Australia beat England by 112 runs
Hello everyone and a warm welcome for the final match between Australia and England from the WACA, Perth. It's the big one, the final and although India aren't featuring in this match, a clash between the old enemies just before the start of the World Cup should make for a mouth watering clash. Australia will definitely start as favourites after going unbeaten into the final. England look like the only team who could beat them and came very close in the last match but today is another game and in a big final, anything can happen.
The coin had spun Morgan's way and he said England will bowl. The game against India has greatly influenced his decisions and he thinks that the pitch got better as the game went on. Expects a similar thing today as well. They've gone in unchanged. George Bailey looks unsure of what he would have done but he hopes that the pitch will liven up in the afternoon. He has his trump card back. Yes, Mitchell Johnson is back and raring to go and that will be a sight to be hold as he runs in on a fast, bouncy track. The Aussies will need runs on the board. David Warner is doing well he says and will rejoin Finch at the top of the order.
Good news for England is the fact that they have been beaten Australia in five out of seven games at Perth and that should give them more confidence going into the match. The pitch like always, has some cracks on it and the bounce at the WACA is a given. That being said, it has been a bit two-paced in the last game so it would be interesting to see what it turns out to be today.
Australia lost early wickets after Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected o bowl first. James Anderson removed danger pair Aaron Finch and David Warner before Stuart Board stuck with the wicket of captain George Bailey. Finch departed without scoring in the match's opening over, edging an outswinger from Anderson through to Joe Root at first slip. After being joined by Steve Smith, who quickly found is feet, Warner reached 12 from 17 balls before Anderson found extra bounce and Warner tamely sliced the ball to James Taylor at point. Bailey looked out of sorts during his two from 17 balls in the face of some quality English fast bowling on a helpful pitch, finally being undone by a shorter ball from Board which he fended straight to Taylor at bat pad. But while the visiting seamers made scoring difficult for the hosts, Smith's sublime from let him craft singles from all angles, crashing fours behind point and straight down the ground to make batting look easy. So Morgan turned to the spin of Moeen Ali to halt Smith's charge. Four balls into the first over, Ali had Smith advancing and missing, and not even a fumble from wicketkeeper Jos Buttler could save the set batsman. With Smith walking off the ground with 40 of the 60 runs scored, there was reason for Australian fans to panic, but the young duo of Maxwell and Marsh calmed fears with orthodox, mature stroke play. Maxwell in particular resisted the urge to employ his wide array of dashing shots until he was closing in on his half-century, bringing up the milestone off 64 balls with a fine lap past short fine leg. Th allrounder's first half century since October bettered his 93-run effort against Zimbabwe last August. Marsh greeted the batting power play with a gigantic six over backward square leg, before Maxwell unleashed his full bag of tricks, taking down Chris Woakes for four boundaries in the 40th over including a reverse pull over fine leg, to race the partnership to 95 from 97 balls. But the lure of a maiden hundred in a single blow was too much for the Victorian, falling five shot after top edging Board to Buttler to leave the batsman disappointed and the crowd applauding and wanting more. With Maxwell gone the power game was suitably left to Marsh. Two muscular boundaries either side of the wicket promised a score close to 300, but when Brad Haddin's call for a second found the allrounder short of his ground at the non-striker's end via a relay throw, the projected dropped significantly. But Faulkner would pick up the slack, pummelling Woakes for three sixes and 24 runs off the penultimate over before hitting the last ball of the innings for six to raise his fifty and leave the field with the momentum and a compectitive total to bowl to. The pair combined for 141 to resurrect he home side's innings from 4-60 after James Anderson (2-38) struck twice with the new ball. Stuart Board finished with 3-55 to be the pick of the tourists with the ball, before a fashionably late cameo from James Faulkner, who crashed 50 from only 24 balls. Glenn Maxwell's highest one-day International score of 95 has boosted Australia to 8-278.
If England were worried about facing Johnson on the fast WACA wicket, they'd have to wait as Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood took the new balls, and the latter struck early to remove Ian Bell for eight to a wonderful catch by a diving Haddin. But they needn't wait too long, with Johnson entering the attack in the seventh over, and in the ninth normal service resumed when the left-arm quick removed James Taylor to a good catch by Maxwell at point, even if there was some doubt about the legality of the delivery due to Johnson's front foot getting dangerous close to going over the front line. Two overs later the vocal WACA crowd were on their feet when Johnson bowled a brute of ball to surprise Ali and take his edge to Finch at floating first slip, and the audience remained standing when Morgan left his first ball only to watch it clatter into his off-stump. Twenty-five runs later, Joe Root was trapped in front by Faulkner, before the allrounder left the field with side soreness. While the Australian medical staff attended to the injured Tasmanian, Maxwell's match went from good to great, removing Buttler (17) and Woakes in succesive deliveries to reduce England to 7-98 in the 25th over. Maxwell would claim two more wickets before Hazelwood castled Steve Finn to wrap up the match and series and firm Australia as a World Cup favourite.
Australia thump their arch-rivals to win the tri-seies! They will be very pleased with their performance today and will now go into World Cup high on Confidence. Glenn Maxwell was one of the player they wanted back in form and that exactly happened today. He not only made a match winning 95 but also proved his all-round worth by bagging a 4-wicket haul. This is also Australia's third biggest win against England in ODIs.
Player of the Match, Glenn Maxwell: It was nice to do that role, I screwed up a few times in the past. James Faulkner showed his class and finished it well for us. It's nice to enter the World Cup in form with both bat and ball.
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Player of the Series, Mitchell Starc: Trying to improve with every game. It's exciting with the World Cup coming up. It's important to bowl as fast as you can and get a bit of swing to help you out. We got a great squad, we have a good bowling unit.
Eoin Morgan: I think we could have kept them to a bit less. Batting let us down today. We need to keep grafting and growing. A lot of credits goes to the boys for putting individual efforts. We are playing Pakistan and West Indies in the warm-up in sydney and it should be a good practice before the World Cup.
George Bailey: It's really promising to see Maxi and Mitchell Marsh rein their natural games and getting us back in the match. Always lovely to have him (Johnson) in the tank. We want to have as many as guys in form as possible.
That;s all from this tri-series. World Cup is just round the corner and we are looking forward to your company then. Until next time, it's good bye and cheers!!!
The coin had spun Morgan's way and he said England will bowl. The game against India has greatly influenced his decisions and he thinks that the pitch got better as the game went on. Expects a similar thing today as well. They've gone in unchanged. George Bailey looks unsure of what he would have done but he hopes that the pitch will liven up in the afternoon. He has his trump card back. Yes, Mitchell Johnson is back and raring to go and that will be a sight to be hold as he runs in on a fast, bouncy track. The Aussies will need runs on the board. David Warner is doing well he says and will rejoin Finch at the top of the order.
Good news for England is the fact that they have been beaten Australia in five out of seven games at Perth and that should give them more confidence going into the match. The pitch like always, has some cracks on it and the bounce at the WACA is a given. That being said, it has been a bit two-paced in the last game so it would be interesting to see what it turns out to be today.
Australia lost early wickets after Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected o bowl first. James Anderson removed danger pair Aaron Finch and David Warner before Stuart Board stuck with the wicket of captain George Bailey. Finch departed without scoring in the match's opening over, edging an outswinger from Anderson through to Joe Root at first slip. After being joined by Steve Smith, who quickly found is feet, Warner reached 12 from 17 balls before Anderson found extra bounce and Warner tamely sliced the ball to James Taylor at point. Bailey looked out of sorts during his two from 17 balls in the face of some quality English fast bowling on a helpful pitch, finally being undone by a shorter ball from Board which he fended straight to Taylor at bat pad. But while the visiting seamers made scoring difficult for the hosts, Smith's sublime from let him craft singles from all angles, crashing fours behind point and straight down the ground to make batting look easy. So Morgan turned to the spin of Moeen Ali to halt Smith's charge. Four balls into the first over, Ali had Smith advancing and missing, and not even a fumble from wicketkeeper Jos Buttler could save the set batsman. With Smith walking off the ground with 40 of the 60 runs scored, there was reason for Australian fans to panic, but the young duo of Maxwell and Marsh calmed fears with orthodox, mature stroke play. Maxwell in particular resisted the urge to employ his wide array of dashing shots until he was closing in on his half-century, bringing up the milestone off 64 balls with a fine lap past short fine leg. Th allrounder's first half century since October bettered his 93-run effort against Zimbabwe last August. Marsh greeted the batting power play with a gigantic six over backward square leg, before Maxwell unleashed his full bag of tricks, taking down Chris Woakes for four boundaries in the 40th over including a reverse pull over fine leg, to race the partnership to 95 from 97 balls. But the lure of a maiden hundred in a single blow was too much for the Victorian, falling five shot after top edging Board to Buttler to leave the batsman disappointed and the crowd applauding and wanting more. With Maxwell gone the power game was suitably left to Marsh. Two muscular boundaries either side of the wicket promised a score close to 300, but when Brad Haddin's call for a second found the allrounder short of his ground at the non-striker's end via a relay throw, the projected dropped significantly. But Faulkner would pick up the slack, pummelling Woakes for three sixes and 24 runs off the penultimate over before hitting the last ball of the innings for six to raise his fifty and leave the field with the momentum and a compectitive total to bowl to. The pair combined for 141 to resurrect he home side's innings from 4-60 after James Anderson (2-38) struck twice with the new ball. Stuart Board finished with 3-55 to be the pick of the tourists with the ball, before a fashionably late cameo from James Faulkner, who crashed 50 from only 24 balls. Glenn Maxwell's highest one-day International score of 95 has boosted Australia to 8-278.
If England were worried about facing Johnson on the fast WACA wicket, they'd have to wait as Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood took the new balls, and the latter struck early to remove Ian Bell for eight to a wonderful catch by a diving Haddin. But they needn't wait too long, with Johnson entering the attack in the seventh over, and in the ninth normal service resumed when the left-arm quick removed James Taylor to a good catch by Maxwell at point, even if there was some doubt about the legality of the delivery due to Johnson's front foot getting dangerous close to going over the front line. Two overs later the vocal WACA crowd were on their feet when Johnson bowled a brute of ball to surprise Ali and take his edge to Finch at floating first slip, and the audience remained standing when Morgan left his first ball only to watch it clatter into his off-stump. Twenty-five runs later, Joe Root was trapped in front by Faulkner, before the allrounder left the field with side soreness. While the Australian medical staff attended to the injured Tasmanian, Maxwell's match went from good to great, removing Buttler (17) and Woakes in succesive deliveries to reduce England to 7-98 in the 25th over. Maxwell would claim two more wickets before Hazelwood castled Steve Finn to wrap up the match and series and firm Australia as a World Cup favourite.
Australia thump their arch-rivals to win the tri-seies! They will be very pleased with their performance today and will now go into World Cup high on Confidence. Glenn Maxwell was one of the player they wanted back in form and that exactly happened today. He not only made a match winning 95 but also proved his all-round worth by bagging a 4-wicket haul. This is also Australia's third biggest win against England in ODIs.
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Eoin Morgan: I think we could have kept them to a bit less. Batting let us down today. We need to keep grafting and growing. A lot of credits goes to the boys for putting individual efforts. We are playing Pakistan and West Indies in the warm-up in sydney and it should be a good practice before the World Cup.
George Bailey: It's really promising to see Maxi and Mitchell Marsh rein their natural games and getting us back in the match. Always lovely to have him (Johnson) in the tank. We want to have as many as guys in form as possible.
That;s all from this tri-series. World Cup is just round the corner and we are looking forward to your company then. Until next time, it's good bye and cheers!!!
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