4th ODI: Aus v. Eng: Australia Win Series! Lee picks 5!

Brett Lee showed that he was never away from the game. He picked 5 of the crucial wickets of England and paved way for a series win for Australia. This is Australia's fourth continuous win and put them 4-0 ahead in the 7-match series.

This is Lee's 9th five wicket haul. Ponting back in this game made useful 48 and was involved in two 50-runs partnership. Ponting and Paine added 58 for 2nd wicket and Ponting and Clarke added 60 for the 3rd wicket.

For England, once again Strauss made 63 but could not carry on his form. Shah (39) was the only other batsman to go beyond 30.

Brett Lee was rightly picked for the player of the award for his wonderful bowling performance.

Match: Ashes 2009: ODI # 4
Date: September 12, 2009
Teams: Australia v. England
Captains: R Ponting and Strauss
Toss: England, decided to bat
Venue: Lord's, London
Result: Australia won by 7 wickets with balls 38 remaining
Series Result: Australia lead the series 4-0
Man of the Match: Brett Lee off Australia

England Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Bracken b Hauritz	63	75	8	0
J Denly	c White b Lee	11	17	2	0
Bopara	lbw b Hauritz	26	36	3	0
M Prior	b Lee	29	45	2	0
OA Shah	c Ferguson b Watson	39	53	3	0
E Morgan	st Paine b Bracken	13	26	1	0
L Wright	b Lee	12	11	2	0
S Broad	b Lee	2	2	0	0
A Rashid	b Lee	4	5	1	0
T Bresnan	not out	11	9	1	0
Sidebottom	b Johnson	2	4	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 4)	8	-	-	-
Total	all out in 46.3 overs	220	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-29 (Denly, 4.5 ov), 2-96 (Bopara, 18.3 ov), 3-111 (Strauss, 24.4 ov), 4-146 (Prior, 32.1 ov), 5-174 (Morgan, 39.3 ov), 6-200 (Wright, 43.1 ov), 7-202 (Broad, 43.3 ov), 8-206 (Shah, 44.1 ov), 9-212 (Rashid, 45.3 ov), 10-220 (Sidebottom, 46.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	9	1	49	5
Bracken	8	0	40	1
Johnson	8.3	0	42	1
Watson	8	0	46	1
Hauritz	10	0	23	2
M Clarke	3	0	18	0

Australia Innings: (target 221 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	lbw b Bresnan	26	32	4	0
T Paine	c Prior b Rashid	51	62	5	0
Ponting	c Bopara b Bresnan	48	60	5	0
M Clarke	not out	62	81	8	0
Ferguson	not out	23	29	2	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 7, nb 2)	11	-	-	-
Total	for 3 wkts in 43.4 overs	221	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-51 (Watson, 9.4 ov), 2-108 (Paine, 18.6 ov), 3-168 (Ponting, 34.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
S Broad	9	0	43	0
Sidebottom	7.4	0	41	0
T Bresnan	8	1	41	2
A Rashid	10	0	56	1
OA Shah	3	0	12	0
L Wright	6	0	26	0