Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
37 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 197/7 | RR: 5.32

  • Andrew Tye3 (1b)
  • Tim Paine25 (31b)
  • Mark Wood9-0-58-1
  • Chris Woakes7-0-36-1

8.53pm So, that is the end of that. So, the series moves to Perth for the finale ... and the start of a new era with the WACA put to mothballs and 60,000 people anticipated in the city's new purpose-built stadium. Join us there on Sunday for all the fun of the fair.

Mark: "Aus might like to reflect that they have been rescued by Travis Head. Had he got out for 70 instead of staying almost to the end, they would have lost." Quite possibly. But they didn't. Happy 'Straya Day, y'all!

eddie: "Don't understand Morgan's take on their batting here... Bairstow, Hales and Roy all nicked off chasing wide balls just doing a little bit very early in their innings. That doesn't mean there's too much in the pitch, its just juvenile batting." Indeed. I suspect that one will have some legs in the post-match analysis...

Steve Smith "Nice to get over the line, a pretty ordinary [batting] display... It all happened pretty quickly for a moment there, 5 for 8 you'd take any day."

8.59pm Time for some presentations: "We fought really well to get Australia seven-down, but to be five-down after ten overs and no boundaries in the first 15 really shows how much there was in the wicket," says Eoin Morgan, which is an eyebrow-raising take on England's collapse.

"Having broken into the middle order a few times, if we could have reopened a few cracks..."

Pat Cummins is Man of the Match "I think the wicket here has been brilliant for the last couple of years. Josh is about the best bowler in the world in ODIs, lands it on a dime every time with a bit of movement."

8.52pm James: "Given where they were after 6.2 overs (creek and paddle come to mind) England have done pretty well to make a competitive game of this." It goes to show that their competitive spirit is second to none in this format at present. But their headlong stampede to a batting collapse didn't do them much credit. It was rather the same against South Africa at Lord's this summer...

Charles : "Paine relief!" I see what you've done there

36.6
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Wood to Tye, 3 runs, drilled down the ground and Australia win by three wickets! They made hard work of a game that they basically had in the bag after 6.2 overs, but they've avoided the whitewash

England in Australia and New Zealand 2017-18 News

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25DA WarnerTM Head
2nd23CL WhiteTM Head
3rd22SPD SmithTM Head
4th42MR MarshTM Head
5th24MP StoinisTM Head
6th44TD PaineTM Head
7th5TD PainePJ Cummins
8th12TD PaineAJ Tye