Marcus Trescothick of Somerset has been returned to England from on-going Champions League T20 due to stress-related illness that caught him once again. South paw from Somerset has history of this illness for some time now. It is quite a blow for Somerset’s prospects in the tournament as Trescothick is gifted opener, who can play explosively as an opening batsman.
Australian Ricky Ponting has smashed an aggressive yet classy century that helped beating England by 4 wickets in the fifth ODI played in Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Australia now comfortably leads 5-0 in the seven match ODI series.
Brett Lee, who was wanted for his feary spells in this England tour, came out with one. He might have missed his Ashes but he proved a point in the 4th ODI against England that he is still dangerous fast bowler to reckon with. He took 5 wickets for 49 runs from 9 overs by that Australia got in unassailable lead and clichéd the series 4-0. Tim Paine and Michael Clarke excelled with bat with latter scored a first half-century and former made effective 68.
Cameron White scored hassle-free century that has helped Australia to chosen down England target of 229 with the loss of just 4 wickets in the 3rd ODI in Southampton in a 7 match one-day series.
Graham Onions is replaced alrounder Andrew Flintoff for Champions Trophy. Onions is also included in the England squad for ongoing ODI series against Australia. ECB have already sent a request to Champions Trophy event technical committee on the replacement. The committee has approved ECB to precede the change for the Champions Trophy happening between September 22 and October 5.
