Tag AUSinENG2012

Match : England v Australia, 2nd of 5 ODI Natwest series on Australia's tour of England 2012.
Venue/Date : The Oval in London, 1 July 2012.
Debut : none.
Toss : Australia, elected to bat.
Result : England won by 6 wickets and leads series 2-0 having won 1st ODI by 15 runs.
Man of the match : Ravi Bopara.
Umpires : Marais Erasmus (South Africa) + Ray Illingworth (England) with Aleem Dar (3rd umpire, from Pakistan).

Head to head

115th England v Australia one day international it was and now England have 44 wins but Australia still leads with 67 victories besides 2 ties and 2 no results. In England, two teams clashed for the 50th time and English now have 22 wins while Aussies lead with 25 wins besides 2 ties and 1 no result. At the venue, The Oval in London, home team registered their 3rd win while visitors lead with 5 victories previously.

Match summary

England are chasing list of consecutive ODI wins, registering their 8th win in a row today, beating Aussies who are yet to turn up for the series..

Rain played musical chair at the start of the match, destroying Shane Watson's concentration. bulky right hander made fine half century but couldn't continue very long as visitors continued to lose wickets during the middle overs and ultimately finished with a below par score to which English broke few sweat to overhaul. Ian Bell and Ravi Bopara played the major parts while Eoin Morgan made second fine innings in the series.

Australia innings (elected to bat)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Shane Watson	c Finn b Swann	66	80	8	0
David Warner	c Bell b Finn	10	20	2	0
Peter Forrest	c Kieswetter b Broad	12	30	0	0
Michael Hussey	c Kieswetter b Bopara	10	21	1	0
George Bailey	b Bresnan	65	86	7	0
David Hussey	run out (Finn)	29	37	1	0
Mathew Wade	c Broad b Bresnan	6	8	1	0
Brett Lee	not out	20	11	0	1
Mitchell Johnson	not out	8	9	0	0
Clint McKay
Xavier Doherty
Extra :	25 (lbyes=15, wides=8, noballs=2)
Total :	251 runs in 50 overs for 7 wicket. RR = ( 5.02 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-15 (Warner, 4.1 ov), 2-66 (Forrest, 14.2 ov), 3-101 (Clarke, 20.3 ov), 4-128 (Watson, 31.1 ov), 5-206 (Hussey, 44.1 ov), 6-222 (Bailey, 46.2 ov), 7-223 (Wade, 46.5 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Steven Finn	9	0	36	1	2 wides
Jade Dernbach	10	1	59	0	1 wide
Tim Bresnan	8	0	50	2	1 wide
Stuart Broad	10	0	48	1	1nb, 4wd
Ravi Bopara	5	0	16	1	1 no ball
Graeme Swann	8	0	27	1

England innings (target = 252 from 50 overs)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Alastair Cook	lbw b McKay	18	18	3	0
Ian Bell	b Clarke	75	113	6	1
Jonathan Trott	b Watson	17	22	2	0
Ravi Bopara	run out (Lee)	82	85	8	0
Eoin Morgan	not out	43	40	5	0
Craig Kieswetter	not out	0	0	0	0
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
Steven Finn
Jade Dernbach
Extra :	17 (lbyes=4, wides=9, noballs=4)
Total :	252 runs in 45.4 overs for 4 wicket. RR = ( 5.51 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-40 (Cook, 6.1ov), 2-81 (Trott, 14.5ov), 3-171 (Bell, 33.1ov), 4-250 (Bopara, 45.2ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Brett Lee	10	0	58	0	1 wide
Mitchell Johnson	7	0	43	0	4nb, 2wd
Clint McKay	10	1	42	1
Xavier Doherty	7.4	0	41	0	1 wide
Shane Watson	6	0	34	1	1 wide
David Hussey	3	0	17	0
Michael Clarke	2	0	13	1