Put into bat, Australia were bundled out for 176. Swann picked 5 wickets and it gave the home team a chance to stop the winning streak of the Aussies. Ponting made 53 but Mike Hussey missed half-century by a run.
Though Strauss and Denly started well and put 106 runs for the first wicket, the other batsmen could not survive and continue the momentum. From 106 for 1, England slumped to 162 for 6. England managed the win with 10 overs to spare and had 4 wickets in hand.
With this loss, Australia moved to 3rd position in the ODI ranking. South Africa leading the table followed by India in the 2nd position.
Strauss asked the team to show character just a day before the match. He said that his team should come back fighting and beat the Aussies in the final ODI to show their character. This win should definitely give them a lot of confidence to play in the Champions Trophy!
Craigh White off Australia was given man of the series while Swann from England picked the man of the match award.
Match: Ashes 2009: ODI # 7
Date: September 20, 2009
Teams: Australia v. England
Captains: R Ponting and Strauss
Toss: England, decided to field
Venue: Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Result: England won by 4 wickets with balls 60 remaining
Series Result: Australia won the series 6-1
Man of the Match: Swann off England
Man of the Series: C White off Australia
Australia Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Watson | c Swann b Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| T Paine | c Prior b Onions | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Ponting | c Collingwood b Swann | 53 | 67 | 8 | 0 |
| M Clarke | run out (Morgan/Collingwood) | 38 | 81 | 2 | 0 |
| M Hussey | c Denly b Bresnan | 49 | 54 | 3 | 1 |
| C White | b Swann | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hopes | c & b Swann | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| M Johnson | c Anderson b Swann | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| B Lee | b Swann | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| N Hauritz | c & b Shah | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilfenhaus | not out | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 4) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 45.5 overs | 176 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Watson, 0.4 ov), 2-17 (Paine, 3.4 ov), 3-96 (Ponting, 24.5 ov), 4-110 (Clarke, 27.6 ov), 5-112 (White, 28.5 ov), 6-138 (Hopes, 36.3 ov), 7-158 (Johnson, 40.4 ov), 8-158 (Lee, 40.6 ov), 9-163 (Hauritz, 43.1 ov), 10-176 (Hussey, 45.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Anderson | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Onions | 9 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| T Bresnan | 6.5 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Swann | 10 | 1 | 28 | 5 |
| Bopara | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| OA Shah | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
England Innings: (target 177 runs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Strauss | c Hilfenhaus b Hauritz | 47 | 74 | 4 | 0 |
| J Denly | run out (Paine/Ponting) | 53 | 78 | 8 | 0 |
| Bopara | lbw b Watson | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| OA Shah | c Paine b Hopes | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Collingwood | not out | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| E Morgan | c Paine b Lee | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| M Prior | c Ponting b Hilfenhaus | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| T Bresnan | not out | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 6, nb 9) | 21 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts in 40 overs | 177 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-106 (Strauss, 20.4 ov), 2-129 (Denly, 27.1 ov), 3-133 (Bopara, 28.6 ov), 4-137 (Shah, 29.2 ov), 5-141 (Morgan, 31.4 ov), 6-162 (Prior, 36.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| B Lee | 10 | 3 | 33 | 1 |
| Hilfenhaus | 6 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| M Johnson | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| N Hauritz | 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Hopes | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Watson | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
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