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England men · ODI · International series

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 3 wickets

Australia
235/7
England
234
Date
Friday 16 January 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Sydney
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 234 all out (47.5 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ian Bell lbw b MA Starc 0 1 0 0 0.0
Moeen Ali c GJ Maxwell b JP Faulkner 22 21 2 1 104.8
James Taylor lbw b MA Starc 0 2 0 0 0.0
Joe Root c SR Watson b PJ Cummins 5 15 1 0 33.3
Eoin Morgan c GJ Maxwell b MA Starc 121 136 11 3 89.0
Ravi Bopara c GJ Maxwell b XJ Doherty 13 18 1 0 72.2
Jos Buttler c DA Warner b JP Faulkner 28 60 0 0 46.7
Chris Woakes c SPD Smith b GJ Maxwell 8 13 0 0 61.5
Chris Jordan c GJ Maxwell b JP Faulkner 17 21 1 0 81.0
Stuart Broad not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Steven Finn b MA Starc 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 14, nb 1) 20
Total 47.5 overs 234

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (IR Bell, 0.1 ov), 2-0 (JWA Taylor, 0.3 ov), 3-12 (JE Root, 3.4 ov), 4-33 (MM Ali, 8.3 ov), 5-69 (RS Bopara, 15.3 ov), 6-136 (JC Buttler, 34.4 ov), 7-168 (CR Woakes, 40.2 ov), 8-224 (CJ Jordan, 46.6 ov), 9-234 (EJG Morgan, 47.4 ov), 10-234 (ST Finn, 47.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 8.5 0 42 4 4.75 1 0
PJ Cummins 9 1 42 1 4.67 5 1
SR Watson 4 0 23 0 5.75 1 0
JP Faulkner 10 1 47 3 4.70 1 0
GJ Maxwell 6 0 37 1 6.17 0 0
XJ Doherty 10 0 38 1 3.80 2 0

Australia · Innings 235/7 (39.5 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner c IR Bell b CR Woakes 127 115 18 0 110.4
AJ Finch b CR Woakes 15 18 3 0 83.3
SR Watson c CR Woakes b CJ Jordan 16 20 2 0 80.0
SPD Smith b MM Ali 37 47 2 1 78.7
GJ Bailey c JC Buttler b CR Woakes 10 25 1 0 40.0
GJ Maxwell c JC Buttler b CR Woakes 0 2 0 0 0.0
BJ Haddin run out (RS Bopara) 16 8 3 0 200.0
JP Faulkner not out 6* 4 1 0 150.0
MA Starc not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 0) 8
Total 39.5 overs 235/7

Did not bat: PJ Cummins, XJ Doherty

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (AJ Finch, 6.2 ov), 2-71 (SR Watson, 12.4 ov), 3-158 (SPD Smith, 27.6 ov), 4-199 (GJ Bailey, 36.2 ov), 5-200 (GJ Maxwell, 36.5 ov), 6-227 (DA Warner, 38.4 ov), 7-233 (BJ Haddin, 39.4 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 8 1 40 4 5.00 0 0
Steven Finn 8 1 48 0 6.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 6.5 0 49 0 7.17 0 0
Chris Jordan 6 0 33 1 5.50 0 0
Moeen Ali 9 0 45 1 5.00 1 0
Ravi Bopara 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0

Player of the match: MA Starc · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, SD Fry · TV umpire: JD Ward · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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