ICC Cricket World Cup, 2nd Match, Pool A: Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 14, 2015
Australia
342/9 (50.0 ov) England RR 5.52
Last 5 ovs
37/2 RR 7.40
Required RR 13.71
England
231 (41.5 ov) Australia RR
6.84
Australia won by 111 runs
Last bat
JM Anderson
run out
8 (26m 11b 1x4 0x6)
SR: 72.72
Fall of wicket 231/10 (41.5 ov); Partnership: 36 runs, 4.4 overs, RR: 7.71 (Anderson 8, Taylor 22)
Fall of wicket 231/10 (41.5 ov); Partnership: 36 runs, 4.4 overs, RR: 7.71 (Anderson 8, Taylor 22)
Umpire reviews remaining
England
1
(1 successful, 0 unsuccessful);
Australia
0
(0 successful, 1 unsuccessful)
41.5
Hazlewood to Taylor,
OUT,
full and straight on middle and leg,
Taylor looks for a flick and seems to have almost fallen over. Big
appeal from the bowler, umpire Dar thinks and then gives it. Taylor
immediately reviews it and it appears the ball might be skating
down leg. Century still on the cards, it would seem. Funnily though,
Aaron Finch had come up and started shaking hands with Taylor thinking
the match was done. But wait, Dharmasena was checking for the
run-out as the batsmen were looking to sneak a leg bye and it appears
Maxwell has found his target to leave Anderson short of his ground. But
how can that be considering Dar had given it out lbw and that means the
ball should be dead, right? The question is, was he run out before the
umpire's finger came up or was it after.... Taylor keeps telling it is
dead ball, repeating it over and over, but Australia are already shaking
hands and the umpires confirm that Anderson is indeed run out
JM Anderson run out 8 (26m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 72.72
41.4
Hazlewood to Anderson,
1 run,
Warner torpedoes himself towards the
ball that had lobbed up from Anderson's leading edge. Terrific short
ball from Hazlewood, but he
41.3
Hazlewood to Taylor,
1 leg bye,
goes short, Taylor goes for a pull
and it lobs over the keeper for a single to long leg. It is leg-byes
though, so he remains on 98
41.2
Hazlewood to Taylor,
no run,
full and on off stump, Taylor tries
to slice it through the covers. But can't quite manage it
41.1
Hazlewood to Taylor,
FOUR,
runs down the track and hammers a
shortish ball to the left of mid-on. Marsh is the man cutting across,
but he misfields and gives away a boundary
Hazlewood now
End of over 41
(4 runs)
England
225/9
(118 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.48, RRR: 13.11)
-
- JM Anderson 7 (10b 1x4 0x6)
- JWA Taylor 94 (86b 10x4 2x6)
-
- MA Starc 9-1-47-2
- MG Johnson 8-0-36-2
40.6
Starc to Anderson,
no run,
good length ball outside off and
Anderson stays alive for another over. Meanwhile, Starc's gone down, and
stretches his left leg
40.5
Starc to Anderson,
FOUR,
fuller delivery outside off,
Anderson pushes with an angled bat and beats the lone slip in place
40.4
Starc to Anderson,
no run,
fuller delivery on off stump, defended
40.3
Starc to Anderson,
no run,
almost! Anderson had jumped down the
track while making room and manages an inside edge to a yorker. Seems
to be a bump ball as Haddin leaps to his right to cling on
Mark: "A good day for the host nations. They've both scored similar
totals and it is likely that they'll both have a big win by a similar
margin."
40.2
Starc to Anderson,
no run,
short and a shade wide of off stump, Anderson attempts a feeble cut and is beaten
40.1
Starc to Anderson,
no run,
back of a length on off stump, tapped into the leg side
End of over 40
(3 runs)
England
221/9
(122 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 5.52, RRR: 12.20)
-
- JWA Taylor 94 (86b 10x4 2x6)
- JM Anderson 3 (4b 0x4 0x6)
-
- MG Johnson 8-0-36-2
- MA Starc 8-1-43-2
39.6
Johnson to Taylor,
no run,
tip-top short ball at 143 kph, Taylor weaves inside the line and survives. But can Anderson?
39.5
Johnson to Taylor,
2 runs,
slower ball outside off, Taylor moves across and heaves it to long leg
Long-off has gone back
39.4
Johnson to Taylor,
no run,
he's taken a bit of a hit there
while trying to pull a short, 143 kph delivery. No run as the ball
sneaks towards point
39.3
Johnson to Taylor,
no run,
slower ball outside off, Taylor
tries to slice it towards third man but it dribbles through after
pitching and puts both him and the keeper off
39.2
Johnson to Taylor,
no run,
runs down and slaps a good length ball at cover
Galen: "@Paul, has anyone ever done it at all?" --- One name springs to mind...
39.1
Johnson to Anderson,
1 run,
that's a touch short and wide, Anderson taps it to deep third man
End of over 39
(13 runs)
England
218/9
(125 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 5.58, RRR: 11.36)
-
- JWA Taylor 92 (81b 10x4 2x6)
- JM Anderson 2 (3b 0x4 0x6)
-
- MA Starc 8-1-43-2
- MG Johnson 7-0-33-2
Varun Batra: "Told you class batters like Taylor can adapt."
38.6
Starc to Taylor,
FOUR,
another one in the blockhole and
it's somehow been sliced away past the keeper and into the third man
boundary
38.5
Starc to Taylor,
2 runs,
Bailey leaps after it, sticks out
his right hand and almost had a hold of it! Propelled himself off the
turf to try and end the innings but he just can't quite manage it.
Beautiful lines and lengths from Starc, yorker after yorker after yorker
Paul: "If Taylor scores a century, will it be the first time that a team
would end on the losing side after having recorded a hat-rick and a
century?" Sounds pretty plausible, that
38.4
Starc to Taylor,
2 runs,
full and on the base of middle and leg, whipped to deep square leg
38.3
Starc to Taylor,
no run,
goes wide of the crease and fires in
a fuller delivery at 146 kph. Taylor isn't worried about the pace as he
runs down and looks for a heave. Beaten
38.2
Starc to Taylor,
FOUR,
goes short and slow and Taylor has
spotted it, swayed away from it and then presents his bat up like a ramp
to let the ball leap away to the third man boundary
38.1
Starc to Anderson,
1 run,
full toss on middle, Anderson taps it through mid-off
End of over 38
(10 runs)
England
205/9
(138 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 5.39, RRR: 11.50)
-
- JWA Taylor 80 (76b 8x4 2x6)
- JM Anderson 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
-
- MG Johnson 7-0-33-2
- MA Starc 7-1-30-2
37.6
Johnson to Taylor,
FOUR,
full toss a shade outside off,
Taylor stays beside it and slices it through the vacant point region.
Magnificent placement. But that leaves Anderson with six balls to face
off Starc
37.5
Johnson to Taylor,
no run,
full on off stump, Taylor goes for a
sweep and gets an inside edge onto his pads. Yikes, that's a scary
shot to attempt against that kind of pace
37.4
Johnson to Taylor,
no run,
fuller and outside off, Taylor looks
for the slog to deep midwicket and is beaten. 140-plus kph
37.3
Johnson to Anderson,
1 run,
fuller delivery outside off,
Anderson was going for a push through the covers and ends up with an
inside edge to long leg
Sayan Mandal: "Taylor reminds me of Akon's Lonely.. I am Mr. Loney :)"
37.3
Johnson to Anderson,
5 wides,
144kph, full and slipping down leg, Haddin can't reach across to it as he dives to his right
37.2
Johnson to Anderson,
no run,
full on off stump, Anderson covers it
Jimmy Anderson walks out as Johnson gives a thumbs up
37.1
Johnson to Finn,
OUT,
Johnson v tailender... only one
result! Vicious bouncer on middle, Finn appeared rooted, defends to
protect himself and stared bemusedly at where the ball might have gone
after it popped up off the splice. Mitch knew exactly where it was
though as he runs up and takes the easiest of caught-and-bowleds
ST Finn c & b Johnson 1 (4m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 16.66
"It was a very very special moment, especially when the national anthems started. When you see the top stands filling up you know it's going to be a good crowd [it was 84,336 people]," says George Bailey. "The track slowed up later so it was nice to have a crack on the pitch first up. Home ground for Finch and he rose to the occasion, that's what we want gfrom the top order. I dont think he bowled that many overs in a row, I wanted him to take five wickets and I had to worry about the medical staff yelling at me. Good partnership, we lost a couple of wickets and it was nice to set up the innings or Mitch and Hadds and Maxi."
"I think it was probably above par, the wicket is really good and we probably let ourselves down in the field," says Eoin Morgan. "Death bowling let us down. 310 was par, but we needed all our guns firing. It's one of our strengths, we've been top in the first 10-overs and with Jimmy and Broady back, bowling was a good decision. That's the most frustrating thing, we started slow and cold in the field with drop catches and run outs. Finny taking his second five for on this tour so far and James Taylor very unlucky not to get a hundred. They're probably our two toughtest games in the group stage, and if we keep testing ourselves like this we'll go on to the quarter finals. I think the senior players need to stand up that's all."
10,00 pm England have struggled all through this game, but they did not deserve an end like this. James Taylor batted like a champion without any support and is left stranded on 98 for seemingly baffling reasons. Lots to talk about on Match Point
England's top order seemed to be a bit confused on which approach to take and Australia's fast bowlers - Mitchell Starc in particular - did not help matters with their express pace and fuller lengths. Then with the middle-order starting to wobble, Mitchell Marsh took over and sealed the match. If not for Taylor and his medley of slices and dabs, pulls, sweeps and reverse sweeps, England's margin of defeat would have been even more mammoth
"Surreal, it's just sinking it. We knew it was going to slow up a little bit. We would've batted first, it's a bit nervy being the first game of the tournament. [Dropped catch] thought I hit it nicely off the middle, you're not allowed to put fielders there. Just moving past that. Everyone contributed with bat or ball and contributed in the field as well. Good to take this win and hopefull build momentum in the tournament," says Aaron Finch, the Man of the Match