Bopara stars as England make it 4-0
Australia's coach, Mickey Arthur, had called for more mongrel but the Australian attack dog barely raised a whimper as England were set 146 for victory
10/07Result
5th ODI (D/N), Australia tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jul 10 2012
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![Australia]( "Australia")
145/7 (32/32 ov) -
![England]( "England")
138/3 (27.1/29 ov, target 138)
Player of the Match
10/07Result
5th ODI (D/N), Australia tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jul 10 2012
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![Australia]( "Australia")
145/7 (32/32 ov) -
![England]( "England")
138/3 (27.1/29 ov, target 138)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
AN Cook
58(78) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 23 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
RS Bopara
52(56) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %64%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 19 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
RS Bopara
- O4
- M0
- R8
- W2
- Eco2.00
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
JC Tredwell
- O7
- M1
- R23
- W2
- Eco3.28
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England won the 5-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.15, Second Session 18.15-21.45
Match days
10 July 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 145/7 (32 OVERS)
- George Bailey*46 (41)
- David Warner32 (32)
- Ravi Bopara2/8 (4)
- James Tredwell2/23 (7)
ENGLAND 138/3 (27.1 OVERS)
- Ravi Bopara*52 (56)
- Alastair Cook58 (78)
- Michael Clarke1/14 (3)
- Ben Hilfenhaus1/19 (5.1)
Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Alan Gardner
10.35pm: Out we go to the middle again, lots of baubles to hand out. Ravi Bopara is indeed Man of the Match: "The lads played really well, the pitch was a little but stoppy, but it got better as the night went on ... It's about time I was there at the end. I think it was important I got an early knock and that innings at The Oval stood me in good stead. [No. 6 next week?] Well, hopefully!"
Australia captain, Michael Clarke: "England showed what a class team they are, for some of the younger guys who haven't seen them before and it shows the hard work we need to do for 12 months' time. It was a wake-up call for the team. We've got a lot of players who haven't faced these conditions, haven't faced that kind of attack. I want to take nothing away from England ... We'll be as well prepared [for Ashes next year] as we can be."
Man of the Series, Ian Bell: "We were helped by our bowlers, they set the tone and it's nice to chase a lower tottal. Batting at the top of the order sutis my style, so hopefully it's a good platform for the future. We've got to swtich back ino Test mode now and it should be an exciting series [against South Africa]."
England captain Alastair Cook: "It was another good performance from the bowlers, nice to get the win. I think our No. 7 didn't get a bat in this series so that shows how well we've done."
Right, this one has dragged on long enough. Thanks for all your comments, we'll be back again for the full works when the first Test against South Africa starts next Thursday. Cheerio for now!
That wraps up another convincing win for England, who claim a 4-0 series victory that will take them above India in the ODI rankings to third. Australia remain No. 1 in name only, with either England or South Africa likely to overtake them during their five-match series later in the summer. Ravi Bopara played another attractive, substantial innings, to go with his couple of wickets - probably enough for him to be named Man of the Match. We'll find out during the presentations in a moment or two.
27.1
1
Hilfenhaus to Morgan, 1 run, pitched up outside off and launched high over the infield again - won't run all the way either but it's plenty good enough to wrap up a seven-wicket Duckworth-Lewis win
END OF OVER:27 | 7 Runs | ENG: 137/3 (1 run required from 12 balls, RR: 5.07, RRR: 0.50)
- Eoin Morgan8 (4b)
- Ravi Bopara52 (56b)
- Clint McKay6-0-27-1
- Ben Hilfenhaus5-0-18-1
So, England still require one to win ...
26.6
3
McKay to Morgan, 3 runs, full and Morgan gets under the ball, carting it high into the night sky, towards long-on - it plops a few yards short of the rope and won't roll any further
26.6
1w
McKay to Morgan, 1 wide, drifts down the leg side - wide
26.5
0
McKay to Morgan, no run, full and sliding across, beats Morgan's expansive drive
26.4
1lb
McKay to Bopara, 1 leg bye, length delivery, angling in on the stumps and Bopara misses the ball as he tries to close the face, hit on the back pat. Dar turns the appeal down but Clarke calls for the review ... and Hawk Eye shows the ball just shaving the bail, so it stays with the umpire's call and Bopara still has a chance to be there at the end
26.3
0
McKay to Bopara, no run, slower ball out the back of the hand, short of a length and Bopara mistimes his pull into the ground
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Bopara stars as England make it 4-0
Australia's coach, Mickey Arthur, had called for more mongrel but the Australian attack dog barely raised a whimper as England were set 146 for victory
