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2088dThe Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale at Lord's

Tait powers Australia to 42-run victory

Shaun Tait broke the 100mph mark for the first time and shattered England's batting line-up to ensure Australia ended their lost series on a positive note, with a 42-run win at Lord's

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

PD Collingwood
95(121) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 44 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
1 0 25 8 6 14 15 26
MEK Hussey
79(60) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 18 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 3 3 17 23 7 5 21

Best performances - Bowlers

SW Tait
SW Tait
O8.3
M0
R48
W4
Eco5.64
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
SCJ Broad
SCJ Broad
O10
M0
R64
W4
Eco6.40
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

England won the 5-match series 3-2

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

3 July 2010 (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Australia have come back very strongly from 3-0 down - they've beaten England comfortably in the last two games. It was Mike Hussey and Shaun Marsh's partnership that first turned the game towards Australia, but Shaun Tait nailed home the advantage. His opening burst was as exciting as anything I've seen in a long time. It left England feeling anxious and they never quite recovered, despite Collingwood's defiant 95.

England do of course take the series, but ahead of the Ashes there was enough for both teams to take with them to Brisbane.

Brydon will have his bulletin ready for you soon, so check that out. And for the visually minded we have a gallery of the best of the day's action.

Michael Atherton leads the presentation ceremony. Ponting dead-bats Atherton's invitation to speculate about Tait's Test future and rightly praises his side for coming back so strongly in the series.

Shaun Tait is named man of the match he really deserved it. From his interview he looks like a man with more pace than words and is surprisingly soft-spoken. He too has none of Atherton's invitation to turn his Test retirement around, saying he struggles enough to get through 10 overs in an ODI game.

Eoin Morgan is man of the series. Like Tait he's a man of few words but says, somewhat predictably, that he would was disappointed not to contribute more in England's last two games.

That's about it from us. There is of course plenty more cricket going around and Australia are back in action against Pakistan on Monday.

46.3
W
Tait to Swann, OUT, that'll be all! Tait finishes it off, which is apt, with a slower ball, which isn't! Swann backed away and tried to carve it over mid off but he couldn't time it and ended up gifting a catch to mid off.

GP Swann c Harris b Tait 33 (21m 21b 5x4 0x6) SR: 157.14

46.2
0
Tait to Swann, no run, touch too swift for Swann that, banged in short and zipping past Swann's neck as the batsman tried to swish it away
46.1
0
Tait to Swann, no run, Swann has Tait to deal with, who bangs in a short ball, Swann had backed away outside leg and missed his swipe

"This is really interesting," writes Nitin. "Swann has 605 test runs at a strike rate of 87.42 but 250 ODI runs at a mere rate of 76.21. What a time to make up for it!"

END OF OVER:
46 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 235/9 (43 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.10, RRR: 10.75)

  • James Anderson5 (4b)
  • Graeme Swann33 (18b)
  • Doug Bollinger8-0-26-1
  • Ryan Harris8-1-38-1
45.6
0
Bollinger to Anderson, no run, short and Anderson was looking to find an upper-cut but it whistled past him
45.5
4
Bollinger to Anderson, FOUR, Anderson this time finds his a boundary, which is fairly unlikely, it was a full toss, Anderson gave himself some room and landed a rather stylish drive through the covers for four
45.4
1
Bollinger to Swann, 1 run, Swann shuffled down the wicket and outside leg, Bollinger shoved it in short and followed him, in the end Swann could only wheel a pull shot away for one to fine leg
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England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14AJ StraussC Kieswetter
2nd5MH YardyC Kieswetter
3rd25PD CollingwoodC Kieswetter
4th28PD CollingwoodEJG Morgan
5th1PD CollingwoodKP Pietersen
6th56PD CollingwoodLJ Wright
7th65PD CollingwoodTT Bresnan
8th0PD CollingwoodGP Swann
9th35GP SwannSCJ Broad
10th6GP SwannJM Anderson