Bloody hell I need a lay down and a cold towel
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Starc to Buttler, 2 runs,
Bloody hell I need a lay down and a cold towel
49.6
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Starc to Buttler, 2 runs,
Woakes 50 off 37 Buttler 100 off 82.
A brilliant innings comming in under real pressure and stunning finishing gets England above 300. The taters had real doubts England would reach 250 only about 4 overs ago.
And I was only reading ESPN must have been brilliant TV.
Oh, you lot were having a lay in werent you.
Doh
I was winding our resident Aussie up.
Aussies are 26-1 in reply after 4.5 overs Warner cought Hales Bowled Woakes
That Aussie Flu is a bitch PS - Warner coughing out eh?
61-2 Finch is still there and Smith is due a score
Uh oh
What has happened? Plunkett pulls up just before his delivery stride , takes his cap and walks off. Looked like he tried to solider on, but just couldnāt. Hamstring? Calf? Root to Smith.
Phew. Just as he was getting going
Root hit for 2 consecutive 6ās over before (replacing Plunkett)
20.1
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Rashid to Finch, OUT ,
AJ Finch lbw b Rashid 62 (53b 3x4 3x6) SR: 116.98
tosses up the legbreak, goes to sweep, hit on the pads - and given!
Finch immediately signals for a review, seeming to suggest he got some bat on itā¦ but thereās no bottom edge on the replays, and Hawk_eye has it clipping leg stump!
England win by 16 runs
10.30pm: That is wrap, folks. Mel Farrellās report will tell the story of an all-round performance that clinched things for England; theyāre on a roll, though Australia can of course console themselves by gazing at the urn. How long until England propose making the Ashes points based across all formats, I wonder? Anyway, thanks for your comments, as ever - weāll be back for for on Friday. From Nikhil and myself, cheerio for now!
10.15pm: Thanks Nikhil, that was coolly done at the death. Time for the presentations, England 3-0 up of course. Australiaās captain Steve Smith is first up: āYeah, disappointing tonight, I thought the way we bowled in the first 45 overs was good, but Jos played exceptionally well, Woakesy too, but we bowled poorly at the end, canāt do that to a guy like Jos. We were chasing prob 30 too many, batted well but not enough to get over the line. [Dismissal?] It got given out, so I had to get off the field, wasnāt hitting it very well anyway, gave some other guys a chance and they almost got us home. [Stoinis?] Heās a powerful guy, a real positive. Our one-day cricket hasnāt been up to scratch, weāve got to find ways to win against quality opposition. [Adelaide for Australia Day, then new stadium in Perth?] Two great days, hopefully two great occasions - hopefully the crowds turn up and we can put on a show.ā
Jos Buttler is unsurprisingly Man of the Match: āGreat win, probably the best weāve had. Had to find a bowler, Root bowling Liamās overs, guys kept putting in performances. Weāve championed this way of playing, even if you lose wickets. Chris and I tried to push on, we were looking at 270 but we had a couple of good overs. [Innings?] Against Cummins, Starc, etc it was very special.ā
England captain Eoin Morgan : āSo proud of the guys today, Jos was probably the the difference between the sides. On a two-paced wicket, he paced it to perfection, played the anchor until about five or six overs out. We thought 300 was competitive, to have a hammer blow with one of the quicks going down hurt us a lot actually. This is one of the best wins from this group. With out bowling efforts, everybody was required to give a bit extra and everyone did. With the ball we were outstanding. [Rest of series?] Hopefully two more wins, weāre going to play our strongest possible XI.ā
10.08pm This England ODI juggernaut continues to roll. They have got to be one of the best in the world currently. They have beaten a strong Australia team thrice in succession away from home. And three convincing wins. The series is done. The Tests and the ODIs one-sided, but dominated by different teams.
The game, on a tricky SCG pitch, was set up by the belligerence of Jos Buttler, who smashed another terrific hundred. The England bowling was disciplined and accurate, and they did what they had to in the end overs to prevent an in-form middle order from doing too much damage. An iffy moment with Steven Smithās dismissal, but England thorough and clinical again.
49.6
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Woakes to Paine, 1 run, a slower ball on off, swatted to deep square leg and England win the ODI series. Wide smiles on Englandās faces, Buttler knows the quality and the significance of the innings he played!
England bowl Australia out for 247 to win series 4-1.
I managed to watch the last 10 or so overs, gripping stuff.
Good work from Curran, a few āballs of the centruyā in his wickets.
Jake Ball, is a hero or an idiot? He looked like he was exhausted at one point, couldnāt even kneel down, presonally I donāt think he should have been allowed back on the pitchā¦
4-1 and some redemption for losing the Ashes so tamely.
Are there any ODIs coming up?
Thers a Tri-nations series coming up in New zealand soon.
England trudging along at a snails pace 10 an over in their 1st match in the series
82/2 Roy out for 9 1st ball of second over Hales 22 off 15 felll at 60 odd
Malan giving it some biff
Morgan out tidy 22 off 14 balls
Buttler joins Malan
97/3 off 10 overs
My fault I switch it on in time for Malan, Willey and Rashid to throw theie wickets away
127/8 16.3 overs
6 wickets for 33 runsā¦
137/9 Malan out for 6 from 2
155-9 off of the 20 overs
Now need our bowlers to bowl
0.4 overs
Lynn b Willey 0 (Aus 4-2)
Australia 6-2 off of the first over
Willey with some peachy bowling