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West Indies 113 for 5 (Samuels 35*, Patel 2-22) beat England 88 (Mathurin 3-9) by 25 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsWest Indies were superb in the field as England subsided for 88•Getty Images

Garey Mathurin, a previously unknown left-arm spinner from St Lucia, produced a remarkable spell of 3 for 9 in four overs as West Indies secured a shock 25-run victory in the second Twenty20 at The Oval. After being asked to bat first on a slow and low turner, they struggled to a total of 113 for 5 and looked set for a second heavy defeat in three days. But instead, they rallied supremely to bowl England out for 88 with more than three overs of their allocation to spare.With England set to embark on a tour of India next week, and with the defence of their World Twenty20 crown taking place in Sri Lanka in 12 months’ time, this was a match that will have caused a few jitters in the team thinktank. On the same pitch that proved receptive to spin in Friday’s opening game, both teams stacked their side with slow bowlers, but it was England’s new-look order that ultimately dealt with the conditions the worst.England’s innings began inauspiciously, as Mathurin’s high action and appreciable turn gave Friday’s matchwinner Alex Hales a strokeless start to his innings. He had managed just two runs from his first eight balls when Krishnar Santokie, another West Indian debutant, and this time one who hasn’t played first-class cricket, bowled him with a beauty that nipped through his defences and into off stump.Four balls later, Mathurin made his first big impression, as Craig Kieswetter – with two fours to his name – was so bamboozled by a slider that he stood his ground after being bowled, in the vain hope that the keeper had been the one to whip off the bails. Ravi Bopara was then spun out by a beauty in Mathurin’s next over, and at 26 for 3 at the end of the Powerplay, the match was exquisitely in the balance.Ben Stokes did his utmost to change the dynamic of the innings, as he greeted Devendra Bishoo with the most violent assault of the night – a six and two fours in the space of a first over that went for 17, but at the other end, Mathurin twirled away without anything being allowed to break his zone. Jonny Bairstow, the hero of the Cardiff ODI, might have been tempted to block out the final four balls of his spell, but instead he dropped to his knees for a sweep, and was bowled for 4.Stokes continued to provide England with a boundary-finding option, but as had been the case in the West Indian innings, working the singles proved to be a problem, not least when the less-than-fleet-footed Samit Patel entered the fray. He was run out by a direct hit from gully as he belatedly set off for a leg bye and, one over later, Stokes responded to three dot balls in a row with a missed sweep that left him lbw for 31.The arrival of Tim Bresnan at No. 8 was arguably the most encouraging sight for England at such a stage, but even his big-match experience couldn’t rescue his side. He drove on the up to that man Mathurin at long-off to depart for 2 from 4, and instead it was the rookie alliance of Jos Buttler and Scott Borthwick who hauled England back from the depths of 60 for 7. With more pace on the ball now that the spinners’ overs were running out, they added 23 in 17 balls before a brilliant shy from Darren Sammy at mid-on left Buttler stranded short of his crease, and England deep in the mire.Another calamitous run-out followed one over later as England began to panic. Graeme Swann turned down a single to cover with Borthwick stranded at the wrong end of the pitch, and the captain hadn’t scored from either of his two deliveries by the time England’s No. 11, Jade Dernbach, was also sent on his way via a run-out. Earlier in the match, Swann had chosen not to bowl his full quota of overs to give his team-mates the practice. It was a quiet night for the noisiest man in the camp.On a bad night for England full-stop, Borthwick’s performance with the ball was undoubtedly the highlight. In a solitary over against Ireland last month, he conceded 13 runs in unfavourable conditions. Tonight he went for 15 in a full four-over quota, without conceding a single boundary. His maiden international wicket was a collector’s item as well, a perfectly pitched googly that bamboozled Johnson Charles, West Indies’ opener, and bowled him for 21.After allowing West Indies to rattle to 42 for 0 in four overs against the seamers on Friday, Swann cannily chose to open with the spin of Patel. His first ball was swept for four by Charles, the last of his quota was nailed through the covers for another boundary, and in between whiles he was clubbed for six by Charles over long-on. But the remainder of his 21 deliveries conceded a grand total of six runs, as West Indies found no way to keep the strike rotating.Even Marlon Samuels, the most renowned batsman on display, found it tough to raise his game in the circumstances. He struggled for timing initially and had made 11 from 20 balls before drilling his first boundary at the end of the 15th over, and though he lifted his game in the closing stages, a run-a-ball 35 appeared to have done little more than hoist the West Indies total into triple figures. That, however, proved to be decisive.England’s fielding, such a strong factor in their victory on Friday, was once again sharp, with Hales sliding round the deep midwicket boundary to cling onto a slog from Christopher Barnwell, before Borthwick at long-off swallowed a firm lofted drive off Sammy to give Bopara his fifth wicket of the series, and his first of the night. Dernbach was England’s other wicket-taker, with an early lbw to remove Dwayne Smith, but at the end of a memorable summer, it was West Indies who were left to cavort around the outfield. Their season is only just beginning, but what a fillip this will be as they head off towards Dubai, Bangladesh and beyond.

ScorecardAfter bowling out Essex for 253 to gain a first-innings lead of 62, Surreyfinished on 104 four 4 in their second innings during an absorbing day’s playin their County Championship match at Chelmsford.It left the promotion-chasing visitors going into the third day 166 ahead andin a far healthier position than had seemed likely after the Essex openers BillyGodleman and Tom Westley had put together a century partnership.Tim Linley and Stuart Meaker led the Surrey fightback, the pace pair claimingnine wickets between them. It was Linley who inflicted the early damage, starting immediately after the opening stand had moved into three figures. He found the edge to have Godlemancaught behind by Steve Davies for 43 and point the way to a spell of four for 12in 34 deliveries.Owais Shah got off the mark with a six against Pragyan Ojha, the left-armspinner, but added just one more run before being bowled. Jaik Mickleburgh was next to go, trapped lbw without offering a stroke and he was followed back to the pavilion by the impressive Westley. The right-hander had laced his innings of 57 with some beautifully timed drivesamong his seven boundaries until finding the hands of cover point.Westley’s departure left Essex 135 for 4 and 16 runs later, Adam Wheaterdrove high to mid-off to provide Ojha with his solitary success. That left the home side needing a substantial partnership between James Foster and Ryan ten Doeschate if they were to get close to Surrey’s total of 315.For a while, they threatened to succeed but having added 46 in 11 overs, mainlyas the result of Ten Doeschate’s belligerence, Meaker embarked on a devastatingspell. In it, he claimed the remaining five wickets for 16 in 32 balls, starting withFoster who was caught behind for 14, a contribution spanning 32 deliveries.Graham Napier was undone leg before for his third successive duck and inbetween bowling David Masters and Tymal Mills; he ended the aggressive inningsof Ten Doeschate. The Essex all-rounder had smashed three sixes among his 10 boundaries before being trapped lbw for 56. Those runs arrived in 51 balls whilst Meaker finishedwith figures of five for 66 from 16.4 overs.Linley returned figures of 4 for 48 and taking his season’s Championshiptally to 66. Surrey, however, were soon in trouble when they set out to build upon theirlead. David Masters struck to have Davies caught in the covers without scoring andtwo more wickets fell before the 50 was raised.Rory Hamilton-Brown chopped on against Napier with the total on 35 and nineruns later, Masters had Mark Ramprakash popping-up a simple catch to Godleman atshort leg. However, Tom Maynard and Zander de Bruyn put together an entertaining stand of60 in only seven overs before Maynard was trapped by leg before by Masters inthe final over of the day.

Afghanistan Under-19s secured their first win of the tournament, chasing down Papua New Guinea Under-19s‘ score of 228 for the loss of only four wickets at Rathmines in Dublin. Batting first, PNG were guided along by opener Charles Amini’s 52, before Raturima Maha and Dogodo Bau propped them up with useful scores lower down. However, they collapsed from 202 for 5 in the 45th over, thanks to a five-wicket haul from Sayed Shirzad. Afghanistan were in complete control from the start of the chase, with opener Javed Ahmedi’s stroke-filled 81 ensuring PNG ended on the losing side.”We were under a lot of pressure after losing the first two games,” said Ahmedi. “This time I wanted to bat big and hold an end up. I did not want a repeat of the first two games, where we chased and lost. Thankfully it went well for us and we are now back in the race.”Canada Under-19s brushed aside Vanuatu Under 19s by nine wickets in a lop-sided encounter at the Merrion Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. Three-wicket hauls from Manny Aulakh and Kesavan Juvarajan consigned Vanuatu to a sorry score of 145, with only No. 5 batsman Nalin Nipiko (48) showing resistance. In reply, opener Nitish Kumar, who played for Canada in the World Cup, slammed 61 off 48 balls as his side raced home in the 26th over.”This pitch was flatter than the previous one,” said Kumar. “There was a bit of turn, but overall it came on to the bat very nicely. All credit to our bowlers for their spells. This win is a big boost to the team. We are now back on track. Everyone’s positive about it and the mood is great in the camp.”Scotland Under-19s outlasted Ireland Under-19s by two wickets with a ball to spare in a hard-fought Duckworth-Lewis encounter at the Hills Cricket Club ground in Dublin. Ireland’s No. 3 batsman, Jason van der Merwe contributed 96 to rescue his side from a dodgy 38 for 3, before a string of handy lower-order contributions lifted the score to 237. Scotland had reached 106 for 3 in 24 overs when rain forced a modification of their target to 206 off 40 overs. Peter Ross played a steady hand, scoring an unbeaten 60 off 71 balls to take them home with one ball to spare.”Despite the rains, I thought it was an achievable target,” said Ross. “I just thought if we keep up with the rate we could be in with a chance. My plan was to keep getting a run a ball. We have such depth in our batting that we can win from any position. This win has done a lot for the confidence of the side and we now need to keep performing to qualify.”Nepal Under-19s blitzed Kenya Under-19s by six wickets, after restricting them to an embarrassing 107 at Railway Union Cricket Club in Dublin. The win was set up by opening bowlers Avinash Karn and Krishna Karki who finished with identical figures of 3 for 27 apiece, while Bhuvan Karki picked up 2 for 9 in 10 miserly overs. Irfan Karim’s 40 helped Kenya limp past 100, but Nepal had no problem overhauling the target in under 20 overs, despite an incisive spell from Duncan Allan in which he picked up 4 for 38.”Unlike in the subcontinent, the pitches here offer some assistance,” explained Karn. “It swung a bit and seamed off the surface for me. We wanted to get them for as low a target as possible. It was a tricky chase but the captain got us through.”USA Under-19s handed Namibia Under-19s their first defeat of the tournament in a high-scoring encounter at The Inch, in the process registering their first points in the competition. Captain Steven Taylor’s breezy 102 off 74 balls (14 fours and four sixes) launched USA’s assault, before Amarnauth Persaud and Pranay Suri sustained the momentum to lift them to 312 for 6. While most of Namibia’s batsmen got starts, they were unable to take charge of the game, and at 197 for 6, they seemed to have lost too many wickets too early. Gert Lotter and Merwe Erasmus then struck half-centuries to revive the chase, but it proved to be a false dawn as they folded up for 266 in the 47th over.”My plan was clear,” said Man of the Match Taylor. “I just wanted to attack and take advantage of the Powerplay. If I had stayed on then we could have scored 400. Maybe I could have even got a double hundred. My philosophy is clear; if I see the ball, I will hit it.”

ScorecardJames Taylor was lbw to give Seekkuge Prasanna his sixth wicket•Getty Images

Sri Lanka A levelled their one-day series against England Lions with a crushing 10-wicket victory secured before the scheduled innings break at New Road. Having opened the bowling, legspinner Seekkuge Prasanna took 6 for 23 as the Lions fell to 27 for 6 before limping to 108 and the Sri Lankans needed just 17.2 overs to reach their target.The pitch was very dry but the Lions early collapse was still astonishing. The Sri Lankans had clearly noted the conditions when they gave Prasanna the new ball and he needed just five deliveries to strike, having Alex Hales stumped for 2. Three of the top six fell for ducks – Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow – as Prasanna’s variations proved too much to handle.James Taylor, the captain who scored a hundred in the previous match, became Prasanna’s sixth when he was trapped lbw sweeping. At that moment Prasanna had a chance of beating Rahul Sanghvi’s figures of 8 for 15 for Delhi in 1997-98 as the best in List A cricket, but he couldn’t add to his tally and the Lions momentarily stopped the slide.Chris Woakes and Scott Borthwick added 30 for the seventh wicket before Borthwick went back and was lbw to Sachithra Serasinghe. Stuart Meaker played a poor shot, but Woakes showed an impressive technique to counter the conditions as the score edged into three figures.However, if the Lions spinners hoped to get similar assistance to cause the Sri Lankans problems, they were soon disappointed. Borthwick, the legspinner, opened the bowling but his seven overs cost 42 while Simon Kerrigan, the Lancashire left-armer, was taken for a run-a-ball.Malinda Warnapura sped to a half-century from 41 balls, hitting twice as many boundaries himself as the Lions managed in their whole innings. The deciding match of the series takes place at Wantage Road on Tuesday and all eyes will be on the surface. If it spins Sri Lanka A will fancy their chances.

ScorecardSarah Taylor lifted England to 237 with an unbeaten 41 from 43 balls that proved too much for New Zealand•Getty Images

England Women’s impressive summer continued with a 58-run victory in their second ODI of the Natwest quadrangular series, against New Zealand Women in Derby. It follows the six-wicket win against India on Thursday and their success in the Twenty20 tournament that preceded this series.England started the game as favourites and victory was built on Claire Taylor’s solid 67, Sarah Taylor’s enterprising 41 from 43 balls and a powerful bowling display led by quicks Katherine Brunt and Arran Brindle. New Zealand’s pursuit of 238 looked as good as over when they were reduced to 11 for 4, but 40 from Suzie Bates and 59 from Aimee Watkins gave them some hope. In the end the spinners took control and New Zealand were well short.It was a fine showing from England, who were below-par in the field in their opening encounter against India. This time the new-ball pair of Brunt and Brindle had New Zealand under pressure from the outset. It was their accurate bowling that perhaps led to Frances McKay being run out for 4 from 15 balls, and Brindle had Lucy Doolan out for 3 the next ball. Sarah McGlashan was bowled by Brunt for a duck and Brindle had her second when Liz Perry was caught behind for 1. Bates and Katey Martin began a recovery with a 45-run stand before Holly Colvin’s left-arm spin removed Martin for 21.The impressive Watkins then joined Bates in a 57-run partnership from 69 balls but Danielle Wyatt bowled Bates for 40 just when New Zealand had begun to get back in the game. Watkins continued positively, striking seven boundaries on her way to 59 from 67 balls but wickets kept falling. She was the second of Laura Marsh’s three scalps. Marsh finished with 3 for 50 but the pick of the bowlers was Brunt who took 1 for 28 from 10 overs.The bowlers made England’s solid total look more imposing than it was. Watkins’ decision to field first looked to have paid off when Sian Ruck and Nicola Browne struck in each of their first overs to remove both England’s openers. Charlotte Edwards had been in prime form during the Twenty20 series but she was trapped in front by Browne for 1 to leave England 2 for 1.Danielle Wyatt and Claire Taylor led something of a recovery, sharing a 54-run stand before Bates had Wyatt caught for 30, but Claire Taylor remained to anchor an 89-run partnership with Lydia Greenway. They took England to a healthy 145 for 3 by the 32nd over before Greenway fell for 34. Claire Taylor followed soon after, but Sarah Taylor held the lower order together and injected some crucial impetus into the innings just as it looked like England would lose their way.Running hard she only hit two boundaries in her innings but was well supported, first by Brindle (20) and then Hazell (16). With extras contributing a generous 22, the total was lifted to 237 which, it turned out, was well out of New Zealand’s reach.

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is set to return to Pakistan tonight in a bid to resolve his ongoing dispute with the PCB. Afridi, who is currently in London, is scheduled to appear before a three-man disciplinary committee formed by the board on June 8 in Lahore, to face charges that he has breached two clauses of the code of conduct with his retirement announcement and subsequent criticism of the board.Mandviwalla and Zafar Associates, the legal firm representing Afridi, had sent a letter to the PCB on June 3 in a bid to resolve the on-going dispute between the two parties. At the time, Afridi’s management told ESPNcricinfo that he would appear before the committee. However, some reports suggest that Afridi and his legal team may not attend the hearing as the allrounder is reportedly uncomfortable with an in-camera hearing that the PCB want, though this has not yet been confirmed.Over the last couple of days, Afridi is reported to have met and spoken to a number of Pakistani political figures in London and Pakistan, including, apparently, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (the son of the Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari) and former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif. He has already appealed directly to the president to look into the matter, and the country’s interior minister Rehman Malik has also got involved.A measure of his popularity – or influence – emerged over the weekend as several areas of Karachi saw banners and signs appear supporting Afridi. There is the likelihood of his arrival attracting a fair crowd to the airport and there are reports that a rally will be organised in support once he arrives.

ScorecardA battling 95 from Martin van Jaarsveld and a half-century by Sam Northeast improved Kent’s chances of avoiding the follow-on in their County Championship clash against Derbyshire.Responding to Derbyshire’s impressive 460 all out – their best total of the season and their first haul of maximum batting bonus points – Kent reached 198 for four at the mid-point of the game and in their quest to reach 311 in order to make the visitors bat again.After a poor start, Kent recovered with stands worth 96 and 65 for their third and fourth wickets with van Jaarsveld playing the lead role in both. Kent lost their first wicket in the sixth over when Joe Denly, making his first appearance in three weeks after breaking a thumb, reached five before chopping on to his off stump when attempting to cut against Jonathan Clare.His skipper Rob Key soon followed after being undone by a superb delivery by Tim Groenewald. Pushing defensively at one that lifted and left him, the right hander edged to second slip where Chesney Hughes pocketed the catch to make it 32 for 2.Northeast and van Jaarsveld then joined forces in a stand that lasted almost 27 overs. Northeast, fresh from scoring a century against Loughborough MCCU, hit a 108-ball fifty with nine fours only to go eight balls later, leg before to off-spinner Azeem Rafiq.Van Jaarsveld looked nailed on for his first century of the summer and was five short when, in attempting a back-foot force against the offspin of Greg Smith three overs from stumps, he picked out Groenewald who clutched a stunning low catch away to his right at point.Having suffered a horrendous opening day with the ball, Kent enjoyed a much improved spell in the field at the start of the second day by taking the last seven Derbyshire wickets in just over a session. Left-arm seamer Ashley Shaw started the rout with three wickets in the space of five balls on his championship debut.The 20-year-old from Crewe started the morning well by removing Derbyshire night watchman Tony Palladino with a yorker. Then, in his next over, Shaw had Dan Redfern (30) caught at second slip and, with his next ball, snared Greg Smith leg before as he aimed to push through mid-on and slightly across the line.Luke Sutton successfully fended away the hat-trick ball, but Wes Durston soon went for 18 when he fenced at a Neil Saker lifter to be caught behind.Sutton had reached 28 when he lost his leg stump when aiming to paddle sweep against James Tredwell then, just before lunch, Rafiq failed to get on top of a short one from Matt Coles and was well caught low in the gully by Tredwell.Kent wrapped up the innings soon after the resumption when Shaw rushed one through the gate against Jonathan Clare to finish with 5 for 118. In doing so Shaw became the first Kent player to take five wickets on championship debut since Muttiah Muralitharan, who bagged 5 for 61 against Essex at the St Lawrence ground in 2003.

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Visiting seamer Ian Saxelby claimed career-best figures of 5 for 53 as 15wickets fell on the opening day at Cardiff.The 21-year-old helped to reduce Glamorgan to 202 all out in 47.5 overs andGloucestershire themselves struggled to 76 for 5 before bad light stoppedplay for the day.Despite winning the toss, Glamorgan had been 26 for 4 and 54 for 6 butthey were rescued by a seventh-wicket partnership of 138 from Ben Wright, whomade 83 on the day he was awarded his county cap, and Graham Wagg (58).They made a terrible start against the new ball as they lost Gareth Rees toonly the second ball of the game, lbw to Jon Lewis. And six overs later, despite striking three boundaries, Will Bragg fell in similar fashion. Glamorgan further capitulated to 20 for 3 when skipper Alviro Petersen was also trapped in front, this time by Liam Norwell in his first over.Mike Powell became the fourth lbw – the third for Lewis – playing down thewrong line. The flow of wickets was stemmed briefly by Jim Allenby, who struck a run-a-ball22 before he edged Saxelby to Ian Cockbain at second slip.Wright was dropped was dropped by Saxelby off Norwood’s bowling, but Saxelbymade amends in the next over when he had Mark Wallace caught by Cockbain atsecond slip. Either side of lunch, Wright and Wagg launched a more than profitable recoveryin 22 overs.The pair took Glamorgan to 192 for six before Saxelby dismissed both in thespace of two overs. Wright went for 83 from 98 balls with 14 fours after beingbowled attempting a pull, while Wagg was bowled via an inside edge.Saxelby completed his first five-wicket haul by having Dean Cosker caughtbehind as the last three Glamorgan wickets added just 10 runs. In reply, Gloucestershire were reduced to 49 for four despite Glamorgan losing Wagg to a hamstring injury after only one over.His replacement Adam Shantry had Richard Coughtrie caught behind by MarkWallace before Harris claimed his first wicket of the season when he bowledCockbain for 21.From 29 for 2, the visitors were further reduced to 37 for 3 as ChrisTaylor was trapped lbw failing to offer a shot to Harris. After tea Shantry took his second wicket, Jon Batty pinned leg before, and then Allenby dismissed Alex Gidman.

Scorecard and ball by-ball detailsMichael Hussey made 108, his first ODI century in four years•Associated Press

Michael Clarke will fly out of Bangladesh with a clean-sweep to his name in his first series as Australia’s full-time captain, but it didn’t come without a few jitters in the final match. Michael Hussey’s century and another Shane Watson blitz set Australia on the path to their fourth-highest ODI total of all time, and while the final margin of 66 runs may appear comfortable, Bangladesh put up a feisty chase.The hosts needed 362 for victory, which even their most ardent fans must have felt was unachievable after they managed only 210 and 229 in the first two matches. But Imrul Kayes and his top-order colleagues gave the Mirpur crowd something to cheer about, pushing the score to 179 for 1 with 20 overs remaining, and Clarke was scratching his head for an answer.It came in the form of the debutant fast bowler James Pattinson, who picked up his first wicket for his country – not the same country his brother Darren represented – when Kayes edged behind for 93, and the required run-rate crept into unrealistic territory. If only, the Bangladeshis must have been thinking, we’d batted like this earlier in the series. If only we’d kept Australia to something more gettable.The chase fizzled out as Shahriar Nafees skied a catch off a Mitchell Johnson slower ball for 60, and then Shane Watson collected two wickets in an over. Mahmudullah made a late half-century, although by then the game was decided.But at least there was a pursuit, not just a surrender. That much was apparent from the first over, which brought Bangladesh ten runs as Tamim flicked Johnson through midwicket for four and slashed him over third man for six. But Tamim (32 off 17 balls) couldn’t keep out a Johnson yorker, and it was left to Kayes to maintain the tempo.He did that admirably. The Australians had rested Brett Lee and the attack was missing some bite, the medium-pacer John Hastings having shared the new ball with Johnson. Kayes was rarely troubled by the bowling and he played some classy drives and cuts, finding the gaps and trying to avoid the type of risks taken by Tamim.However, Kayes showed that he could also clear the boundary, with a well-judged slap over midwicket off Watson. The occasional gamble was necessary, given the enormous target and the fact that Nafees at the other end, while sticking around and turning over the strike, wasn’t exactly peppering the boundary.But just when Kayes looked set to post his second ODI century, he fell. It was an anticlimax for the crowd, who knew Bangladesh had let themselves down earlier in the day, when Australia rocketed to 80 for 0 from eight overs thanks to Watson’s second demolition of the week.Half an hour into the match, if the horse hadn’t bolted it had at least noticed that the gate was open, and thanks to Hussey’s third one-day international century, Australia rode to the relative safety of 300-plus and then galloped further ahead. In 768 one-day matches across four decades, only three times had Australia scored more than their 361 for 8.There was 368 against Sri Lanka in Sydney five years ago and 377 against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup, both of which were, not surprisingly, winning totals. There was also the small matter of 434, which was chased down in Johannesburg in 2006, and Clarke was relieved Bangladesh didn’t have the depth in batting of that South African unit.The Australians themselves relied on three strong partnerships. First it was Watson and Ricky Ponting, opening for just the third time in his ODI career, who launched the innings with a 110-run stand. Then Hussey and Clarke (47) combined for an 89-run partnership that negotiated the middle overs, and a 70-run effort from Johnson and Hussey put the finishing touches on the total.Hussey was lbw in the final over for 108, ending his first ODI century in four years and showing that even at 35, he still has something to offer this limited-overs outfit. There were a couple of sixes but it was a typical Hussey knock, as he found the gaps and the boundaries, and ran hard when the ball couldn’t be properly dispatched.He was overshadowed during his partnership with Johnson (41 off 24 balls), who lifted consecutive sixes over long-off from the bowling of Mashrafe Mortaza. It was a forgettable day for Mortaza, who took three wickets but haemorrhaged 80 runs from his nine overs. The only bowler who could hold his head up was Abdur Razzak, who collected 3 for 58.It was Razzak who pegged things back after the early carnage, as he beat Watson in the air and turned a ball past his attempted sweep to rattle the stumps. Ponting (47) also fell to Razzak, lbw while trying to sweep. The Australians had been on top since the first over, when Watson pulled and punched through the off side for a pair of boundaries off Shafiul Islam, and he followed with four fours in Shafiul’s next over.Watson’s half-century came from 25 balls, and he finished with 72 from 40 deliveries. Not that everything worked out for Australia, whose young batsmen were notable failures. Steven Smith was promoted to No. 4, but didn’t take his chance, and popped a return catch to Suhrawadi Shuvo for 5, while Callum Ferguson spooned a catch to mid-off for 3 and Tim Paine was lbw trying to reverse-sweep for 7.Today, it didn’t matter. The old guard ensured a clean-sweep, and Australia can now enjoy their winter hibernation.