England beat Australia in 5th 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 5th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Old Trafford, Manchester, England on 27th 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 5th 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 5th 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 212 runs in 46 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of S Watson who made 61 runs in 76 balls with 5 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 80 runs in 100 balls and Tim P who made 44 runs in 48 balls with 9 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 92 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 213 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

England batted well and was able to chase the target of 213 runs in 49.1 over’s at the loss of 9 wicket and won the game by 1 wicket in hand and with top contributions from Andrew Strauss who made 87 runs in 121 balls with 8 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 72 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 1 wicket in hand and series stands at 4-1 in favor of England with 2 more games to play.

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