The following is the scoreboard of the Australia vs England World Cup opener at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Saturday:
Australia
David Warner b Broad 22
Aaron Finch run out (Morgan) 135
Shane Watson c Buttler b Broad 0
Steven Smith b Woakes 5
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George Bailey b Finn 55
Glenn Maxwell c Root b Finn 66
Mitchell Marsh c Root b Finn 23
Brad Haddin c Broad b Finn 31
Mitchell Johnson c Anderson b Finn 0
Mitchell Starc not out 0
Extras (lb 2, w 3) 5
Total (nine wickets in 50 overs) 342
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Warner, 7.3 overs), 2-57 (Watson, 7.4), 3-70 (Smith, 10.3), 4-216 (Finch, 36.3), 5-228 (Bailey, 38.1), 6-281 (Marsh, 45.1), 7-342 (Haddin, 49.4), 8-342 (Maxwell, 49.5), 9-342 (Johnson, 49.6)
Bowling
James Anderson 10-0-67-0
Stuart Broad 10-0-66-2
Chris Woakes 10-0-65-1
Steven Finn 10-0-71-5
Moeen Ali 9-0-60-0
Joe Root 1-0-11-0
England
Moeen Ali c Bailey b Starc 10
Ian Bell c Starc b Marsh 36
Gary Ballance c Finch b Marsh 10
Joe Root c Haddin b Marsh 5
Eoin Morgan c Haddin b Marsh 0
James Taylor not out 98
Jos Buttler c Smith b Marsh 12
Chris Woakes c Smith b Johnson 37
Stuart Broad b Starc 0
Steven Finn c & b Johnson 1
James Anderson run out (Maxwell) 8
Extras (lb 3, w 11) 14
Total (all out in 41.5 overs) 231
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Ali, 4.4 overs), 2-49 (Ballance, 9.4), 3-66 (Bell, 13.4), 4-66 (Root, 13.5), 5-73 (Morgan, 17.6), 6-92 (Buttler, 21.2), 7-184 (Woakes, 35.2), 8-194 (Broad, 36.1), 9-195 (Finn, 37.1), 10-231 (Anderson, 41.5)
Bowling
Mitchell Starc 9-1-47-2
Josh Hazlewood 6.5-0-45-0
Mitchell Johnson 8-0-36-2
Mitchell Marsh 9-0-33-5
Shane Watson 3-0-13-0
Glenn Maxwell 4-0-35-0
Steven Smith 2-0-19-0
Match details:
Toss: England chose to field
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire: Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Joel Wilson (West Indies)
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