And a few days later, the prestigious Ashes series between Australia and England will take place. So it can be said that yesterday's Champions Trophy match between the two teams was like a warm-up match. And in this match, based on Ian Bell's batting and James Anderson's bowling, England won by 48 runs against Australia. Australia's helplessness was evident throughout the match.
England won the toss and scored 57 runs in the opening pair which helped them build a challenging score later on. Ian Bell led the batting, ably supported by Jonathan Trott. Trott's second wicket fell for 168 runs after Cook's first wicket fell for the team's 57 runs. Bell-Trott added 111 runs for the second wicket partnership when Cook was stumped for 30 off 42 balls. Trott himself was stumped for 43 runs. Ian Bell was bowled by Faulkner for a personal 91 in the nervous nineties. After that, the English threw a target of 270 runs after losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs based on 46 runs from 37 balls by Ravi Bopara and 19 runs from 20 balls by Bresnan.
It should be mentioned here that the Aussie bowlers have shown enough generosity in this match. They gifted the English with a total of 19 extra runs. Mackay, Faulkner took 2 wickets each and Starc, Watson got 1 wicket each.
Australia did not get off to a good start chasing England's 269 runs. When the team's hard-hitting opening batsman returned to the pavilion by Broad for just 9 runs, Australia started batting cautiously. However, the English bowlers kept taking wickets at regular intervals. Watson scored 24 runs, Hughes scored 30 runs and Voggs scored 15 runs before Australia lost the fourth wicket for 127 runs. Then in the 35th over, James Anderson crippled Australia's batting pillar by taking the wickets of Marsh and Wade. Australia became 136 for 6. Faulkner was unbeaten on 54 off 42 balls but it was not enough to give the team victory. Among them, George Bailey scored 55 runs off 69 balls. Due to the Aussies' batting disaster, England completely established their authority in the match. In the end, Aussies scored 221 runs after losing 9 wickets in 50 overs.
Besides Anderson's 3 wickets, Bresnan got 2 wickets and Broad, Treadwell, Root, Bopara got 1 wicket each. Ian Bell, who ruled the Aussie bowlers, got the Man of the Match award.
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