Wounded Kangaroos look to level up
After the inexperienced bowling attack was taken apart at the Rose Bowl, a hurt Australian side would be looking to fight back with a series-leveling win and avoid the momentum from slipping away further towards England
After a long gap from the ODI format, Australia were ready for the England tour which includes 5 ODIs against England followed by a full series against Pakistan. However, before the start, Mitchell Johnson got ruled out the series and Brad Haddin injured himself as well. The latter’s replacement was found in Tim Paine who has done reasonably well in the limited opportunities provided to him but Johnson was missed sorely as the Aussie bowlers struggled to find consistency in their line and length on a track good for batting. Plenty of batsmen got starts but failed to convert it to a big score. More importantly, apart from the openers, no one could accelerate towards the end as the English bowlers bowled an excellent line and length, something which the Aussies failed to do in their bowling. This is the very same venue where Mohammad Ashraful thrashed the all-star Aussie team in 2005 leading Bangladesh to a shocking victory and Ponting would be hoping to get a victory this time around.
England, on the other hand, would be mighty pleased by their clinical victory the other night. They did everything right apart from a mini-collapse in the batting order which was put to rest by a classic ton from Morgan with good support from the lower order. The bowlers did well earlier on, putting brakes on the scoring after a brisk start from Australia and towards the end too, they did not allow the Kangaroos to accelerate. This English side is looking extremely strong at the moment with an excellent bowling attack, which has a great combination of fast and slow bowlers.
Sparks fly when these oldest rivals of cricket play against each other and with a strong England competing against an inexperienced but unrelenting Australia, the contest is up for grabs.
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