England secured the one-day series against Australia with a game to spare thanks to a comfortable victory in eight pedestrian Chester-le-Street.
Paceman Finn flattens tourists, twice finding himself on a hat-trick
Steve Finn twice found himself in a hat-trick in sewing powerful attack of England continued to dominate their rivals Ashes, restricted to 200-9 after winning a major release.
David Hussey did his best to dig Australia out of trouble, leading to an aggressive 70 from 72 deliveries, after they had at one time were 96-6.
Unlike their opponents, England's run chase was a cruise. Ian Bell led the way with 69, while Jonathan Trott (64 not out) and Ravi Bopara, who finished unbeaten 33, saw them on the line with 13 balls to spare.
Injury to insult
To add injury to insult at the end of a hard day at the office, saw Australia as Brett Lee, who managed to lose just 14 deliveries, and Shane Watson picked up injuries.
His decision to choose five seamers at least give a lot captain Michael Clarke, of options, but really only Clint McKay (2-29) looked dangerous, including the ending time an open position of 70 when he had Alastair Cook trapped in the cutting deck 29.
Bell also perished in the same player via an inside edge on the stumps, but Trott - who became the fourth fastest batsman to pass 2,000 ODI runs - followed the example of his colleague in Warwickshire with a single rate half a century.
For long periods it seemed likely that England is pursued much less than 201, although it did not help his cause shedding four times, Clarke and Hussey both being pardoned twice, while unfortunately also had a LBW decision.
Finn and the new ball partner James Anderson (2-34) is not limited to Australia 15-2 in the opening of 10 credits, its worst result ever PowerPlay, after Captain Cook, has not hesitated to apply for the first drink.
However, even the average rate of Bopara caused problems, the road going for only 29 runs in his nine acquisitions and also collect the scalps of George Bailey, with a near-perfect delivery that clipped the bail out.
At this stage, Australia had lost three windows, the removal of Finn David Warner, who had needed 16 balls to leave the mark, and Peter Forrest low birth weight in successive deliveries.
Charmed Life
Clarke survived the ball hat-trick at the start of an innings of 43 magical, Eoin Morgan bombed a clear shot at point back when he was still in single digits, while Anderson could not get a chance to dive much harder on your left at the first slip.
The let-off allowed the right-hander put on 51 with Watson (28), although the latter was not as fortunate as their leader when he cut Tim Bresnan have fought so hard.
Clarke's luck eventually ran out when he was cleared by Finn, who immediately sent Matthew Wade, when wicketkeeper spectacular clung to an inner edge.
Hussey and Lee (27) shared seventh place a certain window of 70 to give Australia hope to bowl some cases, but never seemed enough.
Indeed, England canter to the ninth straight victory a day to close the gap with its rivals in the standings. While they can not take over at the summit, with the side of Cook will be gunning for a win of 4-0 when the two sides round things on a day-all night at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Paceman Finn flattens tourists, twice finding himself on a hat-trick
Steve Finn twice found himself in a hat-trick in sewing powerful attack of England continued to dominate their rivals Ashes, restricted to 200-9 after winning a major release.
David Hussey did his best to dig Australia out of trouble, leading to an aggressive 70 from 72 deliveries, after they had at one time were 96-6.
Unlike their opponents, England's run chase was a cruise. Ian Bell led the way with 69, while Jonathan Trott (64 not out) and Ravi Bopara, who finished unbeaten 33, saw them on the line with 13 balls to spare.
Injury to insult
To add injury to insult at the end of a hard day at the office, saw Australia as Brett Lee, who managed to lose just 14 deliveries, and Shane Watson picked up injuries.
His decision to choose five seamers at least give a lot captain Michael Clarke, of options, but really only Clint McKay (2-29) looked dangerous, including the ending time an open position of 70 when he had Alastair Cook trapped in the cutting deck 29.
Bell also perished in the same player via an inside edge on the stumps, but Trott - who became the fourth fastest batsman to pass 2,000 ODI runs - followed the example of his colleague in Warwickshire with a single rate half a century.
For long periods it seemed likely that England is pursued much less than 201, although it did not help his cause shedding four times, Clarke and Hussey both being pardoned twice, while unfortunately also had a LBW decision.
Finn and the new ball partner James Anderson (2-34) is not limited to Australia 15-2 in the opening of 10 credits, its worst result ever PowerPlay, after Captain Cook, has not hesitated to apply for the first drink.
However, even the average rate of Bopara caused problems, the road going for only 29 runs in his nine acquisitions and also collect the scalps of George Bailey, with a near-perfect delivery that clipped the bail out.
At this stage, Australia had lost three windows, the removal of Finn David Warner, who had needed 16 balls to leave the mark, and Peter Forrest low birth weight in successive deliveries.
Charmed Life
Clarke survived the ball hat-trick at the start of an innings of 43 magical, Eoin Morgan bombed a clear shot at point back when he was still in single digits, while Anderson could not get a chance to dive much harder on your left at the first slip.
The let-off allowed the right-hander put on 51 with Watson (28), although the latter was not as fortunate as their leader when he cut Tim Bresnan have fought so hard.
Clarke's luck eventually ran out when he was cleared by Finn, who immediately sent Matthew Wade, when wicketkeeper spectacular clung to an inner edge.
Hussey and Lee (27) shared seventh place a certain window of 70 to give Australia hope to bowl some cases, but never seemed enough.
Indeed, England canter to the ninth straight victory a day to close the gap with its rivals in the standings. While they can not take over at the summit, with the side of Cook will be gunning for a win of 4-0 when the two sides round things on a day-all night at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
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