England beat Australia in 1st ODI match of series,2010

Australia was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International in England in 2010. 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 1st ONE DAY international match was to be played on The Rose Bowl, Southampton, England on 22nd June 2010. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Australia won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 1st ONE DAY international match: Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Nathan Hauritz, Cameron White, James Hopes, Doug Bollinger, Ryan Harris, Tim Paine (wk), Michael Hussey, Josh Hazlewood

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st ONE DAY international Match: James Anderson, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Strauss (c), Kevin Pietersen, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Michael Yardy, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Craig Kieswetter (wk)

Australia batted well and was able to post total of 267 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of M Clarke who made 87 runs in 97 balls with 7 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 90 runs in 100 balls and J Hopes who made 34 runs in 38 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 89 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 268 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well and was able to chase the target of 268 runs in 46 over’s at the loss of 6 wicket and won the game by 4 wickets in hand and with top contributions from Eoin M who made 103 runs in 85 balls with 16 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 121 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 4 wickets in hand and series stands at 1-0 in favor of England with 6 more games to play.

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