5th ODI : Aussies seal series at Brisbane with two games remaining.Tag
Ashes 2010-11
Often, an one day international will come along which is utterly important for one team while another isn't willing to back off one centimeter and despite both playing some high quality cricket, match ends up being a very boring watch for spectators. This is the kind of game we had at Brisbane today which England had to win to keep series alive but Australia managed to stroll home slowly and sealed the Commonwealth bank 7 ODI series taking inaccessible lead of 4-1, defending a moderate total..Electing to bat, Aussie openers began solidly but English medium pacers continued to take wickets at regular interval which never really allowed Michael Clarke to accelerate as he batted out 74 balls from other end. Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson and John Hastings did well to set up a formidable target for their opposition after some fine bowling spells from Paul Collingwood and Chris Woakes who took career best haul of 6 wickets. England chase started counter attackingly with Matt Prior taking his chances but 3 wickets fell in space of 8 balls which pegged them back. Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell added 73 determind runs for the 4th wicket but as soon as that partnership was broken through, Aussies never let home team make another comeback. Steven Finn and James Anderson collected 53 free runs near the end otherwise English batting performance would have looked much poorer. Man of the match = Chris Woakes. Scorecard : England v Australia, 5th ODI, Brisbane : 30 January 2011 :-
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