5th ODI: Aus v. Eng: Ponting freaked out! Aussies Keep Winning!

Australia is back to number 1 spot in the ODI ranking. Brilliant century by skipper Ponting gave Aussies an unbeliable lead in the ODI series, especially after the loss of the test series 1-2. This is Ricky's 27th ODI hundred and came in at a time where his team was chasing 300. He lead the fight from the front.

For the 5th continuous time, England won the toss and but not the match. Though they changed the stragies in terms of batting first and also chasing, nothing worked so far. A nice team effort took them to 299 in the 5th ODI in Nottingham. Morgan was the only half-century maker and rest of the players contributed 30 plus. Lee's absence added confidence to the England batting line-up--one can say that.

But, Ponting's form today was brilliant and he would have chased even 350 plus. His 126 came in 109 balls with 14 fours and 3 sixes. Vice-Captain Michael Clarke scored 52 from 64. Australia reached the target confortably with 10 balls remaining.

Match: Ashes 2009: ODI # 5
Date: September 15, 2009
Teams: Australia v. England
Captains: R Ponting and Strauss
Toss: England, decided to bat
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Result: Australia won by 4 wickets with balls 10 remaining
Series Result: Australia lead the series 5-0
Man of the Match: Ponting off Australia

England Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	lbw b Hauritz	35	38	6	0
J Denly	c Hussey b Johnson	45	68	5	0
Bopara	c Hauritz b Watson	18	21	1	0
M Prior	st Paine b Hauritz	37	44	3	0
OA Shah	c Paine b Johnson	31	41	3	0
E Morgan	c Siddle b Bracken	58	41	4	3
Mascarenhas	c Johnson b Watson	19	13	3	0
S Broad	run out (Ponting)	22	20	2	0
A Rashid	run out (Paine)	18	9	3	0
T Bresnan	c Bracken b Siddle	4	3	1	0
Sidebottom	not out	3	4	0	0
Extras	(lb 1, w 6, nb 2)	9	-	-	-
Total	all out in 50 overs	299	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-61 (Strauss, 13.2 ov), 2-95 (Bopara, 19.4 ov), 3-105 (Denly, 22.3 ov), 4-165 (Prior, 33.3 ov), 5-192 (Shah, 38.1 ov), 6-230 (Mascarenhas, 41.6 ov), 7-267 (Broad, 46.6 ov), 8-272 (Morgan, 47.3 ov), 9-278 (Bresnan, 48.3 ov), 10-299 (Rashid, 49.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Siddle	10	1	50	1
Bracken	8	1	43	1
Johnson	10	0	80	2
Watson	10	0	60	2
Hauritz	10	0	54	2
M Clarke	2	0	11	0

Australia Innings: (target 300 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	c Mascarenhas b Bresnan	36	34	5	0
T Paine	c Rashid b Bresnan	16	29	3	0
Ponting	c Shah b Broad	126	109	14	3
M Clarke	c Shah b Rashid	52	64	5	0
M Hussey	c Sidebottom b Mascarenhas	6	9	1	0
Ferguson	lbw b Broad	17	18	2	0
C White	not out	24	15	4	0
M Johnson	not out	18	12	1	1
Extras	(b 1, w 6)	7	-	-	-
Total	for 6 wkts in 48.2 overs	302	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-45 (Paine, 8.6 ov), 2-76 (Watson, 14.5 ov), 3-209 (Clarke, 36.3 ov), 4-226 (Hussey, 39.3 ov), 5-255 (Ferguson, 43.3 ov), 6-261 (Ponting, 43.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
S Broad	9	0	57	2
Sidebottom	9.2	0	43	0
T Bresnan	10	0	76	2
Mascarenhas	10	0	49	1
A Rashid	7	0	55	1
Bopara	3	0	21	0