England V Australia 2013-14 Ashes - ODI & T20 Series

England win the toss & elect to bowl in the 4th ODI at Cardiff

Australia 227 all out 48.2 overs Bailey 87 Rankin 31-2 Finn 43-2 Tredwell 53-3

England latest 26-3

McKay takes a hat-trick to reduce England to 8-3 with the wickets of Pietersen,Trott & Root

England held their nerve to win by three wickets in the final over. Excellent batting from Joss Butler 65 no.

Pleased for Michael Carberry too. After a tricky few matches he produced a good knock with early chaos around him as 3 wickets went down in 3 balls.
He and Morgan played intelligently to rebuild the innings before Jos Buttler's excellent contribution to win the match.

Australia's captain Michael Clarke is a fitness doubt for today's deciding Day/Night ODI at the Ageas Bowl Hampshire,Shaun Marsh is already out.

Australia won the toss & elect to bat.Clarke is fit to play,Hughes in for Marsh,Ahmed replaces Coulter-Nile.
England,Finn out with aside strain replaced by Jordan making his debut.Trott,back-Spasm out,Wright in.

I wonder why England have picked a specialist spinner if he's only going to bowl 4 over.
They had part time spinner ball Tredwells over 6 overs.

They could have picked another quicky instead..

Also why hasn't Luke Wright been used...

Australia got 298 all out....

I see that the Piertersen-Carberry show is back in town...
Chuckle brothers comes to mind

Now they are level at one run out a piece.

England were going nowhere at 103-5 until a 92 run partnership between Bopara 62 & Butler 42 which gave them some hope.However when both were dismissed in quick succession & the run-rate in excess of 2/ball it's only a matter of time.

Latest - England 240-9 - 59 required from 18 balls

Another awful one day performance from the England b team, the poor fans who have paid good money to see a entertaining and competitive series have instead been lumbered with this sorry excuse for a side.

(16-09-2013 21:43 )lancealot790 Wrote:  Another awful one day performance from the England b team, the poor fans who have paid good money to see a entertaining and competitive series have instead been lumbered with this sorry excuse for a side.

How dare you ,sir ! *
(* -Don't worry I'm being sarcastic)
How the England management can claim they're protecting the players from burnout is ridiculous .The public paid up in advance for this series against Australia and have been "rewarded" with a second rate team ,with performances to match .When's the next game ? November ! They'll get plenty of rest now won't they .
Wait until they get to Australia and we'll hear the excuse "Oh , you've got to realise some of these players haven't played since August .They're short of match fitness and form". Pathetic !