Australia won 1st ODI by 4 runs against England

On 4th September 2009,Australia won the 1st one day International by 4 runs against England at Kennington Oval, London, England.England won the Toss and choose to field first then Australia took batting and scored 260/5 in limited 50 overs.C Ferguson made outstanding 71 runs 75 balls and that was his career best performance in ODI cricket.White also scored outstanding 53 runs in just 71 balls.Michael Clarke and Shane Watson made 45 and 46 runs respectively.Paul Collingwood took 2 wickets for England.from the answer of Australian Innings England made 256/8 in limited 50 overs and England lost the 1st ODI match by 4 runs.Ravi Bopara and Qwais Shah made 49 and 40 runs respectively but that was not enough to avoid the loss.Mitchell Johnson took 3 wickets for Australia.now Australia lead the 7 match series by 1-0 and in the 2nd ODI between Australia and England, England try to level the lead of the Australia.

Score Card

Australia’s batting(260/5)

NO.	BATSMAN	RUNS	BALLS	4’S	6’S
1	C FERGUSON	71	75	5	0
2	C WHITE	53	71	7	0
3	S WATSON	46	50	6	0

England’s bowling

NO.	BOWLER	O	M	R	W
1	P COLLINGWOOD	9	0	47	2
2	R SIDEBOTTOM	7	0	48	1
3	A RASHID	10	0	37	0

England’s batting(256/8)

 

NO.	BATSMAN	RUNS	BALLS	4’S	6’S
1	R BOPARA	49	88	3	0
2	O SHAH	40	48	4	0
3	L WRIGHT	38	27	4	1

Australia’s bowling

NO.	BOWLER	O	M	R	W
1	M JOHNSON	7	0	24	3
2	N HURITZ	9	0	44	2
3	S WATSON	6	0	40	1