Australia vs England Scorecard (Match 1), 12 Jan 2014

England in Australia ODI Series 2013/14

Completed

Australia

270/4

(45.4 ov)

England

269/7

(50.0 ov)

Australia won by 6 wickets

Match 1 · ODI · 12 Jan 2014

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Key performer

AJ Finch

Australia

121 (128)

133

FANTASY PTS

GS Ballance · England

79 (96) · 1 ct

CJ McKay · Australia

3/44

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
AN Cook c BJ Haddin b CJ McKay	4	4	1	0
IR Bell b XJ Doherty	41	56	2	1
JE Root lbw b CJ McKay	3	23	0	0
GS Ballance c XJ Doherty b CJ McKay	79	96	6	0
EJG Morgan c NM Coulter-Nile b GJ Maxwell	50	47	5	1
RS Bopara c BJ Haddin b NM Coulter-Nile	17	21	1	0
BA Stokes b JP Faulkner	21	20	2	0
JC Buttler not out	34	24	1	1
TT Bresnan not out	16	9	1	1

Extras 4 (wd 3, nb 0, b 0, lb 1)

Bowler	O	R	W
CJ McKay (1wd)	10.0	44	3
NM Coulter-Nile (1wd)	10.0	51	1
GJ Maxwell	8.0	40	1
XJ Doherty	7.0	29	1
JP Faulkner (1wd)	10.0	68	1
SR Watson	5.0	36	0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
AJ Finch c GS Ballance b BA Stokes	121	128	12	0
DA Warner c BA Stokes b JE Root	65	72	5	1
SR Watson b CJ Jordan	0	2	0	0
MJ Clarke c AN Cook b TT Bresnan	43	42	6	0
GJ Bailey not out	17	18	1	0
GJ Maxwell not out	8	12	0	0

Extras 16 (wd 10, nb 0, b 0, lb 6) · Target 270

Bowler	O	R	W
WB Rankin (2wd)	8.0	53	0
CJ Jordan (5wd)	10.0	50	1
TT Bresnan	9.4	56	1
BA Stokes (1wd)	10.0	64	1
RS Bopara	6.0	30	0
JE Root (2wd)	2.0	11	1

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
AJ Finch · Australia	133
GS Ballance · England	93
CJ McKay · Australia	75
DA Warner · Australia	72
EJG Morgan · England	57
BA Stokes · England	56
MJ Clarke · Australia	49
IR Bell · England	45
TT Bresnan · England	44
JC Buttler · England	37
GJ Maxwell · Australia	33
NM Coulter-Nile · Australia	33
XJ Doherty · Australia	33
JE Root · England	28
JP Faulkner · Australia	25
CJ Jordan · England	25
GJ Bailey · Australia	18
RS Bopara · England	18
BJ Haddin · Australia	16
AN Cook · England	13
SR Watson · Australia	0
WB Rankin · England	0

Australia won by 6 wickets

Toss: England, chose to batPlayer of the match: AJ FinchVenue: Melbourne Cricket GroundSeries: England in Australia ODI Series 2013/14

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