Tuesday, 22 February 2011
England go down again - Clubcall
England have lost the latest ODI in Sydney by two wickets after Australia completed their highest-ever one-day run chase.
The hosts now lead the series 5-1 after they secured a dramatic win in the final over of the game when chasing England's 333-6 - which had included Jonathan Trott's career-best score of 137.
His performance - and an all-round better display from England - looked to have set Paul Collingwood's men up for a morale-boosting victory but the Aussies produced a wonderful innings to again claim the win.
Australia largely had a superb 70-ball knock of 82 from under-fire acting captain Michael Clarke to thank for the win as they eventually reached 334-8 with just four balls remaining.
England's woes were compounded when Collingwood suffered a back injury at the end of the visitors' innings and did not bowl, while Ajmal Shahzad (hamstring) and Chris Tremlett (side) also picked up knocks and are expected to fly home early on Friday.
Andy Strauss revealed Collingwood should be fit for the final one-dayer of the series but the Test skipper admitted losing after posting such a big score was tough to take.
"We had a very good batting performance, Jonathan Trott played outstandingly well and was well supported by a few of the lads and 333 is a good score on any ground," he told Sky Sports.
"It was a good wicket but obviously we were not helped by Paul Collingwood not being able to bowl but he's okay.
"He had a back spasm so hopefully should recover fairly quickly."
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