Australia won the toss and chose to bat
Australia 239-7: C White 86*, S Watson 57. S Broad 4-44, L Wright 1-38. (50.0 overs)
England 240-7: E Morgan 52, A Strauss 51. D Bollinger 3-46, J Hopes 1-30. (45.2 overs)
England win by 4 wickets with 28 balls remaining.
Man of the Match: Stuart Broad (Eng)
And so England win again! The Aussies got off to a great start with Shane Watson looking good, but then the birthday boy Stuart Broad got the crucial first wicket of Tim Paine and the stage was set! Ponting fell for 13, and then Clarke for just 1 of an excellent piece of fielding by Graeme Swann at short leg. The danger man Watson was caught off a superb diving catch from the keeper Craig Kieswetter.
Cameron White came into bat with Steven Smith who plays for my team Worcestershire as an overseas player, and he did much better than he has been doing with Worcs! White steadied the innings, hitting some fantastic boundaries and sixes to bring up a very good 86. During that 86 he was caught by a STUNNING catch by Kieswetter, but unfortunately it was a no ball by Luke Wright! If White had have gotten out here the scorecard would have been much much worse for the Australians. Broad ended with 4-44, taking his 100th ODI wicket in Tim Paine, becoming the youngest Englishman to reach 100 ODI wickets and celebrating his 24th birthday in style!
England needed just 240 runs to win, and as Strauss and Kieswetter stepped out they scored runs quickly. Kieswetter was lucky not to go for an LBW shout, and after 2 sneaky boundaries, he was caught for a very cheap wicket by Tim Paine for just 8. Big hitter KP came to the crease and steadied the innings, scoring highly with Strauss. Pietersen was caught by a fantastic catch by Ricky Ponting at short mid on, and Strauss succumbed to be caught and bowled by Hauritz. Strauss previously struggled against Hauritz's spin in the Ashes and the Natwest series defeat last September.
Collingwood scored a great 48 runs before being bowled by Bollinger and with that 48 became England's highest ever ODI run scorer. Luke Wright went for 10, and Eoin Morgan steadied the innings once again with a fantastic 52 from 64 before being bowled by Bollinger and caught by Paine behind. It was left to Bresnan and Swann to bring the win home and Swanny did so with a fantastic six. England won by 4 wickets with 28 balls remaining.
The Aussies started to fire well, before losing many early wickets and being steadied by White towards the end. They didn't bowl particularly well, with 23 extras coming from no balls etc. Tait will be coming in for Hauritz in the next match on Sunday due to injury so the Australians will have a little more firepower in their attack. They need to sort out their bowling if they want to win at Old Trafford and try to claw back the series.
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