Live: England vs Australia – Fifth ODI, scores and updates
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England v Australia OLD TRAFFORD, JULY 10, 2012 5th ODI - ENG v AUS |
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| Australia 1st Inn | 7/145 |
| England 1st Inn | 3/138 |
| England won the toss and elected to bowl | |
| England won by 7 wickets (D/L Method) | |
| England | Over:27.1 RR:5.08 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| RS Bopara | 52 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 92.86 |
| EJG Morgan* | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 180.00 |
| Australia | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| BW Hilfenhaus* | 5.1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3.68 |
| CJ McKay | 6.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| 1 . 4 1 2 2 | | . 4 4 . 1 . | | . 1 . 2 . 4 | |
| Last Wicket: | Cook, 58 (c:Clarke b:Hilfenhaus) |
| Current Partnership: | 12 runs, 8 balls, RR:150.00 |
Australia look to avoid the embarrassing prospect of a series whitewash against England as another stiff test awaits them on Tuesday when the two teams meet in the fifth and final ODI at Old Trafford at 11pm AEST.
England sealed the series in their favor with a win at Chester-le-Street in the fourth ODI. With one match washed out, England cannot topple Australia from the top ranking in ODI rankings but are still looking for a whitewash.
It has been a successful summer so far for them and they would want to continue the momentum ahead of the Test series against South Africa.
Alastair Cook, the ODI captain, is eyeing his second whitewash series win after blanking Pakistan earlier this year.
His troops have looked in command and there is no reason why they cannot be confident of repeating their success.
Steven Finn picked up four wickets while James Anderson and Tim Bresnan had two apiece. Overall, their pacers have enjoyed reasonable success in the series.
For Australia, the series has been nothing short of a disaster. The batting has slipped from average to poor through the course of four matches although allowance must be made for the nature of the pitch in the previous game.
That said, it was another abject performance on display in the fourth ODI as their batting crumbled yet again under those batting conditions.
Michael Clarke and David Hussey stalled the sinking ship, with Hussey going on to score a half-century. But that was as far as they went before they went down.
The bowlers had little to defend and their task was made arduous by injuries to Brett Lee and Shane Watson.
Calf injuries to both restricted them to just four overs between them. They are now ruled out of this game and the Australian cup of woes seems to have hit the brim.
Mitchell Starc, on duty with Yorkshire, has been called up to join the squad for the final match as Australia look to save some face with one win. Starc was the highest wicket-taker in the Friends Life t20 league stage and will hope to surprise England with his left-arm pace.
Steven Smith could take up Watson’s place in the line-up.
The match gets underway at 2 pm local time and you can follow live updates of the match through the entire duration of the encounter.
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2:34pm
SandBox said | 2:34pm | Report comment
another roarer mentioned Gen Y fail and tattoos. Pretty much summed up that series. Losing is a bad habit to get into. Current team is p!ss!ng away the legacy left by our great teams of past
7:26am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:26am | Report comment
That’s it then, it was fun bringing you this game. Hope you enjoyed the coverage too!
Have a good day ahead!
7:25am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:25am | Report comment
Clinical. Comprehensive. Compelling. That is how I will describe today’s win.
Australia had their backs to the wall after losing the toss but at 0/43 they seemed to have had the right start. Then there was an implosion and the side lost their next five wickets for 43 further runs.
It will be difficult to explain those five wickets. It did not have much to do with the pitch or the conditions. Two of the wickets fell to run-outs. There were others who were dismissed by Ravi Bopara.
In reply, England showed how it needed to be done. They lost Ian Bell and Jonathon Trott early but rarely panicked in their chase, winning their first whitewash over Australia since 1997.
7:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:24am | Report comment
Bopara, who got a couple wickets and remained not-out with a half-century should be the man-of-the-match.
7:23am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:23am | Report comment
That’s it then, it has been driven over the cover field for the winning runs. 4-0 to England.
Really one-sided this series and this game has followed the trend. England have won this rain-affected tie by seven wickets with 11 balls to spare.
7:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:22am | Report comment
Tries to finish it with a huge hoick over long-on and the ball goes high in the air but lands near the fence and does not roll over.
Morgan takes three and ties the scores.
12 balls to go.
7:20am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:20am | Report comment
Review, not-out
Appeal for lbw, given not-out and Clarke decides to review it. Clipping the top of the bails and the decision stays.
Five needed off 14.
7:16am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:16am | Report comment
Four!
The field’s up in the circle for the new man Eoin Morgan, who caresses it through the coves for a four! First ball!
Look of dismay on the captain’s face.
Eight more needed and the Batting Powerplay is on now.
7:14am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:14am | Report comment
OUT!
Mis-hit off Hilfy got Cook a couple over mid-off but the bowler comes back to get the wicket of the English captain, caught at the first slip.
Clarke had stationed himself in the slip region throughout and he finally strikes gold. Of course, England need only 12 off 19.
7:10am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:10am | Report comment
Single to third-man gets him his 10th half-century in ODIs. Bopara has continued to prosper these ODIs.
They need only 15 from the last four now.
7:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:09am | Report comment
Four!
And this time he has hit it on the up, through the covers for another four! Punched off the back foot for a four to extra cover.
Only 16 more.
7:08am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:08am | Report comment
Four!
Short, wide and pulled away over mid-wicket for a four! Bopara gives it his everything in that shot and connects really well!
7:05am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:05am | Report comment
Couple of twos to end the over, first Cook hits him to wide long-on before sweeping him away for another couple.
24 needed off 30. Miracle needed for Australia.
7:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:04am | Report comment
Four!
Swept away to the deep square-leg fence for a four! Pressure-reliever boundary for England, they need 29 from 33 now.
Cannot see them mess this one up now.
7:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:03am | Report comment
It is Doherty who will now bowl. His fifth. Lot of turn from round the wickets.
7:01am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:01am | Report comment
End of a decent over, they still need 34 but have six overs remaining. Australia need a wicket or two here to spread some panic.
2/104 in 23.
6:59am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:59am | Report comment
Bopara does not get the timing right again but manages to chip it over mid-on for a couple.
Follows it up with another couple of runs through the covers and the runs needed is down to 35 from 37.
6:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:57am | Report comment
Clarke’s got a slip for the faster men still. Cook’s tempting fate by going for those expansive drives but has connected none so far.
39 needed from 40.
6:55am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:55am | Report comment
Cook gets to his half-century number 12 in ODIs but Smith’s conceded only six yet again.
40 needed from seven.
Smith + Clarke have bowled five overs now, don’t need to bowl any more.
6:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:52am | Report comment
Excellent pace variations and the gap between runs and balls closes down to just two.
46 needed off 48 and despite having eight wickets in hand, there seems a bit of tension in the middle.
Smith to bowl his second now.
6:50am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:50am | Report comment
Crisp driving from Bopara, on the up and that is blazed through the covers for a couple.
47 needed off 51.
6:49am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:49am | Report comment
Current par D/L total is 2/87, while England are at 2/89.
Bopara’s got a broken bat it seems, taking his time to change the bat.
6:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:47am | Report comment
Two dots followed by a long-hop that is cut through to the sweeper fielder for a single.
Cook gets another short one and he swivels around for a pull that gets him a couple.
That motley of full-tosses and long-hops earns England only three runs in the over.
49 needed from nine overs.
6:44am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:44am | Report comment
Clarke’s bowled three of the the five overs needed from the fifth bowler. Steven Smith introduced to bowl one of the others.
6:43am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:43am | Report comment
Confident Cook is actually leaving a few alone.
52 needed off the last 10 now. Eight wickets in the hut. Cook’s on 44.
6:41am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:41am | Report comment
Four!
Short of length on middle and Cook tucks it away to the fine-leg region for a four!
Excellent start for the home team and Australia have reached a stage where they need a wicket or three pretty quickly.
6:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:40am | Report comment
Four!
Pulled away by Cook to the fence! They are getting the boundary ball each over and this time it is a short one that captain Cook has sent to the fence.
Seven from it and the required rate’s not touched six yet.
58 needed from 11.
Clint McKay is back.
6:35am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:35am | Report comment
Four!
…and now he blazes it away through the covers for a four! The fielder was called into the circle and Bopara finds the gap perfectly to keep the asking rate below six.
65 needed off 12.
6:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:34am | Report comment
Doherty bowing left arm round the stumps, on the off stump and Bopara’s trying the paddle sweep.
A couple, a dot and a single follow.
6:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:32am | Report comment
End of an excellent over from Pattinson that costs him only two singles.
It is not getting any easier, the target although the Australians are a bowler short because of the absence of Watson one needs to remember.
74 off 13 overs needed.
6:27am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:27am | Report comment
Yep, Clarke’s immediately taken himself off and James Pattinson returns. 0/10 in 2 for him.
6:26am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:26am | Report comment
Some frantic calling and running between the wickets. Still only four singles off that Doherty over means that England need 76 from 84.
Not too difficult if they can retain their wickets in hand.
6:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:24am | Report comment
Four!
One over too many from Clarke? That is short and Ravi Bopara rocks back to his back-foot and carves it away in front of deep point for a four!
Nine runs in that over including that four and there is some respite for England.
80 needed off 90.
6:21am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:21am | Report comment
Only three from that Doherty over, holding the English to a tight leash here.
90 needed from 16.
6:20am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:20am | Report comment
A much better over from Doherty, managing to extract some spin out of the track. Bopara using the entire depth of the crease to get the ball away. 3 runs from the over.
2/48 in 13 overs.
6:17am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:17am | Report comment
While Doherty got milked for eight runs in his over, Clarke restricts the batsmen to just two. He is mixing his deliveries up nicely.
2/45 in 12 overs.
6:14am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:14am | Report comment
Clarke brings in Doherty into the attack. While the much successful Bopara joins his captain in the middle. The Aussie’s are not out of it yet.
2/43 in 11 overs.
6:10am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:10am | Report comment
OUT!
And he has struck. The man with the golden arm.
The previous delivery went alongwith the angle towards the pads. This time however, the ball spun after pitching. Trott was not expecting it to. Goes for a sweep and misses the ball to be bowled.
2/34 in 9.4 overs
6:08am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:08am | Report comment
Clarke brings himself on to bowl. Hoping to do what Tredwell did for the English.
6:06am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:06am | Report comment
Two runs off the over by Hilfenhaus. Trott looking comfortable.
1/33 in 9 overs.
6:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:03am | Report comment
FOUR!
Trott showing wonderful poise and balance to cut Pattinson to the point boundary. They keep conceeding a boundary off the last ball everytime.
1/31 in 8 overs
6:01am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:01am | Report comment
Pattinson follows Hilfy’s maiden over with an over conceeding only one run.
1/27 in 8 overs.
5:58am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:58am | Report comment
Australia opt for the bowling power play.
Hilfenhaus takes up the attack. Bowls a sharp over to Trott. A maiden over at that. Australia need wickets, and fast.
1/26 after 7 overs.
5:54am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:54am | Report comment
England are 1/25 after 6 overs, as the first powerplay comes to an end.
5:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:52am | Report comment
The players are back on the field. The overs have been reduced to 29 and the revised target is 138.
Pattinson to complete his over..
5:50am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:50am | Report comment
Good news from Old Trafford. The rain an subsided and the covers are coming off. We can expect the overs to be reduced.
5:41am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:41am | Report comment
Remember atleast 20 overs are needed to be bowled to get a result. Looks rather bleak with the time ticking away.
We will keep you updated on the situation at the ground.
5:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:40am | Report comment
The rain has started sweeping across the ground. And the umpires have decided to leave the ground. The covers are on the field. The crowd show their displeasure with the ” Boos”
5:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:34am | Report comment
FOUR!
They keep feeding him outside the offstump and he keeps dispatching them to the point boundary. Not good bowling by the Australians.
1/24 in 5.3 overs
5:33am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:33am | Report comment
Pattinson replaces the off colour Hilfenhaus into the attack. He has a confident and in-form Cook to contend with.
5:30am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:30am | Report comment
NOT OUT !
The decision is overturned. My first reaction was that he had flicked the pad with his bat. And that is what it turns out to be.
Aleem Dar makes a mistake finally. Don’t remember when was the last time that his decision was overturned.
5:29am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:29am | Report comment
OUT !
McKay gets Cook caught behind.
Cook reviews immediately..
5:26am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:26am | Report comment
FOUR !
Any now Trott is making merry. The short ball outside off is followed by one which drifted towards the on side. Flicked away to the fine leg boundary.
1/19 in 5 overs.
5:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:24am | Report comment
Jonathan Trott has come in to replace Bell. He has an exceptional record against the Australian’s. An average of 63+. Obviously he fancies himself against this opposition.
5:23am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:23am | Report comment
FOUR !
Wet outfield or no.. This one races away to the boundary. McKay bowled it slightly short with a bit of width. Cook went onto the backfoot and played a trademark punch through the offside.
1/13 after 3 overs.
5:18am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:18am | Report comment
Hilfenhaus starts off with a testing over to Cook. The captain handled him adeptly.
A single and a wide off the over.
1/7 off 2 overs.
5:15am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:15am | Report comment
OUT !
Just the start the visitors were looking for. McKay gets Bell with the last ball of his over. The batsman was looking confident, perhaps a bit too much for his own good. Flicks a straight delivery to the man at short midwicket.
1/5 after the first over.
5:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:09am | Report comment
Welcome back to the final session of this ODI series. The English openers are out.
Cook to take first strike. Mckay with the ball in hand.
4:49am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:49am | Report comment
Bailey’s ended unbeaten on 46 off only 41 balls.
England need 146 to win the game and wrap it up 4-0. Back in a few minutes for the chase.
4:48am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:48am | Report comment
Four!
Four over the bowler’s head to finish the innings, 25 runs in the last two overs of the innings takes Australia to 7/145 in their 32.
This is far better than what they could have been restricted to at 6/86 when David Hussey went.
4:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:47am | Report comment
SIX!
Showing some bottle here is the T20 captain George Bailey. After moving about in his crease last ball, this time he smacks it over long-on for a six, dropped in the crowd too!
4:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:45am | Report comment
Couple of singles first up. James Anderson is the bowler.
4:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:45am | Report comment
Interesting conversation between the Australian coach and the fourth umpire about that Pattinson dismissal. Arthur seems to be telling the fourth umpire that the Snick-o-meter showed movement alright but not when the ball passed the bat but a frame after it. Hmm!
4:43am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:43am | Report comment
Four!
Another four, this time to Clint McKay. It was a length ball outside the off stump and takes the outside edge to third-man for a four!
Valuable runs!
Ends it with an attempted slog over mid-wicket, hits only air.
7/133 with an over to go.
4:41am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:41am | Report comment
Four!
Four more! Another one down the leg-side and this time it is fuller, gets a little bat on it and it rolls towards fine-leg for another four!
7/129 in 30.4
4:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:40am | Report comment
Four!
Bit of a respite, short of length, on the middle and that is wafted away over the short fine-leg fielder for a four by Bailey.
4:37am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:37am | Report comment
Long, long delay before the umpire gave that decision, which in the end is out!
Pattinson has been given out and he is happy to walk I think. No shenanigans, no dramatics, so is it safe to assume that he had hit it?
7/120 in 30. Two more overs to go.
4:35am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:35am | Report comment
Loud, loud appeal, given not-out
It was a slower one and Pattinson was a mile into the shot before the ball came. The keeper thought there was an edge on that but now he’s checking, ostensibly because Aleem Dar thought it had not carried to the wicket-keeper!
The third umpire is checking for the edge as well.
4:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:32am | Report comment
Four!
It was pitched up to the bat and Pattinson takes advantage of the ball pitched up, opens the face of the bat and gets it over point for a boundary!
6/119 in 29.4.
4:29am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:29am | Report comment
Steven Finn to bowl the first of the last three overs. It is also Batting Poverplay time.
6/133 in 29.
4:28am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:28am | Report comment
That six breaks the sequence of almost 11 overs without a boundary.
Nine runs from Tredwell end his spell, 2/23 in his seven allocated overs.
4:27am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:27am | Report comment
SIX!
Shot, shimmy down the track and lofted over long-on for a six! Excellent shot from Bailey to reduce some pressure.
6/110
4:26am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:26am | Report comment
Another five singles. Yep, no twos or boundaries.
6/104 in 28.
4:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:22am | Report comment
It has been more than seven overs since they got anything apart from a single or a dot.
It is 6/99 in 27. 30 more balls to be bowled.
Stuart Broad comes back, his first five overs cost him 21.
4:19am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:19am | Report comment
Another three singles for these two in the Bopara over.
6/96 in 26. Tredwell to bowl his sixth. He could be the one who gets to bowl seven overs.
4:16am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:16am | Report comment
Tredwell bowling really well here, turning a few away from the left-handed Pattinson, and sending down a few straighter ones to go with it as well.
Three singles from the Tredwell over, who has now bowled five overs for 11 runs. And scalped a couple.
6/93 in 25.
4:20am
lolly said | 4:20am | Report comment
Monty Panesar usually bowls really well at Old Trafford. It’s a spinning pitch. Hopefully our guys can get something from it, just to make the match interesting. Watching our openers play with consistently hard hands was bloody disheartening, I’ve got to say. Matt Wade’s innings was really quite horrible to witness.
4:12am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:12am | Report comment
Bopara’s just bowled one of the best overs he will bowl in limited overs cricket. Keeps the line, keeps the length and Pattinson plays away five dots.
6/90 in 24.
4:11am
DJW said | 4:11am | Report comment
The aussies look like they have been told a thing about batting in English conditions, sure that’s Justin Langer’s job?
Play forward and straight!
4:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:09am | Report comment
Review, not-out!
Loud, loud appeal for a leg-before, given not-out by Ian Gould and the English team calls for the review.
Replays show it was missing the off-stump.
Two from the over. 6/89 in 23.
4:06am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:06am | Report comment
James Tredwell’s back. James Pattinson’s the new batsman.
It has turned for the spinners no doubt. Despite being under covers for most part and despite all that moisture around.
4:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:04am | Report comment
Australia were 0/43 at one stage. They have lost their next five for 43 too.
4:03am
SandBox said | 4:03am | Report comment
And now Hussey. Had enough of this, switching it off. Feel sorry for you Suneer having to watch the whole game
4:05am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:05am | Report comment
One can only hope that the bowling will be a tad more inspired for Australia. Or probably not, will allow me an early night.
4:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:03am | Report comment
OUT!
They need to show some mongrel. That is what their coach said before the game, but this is a gutless performance from the batsmen.
Short, wide, outside the off stump and Hussey opens the face of the bat, guides it to the wicket-keeper. No, it is not an unforced error brought about by the bowling of Michael Holding, but a rather innocuous looking Ravi Bopara who gets the wicket.
6/86 in 21.1.
4:00am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:00am | Report comment
Six singles off the Samit Patel over. Dare I say it was a better one for Australia.
5/86 in 21.
3:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:57am | Report comment
Three runs and a wicket in that Bopara over.
5/80 in 20 overs. They will do well to get anywhere close to being competitive at this rate.
3:55am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:55am | Report comment
George Bailey is the new man in. Mid-on and mid-off in the circle and he finds them off the first two balls he faces.
3:55am
SandBox said | 3:55am | Report comment
At least they’re putting on a good soccer act of being disappointed at throwing away their wicket with a 2nd grade shot/run. Smith’s shot was also soft. Butter in the sun soft
3:54am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:54am | Report comment
OUT!
Soft is the word! All the wickets so far have been rather tame and it gets softer for Australia.
Bopara comes on, first ball, down the leg-side and Smith gets a feather through to the wicket-keeper! Dar raises the finger and Australia have lost half their side.
Sorry, but the pitch hasn’t had much to do with most of their dismissals so far.
3:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:52am | Report comment
Ravi Bopara comes in now.
3:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:52am | Report comment
Easy going for Australia in that Samit Patel over. Six runs off it and Australia move to 4/77 in 19.
Remember, this is only a 32-over match. 13 more overs to go and Australia will hope for another 100. Too unrealistic?
3:49am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:49am | Report comment
Four!
A much better over for Australia, it was down the leg side and Smith works it away to the fine-leg region for a four. That sped off rather quickly.
10 off that over, takes Australia to almost four runs an over at 4/71 in 18.
3:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:47am | Report comment
Four!
Languid ease shown in driving it down the ground. Smith gets pitched up on to his bat and he has straight-driven it to the fence. First boundary since the 10th over.
Follows it up with one who’s length is pulled up a little, an inside-edge for a couple.
4/67 in 17.3
3:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:45am | Report comment
End of Patel’s first over and Finn is brought back. Going for the jugular?
3:43am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:43am | Report comment
And yes, it is David Hussey who’s joined Smith in the middle. He scored a 70 last game but that wasn’t enough to save the Aussies.
3:43am
SandBox said | 3:43am | Report comment
Clarke can afford to by a sl@t an Aston Martin as a gift. Look at the run he just took. Don’t want to be there? Get out and make way for someone who does
3:42am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:42am | Report comment
It is Samit Patel coming in now, replacing the sole wicket-taker so far.
4/56 in 16.
3:39am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:39am | Report comment
OUT!
You cannot be serious Mr. Captain! Run-out by a mile!
Pushes it to the covers and darts off, Eoin Morgan gets a good bounce alright but it was going straight to him and he throws down the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Umpire Dar does not even call for the third umpire!
Australia look to be in a hurry to join Lee and Watson back home.
4/55 in 15.4
3:36am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:36am | Report comment
Three singles off the last three balls of the over before a couple of runs to Smith off the very first ball from Broad.
He is looking positive already with his feet movement and running between the wickets. Too early?
3/54 in 15.2
3:35am
SandBox said | 3:35am | Report comment
Not sure about pitch but wade stumping looked soft. Forrest run out too. Run Forrest run.
Not sure I can watch this much longer. We still look crap. So much for the man up talk from the team last few days
3:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:40am | Report comment
There is obvious help for the bowlers but this is a far cry from the team which looked deserved number one in the ODIs about a couple of years ago.
3:59am
SandBox said | 3:59am | Report comment
If the story about them not trying is true. Then heads should roll in admin and in the team
3:33am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:33am | Report comment
Two wickets for Tredwell.
It is Steve Smith who joins his captain at the crease. Incidentally, both of them played for the Pune Warriors in the IPL this season.
Smith batted magnificently despite his team’s misfortunes in the tournament. Can he repeat that effort?
3:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:32am | Report comment
OUT!
This is not going Australia’s way, nor is it going Wade’s way. Two drops later, he has gone down the pitch and suddenly Tredwell has got one to rip it past the drowning man.
He is caught a good yard or two outside his crease as his English counterpart whips off the bails and Wade’s stumped.
Three down with 50 yet to be lodged.
3:30am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:30am | Report comment
OUT!
That is out, run-out, by half a yard probably but it is the end of Forrest on this tour. Driven by Wade to the left of Tredwell, the long-on fielder came in quickly and throws it at the bowler’s end.
To be frank, I thought there was a second run there but Forrest was slow coming back and Tredwell does well to collect a wayward throw and dislodge the bails.
Australia two down after they were dropped thrice earlier.
2/49 in 13.1
3:28am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:28am | Report comment
A string of 10 dots gets broken by three singles off the first three balls of the Broad over.
And then normalcy resumes, three more dot balls.
1/48 in 14.
3:25am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:25am | Report comment
Maiden over from Tredwell to Forrest. So now they are finding it difficult to play spin too.
1/45 in 13.
Broad to continue.
3:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:22am | Report comment
Single for Forrest after a loud appeal for an LBW off the previous ball. Wade follows it up with four dots to Broad.
Speaking of strike-rates, Wade’s on nine from 36 balls.
1/45 in 12.
3:18am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:18am | Report comment
Warner scored a run-a-ball 32.
Now it is Peter Forrest at the crease, who gets off the mark with a drive to long-on. He has a career strike-rate of 66 in ODIs.
3:17am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:17am | Report comment
OUT!
Strange, strange shot from Warner there, he went for a sweep without really going down to play that stroke. Probably he was attempting only a paddle before deciding on going for a full-bloodied one.
Either way, he missed and the umpire had no hesitation in giving that out, LBW.
Warner departs just when he was looking good.
1/43 in 10.4
3:14am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:14am | Report comment
James Tredwell for his first bowl.
3:13am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:13am | Report comment
Dropped!
Three down! It’s Warner who has been dropped now and this was probably the simplest of all chances, upper cut by Warner to third-man and Samit Patel has failed to hold on to that one. It went in and then out.
0/42 in 10.
End of the Bowling PP.
3:10am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:10am | Report comment
BAM!
That has been SLOGGED effortlessly over long-on for a six by Warner for his 12th ODI career six! Short of length from Finn, opens his stance up and slams it over for a six!
0/37 in 9.3.
3:08am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:08am | Report comment
Dropped!
Another one down, Wade edges and now there is a second slip in place, who does not go down in time! James Tredwell’s spooned it.
What’s happening! Can Wade make ‘em pay for those two easy chances?
0/31 in 9.
3:06am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:06am | Report comment
Four!
Opens the face of the bat and drives gently through the covers for a four. Warner’s got a boundary again!
3:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:04am | Report comment
Finn’s coming on from the other end.
0/11 in three for him.
3:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:03am | Report comment
Dropped!
Three dot balls to Wade, gets a length ball outside the off stump, edges it to the first slip where Anderson floors a relatively simple chance to his left.
This is the second dropped catch in the slips I have seen today – earlier, Younis Khan dropped one from Thilan Samaraweera in a Sri Lanka-Pakistan Test in another part of the world.
0/24 in 8.
3:00am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:00am | Report comment
Nine runs in that Anderson over, should help the Aussies.
End of the seventh over with the visitors at 0/22.
This, incidentally also the end of the mandatory Powerplay. The Bowling PP has now been taken. Three overs.
Stuart Broad comes on now.
2:58am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:58am | Report comment
Four!
Already a better over for Australia. Starts with a single for Wade, followed by two half-pull strokes backward of square-leg for a couple and then for a four!
That is 11 runs in four balls for Australia. Woohoo!
2:56am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:56am | Report comment
Four!
Four it is alright, but it is off a French cut, cuts Warner into half, inside edge to the right of the wicket-keeper, who dives but is far away from the ball.
0/13 in 6.
2:55am
DJW said | 2:55am | Report comment
Both Warner and Wade struggling,
Need to get forward
2:54am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:54am | Report comment
I don’t know whether it is me or Finn’s reminding me Glen McGrath in his prime. Keeps moving them away from the left-handers and they aren’t able to do much.
Speaking of which, in the process of reading McGrath’s book, Line and Strength. Already reads really good!
2:51am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:51am | Report comment
Wade plays out the remaining four deliveries in the Anderson over, who has now bowled three overs for two runs.
And Australia have eaten away five of the 32 overs for nine runs only.
The way these opening bowlers have bowled, they could have easily picked an extra seamer.
0/9 in 5.
2:48am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:48am | Report comment
Short of length on the leg stump and for some reason Warner isn’t able to work it away to the leg-side for any amount of runs. He gets squared up.
The next one, however, is nudged away for a single. Wade’s back on.
0/9 in 4.2
2:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:47am | Report comment
Couple of deliveries defended back by Wade a tad more confidently. This was after Warner took a single to a delivery that was full on his pads, worked away to the leg-side.
0/8 in 4.
2:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:45am | Report comment
Four!
Finally a result in favour of Australia, it was pitched up and Warner drives it through the field back.
As good a stroke as you will find on such a track.
2:44am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:44am | Report comment
Short of length, on the off-stump, moves away alarmingly and bounces creepily, Warner wanted to cut it away. No, he was getting nowhere close.
Follows it up with one that’s pitched up and Warner goes for a swish, and the result is the same, misses it.
2:42am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:42am | Report comment
Anderson’s making them play all the way through, and trust me neither batsman is comfortable out there.
Squares up Wade does Anderson and ends the third over of the innings – a maiden over.
0/2 in 3.
2:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:40am | Report comment
Watching the English feed and David Lloyd remarks that he is not sure whether Mickey Arthur is right in calling his players a bunch of world-class cricketers.
Tom Moody replies, “I am not sure what you want me to say to that.”
2:39am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:39am | Report comment
Yep, it is definitely difficult to play this confident-looking Finn. After those two that went away, a couple came back into Wade and smashed him…
0/2 in 2.
2:36am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:36am | Report comment
Steven Finn, who had got the better of both these batsmen, Warner and Wade in the previous game, starts off with a jaffa.
And again!
Two deliveries pitched and jagging away from the left-hander, there are dark clouds over the Aussie batsmen and that is not only literally speaking.
2:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:34am | Report comment
Warner’s being very watchful here, letting most of them from James Anderson go through to the wicket-keeper.
0/1 in 1.
2:31am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:31am | Report comment
Warner’s had a quiet series barring a 56 in the second match. He will look to explode, after he’s got his eye in that is.
Speaking of which, he is on strike now as Wade gets his first single at the top of the order this series with a drive to mid-off.
0/1 in 0.2
2:29am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:29am | Report comment
Matthew Wade will open the innings with Dave Warner. That is a change, he replaces Watson at the top of the order.
2:23am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:23am | Report comment
Lot of Englishmen will be surprised that the management has not given Chris Woakes a game. Beats me too.
2:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:22am | Report comment
Tim Bresnan is sitting out for England because of an elbow injury, which means that James Tredwell and Samit Patel get to play today.
As expected, Steven Smith comes into the Australian line-up, as does Ben Hilfenhaus. In place of the injured duo of Watson and Lee.
2:21am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:21am | Report comment
Here we go, the toss has happened and England have won it and decided to field first.
Come to expect it didn’t we, the team winning the toss will field, given all the rain around and the moisture on the surface and outfield. Of course, it is also a small matter of the Duckworth-Lewis system which might come into play if we have a further reduction.
2:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:04am | Report comment
So we have the toss in 10 minutes and the match will continue to remain at 32-overs-a-side.
1:58am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:58am | Report comment
So the update is that the umpires had decided that the ground was good enough to start play.
What was decided was that it will be a 32 overs-a-side contest with seven over of Powerplay at the start, then three batting and three bowling.
It’s started drizzling again though and the covers are back, although it does not seem like its very heavy. They were to toss in about two minutes from now but it now depends on whether the rain stops.
12:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:24am | Report comment
Incidentally, there has been no further rain, but there will be another inspection in about 35 minutes. It is the wet outfield which is a cause for concern for the umpires.
11:17pm
cos1 said | 11:17pm | Report comment
this happened a few years ago. it hardly rained all day but a game was cancelled because the ground was too wet.
why cant they install some post 19th century drainage technology in these grounds? seriously?
12:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:22am | Report comment
That is a question a lot of us are asking, especially when you talk about regions like England and Sri Lanka, where it does rain most of the time.
But I am assuming cost is a huge issue – to upgrade the drainage system at Sophia Gardens at Glamorgan cost them a cool £600,000. So, that may be a concern.
10:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:49pm | Report comment
We will have an inspection in about 75 minutes from now. Will keep you posted as and when I have the updates.
Just another (glum for the Australian fans) reminder of the series score. England lead 3-0 with a game already abandoned and are gunning for their first ever clean-sweep in a bilateral ODI series against Australia since 1997. Remember the Hollioake brothers, who had back then chased down successfully three scores in that series.
Back in sometime then.
10:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:43pm | Report comment
The cut-off time is about five and a half hours away, which means that there is a good chance that we may get a game but a lot depends on the weather – another 30-minute shower could put a spanner in the works.
10:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:41pm | Report comment
Speaking of wet and this will definitely make some eyes moist, Mark Boucher has announced his retirement from international cricket. He was on the tour of England with the South African squad but was hit by a freak bail that popped up after the batsman got bowled in a warm-up game yesterday.
Boucher needed surgery and with the time-frame for a comeback not ascertained, the wicket-keeper has decided to call it quits. Earlier, he had mentioned that the tour of England will be his last.
10:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:39pm | Report comment
Hello and welcome to the start of the fifth and the final ODI in the series between England and Australia.
I so wish I could say ‘warm’ welcome, but it is anything but warm at Old Trafford; it rained earlier in the morning and the ground is wet and unplayable. It isn’t raining but even with the current situation they will not be able to start in the next couple of hours.
A wet summer it has been then.