3rd ODI: Aus v. Eng: White's century give Australia 3-0 Lead!

Wonderful century by Craig White gave the third consecutive victory for Austrlia and put them in a comfortable position in the series. Chasing 229, Wastson (7) and Paine (29) went early with board reading 52 for 2. White and skipper Clarke played responsibly and built a 143 runs for 3rd wicket. White scored 105 in 124 balls with 9 fours and a six while Clarke took 92 balls to score his 52.

Earlier, England skipper Strauss made 63 and the other top scorer was Morgan with 43. Watson picked 3 wickets giving away 36 runs in his 8 overs.

Match: Ashes 2009: ODI # 3
Date: September 9, 2009
Teams: Australia v. England
Captains: M Clarke and Strauss
Toss: England, decided to bat
Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Result: Australia won by 6 wickets with 9 balls remaining
Series Result: Australia lead the series 3-0
Man of the Match: C White off Australia

England Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Clarke b Hauritz	63	72	7	0
Bopara	c Hopes b Bracken	10	17	0	1
M Prior	c Hopes b Johnson	0	4	0	0
OA Shah	lbw b Johnson	8	19	1	0
Collingwood	c Bracken b Watson	28	52	0	0
E Morgan	c Johnson b Lee	43	57	1	1
L Wright	c sub (A Voges) b Hopes	9	15	1	0
T Bresnan	not out	31	37	3	0
Swann	lbw b Watson	3	3	0	0
Sidebottom	c White b Watson	24	28	2	0
Extras	(lb 1, w 4, nb 4)	9	-	-	-
Total	for 9 wkts in 50 overs	228	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-41 (Bopara, 7.5 ov), 2-41 (Prior, 8.4 ov), 3-62 (Shah, 14.5 ov), 4-98 (Strauss, 22.3 ov), 5-132 (Collingwood, 31.4 ov), 6-147 (Wright, 35.4 ov), 7-183 (Morgan, 42.3 ov), 8-188 (Swann, 43.3 ov), 9-228 (Sidebottom, 49.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	9	1	58	1
Bracken	10	0	36	1
Johnson	10	1	39	2
Hopes	7	0	34	1
Hauritz	6	0	24	1
Watson	8	0	36	3

Australia Innings: (target 229 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	lbw b Anderson	7	19	0	0
T Paine	lbw b Collingwood	29	35	4	0
C White	c Sidebottom b Wright	105	124	9	1
M Clarke	b Swann	52	92	1	0
Ferguson	not out	20	17	3	0
M Hussey	not out	8	4	1	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 6)	9	-	-	-
Total	for 4 wkts in 48.3 overs	230	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-16 (Watson, 4.6 ov), 2-52 (Paine, 13.3 ov), 3-195 (Clarke, 43.4 ov), 4-220 (White, 47.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	9.3	1	52	1
Sidebottom	10	1	39	0
T Bresnan	10	1	46	0
Collingwood	7	0	39	1
L Wright	7	1	16	1
Swann	5	0	35	1