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Match	Australia v England	-	Date	26th January, 2007
Match Type	Commonwealth Bank ODI Series	-	Umpires	IL Howell (South Africa) and SJ Davis
Toss	England	-	Decision	Bat
Result	Australia Won by 9 Wickets	-	Venue	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Scorecard

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Just when the England camp thought things couldn’t get worse they meet a rampant Australia team in Adelaide on a cracking pitch on Australia day; a deadly combination!

The tourists who now have to win at least two of their remaining three matches complete with bonus point following the nine wicket defeat. Both Glenn McGrath and Nathan Bracken were rested but even this failed to help an England team desperate to record their first win on tour against Australia in any form of cricket.

England began well enough after winning the toss, Loye yet again on the offensive when he swept a huge six off Mitchell Johnson. The ball was lost out of the ground and had to be replaced. Loye didn’t last long after the big hit when he nicked a ball to Adam Gilchrist.

Strauss fell to a combination of  Johnson and Gilchrist for just 17 runs and England were in trouble at 2 for 47. Strauss has had his fair share of bad calls this summer but he has now embarked on a poor run of form he needs to get himself out of.

Bell looked in good form after a long net session yesterday and together with Ed Joyce took the score on to 72 before the third wicket fell, Bell cutting Stuart Clark to point and Michael Clarke happy to oblige with the catch.

Lee was recalled to the attack and seven runs later and his second delivery of his new spell tempted Joyce into playing an ill advised pull shot succeeding only to lob the ball to Johnson at mid on. Two runs later Collingwood played a bizarre and indescribable shot to Clark at mid off. England were in desperate trouble at 5 for 81 and unlikely to reach a competitive total on a slow wicket.

Despite a short lived stand of 22 between Flintoff and Dalrymple the final five wickets fell for just seven runs, Johnson ending his spell with 4 for 45. Bowled out for just 110 and  34.3 overs it meant that England took to the field before the scheduled lunch break. The total is England's fourth worst total in one day cricket equalling the score they made on the 1999 tour of Australia.

Chasing the low total Gilchrist soon set about attacking the weak lacklustre attack hitting four off-side boundaries in one over of Plunkett. However just as Gilchrist looked set to score a quick fire half century he was run out for 23 just ahead of the lunch break.

Despite Collingwood spilling a chance given by Australian captain Ponting at first slip the result was never in doubt with Ponting helping himself to three glorious leg-side boundaries off one over to increase the run rate and close out the game. Ponting ended the day on 51 not out and Hayden 30 unbeaten.