Eng Aus ODI 4: Trott Aims for More after England Keep Hopes Alive in Eng Aus ODI Series

England were all but done in the England Australia ODI series. However, Jonathan Trott has kept them in the hunt once more with a rare win and he intends to do more of the same.

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Trott began his Test career against Australia in the Ashes 2009 and played his part to walk into history. And he does not intend to keep it a one time thing as he proved during Ashes 2010. Now after having turned it around in the fourth ODI at the Adelaide Oval, Trott wants to do more of the same.

Trott believes he can fill quite a few roles for England even in the shorter format of the game and he showed it in the fourth ODI as he scored a valuable ODI century in the context of the series to keep England alive in the series at 3-1.

But that is not where Trott stopped. He went onto pick two key Australian wickets - that of David Hussey and Cameron White - to make sure that Australia did not have a fighting chance of winning the series by going 4-0 with four wins on the trot.

England set Australia a target of 300 built around Trott's fine century and his partnership with Matt Prior that yielded 123 runs for the second wicket. Steven Smith played his part to impress with three wickets and David Hussey showed his prowess with the ball by halting England from trying to run away with the match.

Australia Day did not prove to be a memorable day for the Australian stand in captain, Michael Clarke, who has been under tremendous pressure, as he was bowled by Paul Collingwood for fifteen, leaving Australia frail at eighty-seven for three. This was while Shane Watson was once again standing for Australia, albeit this time in vain.

Steven Smith and Brett Lee battled valiantly to get Australia from 200 to 278, but it still meant that at the end of fifty overs, England have lived to fight another day, winning by twenty-one runs.