Australia Beat England in 2nd ODI of series, 2013

Australia was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International in England in 2013. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 1 and 3. The 2nd ONE DAY international match was to be played on Old Trafford, Manchester, England on 8th Sep 2013. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

England won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd ONE DAY international match: Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, George Bailey (c), Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, M Clarke

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd ONE DAY international Match: Stuart Broad (c), Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Jos Buttler (wk),Michael Lumb, Kevin P, Jade Dernbach, Danny Briggs, Alex Hales, Joe Root

Australia batted well and was able to post total of 315 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of M clarke who made 105 runs in 102 balls with 14 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 103 runs in 100 balls and George B who made 82 runs in 67 balls with 5 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 122 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 316 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well but was unable to chase the target of 316 runs and was able to make only 227 runs in 44.2 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and lost the game by 88 runs with top contributions from Kevin P who made 60 runs in 66 balls with 6 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 91 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 88 runs and series stands at 1-1 in favor of none with 5 more games to play.

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