England-Australia ODI series: Shaun Marsh helps Australia post decent total
Shaun Marsh smashed a brilliant hundred to guide Australia to a decent total after the hosts stuttered in the beginning of the second match of the seven-match One Day International series against England.
The English captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to field first considering the moisture in the Hobart wicket.
The start to the Australian innings was not good as the hosts lost their openers early. Star all-rounder Shane Watson was not able to trouble the English bowlers as the pitch conditions were not supporting him.
The ball was nipping off the seam and in the air and Ajmal Shahzad continuously troubled the batsman in his initial spell. Watson was the first wicket to fall in the day as he dragged the ball onto his stumps in an attempt to late-cut the ball.
The next Australian batsman to walk back to the pavilion was the wicketkeeper batsman Brad Haddin. Although Haddin attempted a different shot, but the result was the same as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326’s dismissal. The ball took the inside half of the bat and crashed into the
stumps.
The stand-in Australian captain Michael Clarke was also not able to survive longer as he got out after scoring a struggling 10 runs off 23 balls. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 drove the ball straight into the hands of the fielder in front of point and left Australia reeling at
21 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
The next victim of the English bowlers was David Hussey who only managed 8 runs.
Shaun Marsh joined Cameron White at the crease and the pair took the team out of trouble with a century stand. Marsh was brought in the team for the injured Michael Hussey.
After constructing a fighting innings, White was dismissed. He scored 45 runs off 76 balls before he chipped the ball straight back to Michael Yardy. White’s wicket saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 crumble yet again in the match as the hosts lost their next 4 wickets for just
9 runs.
Marsh was resistant and continued to play his shots freely. He got support from Doug Bollinger as the pair rescued the team with an 88-run partnership. Marsh completed a brilliant century and marked his comeback in the team.
Bollinger was out after making a run-a-ball 30 runs in the 49th over. In the same over, Marsh was dismissed after he had scored 110 important runs for his team. With the help of a superb innings from Marsh, Australia finished with 230 all out.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajmal-Shahzad-c42489 and Chris Tremlett took three wickets each in the match for England whereas Tim Bresnan and Yardy took two wickets each.
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