for 170 we did a really job to pull it back wit the ball, it looked a very good batting deck. But if it's going to be that dry then we probably need a spinner."



"It was a good performances all-round, the pitch got slower and lower after 30 overs," Alastair Cook said. "We should have got around 300 from where we were 180 for 2 but i thought 270 was good enough. When they were 30 off 10 I thought Jimmy and Broady were exceptional."



Man of the Match goes to Ian Bell for his top-score of the day, 91 in 115 balls. He led England's innings very well.



For Australia, that was a very disappointing second innings. They started very quietly and then lost wickets, the worst of the worst. Thereafter only George Bailey got stuck in and made a score and by the time James Faulkner knocked it around down the order it was too late. It looked an out-of-form order lacking in quality. They have a real job on their hands to give Sri Lanka and New Zealand a game. Saying that, they were facing an exceptionally disciplined bowling attack, England gave them nothing.



Fine performance with the ball from England and they have won by 48 runs, a very comfortable victory in the end. They would have been nervous after a sluggish effort with the bat that saw them fall 20 or 30 runs short of what many though was par in good batting conditions. England lost their power hitters cheaply and Ravi Bopara was needed to prop up their total. But it was more than good enough because with the ball, England have strangled Australia, they never got going and were never really in the chase.



49.6
Bresnan to Faulkner, no run

finishes with a bumper and that's that

49.5
2
Bresnan to Faulkner, 2 runs

slower ball on the stumps, waited for and slugged down to long-on

49.4
1
Bresnan to McKay, 1 run

a touch straight and clipped down to long leg

49.3
1
Bresnan to Faulkner, 1 run

blocked on the stumps into the covers, finds a gap

49.2
Bresnan to Faulkner, no run

gets down low to paddle sweep but misses and it goes over leg stump to the keeper

49.1
4
Bresnan to Faulkner, FOUR runs

steps to leg and slaps it past extra-cover, lovely stroke and Faulkner goes to 50, at least he's had a good day

Not a free hit...

49.1
5nb
Bresnan to Faulkner, (no ball) FOUR runs

looked very high was it a beamer? It was, an edged down very fine past the keeper too

So at least Australia have batted out their allocation of overs...

Over49
9 runs
AUS 208/9CRR: 4.24  RRR: 62.00
James Faulkner 43 (36b 3x4 1x6)Clint McKay 6 (16b)
Stuart Broad1/35 (10)
48.6
1
Broad to Faulkner, 1 run

full on the stumps, calmly flicked down to long-on

48.5
1lb
Broad to McKay, 1 leg bye

blocked with the pad on the stumps, it drops at his feet and gets called through for a quick single

48.4
1
Broad to Faulkner, 1 run

length ball on the stumps, Faulkner steps away and cracks a ball hard to point, Morgan fumbles so they get a run

48.3
4
Broad to Faulkner, FOUR runs

too straight and clipped past the short long leg, a very rare loose delivery

48.2
1
Broad to McKay, 1 run

full on the stumps, punched hard down to long-on

48.1
1
Broad to Faulkner, 1 run

a foot outside off stump, Faulkner steps outside leg stump and chops down to third man, and, aha, the 200 comes up

Broad changes ends, now at the Pavilion End...

Over48
3 runs
AUS 199/9CRR: 4.14  RRR: 35.50
James Faulkner 36 (32b 2x4 1x6)Clint McKay 5 (14b)
Tim Bresnan2/32 (9)
47.6
1
Bresnan to Faulkner, 1 run

a little straighter, gets inside the line and tucks down to long leg

47.5
Bresnan to Faulkner, no run

back of a length just outside off, punched to extra cover

47.4
1
Bresnan to McKay, 1 run

a foot and a half outside off, guided down to third man

47.3
Bresnan to McKay, no run

off stump delivery, blocked up the wicket back to Bresnan

47.2
Bresnan to McKay, no run

just back of a length outside off, pushed at on the back foot and missed

47.1
1
Bresnan to Faulkner, 1 run

full on the stumps, flicked to short long leg where

Tim Bresnan is back, still awaiting the birth of his first child...

Over47
2 runs
AUS 196/9CRR: 4.17  RRR: 24.66
Clint McKay 4 (11b)James Faulkner 34 (29b 2x4 1x6)
James Anderson3/30 (10)

Applause for Anderson, a fine spell and another milestone reached for him...

46.6
Anderson to McKay, no run

a touch straighter, take a good chunk of the boot and runs to Buttler's left where he runs across to field