Australia exploited England’s lack of power hitters at Lord’s on Sunday to beat the hosts for the second time in three days and take a 2-0 lead in the seven-match one-day series.
England steadily fell off the pace chasing Australia’s modest 249 for eight and were bowled out for 210 with 23 balls remaining to give the world 50-overs champions victory by 39 runs.
A robust 43 not out off 23 balls from Mitchell Johnson revived the Australian innings, but their total still looked well within England’s reach when Andrew Strauss and Ravi Bopara put on 74 for the first wicket.
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Four wickets then tumbled in 31 deliveries, however, starting with Bopara’s dismissal leg before wicket for 27.
Matt Prior was caught behind for 1 off an airy waft, Strauss (47) hit a soft return catch to spinner Nathan Hauritz and Owais Shah (12) was once again involved in a run-out after confusion with Paul Collingwood.
By coincidence or not, three of the wickets fell soon after a Lancaster bomber flew across the ground to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the date the Royal Air Force returned Lord’s to its original authorities after taking over the ground as a recruitment center during World War II.
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Collingwood fought a dour battle to score 56 from 84 deliveries, but neither he nor his partners could lift the run-rate sufficiently to seriously challenge Australia.
Callum Ferguson, man of the match for his unbeaten 71 in Australia’s narrow win in the opening match at the Oval on Friday, again impressed with 55 from 58 balls after Strauss elected to field first for the second time.
Ferguson added 69 from 86 balls for the fourth wicket with the aggressive Cameron White (42) after Australia had lost three wickets in 11 balls following a brisk opening stand of 62 between Shane Watson (34) and Tim Paine (26).
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The victims included captain Michael Clarke, who was out for 4 when an attempted hook off Tim Bresnan resulted in a thin edge to Prior behind the stumps.
Graeme Swann bowled Michael Hussey for 8 and dismissed James Hopes leg before wicket for 11 during a probing eight-over spell of off-spin that cost only 31 runs. James Anderson bowled Ferguson.
Australia slumped to 208 for eight with 4.2 overs remaining after Brett Lee was caught for a duck, before Johnson ensured his team posted a competitive total. He struck five fours, including a delicate flick down the leg-side that raced to the boundary.
Johnson added 41 from 28 balls in an unbroken ninth-wicket partnership with Hauritz (10 not out). Eighty runs came off the final 10 overs, which included a fielding powerplay.
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