English team is in commanding postoin nice performance England keep it up
BTW nice update gamer nice presentation.....great story to read..umpires face is not looking good....Im Shocked to see him :o .....Carry on ...looking forward for the next update
England's Victory Turns On The Heat For the Ashes
England won quite comfortably in the end as Monty cleaned up the Australian tail with no trouble at all. It was very unsual as the Australians who are known to fight till the end were bowled out with 52 balls to spare and were 39 runs short . England bowled well in the start and lost theyir way in the middle of the innings but Monty came to the rescue as Flintoff supported him by bowling a good line from the other end. Needing 55 runs in their last 12 overs with just 2 wickets in hand the task was difficult for the Aussies but if they would have stayed till the end of the match they the story would have been different. Monty was on fire with 2 wickets and then all he had to do was to get the taienders out. Hogg was batting nicely and was looking for the runs . Monty tossed one up to Hogg who was beaten up by the floght of the ball went for the big shot only managing to get a top edge and giving the simplest of catches to Dalrymple. Then it was all down to the last wicket where McGrath and Bracken had to fight out till the end but that partnership could no last too long. Monty came back in his next over and bowled another flighted ball to Bracken who was also went for the big one on the leg side and gave a simple catch to Harmison who had a good ODI match afte4r a long period of time.
Monty finished with 4 wickets
England won by 38 runs and it was an upset victory for Australia as they were not hoping to lose this match batting second but now its all heated up before the Ashes and now we can hope to see the rivalry between the two teams in the Ashes where the wounded Aussies will take the revenge. Monty bowled a superb spell by picking up 4 wickets while Harmison who is back in form picked up 3 crucial top order wickets.
Australia's Scorecard
Australia : 206/10 (41.2 overs) A.Symonds : b M.Panesar 53 (69) 4 Fours 2 Sixes M.Clarke: c S.Mahmood b M.Panesar 32 (36) 4 Fours
M.Panesar : 6.2-1-16-4 S.Harmison : 9-0-33-3
England : 244/5 (50 overs) K.Pietersen: Run Out74 (96)11 Fours 1 Six P.Collingwood: Not Out 84 (131) 7 Fours 1 Six
England won the match by 38 runs
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Who will be the Man Of The Match ?
1. Paul Collingwood 84*(131)
2. Kevin Pietersen 74(96)
3. Monty Panesar 16/4
4. S.Harmison 33/3
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