Australia Beat England in 1st 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 1^st ONE DAY international match was to be played on Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia on 16th Jan 2016.

England won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 1^st ONE DAY international match: Brett Lee, Shane Watson, Cameron White (c), Shaun T, Mitchell Johnson, David Hussey, Aaron Finch, David Warner, Tim Paine (wk), Steve O’Keefe, Steven Smith

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 1^st ONE DAY international Match: Paul Collingwood (c), Ian Bell, Kevin P, Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Steven Davies (wk), A Shahzad, Chris W

England batted very well and was able to post total of 294 runs in 49.4 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of Kevin P who made 78 runs in 75 balls with 2 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 104 runs in 100 balls and Andrew S who made 63 runs in 65 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 97 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 295 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and to take lead in this 7 ONE DAY match International series 1-0.

Australia batted very well and was able to chase the score of 295 runs in 49.1 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets and won the game by 6 wickets in hand and top scores by Shane W who made 161 runs in 150 balls with 12 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 107 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 6 wickets and now leads the 7 match ODI series 1-0 with 6 more games to play.

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