Marsh anchors Australia to a competitive score of 230
Shaun Marsh scored a brilliant century on his comeback and rescued Australia from an early batting collapse. In doing so, the left-hand batsman steered the home team to a competitive 230-run score against England, in the second One-day international match
at the Bellerive Oval.
From the start of his innings, the left hander looked in a positive frame of mind. Regardless of the situation, he continued to play according to his aggressive nature. He struck his half century off just 63 deliveries.
The Western Australian looked in fine touch as he played strokes to all parts of the ground with exquisite timing and placement. His back-foot play was the hallmark of his innings, while his drives on the front-foot were an absolute delight to watch. Shaun
collected his next fifty off just 38 deliveries. In his breathtaking knock of 110 runs, he dispatched 10 balls to the fence, including two effortless sixes.
Marsh joined Cameron White at a difficult position, when the hosts were stumbling at 33 for 4 in 13 overs. A revival was needed and the Australian pair responded to the situation in a defiant manner.
Furthermore, the duo put up a resilient 100-run partnership for the fifth wicket in order to rescue their team from an early devastation. As a result, they coasted the home side to a comfortable position of 133 for 4 in 33 overs.
White played a resolute knock in order to defy the opposition. His defense was solid and he was decisive in his stroke-play. He hardly played any loose shot and provided stability to the Australian innings. The right-hand batsman collected 45 runs off 76
balls, smashing only three boundaries in his gritty knock.
After the dismissal of White, his partner stood like a rock in order to play the full quota of fifty overs. However, the wickets fell in quick succession, as the Aussies lost another three wickets in space of just 9 runs and the scorecard read 142 run for
the loss of 8 wickets.
Marsh carried on and mustered an 88-run partnership with Doug Bollinger. Bollinger provided his senior partner with a valuable support, scoring a-run-a-ball 30 and considering the situation in which his team was, that was a substantial contribution.
Marsh and Bollinger fell on two consecutive deliveries in the 49th over and that meant that the hosts didn’t manage to play their complete fifty overs. Nevertheless, they did a pretty good job in steering the home side to a worthy total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 in his second over and another excellent piece of bowling brought about
the downfall of Brad Haddin. Later in his second spell he picked up an important wicket of Steven Smith to leave http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 to 6 for 136.
Chris Tremlett was the most economical seamer on show, as he only gave 22 runs in his spell of 9.2 overs. The lanky fast bowler troubled the opposition batsmen with his seam movement and steep bounce, picking up three wickets in a marvellous spell of seam
bowling. In the 49th over, he removed Marsh and Bollinger in two consecutive balls to finish off the Aussie innings.
Tim Bresnan and Michael Yardy provided their premier bowlers with valuable support, chipping in with two wickets apiece. Bresnan’s persistent bowling earned him decent figures of 2/37, while Yardy was the most expensive bowler in the line-up, registering
2/61 in his nine overs.
Earlier, both the teams made two significant changes in their final eleven. For the visitors, Matt Prior replaced Steven Davies, while Tredwell was included in place of injured Graeme Swann. For the home side, Nathan Hauritz and Shaun Marsh swapped places
with Xavier Doherty and Michael Hussey, to start for the Kangaroos.
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