Australia Beat England in 4th ODI 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 4th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, England on 25th 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 4th 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 4th 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 301 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of R ponting who made 80 runs in 80 balls with 7 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls and J Hopes who made 40 runs in 20 balls with 8 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 302 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well but was unable to chase the target of 302 runs and was only able to make 285 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wicket and lost the game by 16 runs and with top contributions from Kevin P who made 60 runs in 50 balls with 3 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 120 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 16 runs and series stands at 3-1 in favor of England with 3 more games to play.

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