Australia go 5-1 up in the series with a nailbiting two-wicket win with four balls to spare. After all the flak he's received, it was Michael Clarke who held Australia's chase together with a well-paced knock that ensured that the earlier efforts of Watson, Johnson and Ferguson did not go in vain. There were contributions from all of Australia's batsmen, White and Hussey chipping in too.

But spare a thought for Jonathan Trott - a career-best effort from him to set up what could so easily have been a match-winning total. Strauss and Bell also showed they're in good nick. A thrilling end to the game that showed that there's still life and passion in this series - although, worryingly, injury lists for both teams continue to grow.

Andrew McGlashan's bulletin will be up presently - no doubt after a couple of frantic re-writes after that close finish.

A bittersweet victory, Andrew Strauss is asked. "Yeah just bitter I think, if I'm honest," he says. "It was great to see Trott play so well, all the same. 333 is a good score on any ground. We weren't helped by Collingwood's injury, and it was very disappointing not to be able to defend 333. Collingwood is ok, he had a back spasm." Team balance? "Five bowlers aren't enough when one of them goes down, that's for sure. We'll have to think about team balance at the world cup. We're 5-1 down, that's the way the game goes sometimes. If you've got seven matches it gives one side a great opportunity to gain momentum and get on top of the other. I'm still confident we've got a great side, we had a great Ashes series and no-one can take that away from us. This series hasn't really helped us nail down our World Cup XI as there've been so many injuries, but it's the same for Australia."

"Nice to get a hundred," says Jonathan Trott. "It's more memorable when you win the game. We would've taken 333 at the beginning of the day. It's good to be able to continue doing well for the team. I'm not looking to stand still, I'm looking to improve all the time."

"We're winning, first and foremost, and it's nice to be contributing with the bat," says a smiling Michael Clarke. "We had to take a few risks, I punted a bit on sending Mitch up the order and he played really well. He strikes the ball as clean as anyone. A few things didn't go to plan with the ball for us, but we're stoked to have chased those runs down. The boys are a bit weary, a bit tired, but we've got some tough cricket to come. My family and friends were out to support me today, I love playing at the SCG and it was nice to get some support today."

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