England beat Australia in 4th ODI match of series,2013

Australia was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International in England in 2013. 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 14th Sep 2013. 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 4th ONE DAY international match: Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, George Bailey (c), Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, M Clarke

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 4th ONE DAY international Match: Stuart Broad (c), Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Jos Buttler (wk),Michael Lumb, Kevin P, Jade Dernbach, Danny Briggs, Alex Hales, Joe Root

Australia batted well and was able to post total of 227 runs in 48.2 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of George B who made 87 runs in 91 balls with 5 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 96 runs in 100 balls and M Wade who made 36 runs in 40 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 90 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 228 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well and was able to chase the target of 228 runs in 49.3 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and won the game by 3 wickets in hand with top contributions from Jos B who made 65 runs in 48 balls with 5 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 135 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 3 wickets in hand and series stands at 2-2 in favor of none with 3 more games to play.

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