England Blitz Aussies
By Adam Rhead
July 3 2012
England are on their way to world domination, after a comfortable six wicket win in the second ODI, played at the Oval, against the Australian's, and there seems little to stop the momentum being built up at the moment....
Even not winning the toss, seems to be working in England's favour, as Australia were only able to post 251-7 from their 50 overs, leaving England confident of a run chase to secure the win.
The sell out crowd were also treated to pantomine villian Mitchell Johnson making an appearance, and his usual array of spray it around bowling, enable England to get home with some 4 overs to spare.
Ravi Bopara was the mainstay of England's 252-4, with a polished 82 before being run out by Brett Lee, but the bulk of the work was done earlier by England's bowling attack.
With James Anderson left out through a groin strain, Jade Dernbach was called into the side, and even though the Middlesex seamer didn't take a wicket, the bowling unit, ably led by Steve Finn, did their job superbly to restrict the Australian total.
Second one-day international
The Oval
England 252-4 (45.4 ovs) beat Australia 251-7 (50 ovs) by six wickets
England: Cook (C), Bell, Trott, Bopara, Morgan, Kieswetter (W), Bresnan, Swann, Broad, Dernbach, Finn
Australia: Watson, Warner, Forrest, Clarke (C), D Hussey, Bailey, Wade (W), Johnson, Lee, McKay, Doherty
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