Should be a close series,Australia ranked No.1 & England usually perform well at home.Australia put England in & under difficult batting conditions with 3 rain breaks,paced their innings well with the acceleration coming from Morgan 89 not out posting a useful 272-5.
Really solid fielding & bowling performance from England gave them a well deserved 15 run victory.Morgan Man of the Match.
Very close match. England scored 46 off the last 20 balls of their innings, which really made the difference in the end.
Anderson is an injury doubt for tomorrows match at the Oval.Stuart Meaker has been brought in as cover.
Australia win the toss in the 2nd ODI at the Oval & post 251-7.England knock the runs off with 26 balls to spare. Bopara 82, Bell 75.
A strong, solid performance across the whole team today. Bowlers done a decent job to contain the Australian attack, and then the batters done excellently to get the runs.
Well played England.
England showing they can rest key players and still win comfortably. A very promising era right now for England. This team can go and dominate for years. The boo boys need to give them a break when they lose every now and then, and get behind them. Barmy Army!
What is the reason for this England-Australia series? Is it simply a money raising scheme?
(04-07-2012 13:06 )7 stars of the orient Wrote: [ -> ]What is the reason for this England-Australia series? Is it simply a money raising scheme?
The reason for this series dates back to Englands poor performance at the last World Cup.It was decided that we were so bad that we needed to play more ODI's.
The 3 ODI at Edgbaston has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.This prevents England from taking a 5-0 series win which would have elevated them to number one in the world.