Watch 6th ODI of Australia and England Live streaming online from Nottingham on 17th Sep 2009 at 13:30 GMT.
Australia already won this series by 5-0 against England. England already lost five continous matches. Australia secure 1st rank of ICC Ranking after won the 5th match against England.
Ricky Ponting could move to third place on the ODI all-time run-scorers’ list this week, and his form on Tuesday suggested many more are to come. Ponting showed the benefit of his fortnight’s rest by blazing a sublime 126 from 109 deliveries at Trent Bridge – his highest ever one-day score against England – to lead Australia’s ultimately successful run-chase. His driving and pulling were of the highest order, and with another match looming on the batting-friendly Trent Bridge strip, England will do well to contain him.
Eoin Morgan demonstrated just why England moved to poach him from Ireland this year with a cavalier innings of 58 from 41 deliveries that included all the strokes from the MCC coaching manual – and a few of his own making. The Australians struggled to contain the powerful left-hander, who appeared just as adept driving down the ground as he did reverse-sweeping the ever-probing Nathan Bracken. His innings made a pleasing change from England’s Strauss-or-bust batting strategy, which had been employed with little effect throughout the series prior to Tuesday.
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England (probable) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Joe Denly, 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Matt Prior (wk), Owais Shah, 6 Eoin Morgan, 7 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Tim Bresnan, 11 Ryan Sidebottom.
Brett Lee’s pleas to play on were ignored on Tuesday but, freed from the clutches of Australia’s rigid resting policy, he will presumably return to action for the fifth ODI. Johnson or Bracken should be next in line for a breather, with Ben Hilfenhaus waiting in the wings.
Australia (probable) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Callum Ferguson, 6 Michael Hussey, 7 Cameron White, 8 Nathan Hauritz, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Nathan Bracken.
