Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series

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DATE	TEAMS	VENUE	TIME
Friday 16th January	Australia v England	SCG	2:20pm
Sunday 18th January	Australia v India	MCG	2:20pm
Tuesday 20th January	England v India	GABBA	1:20pm
Friday 23rd January	Australia v England	Blundstone Arena	2:20pm
Monday 26th January	Australia v India	SCG	2:20pm
Friday 30th January	India v England	WACA	11:20am
Sunday 1st February	FINAL	WACA	11:20am

AUSTRALIA

George Bailey (c) Steve Smith (vc) Pat Cummins Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Haddin (wk) Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Gurinder Sandhu Mitchell Starc David Warner Shane Watson

ENGLAND

Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali James Anderson Gary Ballance Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Chris Jordan Joe Root James Taylor James Tredwell Chris Woakes

INDIA

MS Dhoni (c & wk) Virat Kohli (vc) Ravichandran Ashwin Stuart Binny Shikhar Dhawan Ravindra Jadeja Dhawal Kulkarni Bhuvneshwar Kumar Akshar Patel Ajinkya Rahane Suresh Raina Ambati Rayudu (wk) Mohammed Shami Ishant Sharma Mohit Sharma Rohit Sharma Umesh Yadav

TEAM	P	W	D	L	NR	PTS	NRR
AUSTRALIA	4	3	0	0	1	15	0.467
ENGLAND	3	1	0	2	0	5	0.481
INDIA	3	0	0	2	1	2	-1.356

 

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Heading down to first game on Friday. Can't wait!

Any decent pubs close to central station?

 

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Warner leads the Australian charge

Sam Ferris, Sydney Cricket Ground

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David Warner’s first one-day international century in almost three years has guided Australia to a three-wicket, bonus point win over England in the first Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series match at the SCG.

Warner’s 127 from 115 balls was his first since March 2012 as Australia chased down England's 234 all out with 61 balls to spare to secure five competition points.

The win was set up by Australia’s new ball attack which ripped the tourists’ top order apart, with Mitchell Starc picking up two wickets in the first three balls of the match to finish with figures of 4-42 from 8.5 overs.

England recovered from the horror start thanks to Eoin Morgan’s first hundred as the full-time 50-over captain, scoring 121 off 136 balls to give his bowlers a respectable total to bowl to.

The only concern for Australia was a sore right hamstring suffered by Warner, but the left-hander batted on without much trouble.

"It's just a little bit sore, taking off and turning out there," Warner told Nine's Wide World of Sports after the match. "I'll put some ice on it and I'll be right to go on Sunday."

Morgan won the toss and wasted no time electing to bat in hot conditions as England opted to play without a spinner, while Australia chose left-arm orthodox tweaker Xavier Doherty in their final XI.

England’s newest one-day opener was coming off a 145-ball 187 against the Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra two days ago, but today Ian Bell couldn’t survive the first ball of the match from left-armer Starc, trapped lbw for a golden duck.

The buzzing crowd was still streaming in when Bell fell, but those who missed the first wicket were treated to a replay two balls later when No.3 James Taylor was dismissed with an exact replica from the tall fast bowler.

England’s leading ODI run-scorer in 2014 Joe Root lasted 15 balls before a thick outside off the pace of Pat Cummins found Shane Watson’s safe hands at first slip to reduce the visitors to 3-12 inside four overs.

More trouble would follow when Moeen Ali succumbed to George Bailey’s trap at deep point to go for 22 from 21 balls and sink England to 4-33.

Amidst the carnage, Morgan established a steely presence at the crease, and in tandem with Ravi Bopara saw England through the mandatory 10-over power play the drinks break.

With the players rehydrated and the lacquer all but gone from the pair of white kookaburras, Bailey turned to his specialist spinner Doherty, who wasted no time in removing Bopara at backward point to continue the visitors’ decline.

Morgan found an ally in wicketkeeper Jos Buttler as the pair worked singles, ran hard for twos and defied Bailey’s attempts to break through and expose England’s lengthy tail.

It would be more than 14 overs in between boundaries for the tourists, but the six that broke the dought brought up Morgan’s fifty in the first over of the batting powerplay.

The batting powerplay is designed to provide batsmen a five-over block to hit out before the obligatory final stages blitzkrieg, but invariably produces wickets.

That trend continued when England’s rear guard partnership of 67 was broken by James Faulkner who removed Buttler to a good catch by David Warner at deep point.

As Morgan pushed England towards 200 and his own century, Woakes offered Steve Smith arguably the easiest catch of his blossoming career at mid-wicket, and the 25-year-old obliged to send the fast bowler on his way for eight.

Twelve runs off Glenn Maxwell’s sixth over had Morgan within one blow of reaching his seventh ODI ton, and two overs later a lofted drive over cover for four got him to triple-figures from 127 deliveries.

Another fifty-run stand came in flash between Morgan in Jordan before the fast bowler picked out Maxwell in the deep to go for 17, and two lusty blows and 10 runs later, Morgan’s valiant knock came to an end to give Starc his third wicket, before wrapping up the innings with Steve Finn first ball.

While Warner’s Test form has reached new heights over the past 18 months, his form in the 50-over format has been forgettable.

But the dynamic left-hander set about fixing his one-day dilemma in the first match of 2015 by launching at the English attack with the fearless stroke play that’s made him one of the most feared batsman in Test cricket.

Six boundaries in the first 10 overs had Warner on his way, but his opening partner Aaron Finch failed to match his partner’s exuberance, chopping Woakes on for 15 off 18 balls.

Warner was joined by the broad shoulders of Watson in the middle, and after a clip and cut for four each, Watson’s uneasy time with the blade was prolonged when he top edged Jordan to be caught short of the square leg boundary for 16.

Then an innocuous touch of the leg and wince of the eye had Australian fans and support staff skip a breath when Warner grabbed at his right hamstring.

One-fifth of Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad are currently sidelined with hamstring issues, but Warner soldiered on with new partner Smith, and even a quick visit from Bupa Support Team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris didn’t seem to deter his march towards his third ODI century.

If Warner was the fire of the partnership, Smith was cool as ice at the other end.

On a wicket with variable bounce and inconsistent pace, the acting Test captain took his time to get set before attacking.

At one stage the 25-year-old was nine off 26 balls, but in a blink of an eye, the blond batsman was 33 off 40 and had Australia in the box seat to take out game one of the seven-match tri-series.

But as Warner closed in on his hundred, an uncharacteristic rush of blood by Smith saw him run past an Ali off-break to be bowled for 37.

The loss of his NSW Blues brother didn’t prevent Warner bringing up his third ODI ton in Australia, the hamstring problem restraining him from the trademark leap as he saluted the standing ovation from the SCG faithful.

Skipper Bailey survived a strong appeal for lbw that on replay was proven adjacent, but his luck ran out on 10 when he skied Woakes to Buttler when 36 runs were needed with 82 balls remaining.

The rub of the green went England’s way three balls later when Maxwell was judged to have edged Woakes behind, but this time it was Hot Spot that found the Victorian not guilty of hitting the ball.

However, any hope of a miracle England victory was dashed when Brad Haddin belted three consecutive boundaries to have not only the win secured, but a bonus point in their sights.

Striving for the necessary quick finish for the extra competition point, Warner hit Woakes for a brace of boundaries before the hunt for a third found Bell at point to end his blockbuster knock on 127.

A mix up saw Haddin run out for 16, leaving Faulkner – Australia’s modern Michael Bevan – to ice the game and deliver the bonus point.

Australia’s next match is against India on Sunday in Melbourne, while England travel to Brisbane to take on MS Dhoni’s men on Tuesday.

Match Result

England - 234 (47.5 overs)

Australia - 7/235 (39.5 overs)


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/matc...ries-match-one-sydney-match-report/2015-01-16

 

[IanG]

Looked at one point like I mightn't have had anything to watch when I got home last evening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwnUbeDQ0YE

 

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Game 2 Australia vs India at the MCG

Australia: Finch, Warner, Watson, Smith, Bailey, Maxwell, Haddin, Faulkner, Starc, Cummins, Sandhu

India: Rohit Sharma, Dhawan, Kohli, Rahane, Raina, Dhoni, Patel, Ashwin, Kumar, Shami, Yadav

India won the toss and elected to bat first

India 3 for 62 after 14 Overs

 

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Starc, Finch keep Aussies unbeaten

Sam Ferris

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It was Groundhog Day in Melbourne as Mitchell Starc made it back-to-back man-of-the-match performances before James Faulkner completed Australia’s thrilling four-wicket win over India in the second Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The home side were cruising at 2-216 in pursuit of 268, but a stirring Indian fightback saw a collapse of 4-32 before Brad Haddin (13 off 11) and specialist finisher Faulkner (nine off nine) iced the game with an over to spare.

The second straight win has Australia on nine competition points following the bonus point win on Friday, leaving both India and England rooted to the bottom of the competition table.

Earlier Starc claimed career-best figures of 6-47 from 10 overs, striking early with the new ball and rattling the tail with the old to continue his impressive form as Australia’s white-ball wizard.

Aaron Finch fell within one shot of his sixth ODI ton as he, Steve Smith (47 off 42) and Shane Watson (41 off 39) added the starch to Australia’s innings before the late scare.

India opener Rohit Sharma scored the highest one-day international score between the two countries at the MCG with 138.

Sharma was well supported by Suresh Raina (51 off 63), but the tourists fell away in the final overs, losing 4-30 in the last six.

In his first match since announcing his shock retirement from Test cricket, MS Dhoni won the toss and surprisingly elected to bat first as the sun broke through the low hanging cloud onto the enormous MCG playing surface.

A close lbw appeal had keeper Brad Haddin futilely calling for the Decision Review System, but two balls later there was no need for a referral when Shikhar Dhawan edged Starc to Aaron Finch at second slip for two.

Debutant Gurinder Sandhu needed only eight balls to snare his first ODI wicket, drawing an edge from Ajinkya Rahane’s tight cut stroke through to Brad Haddin to have the visitors 2-33 in the eighth over.

The MCG sounded more like Mumbai when Virat Kohli made his way to the middle, but that wall of noise was transformed into a deafening silence while you couldn’t hear the person next you when he entered, you could make out a pin drop when he left nine runs later.

Tempers boiled over when David Warner and Sharma came together following a run out attempt led to overthrows which will no doubt catch the eye of the match referee Andy Pycroft.

While Sharma was motoring along to a 68-ball fifty, Raina was providing the support and building the crucial partnership that England lacked in Game 1 on Friday.

The pair batted for 22 overs and added 126 to give the visitors the much sought after momentum, but just after Raina joined Sharma in the half-century club, he holed out to mid-on to the disgust of his partner at the non-striker’s end.

Kohli’s celebrated entry was matched when India’s captain swaggered to the crease, and the decibel count reached jet engine levels when Sharma’s outside edge flew to third man to bring up his sixth ODI hundred off 109 deliveries.

In an effort to restrict India’s swelling total, Bailey re-enlisted the help of his premier strike bowler Starc, and in the space of four balls had Dhoni (19) and Axar Patel (0) back in the pavilion.

Four overs later Starc would collect his fifth and sixth wickets and hand his side the same total to chase as they did successfully in November against the Proteas.

Coming out the innings interval there was murmur about the complacency shown in the field by Bailey and his men who finished the Indian innings 25 minutes outside the permitted time.

Only two overs of spin were bowled in India’s 50 overs, and with a strike already against his name, Bailey would be suspended for one match if he was deemed too slow in the field.

But if Bailey was to be suspended, his slate would be wiped clean, so whether this was a deliberate tactic or not, only the inner sanctum will know.

If India battled against the two new balls at the top their innings, Warner and Finch relished the challenge.

Driving, pulling, crashing and bashing, Australia’s openers took the attack to the attack, posting a 50-run stand in 52 balls.

But just as Warner was looking like going big again for the second-straight match, his bubbling aggression burst, top-edging Umesh Yadav to go for 24 from 22 balls.

The wicket of Australia’s dynamic opening batsman brought two men in need of a run together, and the new man Shane Watson took off where Warner left, hitting five boundaries in his first 20 balls to maintain the hosts’ forward progress.

Another half-century stand, this one off 62 balls, solidified Australia’s dominance, but just when Watson was looking like breaking the shackles of poor form, an unnecessary sweep well outside off-stump was missed and he was gone for 41.

Where Watson’s impatience got the better of him, Finch’s determination was rewarded with an 80-ball fifty, and if he ever needed a reminder of the benefit of patience, his new partner Steve Smith was a glowing example.

But every time India got a breakthrough, Australia would regroup and repeat; Finch continued as the anchor while the new man attacked, and after 51 balls, the third straight fifty partnership was recorded.

Australia’s 200 was raised after 36 overs, and just after the partnership reached triple figures, Smith’s ungainly swat found Ashwin at mid-wicket to go for 47.

India finally got successive wickets much to the dismay of Australian fans – Finch the man to go, caught behind for 96 to give Yadav his second wicket of the match.

More drama would follow when Bailey was stumped down the leg-side to fall for five with 38 with as many balls left.

Glenn Maxwell continued to attack, but his short-term gains were quickly forgotten when he chipped a Bhuvneshwar Kumar slower ball back to the bowler to leave 20 left with as many balls remaining.

But a quick look of his resume indicated a tight finish was part and parcel of Faulkner’s now growing reputation as the game’s coolest head in a run chase, and with Haddin, secured the win and Australia almost a certain spot in the tri-series final.

Match Result

India - 8/267 (50 overs)

Australia - 6/269 (49 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/matc...tch-report-tri-series-game-two-mcg/2015-01-18

 

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Bailey suspended for slow over-rate

Sam Ferris

Australia will need a new one-day captain for their third Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series match after George Bailey was suspended for his side’s slow over-rate in yesterday’s tense win over India.

International Cricket Council match referee Andy Pycroft ruled that Australia were one over short of their target at the conclusion of India’s innings when time allowances were taken into consideration, and in doing so suspended Bailey from Australia’s next ODI in Hobart on Friday.

It was Bailey’s second slow over-rate offence in the last 12 months after he was fined in the first ODI in Perth against South Africa on November 14, and pleaded guilty to the offence, accepting the sanction without the need for a formal hearing.

Article 2.5.1 and Appendix 2 of the ICC Code of Conduct deals with minor over-rate offences, and states a second offence in the same format within 12 months will result in the captain being suspended and fined 20 per cent of his match fee, while each player will be fined 10 per cent for each match over the allotted time.

Australia went in to Sunday’s match without a specialist spinner, with off-spinning allrounder Glenn Maxwell only bowling two overs.

Bailey’s charges went 26 minutes over the permitted time, and despite the pace-heavy attack, Bupa Support Team head coach Darren Lehmann says bowling 50 overs in 3.5hours is manageable.

"You can, considering you bowl 15 overs in a Test match basically. You should be able to get through the 3.5 hours no dramas,” Lehmann said.

"We were slow and we spoke about it last night about being better than that.”

The one positive out of Bailey’s suspension is that his slate as captain is wiped clean, but Lehmann says his side’s tardiness and poor discipline with the ball was not good enough.

"It is a bit advantageous I suppose, but the big thing for me is not bowling our overs.” He said.

“You've got 3.5 hours, it took us 3hrs 56mins I reckon last night.

"We bowled too many wides and we were too slow between overs and we've got to get better at that.”

Test vice-captain Steve Smith is tipped to take the ODI reigns, but Bailey’s suspension, along with injuries to Michael Clarke and Mitchell Marsh, means a replacement batsman will be needed.

"The advantage it gives us is it gives us a look at the spare batters, if you like," he said.

"We'd love to have everyone fit and available. The problem we've got is we have some niggles, which we know about.

"We've just got to make the best choices we can. Whoever we put on the park we expect to win."


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/geor...in-odi-against-india-mcg-australia/2015-01-19

 

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Warner fined after Rohit exchange

Andrew Ramsey

David Warner’s unlikely role as self-appointed on-field peacemaker has lasted barely a fortnight with the Australian opener revealing he has been fined half his pay packet for last night’s appearance at the MCG after becoming involved in an angry exchange with India’s Rohit Sharma.

Warner admitted this morning that he was at fault for sparking the confrontation with India’s century maker halfway through the tourists’ innings in yesterday’s Carlton Mid ODI Series match that Australia won by four wickets with an over to spare.

It has led Cricket Australia Chief Executive James Sutherland to issue the in-form opener with a blunt warning “to stop looking for trouble”.

Warner approached India’s record-breaking batsman after he and batting partner Suresh Raina took an overthrow that the Australian fielder mistakenly believed had deflected off Sharma’s body – an occurrence that cricket’s etiquette dictates batsmen don’t take advantage of.

In a breakfast radio interview this morning, Warner confirmed that he had also called on the Nagpur-born Sharma to “speak English” as heated words were traded and the Australian was unable to comprehend what was being said.

Warner claimed some of his teammates fielding behind the wicket – to where Warner had thrown the ball and it was missed by ‘keeper Brad Haddin – had told him it had struck Sharma, so he took their word for it.

"I was in the wrong ... I got in trouble for technically engaging the player and you are not allowed to do that now," Warner told Sydney’s Sky Sports Radio this morning.

“On the cricket etiquette side of things, when you throw a ball to the ‘keeper and it hits a player you technically don’t run.

"I think a few of the (Australian) boys said something to him and when I went over to say something to him, he sort of said something in their language and I said 'speak English' because, if you're going to say something for me to understand, theoretically I cannot speak Hindi.

"I did the polite thing and asked him to speak English, therefore he did - and I can't repeat what he said.

“I thought I was okay to ask him to speak English.”

As Warner approached Sharma immediately after the incident, Raina placed himself between the bickering pair in a bid to defuse the confrontation, as Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and later Shane Watson also had their say.

The International Cricket Council has yet to confirm any penalties handed following match referee Andy Pycroft’s investigation but Warner confirmed in his radio interview that it had cost him 50 per cent of his match fee which means he will be $1,470 lighter.

“I shouldn’t have engaged him, I should have just gone … to my fielding position, but I didn’t,” Warner said.

“I know that, and I apologised to them (the ICC match officials) because you are not allowed to walk at the player and it was between overs so I should have walked around and went to my fielding position.”

Sutherland confirmed today he had spoken with Warner in relation to the incident, and made it clear to the volatile opener that it was time he stopped seeking out confrontations as they were undermining his leadership aspirations within the team.

As recently as last November, when Test captain Michael Clarke was battling to prove his fitness for the upcoming Test series against India, Warner spoke about his ambition to be considered as a potential Australia skipper.

“I have spoken to David to understand what happened in the incident with Rohit Sharma yesterday and to remind him of his responsibilities as an Australian cricketer and a role model,” Sutherland said today.

“He has worked very hard on his leadership and behaviour over the past 12 months and I have told him very clearly that instances like this only serve to set back the progress he has made.

“Quite simply, he needs to stop looking for trouble.

“This is the second time he has been before the ICC match referee this season and that’s twice too often.

“From my discussion with David, I am satisfied that his comments to Rohit Sharma were not racially motivated.

“That said, I have reminded him that he needs to carefully reconsider the manner in which he approaches these sorts of situations in the future.”

Australia's Buppa Support Team head coach, Darren Lehmann, admitted today that the clash was “not a great look” but declined to comment specifically on Warner’s insistence that Sharma speak in his non-native English because he was unaware of the details of what had happened on the field.

“David (Warner) is an aggressive character and we support that,” Lehmann told reporters in Melbourne this morning.

“It's just making sure he does the right things on the ground and he knows that anyway, better than most.

“We'll work with him on that.

“If the ICC decide it's not in the spirit of the game or we cross the line, they'll come down on us.

“We're always going to teeter pretty close to it, that's just the way we play, but we've got to make sure we don't cross it.”

It is just two weeks since, in the lead-up to the often bad-tempered Commonwealth Bank Test Series between Australia and India, Warner publicly called on players from both sides to show restraint especially when engaging in ‘send-offs’ for batsmen after they are dismissed.

“Sometimes we’ve all got to be careful not to get over-excited and get in the batsman’s face,” Warner told a media conference at the SCG when asked whether some of the on-field exchanges between the teams had gone too far.

“Let them walk off, I think the best thing you can do is turn your back and give them the silent treatment when you get them out because you have the last laugh doing it that way.

“I know I have to learn, and I’ve learned from that in the past, but I think all of us can take a message from me.

“Which is a surprise.”

On the second day of that final Test, Australia’s Mitchell Starc was issued with an official reprimand after he admitted he had delivered a ‘send-off’ to Indian opening batsman Murali Vijay (watch that incident below).

And despite his acknowledgement that players needed to show more restraint when “getting in the face” of their opponents, Warner – who was also fined 15 per cent of his match fee for delivering a “provocative comment” during the first Test in Adelaide – says he won’t take a backward step.

He also said he did not plan to speak directly to Sharma and offer an apology despite conceding he was at fault, and added that breaching the ICC’s Code of Conduct and copping a resultant fine was an inevitable consequence of playing “hard, aggressive cricket”.

"If people get on the wrong side of me, I'm not going to back down,” the 28-year-old said this morning.

"We're always there to play hard aggressive cricket, but you know what comes with that – that’s what happens, sometimes you are going to get fined.

"We've just got to keep trying not to cross that line, we’ve got to work hard at that because we're all about playing cricket in the right way."


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/davi...ltercation-australia-india-odi-mcg/2015-01-19

 

[jamesgould]

Seriously weak of the ICC to suspend Bailey but not Warner.

Every time I see him carry on with his rubbish I think of all the kids who look up to him and are gonna be doing the same thing on the weekend.

 

[cowboyman]

Not surprising to see that all 3 of Australia's arrogant so and so's all had their say to Sharma in the incident.

Warner is a bloody good batsmen but definitely thinks way to much of himself while Watson and Maxwell are nothing more then State cricketers that are incredibly lucky with Australia's serious lack of depth these days. Can't stand the sight of those 2 clowns to be honest.

 

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Finn's five leads England to huge victory

AAP

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Almost a year to the day after leaving Australia a shattered man, Steven Finn returned career-best one-day international figures to inspire England's nine-wicket romp over India in Brisbane on Tuesday night.

Finn (5-33) claimed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul, combining with fit-again James Anderson (4-18) to rout India for 153 within 40 overs.

England then cruised to a bonus point victory when Ian Bell (88 not out off 91 balls) and James Taylor (56 not out off 63 balls) shared an unbroken 131-run second wicket stand to reach 1-156 with a staggering 22.3 overs to spare.

Finn claimed man of the match honours barely a year after leaving the Ashes tour with a huge question mark over his career.

Back then, the lanky quick went home during the one-day series after being the only member of England's 17-strong squad not used in their 5-0 Ashes Test series loss to Australia.

At the time England one-day coach Ashley Giles described Finn as "not selectable" and claimed the quick had returned home to "work on technical aspects of his game".

It seems he has done his homework.

Finn was on a hat-trick as India lost 4-10 then 3-6 after winning the toss and opting to bat.

They never recovered.

"It's just nice to help England win a game of cricket," Finn said.

"Obviously a lot has happened in the last 12 months.

"It's pretty much a year to the day that I went home from that tour of Australia.

"But that corner has been turned, all that stuff is in the past now.

"However to take five wickets is pleasing after all the work that I have put in."

Finn at one stage took three wickets in as many overs. Anderson was just as lethal.

He needed just seven deliveries to strike with the ball after returning from a knee complaint and replacing Chris Jordan (illness).

He wrapped up the innings with three wickets in eight balls.

When Anderson bowled Bhuvneshwar Kumar for five he notched wicket No.38 against India - a new record in India-England one-day clashes.

He then claimed India's top scorer Stuart Binny (44) and Mohammed Shami in consecutive balls to bring an end to their innings.

India succumbed with the bat so meekly that England squeezed in six overs to be 1-41 by the match's official interval break.

England lost Moeen Ali for eight before the break.

Bell and Taylor both went for ducks in England's opening Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series loss to Australia but looked in top form against India.

Bell clocked his first ODI half-century in 10 innings, while Taylor registered a third 50 in six matches.

England's thumping victory ensured India are winless in eight matches on tour in Australia

England meet Australia in the next tri series clash in Hobart on Friday.

Match Result

India - 153 (39.3 overs)

England - 1/156 (27.3 overs)

England won by 9 wickets


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/matc...a-gabba-carlton-mid-odi-tri-series/2015-01-20

 

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Smith to skipper as White and Marsh added to ODI squad

Dave Middleton

Steve Smith has been named captain of Australia's one-day team for Friday's Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series match against England with George Bailey suspended after a second slow-over rate offence in Sunday's match in Melbourne.

Shaun Marsh and Cameron White have both been called up for the fourth match in the tri-series, with David Warner not travelling with the squad to Hobart to recuperate after picking up a slight hamstring strain earlier in the series.

Josh Hazlewood (heel soreness) and Mitchell Johnson (personal reasons) will also miss the trip to Hobart so Australia have named a 12-man squad for the match.

White and Marsh will both link up with the squad on Thursday morning after Wednesday night's KFC T20 Big Bash League clash between Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers at the MCG.

They were both named in their respective club's 13-man squads today, and the clash is crucial for both clubs with a home semi-final up for grabs.

The call-up marks a return to the fold for White, who last played an ODI for Australia in April 2011 in Bangladesh.

The Victorian had been named player of the tournament for the past two domestic one-day competitions, most recently in October for the Matador One-Day Cup where he scored 354 runs at 59 with two centuries and two fifties in seven matches.

Warner had complained of a slight hamstring issue after his century in the opening tri-series match in Sydney against England, but played in Melbourne. His omission would likely see an all-Victorian duo of White and Aaron Finch open the batting for Australia in Hobart, with Marsh slotting into the middle order in place of Bailey.

However, with Smith taking over the captaincy, it is the captain's perogative to set the batting order and he may opt to shuffle the deck, although as a stand-in for one match that seems unlikely.

Smith will become Australia's 22nd ODI skipper and his appointment was made following approval by the Cricket Australia Board of Directors.

"Steven's appointment was a straightforward decision given the excellent impression he made in charge of the side during the Commonwealth Bank Test series when he stepped in for the injured Michael Clarke," said National Selector Rod Marsh.

"It is unfortunate for George Bailey that he will miss the match in his home state but in Steven we have a dynamic player who leads from the front, by example, and we look forward to him doing so again on Friday."

Bupa Support Team Head Coach Darren Lehmann said Bailey's suspension emphasised that his team needed to improve its over-rates.

"We have bowled too many wides and we have been too slow between the overs," he said.

"We have got to get better at that.

"We should be able to get through the overs in three-and-a-half hours with no dramas but we have been too slow.

"I have spoken with the players quite firmly as we do not want that happening.

"We want to get through our overs, play an up-tempo game and make sure we are entertaining the people who are coming to watch in the right timeframe."

SQUAD

Steven Smith (captain), Patrick Cummins, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Gurinder Sandhu, Mitchell Starc, Shane Watson, Cameron White


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/stev...p-australia-squad-hobart-v-england/2015-01-20

 

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Watson ruled out of England clash

Sam Ferris

Hamstring injury rules out allrounder with Moises Henriques drafted in for Hobart clash

Shane Watson has been ruled out of tomorrow's Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series match against England with a tight right hamstring.

The 33-year-old will sit out of the clash against England as a precaution with only 23 days left until Australia's first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Allrounder Moises Henriques has been called into the squad and is en route to Hobart, forcing his last-minute withdrawal from the KC T20 Big Bash League Sydney derby tonight.

Henriques is the Sydney Sixers captain, but Nic Maddinson will take over the captaincy for Brett Lee's farewell match in front of a sell-out SCG crowd.

National Selection Panel chairman Rod Marsh said:

"Moises is one of our leading all-rounders, he has international experience, and in Shane Watson's enforced absence it made perfect sense to draft him in for this match.

"The intention is to release Moises, along with Cameron White and Shaun Marsh, after the match as it is our expectation that we will have George Bailey, Mitchell Marsh and David Warner available for selection for our match in Sydney on Monday."

Releasing the three after a solitary game will allow them to return to their respective Big Bash League clubs, with all three set to feature in this weekend's semi-finals.

Watson had left Australia's net session in Hobart on Thursday after bowling but he did not bat.

He later returned to watch the remainder of the training run from the back on the practice area.

"The selectors have got to come down and weigh up our options with Watto going to be ruled out tomorrow," Australia ODI captain Steve Smith said.

"(Chairman of Selectors) Rod (Marsh) is on his way down here, so we're not 100 per cent sure of the XI yet.

"He (Watson) bowled this morning, I think he's just a little bit tight.

"I don't think it's anything too major. It's more of a precautionary measure to make sure he's right for the World Cup."

Whether Marsh and the National Selection Panel opt for a replacement batsman is yet to be determined, but allrounder Mitchell
Marsh is with the squad and could replace Watson as a specialist batsman.

Marsh bowled off his long run at training yesterday for the first time since injuring his right hamstring in the second Commonwealth Bank Test against India in Brisbane, and bowled another three overs at full speed today.

George Bailey (suspension) and David Warner (hamstring soreness) will also miss tomorrow's clash against England, with Shaun Marsh to open alongside Aaron Finch, and Cameron White to bat in the middle order.

Marsh hit an impressive 79 from 51 balls in his return to competitive cricket for the Perth Scorchers in their thrilling KFC T20 Big Bash League loss to the Melbourne Stars at the MCG.

Left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty could return to the side for his home ODI after missing Australia's last-start win over India in Melbourne on Sunday.

Australia squad:

Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Cameron White, Steve Smith, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Gurinder Sandhu


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/shan...against-england-hobart-steve-smith/2015-01-22

 

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England 8 for 303 (50 Overs)
Ian Bell 141 (125)
Joe Root 69 (70)
Moeen Ali 46 (48 )
Gurinder Sandhu 2 for 49 (10)
Moises Henriques 1 for 34 (7 Overs)

Australia 0 for 52 (after 8 Overs)

 

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Captain Smith anchors Superb Aussie chase

Sam Ferris

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Steve Smith has continued his winning ways as captain of Australia, guiding his men to what was ultimately a tense four-wicket Cartlon Mid ODI Tri-Series win over England at Blundstone Arena.

Smith finished unbeaten on 102 as the hosts chased 304 with one ball to spare to officially book themselves a spot in the final in Perth on February 1.

Steve Smith continued his amazing form with another century England almost got out of jail in the final over, but Smith and Mitchell Starc saw Australia home in front of 10,784 fans.

The hosts’ victory overshadowed a magnificent 141 by England opening batsman Ian Bell, who became his country’s most prolific run-scorer in the 50-over format.

Australia now head to Sydney for the Australia Day clash against India, while England travel west to Perth meet India in what could be a do-or-die match for the remaining final spot.

Smith won his first toss as ODI captain, but the move looked to be a poor one when Bell and Ali creamed the new ball attack to all parts to bring up the England fifty inside nine overs.

Bell was classical on the front foot, lacing boundary after boundary through the covers and straight past the bowler to raise his own half-century off 42 balls with eight fours.

Ali at the other end was finding it hard to get bat on ball.

Half a dozen balls flew past the left-hander's searching blade before the shackles were broken with a trio of sixes over mid-wicket off Pat Cummins.

The joy was short-lived for Ali, undone by James Faulkner for 46 to end the opening stand on 113, and one wicket quickly became two when James Taylor failed for five 19 runs later.

But Bell was unmoved, motoring to his century from 92 balls, and in the process becoming England’s highest run-scorer in ODI cricket, surpassing Paul Collingwood.

Together, Bell and Root put on 121, guiding England to 250 shortly after the 40th over, but when Bell and Eoin Morgan fell within three balls of each other, then Root 20 runs later, hopes for a score close to 350 quickly vanished.

Australia may have wasted the new ball, but with the old they were at their frugal best, restricting the visitors to just one boundary in the last six overs, finishing the innings with a team hat-trick to chase just over a run a ball.

Subbing in for David Warner, Shaun Marsh made the Test-to-ODI switch seamless by going on the all-out attack from the word go.

The Western Australian laced three boundaries off Chris Woakes’s second over as Australia pipped England’s opening assault by reaching fifty from only 44 balls.

On 76, Australia lost their first wicket in Finch for 32, bowled by Ali with one that dipped under the batsman’s attempted drive to the on-side.

Sixteen runs later Marsh’s drive found a thick outside edge and Bell at backward point, and when Cameron White returned to the ODI crease for the first time in four years, he was sent back two balls later without scoring to have Australia teetering at 3-92 in the 17th over.

However, around their captain, Australia rallied.

Smith combined with each of Maxwell (37), Faulkner (35) and Brad Haddin (42 off 28) for half-century stands as Morgan could only bump Australia’s chase and not derail it.

A towering six off James Anderson took Smith to 96, and a tuck off the hip next over brought up his third ODI century to become the only Australian to score a century on Test and ODI captaincy debut.

Brad Haddin’s 29-ball cameo took the wind out England’s sails, but a tense finish followed thanks to some crafty death bowling by Woakes.

Henriques was run out off the third ball of the final over with still two required for victory, but singles to Smith and Mitchell Starc iced the game for the Australia to remain unbeaten.

Match Result

England - 8/303 (50 overs)

Australia - 7/304 (49.5 overs)


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/matc...tone-arena-hobart-odi-match-report/2015-01-23

 

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Australia vs India Sydney Cricket Ground

Raining in Sydney at the moment. Hope we at least get some kind of game today

Mininmum of 20 Overs a side needed for a game

 

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Play will start at 3pm.

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Australia won the toss and will bowl first

 

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India 0 for 6 after 2.4 Overs

Rain Stopped Play

 

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I'm sitting up in the stands, bugger off rain

 

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Poor bugger

I remember being at a Final back in 1998 where it rained earlier in the day and it took them that bloody long to clear the ground it was abandoned for the day. We were told after several hours of waiting we'd get a 25 over a side game but then no go. The chants of bull****! through the ground were deafining. Unfortunatly cause the reserve day was a Monday I couldn't go