England recall batsman Andrew Strauss in place of Ed Joyce, allowing him to make his first appearance of the tournament Captain Michael Vaughan wins the toss and opts to put his England side into bat at Antigua's Sir Viv Richards Stadium The ranks of the travelling Barmy Army are boosted by Prince Harry who finds himself behind a camera for a change The European side start tentatively and find themselves on 10-1 when Vaughan plays on to Shaun Tait in the fourth over Strauss comes in at three but departs in similar fashion soon after having made only seven runs His exit brings together Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen who steady the innings with a 50 partnership The runs continue to flow for England with Pietersen the first of the pair to complete a half century during the 23rd over Bell follows almost immediately, taking 69 balls, with the century partnership coming in the next over Looking well set for a ton, the Warwickshire man is finally undone by Glenn McGrath for 77 to leave England on 164-3 Paul Collingwood makes only two runs off five balls before edging behind to become Tait's third victim of the innings Australia claim a fifth wicket five overs later when Andrew Flintoff gets stumped as his poor run with the bat continues The promising Ravi Bopara has another reasonable performance, combining well with Pietersen to put on 51 With the tail out cheaply, Pietersen's 104 is the undoubted highlight as England total 247 off 49.5 overs Things look ominous for England as Australia's openers score 57 before Flintoff removes Adam Gilchrist in the 11th over Collingwood joins the attack and bowls Matthew Hayden for 41 as England get a much-needed breakthrough A tight spell of bowling restricts the run rate but Ricky Ponting remains unbeaten to notch his 60th ODI half century At the other end, Michael Clarke impresses with a patient display that sees the pair accumulate over 100 runs The pair are finally parted in the 41st over when Collingwood runs out Ponting for 86, leaving Australia on 201-3 With the help of Andrew Symonds, Clarke bats through to the finish as Australia beat England by seven wickets
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