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Captain Michael Clarke made a half century in a timely return to form to lead Australia to a 51-run win over England in the fifth one-day cricket international on Sunday and an insurmountable 4-1 lead in the seven-match series.
Clarke came to the crease to a chorus of boos from Australian fans dissatisfied with his batting form and unimpressed with his captaincy but left to general applause after top-scoring with 54 in Australia’s total of 249.
Chris Woakes took 6-45 to become only the second Englishman after his current teammate Paul Collingwood to claim a six-wicket bag in a one-day international.
Woakes’s career-best performance was then undermined by poor top-order batting which saw England dismissed for 198 in 45.3 overs.
Australia batting report
Chris Woakes took a career-best 6-45 to help England restrict Australia to 249, batting first in the fifth one-day cricket international on Sunday.
Woakes became only the second Englishman after Paul Collingwood to take a six-wicket haul in a one-day international, running through Australia’s middle and lower order after it had won the toss and batted.
Captain Michael Clarke (54) was the top scoreer in a moderate Australian batting effort.
Clarke came to the crease to boos from some Australian supporters at the Brisbane Cricket Ground but left to general applause after a gutsy innings, his best in the one-day series so far.
Australia leads the seven-match series 3-1 and England needs to win this match to keep the series alive. It made a solid start towards that objective, containing Australia on a good batting pitch which offered even pace and bounce.
A succession of Australian batsmen took advantage of those conditions and made strong starts but were unable to go on and post a big score. Clarke, battling a form slump and increasing public opposition to his captaincy, was the only batsman to go on to a half century but his innings was sound without being dominating.
Apart from Clarke only Brad Haddin (37) and David Hussey (34) passed 30. Steven Smith was 24 not out when the innings ended after 49.3 overs. Four batsmen were out for 16.
Clarke came to the crease to a chorus of boos from Australian fans dissatisfied with his batting form and unimpressed with his captaincy but left to general applause after top-scoring with 54 in Australia’s total of 249.
Chris Woakes took 6-45 to become only the second Englishman after his current teammate Paul Collingwood to claim a six-wicket bag in a one-day international.
Woakes’s career-best performance was then undermined by poor top-order batting which saw England dismissed for 198 in 45.3 overs.
Australia batting report
Chris Woakes took a career-best 6-45 to help England restrict Australia to 249, batting first in the fifth one-day cricket international on Sunday.
Woakes became only the second Englishman after Paul Collingwood to take a six-wicket haul in a one-day international, running through Australia’s middle and lower order after it had won the toss and batted.
Captain Michael Clarke (54) was the top scoreer in a moderate Australian batting effort.
Clarke came to the crease to boos from some Australian supporters at the Brisbane Cricket Ground but left to general applause after a gutsy innings, his best in the one-day series so far.
Australia leads the seven-match series 3-1 and England needs to win this match to keep the series alive. It made a solid start towards that objective, containing Australia on a good batting pitch which offered even pace and bounce.
A succession of Australian batsmen took advantage of those conditions and made strong starts but were unable to go on and post a big score. Clarke, battling a form slump and increasing public opposition to his captaincy, was the only batsman to go on to a half century but his innings was sound without being dominating.
Apart from Clarke only Brad Haddin (37) and David Hussey (34) passed 30. Steven Smith was 24 not out when the innings ended after 49.3 overs. Four batsmen were out for 16.