Published: Sep 03, 2015, 10:05 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 03, 2015, 10:44 PM (IST)
Australia made an excellent comeback to reach 305 for 6 after Adil Rashid’s four-wicket haul in the first One-Day International (ODI) at Southampton. Australia started off well as opening pair of David Warner and Joe Burns got the team off to an excellent start. Burns was the dominant partner. He was scoring bulk of the runs in the opening partnership of 76, with Warner being happy to play some sensible ground strokes to get his eye in. Burns could not however get to his fifty as he fell six runs short, hitting one straight back to Rashid for 44. Skipper Steven Smith then came out to support Warner. Live Cricket Scorecard: England vs Australia, 1st ODI at Southampton
Warner managed to reach his 12th fifty in ODIs during his 67-run stand with Smith for the second wicket. But Warner could not convert this into a big score as he flashed at a full, wide delivery from Rashid and Chris Woakes completed the formality by taking a good catch. just like the openers Smith too was dismissed after a got a good start at 44. He was very patient in his approach and took minimal risks. But he failed to clear the deep mid wicket fence of a full toss and Ben Stokes took a simple catch at deep mid wicket. George Bailey, Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell were the next three batsmen dismissed in a hurry, without making any significant contribution to the total.Australia were struggling at 193 for 6 at this stage in just the 38th over, but that is when Mitchell Marsh and Matthew stepped in to add some stability to the innings. Live Updates: England vs Australia, 1st ODI, Southampton
Wade got to his half-century off 41 deliveries and Marsh at the other end was going at over run-a-ball. England had to cut the run flow and they could only do so only by breaking this partnership. But they were unable to do so. Wade punished the bowlers well and Marsh tried to give him as much strike as possible. Marsh went about his innings at s steady pace as the duo put on over 100 for the seventh wicket.
Earlier, Australia had won the toss and elected to bat first. Australia did not make any change to the side that beat Ireland few days back. England have rested the likes of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Joe Root. England won the previous home series against New Zealand by a margin of 3-2.
Brief Scores
Australia 305 for 6 in 50 Overs (Joe Burns 44, David Warner 59, Steven Smith 44, Matthew Wade 71*; Mark Wood 1 for 72, Adil Rashid 4 for 59) vs England
(Pramod Ananth is a reporter at CricketCountry. He has represented Karnataka table tennis under-15, and is a hardcore supporter of Liverpool FC. His Twitter handle is @pramz)
