Australia Beat England in 5th 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 5th ONE DAY international match was to be played on The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia on 30th Jan 2016. Australia already leads the series 3-0.

Australia won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 5th ONE DAY international match: M Clarke, Shane Watson, Cameron White (c), S Marsh, Mitchell Johnson, David Hussey, Aaron Finch, David Warner, Brad Haddin (wk), C White, Steven Smith

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th ONE DAY international Match: Paul Collingwood (c), Ian Bell, Kevin P, Tim Bresnan, J Trott, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Matt prior (wk), A Shahzad, Chris W

Australia batted very well and was able to post total of 249 runs in 49.3 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of M Clarke who made 54 runs in 74 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 73 runs in 100 balls and B haddin who made 37 runs in 52 balls with 7 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 71 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 250 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted poorly and was unable to chase the score of 250 runs and was only able to made 198 runs in 45.3 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and lost the game by 51 runs and top scores by Kevin P who made 40 runs in 51 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 78 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 51 runs and now series stands at 4-1 with 2 more games to play.

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