Australia vs England: Fourth One Day International - ODI live scores

By The Roar / Editor

24th January, 2014

Can Australia continue along their merry winning streak against the old enemy, or will England finally grab their first win against an Australian first team for the tour? Join us for live scores from 2.20pm AEDT.

The newly-crowned number one ODI side in the world, Australia look near-unbeatable in this series.

James Faulkner’s heroics in the second match at the Gabba to almost single-handedly snatch victory were sandwiched between two thorough wins, and it’s hard to see a demoralised England squad bouncing back.

On top of that, the Australian selectors have given one of the side’s best limited overs player over the past 12 months some motivation to improve on his form.

George Bailey’s axing from the Test squad should only make him more hungry for runs; and if the Twenty20 skipper and ODI player of the year’s hitting gets any cleaner, fans in the stands might want to look out.

He’s also taken the reins from Michael Clarke who is being rested.

If England need to find any motivation to claim their first win of the tour, it might come in the form of an undesirable record they would achieve should they lose again.

Another loss would equal England’s record for most consecutive losses across all formats with 10, a feat no player wants to see in their player bio.

It may sound like the nearest record player is broken, but England captain Alastair Cook will also want to avoid further ignominy, and posting a good score will go a way to him regaining confidence in himself.

Confidence aside, Cook has shown before that he has it in him to bounce back, and it would take a bit of heat of the skipper should he tally a reasonable score.

If any number of England’s young guns fire, anything can happen in 50-over cricket, but Australia have never been better placed to secure the number one ranking and sweep the series.

Will Australia make it 4-0 in the series? Find out from 2.20pm AEDT.

The Crowd Says:

2014-01-24T12:21:34+00:00

expathack

Guest

Commentators mentioned Faulkner gave him a send off in England's innings, so just getting his own back I guess. Probably a good reminder to Faulkner it's best to keep your gob shut if you still have to face the guy you're sending off. There's never any upside for a bowler there. The same lesson Jimmy wouldn't learnt during the Ashes.

2014-01-24T12:17:24+00:00

expathack

Guest

Cook almost seemed afraid to look too happy at the end there, lest someone jump out from the crowd and tell him that England didn't actually win, it was all an elaborate joke, the actual game's tomorrow, and oh, by the way, we've made KP captain.

2014-01-24T12:11:36+00:00

Nudge

Guest

Was just rested for this series which is amusing

2014-01-24T11:38:18+00:00

jamesb

Guest

When you rest Warner, Clarke, Watson, Haddin and you don't select a spinner, it was never going to be easy.

2014-01-24T11:18:42+00:00

TheTruth

Guest

Well done England. Whilst I cannot help but think that Aus gave them a hand in bowling first, England batted very well and generally bowled better lines than the aussies. And not speaking as a parochial Australian but as a human being, I am genuinely happy for Cook, he seems like a top bloke and has about a rough a tour as one could expect. I think his smile said it all

2014-01-24T11:17:20+00:00

Blaze

Guest

All in all with the Aussies performance and the players they fielded, I really can't see how England can take much from this game... But if they can, good luck and let's hope Sunday is a cracker!

2014-01-24T11:11:23+00:00

Sandy

Guest

Here, take my wicket mate, nah, you keep it .

2014-01-24T11:10:30+00:00

Beauty of a geek brains of a bimbo(atgm)

Guest

Hahahahahahahahahaha hilarious watchin them drop catches its better than winning

2014-01-24T11:02:46+00:00

cantab

Guest

Did Anderson retire from ODI or get the boot?