Australia Beat England in 7th 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 7th ONE DAY international match was to be played on  Lord’s, London, England on 3th July 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 7th 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 7th 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 277 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of M Hussey who made 79 runs in 60 balls with 5 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 132 runs in 100 balls and Tim P who made 54 runs in 90 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 60 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 278 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well but was unable to chase the target of 278 runs and was only able to make 235 runs in 46.3 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 42 runs and with top contributions from Paul C who made 95 runs in 121 balls with 7 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 79 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 42 runs and series ends at 4-3 in favor of England.

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