England beat Australia in 3rd ODI match 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 3rd ONE DAY international match was to be played on Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, England on 24th 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 3rd 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 3rd 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 239 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of C white who made 86 runs in 98 balls with 7 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 88 runs in 100 balls and S Watson who made 57 runs in 59 balls with 8 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 97 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 240 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well and was able to chase the target of 240 runs in 45.2 over’s at the loss of 6 wicket and won the game by 4 wickets in hand and with top contributions from Andrew Strauss who made 51 runs in 56 balls with 3 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 91 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 4 wickets in hand and series stands at 3-0 in favor of England with 4 more games to play.

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