Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
RS Bopara
82(85) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %74%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 27 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
IR Bell
75(113) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %80%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 20 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
01/07Result
2nd ODI, Australia tour of England and Ireland at London, Jul 1 2012
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![England]( "England")
252/4 (45.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
01/07Result
2nd ODI, Australia tour of England and Ireland at London, Jul 1 2012
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![England]( "England")
252/4 (45.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.45 start, First Session 10.45-14.15, Interval 14.15-15.00, Second Session 15.00-18.30
Match days
1 July 2012 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 251/7 (50 OVERS)
- George Bailey65 (86)
- Shane Watson66 (80)
- Tim Bresnan2/50 (8)
- Ravi Bopara1/16 (5)
ENGLAND 252/4 (45.4 OVERS)
- Ian Bell75 (113)
- Ravi Bopara82 (85)
- Michael Clarke1/13 (2)
- Shane Watson1/34 (6)
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Alan Gardner
7.10pm: Victory at The Oval - England's first over Australia at this ground since 1997 - means Alastair Cook's side take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Australia's total looked a little soft and doughy, their batsmen having not quite done enough (despite George Bailey kicking on, his crawl to 26 off 60 balls epitomised their struggles) and England executed a textbook run chase on a good surface. A whiff of controversy will cling to Morgan's successful review - Hot Spot wasn't conclusive, so the decision shouldn't have been overturned, even though he seemed confident he'd hit the ball - but Bell and Bopara were excellent and England should have got there even without their lucky No. 5. Ravi Bopara was named Man of the Match and his run-a-ball knock was just the sort of composed-but-lively innings Australia couldn't muster. There's life in the series yet, however, and the tourists will need to regroup before Edgbaston on Wednesday. We'll be back to bring you full coverage - until then, keep working on rotating the strike. Cheerio
45.4
2
Doherty to Morgan, 2 runs, tossed up, bit of room and Morgan cuts, gets a bottom edge, it beats Wade, running away behind the stumps - that'll do it, they run the two needed, and England have won by six wickets with a good, solid handful of overs to spare
45.3
0
Doherty to Morgan, no run, round the wicket, turned on the front foot to midwicket
Bopara has been putting pressure on the fielders to good effect all innings but finally ran out of luck. Is there going to be a dramatic final chapter here ...?
45.2
W
Doherty to Bopara, OUT, tossed up, tip and run to mid-off - and Brett Lee's direct hit sends Bopara back! That's a shame, he should have been there at the end, but a matchwinning [not yet, not yet] top knock from the Essex man
RS Bopara run out 82 (129m 85b 8x4 0x6) SR: 96.47
45.1
0
Doherty to Bopara, no run, length ball outside off, tapped to point
Doughy to finish things (in all likelihood)
END OF OVER:45 | 9 Runs | ENG: 250/3 (2 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.55, RRR: 0.40)
- Eoin Morgan41 (38b)
- Ravi Bopara82 (83b)
- Clint McKay10-1-42-1
- Brett Lee10-0-58-0
44.6
0
McKay to Morgan, no run, back of a length, on the stumps, turned to the man at short midwicket
44.5
1
McKay to Bopara, 1 run, length ball outside off, dabbed short of point
One blow will do it now ...
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