Aussies into form at right time
Ricky Ponting believes Australia are coming into form at the right
time ahead of their Champions Trophy defence after his superb century
saw them go 5-0 up with two to play against England.
Ponting’s commanding 126 here at Trent Bridge on Tuesday helped
Australia chase down a target of 300 as they finished on 302 for six
with 10 balls to spare in a four-wicket, day/night, one-day
international win.
It was only the 34-year-old’s second match back since taking a break
following Australia’s Ashes series defeat last month and afterwards
Ponting was delighted by the way the world champions had refused to let
up after making sure of a series win with a seven-wicket success at
Lord’s on Saturday.
The batting was pretty good,” Ponting added ahead of the Champions
Trophy, which starts next week in South Africa with Australia’s first
match against the West Indies in Johannesburg on September 26.
- NOTTINGHAM, Wednesday AFP
England
A. Strauss lbw b Hauritz 35
J. Denly c Hussey b Johnson 45
R. Bopara c Hauritz b Watson 18
M. Prior st Paine b Hauritz 37
O. Shah c Paine b Johnson 31
E. Morgan c Siddle b Bracken 58
D. Mascarenhas c Johnson b Watson 19
S. Broad run out (Ponting) 22
A. Rashid run out (Paine) 18
T. Bresnan c Bracken b Siddle 04
R. Sidebottom not out 03
Extras (lb1, w6, nb2) 09
Total (all out,50 overs) 299
Bowling: Siddle 10-1-50-1 (1nb); Bracken 8-1-43-1; Johnson 10-0-80-0 (1nb, 4w);
Watson 10-0-60-2; Hauritz 10-0-54-2 (1w); Clarke 2-0-11-0 (1w).
Australia
S. Watson c Mascarenhas b Bresnan 36
T. Paine c Rashid b Bresnan 16
R. Ponting c Shah b Broad 126
M. Clarke c Shah b Rashid 52
M. Hussey c Sidebottom b Mascarenhas 06
C. Ferguson lbw b Broad 17
C. White not out 24
M. Johnson not out 18
Extras (b1, w6) 07
Total (6 wkts, 48.2 overs) 302
Bowling: Broad 9-0-57-2 (2w); Sidebottom 9.2-0-43-0 (1w);
Bresnan 10-0-76-2 (1w); Mascarenhas 10-0-49-1; Rashid 7-0-55-1 (2w);
Bopara 3-0-21-0. |
