By Tom James
September 17 2013
England were thwarted in their pursuit of one day success against Australia, by all rounder Shane Watson, who struck the highest score by a man from down under, in this country, in this form of the game. Watson hit 143 from just 107 balls as Australia wrapped up the five match series 2-1 with a win in Southampton....
Fifth one-day international, Ageas Bowl, Southampton:Monday 16th September 2013
Australia 298 (49.1 overs) beat England 249 (48 overs) by 49 runs
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
England Michael Carberry, Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (C), Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (W), Ben Stokes, James Tredwell, Boyd Rankin, Chris Jordan
Australia Aaron Finch, Phil Hughes, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (C), George Bailey, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade (W), James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Fawad Ahmed
Australia Innings 298 all out (49.1 overs)
| Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes | c Carberry | b Jordan | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Finch | c Morgan | b Stokes | 26 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| Watson | c Buttler | b Stokes | 143 | 107 | 12 | 6 |
| Wade | c Buttler | b Stokes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke | c Pietersen | b Jordan | 75 | 76 | 10 | 1 |
| Bailey | st Buttler | b Root | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Voges | c Buttler | b Stokes | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Faulkner | c Buttler | b Jordan | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson | c and b Stokes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| McKay | c Root | b Rankin | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed | not out | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 0nb 9w 0b 10lb | 19 | ||||
| Total | all out | 298 | (49.1 ov) | |||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin | 9.1 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Jordan | 10.0 | 0 | 51 | 3 |
| Stokes | 10.0 | 0 | 61 | 5 |
| Bopara | 10.0 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| Tredwell | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Root | 6.0 | 0 | 58 | 1 |
| Fall of Wicket | |
|---|---|
| 13 | Hughes |
| 48 | Finch |
| 48 | Wade |
| 211 | Clarke |
| 221 | Bailey |
| 244 | Voges |
| 282 | Watson |
| 284 | Johnson |
| 294 | Faulkner |
| 298 | McKay |
| Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carberry | lbw | b Faulkner | 30 | 50 | 4 | 0 |
| Pietersen | run out (Ahmed) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Root | b Johnson | 21 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morgan | st Wade | b Voges | 30 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
| Wright | run out (Bailey) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bopara | c Voges | b Johnson | 62 | 66 | 5 | 0 |
| Buttler | b Faulkner | 42 | 37 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stokes | c Clarke | b Faulkner | 27 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| Jordan | c Bailey | b Watson | 14 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| Tredwell | not out | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rankin | b Ahmed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 0nb 6w 3b 5lb | 14 | ||||
| Total | all out | 249 | (48.0 ov) | |||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay | 9.0 | 1 | 54 | 0 |
| Johnson | 10.0 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| Faulkner | 9.0 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| Ahmed | 7.0 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| Voges | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Watson | 9.0 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
| Fall of Wicket | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pietersen |
| 50 | Carberry |
| 64 | Root |
| 68 | Wright |
| 103 | Morgan |
| 195 | Buttler |
| 197 | Bopara |
| 236 | Jordan |
| 240 | Stokes |
| 249 | Rankin |
