Joyce sets up England's first victory over Australia
It took ten matches, but England finally managed to beat Australia. And they did it in style by earning a bonus point with the 92-run victory
02/02Result
10th Match (D/N), Commonwealth Bank Series at Sydney, Feb 2 2007
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![England]( "England")
292/7 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
200 (38.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
02/02Result
10th Match (D/N), Commonwealth Bank Series at Sydney, Feb 2 2007
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![England]( "England")
292/7 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
200 (38.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
EC Joyce
107(142) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %72%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 25 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
IR Bell
51(60) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot on back foot
- 12 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.15 start, First Session 14.15-17.45 Interval 17.45-18.30, Second Session 18.30-22.00
Match days
2 February 2007 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England 5, Australia 0
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 200 (38.5 OVERS)
- Matthew Hayden51 (62)
- Andrew Symonds*39 (35)
- Sajid Mahmood2/38 (7)
- Liam Plunkett3/24 (9.5)
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Okay, so Australia had their foot off the pedal and their eyes on bigger contests, but it was still a worthy performance nonetheless. It was set up by Ed Joyce's maiden ODI century, and sealed by some tidy bowling from Liam Plunkett in particular.
Andrew Symonds will not bat, and so England, believe it or not, have achieved the unachievable, and beaten Australia by the hefty margin of 92 runs! That even means a bonus point, to put a teeny bit of pressure on the Kiwis ...
38.5
W
Plunkett to Clark, OUT, Bell has sealed it with a run-out! Pushed on to the back foot, Tait was slow to start running, and Bell swooped from cover to ping down the stumps!
SW Tait run out 11 (6m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 110.00
38.4
0
Plunkett to Clark, no run, full on off stump this time, pushed out to cover
38.3
1lb
Plunkett to Tait, 1 leg bye, turned to fine leg to bring up the 200
38.2
0
Plunkett to Tait, no run, backing away, and squared up as well, all in the same shot. A good old-fashioned tail-end tangle
38.1
0
Plunkett to Tait, no run, pushed onto the back foot again. Played out to cover
END OF OVER:38 | 12 Runs | AUS: 199/8 (94 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 5.23, RRR: 7.83)
- Stuart Clark15 (21b)
- Shaun Tait11 (7b)
- Monty Panesar10-0-64-1
- Liam Plunkett9-1-24-3
The end of Panesar's spell, and his figures are worse than his efforts deserve. He kept things quiet when Australia were still in the hunt
37.6
0
Panesar to Clark, no run, drawn onto the front foot, and defended into the gully.
Match Coverage
All Match NewsJoyce sets up England's first victory over Australia
It took ten matches, but England finally managed to beat Australia. And they did it in style by earning a bonus point with the 92-run victory