Mal Loye smashes a Mitchell Johnson delivery out of the ground as England look to start the game strongly But Loye does not last long and Brett Lee celebrates as he edges to Adam Gilchrist in the fifth over The wickets start tumbling and Andrew Strauss shows his anger after a poorly-judged late cut sees him depart Ian Bell top-scores for England with 35 before cutting a short ball from Stuart Clark straight to point Andrew Symonds looks bemused as Paul Collingwood hits a poor shot off his ball straight to Stuart Clark to make it 81-5 And Andrew Flintoff edges left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson to Ricky Ponting at slip as England slide to 103-6 Johnson claims the wickets of Jamie Dalrymple and Liam Plunkett, and England are reeling on 106-8 Spinner Brad Hogg takes the wicket of Paul Nixon as England are dismissed for 110, their ninth worst score ever in ODIs Adam Gilchrist sets about the England attack in typical fashion with 23 off 19 balls before being run out New batsman Ricky Ponting is then dropped at slip by Collingwood off Monty Panesar, but soon gets into his stride The captain is ably supported by Matthew Hayden who plays a more circumspect innings as Australia reach 54-1 at tea And Ponting reaches his half century as Australia cruise to victory by nine wickets with 25.3 overs remaining The defeat is so crushing that the sun is yet to set on what was supposed to be a day-night game as the players depart
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