AUSTRALIA BEATS ENGLAND ICC WORLD CUP ON 1ST DAY

England won the toss of the match played against rivals Australia and elected to field first. This proved very heavy decision on the England as they were shocked by the stunning batting of Aussies.
Finch dropped early but he made full use of the chance to score a fabolous century and helped Australia to put up a great show and a huge total on the scorecard. England bowlers could not do well as expected out of them.



England gave away runs with a run rate of almost 11 in last ten overs. All bowlers were expensive.
Last laugh went to FINN when he took 3 wickets out of last 3 deliveries to pull out an excellent end with a hat-trick.


England chasing were not upto the mark at all. They were 92-6 at one stage. A bit of resistance from other including a nice 98 of 90 balls remain unbeaten, England managed to reach 233. They were well shot of the target and lost by 111 runs. Hazlewood was the key bowler getting 5 wickets out of first 6 wickets to take his team easily over the line.


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