Australia move 2-1 up
Thu 20 Aug 2015
Thu 20 Aug 2015

England under 19s need to win the last game of the ODI series against Australia to square the series after suffering a seven-wicket defeat at Grace Road today.
Haseeb Hameed was recalled to the team after missing out on Monday’s televised day-night victory in Derby but was one of six victims for Liam Hatcher, caught behind down the leg-side, after Australia had chosen to bowl first in overcast conditions.
Jhye Richardson (5.2-0-33-3) did the early damage by dismissing the England openers. Richardson trapped Adam Hickey lbw before bowling Monday’s centurion Dan Lawrence with a beauty.
Hatcher then had Hameed caught down the legside, one of three catches for Jake Doran, Australia’s captain who took over from Tom Healy as wicket-keeper for the first time on the tour.
England’s skipper Aneurin Donald stroked one boundary then inside-edged on to his stumps, and Durham’s Jack Burnham (pictured) was also bowled by Hatcher after striking three consecutive boundaries in the previous over.
Burnham's 21 proved to be England’s top score as wickets continued to tumble to Hatcher. The seamer had Hampshire's Brad Taylor and debutant George Garton caught behind by Doran before dismissing Mason Crane lbw for a first-ball duck.
Hatcher finished with sensational figures of 10-4-27-6, the best by any Australian bowler in a one-day international against England.
Kent wicket-keeper Ryan Davies flicked off-spinner Sam Grimwade to mid-wicket to be the seventh wicket between Hatcher’s haul. The fast bowlers Hugh Bernard and Jared Warner (12 not out) then shared the highest stand of the innings for the last wicket until Bernard (15) drove Richardson to mid-off.
England raised a few Australia nerves when Hameed ran out Caleb Jewell with a direct hit from square leg off the first ball of the innings, and they were nine for two when Bernard continued his impressive series by trapping Will Pucovski lbw.
But Doran joined Matt Renshaw to score a quick 25 in a third-wicket stand of 41, and although the captain pulled Warner to Hameed at mid-wicket, Australia cruised to victory with almost 30 overs to spare.
Renshaw, the left-hander who was born in Middlesbrough and spent his early years in Sheffield before his family moved to New Zealand and then Queensland, ended unbeaten on 39 meaning he has still to be dismissed in the series after he made 69 not out in Australia’s previous victory.
* England have called Hampshire’s Joe Weatherley into their squad for the fifth and last Royal London One-Day International against Australia at Worcester on Saturday after Haseeb Hameed received a county call from Lancashire.
The 18-year-old from Bolton has been selected by Lancashire’s coach Ashley Giles in a 13-man squad for the LV= County Championship match against Glamorgan which starts at Emirates Old Trafford on Friday.
Weatherley captained the under 19s on their trip to Australia earlier this year, and has earned a recall through his form with Hampshire’s second team in recent weeks.
“Haseeb is the latest in a number of players who have been called up to play county cricket, and we thought we needed batting cover for the last game of the series at Worcester,” explained England’s coach Andy Hurry.
“Joe has earned that chance with the weight of runs he has been scoring in second team cricket with Hampshire.”
Weatherley will become the third Hampshire player in this squad, joining the spinners Brad Taylor and Mason Crane, while a fourth, Tom Alsop, opened the batting in the four-day match against Australia in Durham.
“The last game is a cup final for us now,” said Hurry after a second disappointing batting performance in three matches by England. “The lads bounced back well after we’d played badly in the first game of the series, so the challenge for them now is to do that again.”