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England vs Australia, 3rd Match, Group A at Birmingham, Jun 08 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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end of over 5013 runs
AUS: 221/9CRR: 4.42
James Faulkner54 (42b 5x4 1x6)
Clint McKay7 (17b)
Tim Bresnan 10-1-45-2
Stuart Broad 10-2-35-1
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
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Bresnan to Faulkner, no run
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
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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...
end of over 499 runs
AUS: 208/9CRR: 4.24 • RRR: 62.00
James Faulkner43 (36b 3x4 1x6)
Clint McKay6 (16b)
Stuart Broad 10-2-35-1
Tim Bresnan 9-1-32-2
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...
end of over 483 runs
AUS: 199/9CRR: 4.14 • RRR: 35.50
James Faulkner36 (32b 2x4 1x6)
Clint McKay5 (14b)
Tim Bresnan 9-1-32-2
James Anderson 10-0-30-3
47.6
1
Bresnan to Faulkner, 1 run
a little straighter, gets inside the line and tucks down to long leg
47.5
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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
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Bresnan to McKay, no run
off stump delivery, blocked up the wicket back to Bresnan
47.2
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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...
end of over 472 runs
AUS: 196/9CRR: 4.17 • RRR: 24.66
Clint McKay4 (11b)
James Faulkner34 (29b 2x4 1x6)
James Anderson 10-0-30-3
Stuart Broad 9-2-27-1
Applause for Anderson, a fine spell and another milestone reached for him...
46.6
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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
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