Australia Beat England in 3rd ODI of series, 2011

England was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International Series in Australia in 2011. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 3rd ONE DAY international match was to be played on Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia on 23rd Jan 2016.

England won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 3rd ONE DAY international match: Brett Lee, Shane Watson, Cameron White (c), S Marsh, Mitchell Johnson, David Hussey, Aaron Finch, David Warner, Tim Paine (wk), C White, Steven Smith

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 3rd ONE DAY international Match: Paul Collingwood (c), Ian Bell, Kevin P, Tim Bresnan, J Trott, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Steven Davies (wk), A Shahzad, Chris W

England batted poorly and was able to post total of only 214 runs in 48 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of J trott who made 84 runs in 119 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 70 runs in 100 balls and E Morgan who made 30 runs in 41 balls with 2 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 73 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 215 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and to take lead in this 7 ONE DAY match International series 3-0.

Australia batted very well and was able to chase the score of 215 runs in 46 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and won the game by 5 wickets in hand and top scores by David H who made 68 runs in 89 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 76 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 5 wickets and now leads the 7 match ODI series 3-0 with 4 more games to play.

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