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England thrashed
by 166 runs in their Ashes opener |
November 10, 2006
England made an inauspicious beginning to its
Ashes Campaign by losing the One-day match
against the PM’s XI by 166 runs! The Manuka Oval
at the Australian Capital, Canberra saw the
Prime Minister’s XI slaughter 347 runs at the
loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs after
they were put into bat by Freddie Flintoff.
England in reply were skittled out for just 181
in 38.4 overs.
Opener Phil Jaques was the star with a 110-ball
112 which was studded with 9 fours and 2 sixes.
But it was former Test Cricket Geoff Marsh’s
son, Shaun Marsh who had taken the English
bowlers to the cleaners with a 56-ball 78. Sajid
Mahmood suffered terribly under the onslaught as
he went for as many as 97 in the 9 overs he
bowled! In England’s chase, there was hardly any
performance to speak for except that of Andrew
Strauss’s who had made a run-a-ball 67 with a
dozen hits to the fence. Fast bowler Shaun Tait
had picked up three big wickets for the homeside.
Brief Scores : Prime Minister’s XI 347/5
in 50 Ovs (Phil Jaques 112 Shaun Marsh 78 Travis
Birt 40 Adam Voges 39 Craig White 30*, Ashley
Giles 1/53 Andrew Flintoff 1/55) bt England XI
181 all out in 38.4 Ovs (Andrew Strauss 67 Paul
Collingwood 35, Shaun Tait 3/21 Adam Ritchard
2/24 Craig White 2/32) by 166 runs.
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