Morgan hails 'outstanding' trio as England beat Australia

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Last Updated : Sep 09 2015 | 9:22 AM IST
England captain Eoin Morgan praised the efforts of century-maker James Taylor and spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali after the trio all played key roles in a 93-run win over Australia in the third one-day international at Old Trafford.
Tuesday's floodlit success ensured England kept their series with the world champions alive at 2-1 down with two to play ahead of Friday's encounter across the Pennines at Headingley, the Leeds headquarters of Yorkshire.
Jason Roy (63) and Morgan (62) - who shared a third- wicket partnership of 119 with Taylor (101) -- also made telling contributions.
England were able to frustrate Australia with 20 overs' worth of spin that yielded five wickets for 73 runs.
Off-spinner Ali took an ODI best three for 32 and leg- spinner Rashid two for 41 as Australia, chasing 301 to win, were bowled out for 207 with six overs of their innings left.
Morgan, asked about Ali and Rashid, told Sky Sports: "I thought they were outstanding. I think it was set up by the start, we knew the first 15 or 20 overs with the new ball was going to set the tone for us with the ball because it was a lot easier on this particular wicket facing the new ball.
"I think Steve Finn's spell up the top was really impressive, and then for the two spinners to come on and bowl with control -- they didn't really bowl that many bad balls throughout their 10 overs.
"I was very impressed, not surprised, but very impressed," said the skipper, whose side had lost 11 of their previous 12 ODIs against Australia.
Man-of-the-match Taylor's century was his first at this level and Morgan said: "I think the games we've played so far the top score before that was 85 so we want guys to make match-winning contributions and James Taylor managed to do that today.
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First Published: Sep 09 2015 | 9:22 AM IST

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