Read the article of Australia vs England 11th Match WSC 1990-91 - Benson & Hedges World Series Cup one-day international tournament of the 11th ODI match played between England and Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney in 01st January 1991.
Mark Waugh and Simon O'Donnell's fifties before Three-wicket hauls from Allan Border and Peter Taylor helped to Australia comfortable 68-run victory over England in the 11th match of a Benson and Hedges World Series Cup
Australia scored 221-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Simon O'Donnell hit a unbeaten 71 off 92-balls including 5-fours & 2-sixes.
Mark Waugh struck 62 off 69-balls including 5-fours, Geoff Marsh hit 29 off 55-balls included 3-fours and Dean Jones scored 25 off 38-balls contained five boundaries.
England best bowler by Angus Fraser picked up 3-wickets for 28-runs in 10-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 2.80.
Phil Tufnell captured three-wickets for 40-runs in 10-overs contained 2-maidens and Eddie Hemmings took one-wicket.
England bowled out for 153 in 45.5 overs with top scorer by Wayne Larkins cracked a 40 off 84-balls including three boundaries.
Graham Gooch hit 37 off 44-balls including two boundaries, Alec Stewart struck 18 off 35-balls included 2-fours and Gladstone Small scored 15 off 31-balls contained 2-fours.
Australia best bowler by Allan Border picked up 3-wickets for 27-runs in 10-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 2.70.
Peter Taylor captured three-wickets, Simon O'Donnell, Carl Rackemann and Steve Waugh each took one-wickets.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Australia banished England's bumbling bats to further shame last night in a performance that pointed a damning finger at the tourists chances in the third Test starting Friday.
The Australians bowled out England in the World Series Cup match at the SCG for 153 in the 46th over, chasing the home side's 7-221.
The Australians took 10-88 after Graham Gooch and Wayne Larkins had provided the visitors with a sparkling start.
It was not just the English crash that spells doom for the Test, for batting disasters have punctuated this tour with regularity.
But after England had played into a formidable position Australian captain Allan Border introduced spin in the shape of SCG old-boy Peter Taylor, and backed it up with his own left-arm tweakers.
On a track two away from the one to be used for the third Ashes Test, Taylor removed Larkins bowled for 40, Robin Smith bowled for one and John Morris caught at cover by Mark Waugh for eight.
He finished with 3-27 from 10 overs and left the stage where he has bowled so well so often with a man-of-the-match award boosting his reputation.
Border, who took an incongruous 11 wickets at the SCG against the West Indies two years ago, chimed in claiming Alec Stewart for 18 and had Phillip DeFreitas (9) and Gladstone Small (15) stumped by lan Healy.
Batting did not look easy for either side except for a record sixth-wicket stand between Simon O'Donnell and Mark Waugh for Australia.
The pair bludgeoned 112 off 140 balls with Waugh finishing with his highest international score of 62 before holing out off England's best bowler Angus Fraser (3-28).
The stand was the highest ever for Australia for the sixth wicket in a one-dayer, surpassing a 108-run union between O'Donnell and Dean Jones against Sri Lanka last year.
Waugh took his runs from just 69 balls while O'Donnell (71 not out) scored at a slower rate.
He now has 172 in the series at better than even rate and is in line for the $10,000 fast-scoring bonus preferred by Channel Nine boss Kerry Packer.
O'Donnell was cautious early, taking one run from the first 20 balls he faced, but then unleashed his power, clubbing sixes off Eddie Hemmings and Gladstone Small, O'Donnell's contribution did not end with his batting.
After Gooch (37) and Larkins had put together a strong opening partnership O'Donnell made a ball move back at the England skipper, clipping the off-stump and ending another Gooch innings that was full of promise but netted far less than was required.
O'Donnell's breakthrough with the ball not only rocked England but showed the chasm between one-day cricket and the first-class arena.
Gooch's dismissal signalled O'Donnell's 103rd one-day wicket, putting him level with Dennis Lillee as Australia's best performer.
But Lillee took more than 300 Test scalps and O'Donnell has six.
England can find solace in the factthat neither O'Donnell or Waugh are considered good enough for the Test side, but the turning wicket will be causing anxiety.
Taylor has been mooted as a possible late inclusion for the match and last night's performance could sway the selectors into bringing the Queenslander into the squad.
Perhaps Border's 3-24 off nine overs was enough to keep Taylor out, with Greg Matthews certain to play as the front-line spinner.
England bowled well earlier but not even a step up in intensity in the field could help them break the spell Australia holds over them.
The tourists went into the match holding a record of six wins from seven matches against Australia here but the side, ravaged psychologically and by injury, has lost its fight.
A despairing contingent of England fans among the near 36,838 crowd tried to sing their side back into the match and one fuzzy-haired gent strolled to the wicket late in the game and showed Small the mechanics of a cut shot with his Union Jack.
The fan was met on the way back by five Aussie fans, rounded up and whisked off with the same efficiency displayed by the home attack.
Despite the ease of Australia's win Border confirmed strike bowler Bruce Reid would return for the finals.
"In the finals we'll play our best team and Bruce would be in that," Border said.
In regard to the second Test Border said he would do some bowling saying, "at least being a left hander I offer something different".
He also admitted selectors were still considering drafting Taylor into the squad.
Taylor won the award from O'Donnell and Border, and was straight forward about his efforts.
"If you're a spinner and you don't like bowling in Sydney there's something wrong with you," said the man who quit the Blues this season.
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