By Tom James
September 15 2013
Jos Buttler guided England home to level the series, as Clint McKay's took a hat trick to leave the home side 8-3 in an amazing start to the run chase of 228 to win....
Fourth one-day international, Swalec Stadium, Cardiff:
England won the toss and elected to bowl
England 231-7 beat Australia 227 by three wickets
England Michael Carberry, Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Eoin Morgan (C), Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (W), Ben Stokes, Joe Root, James Tredwell, Boyd Rankin Steve Finn
Australia Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (C), George Bailey, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade (W), James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnso,n Nathan Coulter-Nile, Clint McKay
Australia Innings 227 all out (48.2 overs)
| Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finch | lbw | b Finn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S Marsh | c Buttler | b Stokes | 25 | 40 | 5 | 0 |
| Watson | c Buttler | b Rankin | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Clarke | lbw | b Finn | 22 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| Bailey | c Buttler | b Rankin | 87 | 91 | 5 | 3 |
| Voges | b Bopara | 30 | 52 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wade | c Carberry | b Tredwell | 36 | 40 | 3 | 0 |
| Faulkner | run out (Trott) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnson | b Tredwell | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coulter-Nile | not out | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| McKay | b Tredwell | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 0nb 3w 1b 3lb | 7 | ||||
| Total | all out | 227 | (48.2 ov) | |||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn | 10.0 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Rankin | 10.0 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| Stokes | 9.0 | 1 | 42 | 1 |
| Bopara | 10.0 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Tredwell | 8.2 | 0 | 53 | 3 |
| Root | 1.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Fall of Wicket | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Finch |
| 11 | Watson |
| 51 | S Marsh |
| 57 | Clarke |
| 124 | Voges |
| 209 | Wade |
| 210 | Faulkner |
| 218 | Johnson |
| 218 | Bailey |
| 227 | McKay |
| Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carberry | b Coulter-Nile | 63 | 95 | 7 | 0 | |
| Pietersen | lbw | b McKay | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Trott | c Finch | b McKay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Root | c Watson | b McKay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan | b Watson | 53 | 92 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bopara | lbw | b Faulkner | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Buttler | not out | 65 | 48 | 5 | 2 | |
| Stokes | b McKay | 25 | 29 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tredwell | not out | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 0nb 4w 0b 8lb | 12 | ||||
| Total | for 7 | 231 | (49.3 ov) | |||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay | 10.0 | 3 | 39 | 4 |
| Johnson | 9.3 | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| Faulkner | 10.0 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Watson | 10.0 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| Coulter-Nile | 10.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Fall of Wicket | |
|---|---|
| 8 | Pietersen |
| 8 | Trott |
| 8 | Root |
| 112 | Morgan |
| 126 | Carberry |
| 144 | Bopara |
| 219 | Stokes |
