Australia Beat England in 6th 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 6th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Kennington Oval, London, England on 30th June 2010. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

England won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 6th 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 6th 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 290 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of M Clarke who made 99 runs in 106 balls with 7 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 93 runs in 100 balls and Ricky P who made 92 runs in 93 balls with 10 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 99 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 291 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well but was unable to chase the target of 291 runs and was only able to make 212 runs in 42.4 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 78 runs and with top contributions from M yardy who made 57 runs in 63 balls with 5 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 90 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 78 runs and series stands at 4-2 in favor of England with 1 more game to play.

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