Latest: England 139-7 (36 overs)
Target: 267
England faded fast under the lights at Chester-le-Street as Australia hit back with a 57-run victory.
After seeing their side lurch to 7-3 after six overs, Vikram Solanki and Andrew Flintoff added 79 in 19 overs before Brad Hogg's spin did for them.
Andrew Symonds, who bashed a fine 73, dismissed Kevin Pietersen, and that exposed the tail for the seamers.
Darren Gough and Steve Harmison prevented a complete rout but could not earn England a bonus point.
Action over-by-over:
50th over: Needing seven off McGrath to gain a bonus point, England can only manage three. But the final pair can be well pleased with an unbeaten partnership of 50, and Gough particularly pleased with his 46 not out off 47 balls. 209-9
49th over: Lee returns for his final over but Gough's approach remains the same. One superb lofted drive to long off brings him his seventh boundary - more than any other England batsman this evening. Lee's figures, however, remain impressive. 206-9
48th over: Five more runs for England to make it 40 off 43 balls for this pair. Gough is now seven runs short of the best score of the innings. 199-9
47th over: Another decent over for Gough. He even manages to keep the strike with a nice shot for one off the last ball. 194-9
46th over: Gough is starting to enjoy himself now. Having pulled Watson and Gillespie over the midwicket rope, he does the same to McGrath. He then picks up a slower ball and sends it to within a few inches of the long-on boundary for another four. 188-9
45th over: Gillespie goes close with one good yorker; England scramble a couple of singles. 178-9
44th over: McGrath comes back into the attack hoping to bring things to a swift conclusion, but Gough and Harmison keep him out without too much distress. 176-9
<43rd over: This is spirited stuff from Gough. Having dispatched Lee to the leg-side boundary, he then does the same to Gillespie. 172-9
42nd over: Shane Watson almost wraps things but Gough's inside edge misses the stumps and Gilchrist's dive to race to the boundary. 166-9
41st over: WICKET: 159-9 England (Tremlett 8) As predicted, Tremlett's innings didn't last much longer. He skied an ugly looking slog straight down Mike Hussey's throat off the bowling of Jason Gillespie. 159-9
40th over: Tremlett and Gough scratch around for five runs, but it will be a minor miracle if England see out their full allocation of overs. 156-8
39th over: Jones' departure brings in Darren Gough. Lee storms in with intent but sees one short-pitched delivery clatter into the hoardings at midwicket after a wonderfully correct pull shot from the Essex paceman. 151-8
38th over: WICKET: England 145-8 (Jones 23) Needing to get on with things, Geraint Jones attempts to push the scoring on against Shane Watson. Sadly, his agricultural heave to long on only gets as far as Matthew Hayden at mid on. 146-8
37th over: Tremlett almost plays on to one Lee delivery, but that is about it in terms of activity. The Aussie paceman is on the money with all six deliveries. 139-7
36th over: Tremlett, in his first innings for England, is just batting for some measure of respectability with Jones now. Jones drives Symonds smartly for four. 139-7
35th over: WICKET: England 133-7 (Giles 4) Giles hits Lee straight to the man at point. 134-7
34th over: WICKET: England 123-5 (Pietersen 19) Pietersen hits Symonds for one four, but attempting to follow up with a six, can only pick out deep midwicket.
Giles leg-glances Symonds for four first ball. 128-6
33rd over: Pietersen and Jones have not quite got the measure of Lee yet. 117-5
32nd over: Jones puts Hogg away. hitting him confidently for four. 113-5
31st over: Lee is unleashed at Pietersen, who drives him wide of mid-off for four, but cannot score off the other balls in the over. 107-5
30th over: The Australian spinners are really turning the screw here. 103-5
29th over: With just two off the over, England are on their knees, even allowing for the Pietersen factor. 100-5
28th over: Pietersen and Jones can only collect four runs from this Symonds over. 98-5
27th over: WICKET: England 94-5 (Flintoff 44) Hogg almost has Flintoff stumped and then the batsman skies a catch to long-on. 94-5
26th over: There are few dramas in this Symonds over. 92-4
25th over: WICKET: England 85-4 (Solanki 34) Hogg has Solanki well caught by Ponting at short midwicket. 87-4
24th over: Symonds, who cannot be allowed to get through some inexpensive overs, starts reall well. 85-3
23rd over: Solanki tests out deep extra cover, but Hussey twice saves well on the boundary off Hogg's bowling. 82-3
22nd over: Flintoff swats Watson over square leg for a glorious boundary. 77-3
21st over: Hogg bowls a really good over to keep England under pressure. 69-3
20th over: With another seven runs in this Watson over, England's cause is looking desperate by the minute. 66-3
19th over: With immaculate placement and timing, Flintoff sweeps Hogg for four. 59-3
18th over: A leg-bye brings up England's overdue fifty before Flintoff picks Watson's slower ball which he thumps high over mid-off for four. 54-3
17th over: Gillespie produces a quality over. 49-3
16th over: Flintoff top-edges a hook over the wicket-keeper for four off Watson before Solanki splits mid-off and extra-cover with a rasping drive. 48-3
15th over: Crumbs for comfort for England fans as Gillespie is hit for a three, a two, and concedes a wide. 37-3
14th over: Solanki forces new bowler Watson wide of the slips for four. 31-3
13th over: Flintoff, who must fire here if England are to have a sniff, stands tall to drive Gillespie through cover for four. 25-3
12th over: Solanki is rendered strokeless by McGrath. 21-3
11th over: Just a single apiece for Solanki and Flintoff, who know they cannot afford to lose a wicket - and yet the required run rate is soaring. 19-3
10th over: The pressure is still as tight as hangman's noose as McGrath's fifith over yields just a single to Solanki. 17-3
9th over: Gillespie comes into the attack, and Flintoff pulls him for four, England's first boundary. 16-3
8th over: Solanki gets off the mark with a single off McGrath. 11-3
7th over: A no-ball and a single is all England garner from this Lee over. 9-3
6th over: WICKET: England 6-3 (Collingwood 0) England's Tuesday hero gets a second-ball duck, edging McGrath onto off-stump. 7-3
WICKET: England 6-2 (Trescothick 0) The stand-in captain gives the wicket-keeper some catching practice as McGrath strikes.
5th over: WICKET: England 4-1 (Strauss 3) Strauss gets an inside edge onto his stumps as Lee strikes.
Two wides relieve the pressure, but Australia are still very much in the driving-seat. 6-2
4th over: Trescothick is not yet off the mark as McGrath's accuracy produces a maiden. 4-0
3rd over: Lee is bang on the money again, with even more pace and just a wide to comfort England. 4-0
2nd over: A Strauss leg-glance gets England going. 3-0
1st over: Lee gets plenty of inswing into Trescothick in a fine opening maiden. 0-0
INNINGS BREAK
50th over: Watson glances Flintoff for one boundary in a final over costing 10. 266-5
49th over: Gough concedes just five runs in singles - astonishingly good work from the Essex veteran at this stage. 256-5
48th over: WICKET: Australia 247-5 (Hussey 5) Hussey, after flailing in vain for nine balls, finally loses his patience and gives Collingwood at long off some catching practice as Flintoff strikes. 251-5
Martyn hits a four over extra cover.
47th over: A brilliant over from Gough keeps the Aussies pegged back - 270 should not be possible now. 244-4
46th over: WICKET: Australia 238-4 (Symonds 73) Trescothick runs out Symonds with a direct hit from wide mid-off. 240-4
45th over: Symonds carts Harmison for his second six, over cow corner, as Australia get a rush on now. 237-3
44th over: Symonds hits Giles for a huge six over long on - Martyn gets past fifty. 225-3
43rd over: Martyn plays a clever shot over the vacant slip cordon for four runs off Harmison. 214-3
42nd over: With a wide, a leg-bye and three lucky runs off an edge, Australia fail to convince but extract good runs from the latest Giles over. 204-3
41st over: Symonds and Martyn bring up the 100-partnership. 197-3
40th over: Symonds takes five balls before getting a single off Giles, and the last ball is cut by Martyn for two more. 191-3
39th over: Symonds goes to his half-century as Gough returns. 188-3
38th over: No boundaries, but more good runs for the Aussies in this Flintoff over. 184-3
37th over: Martyn hits the first boundary of his innings and Symonds also collects one off Tremlett. 177-3
36th over: Flintoff returns to the attack and the Aussies start to look for the riskier shots now. 167-3
35th over: Australia do not have too many ideas how to hit boundaries in this Tremlett over. 161-3
34th over: Stepping down the wicket to Giles, Symonds hits the spinner through the leg-side for four. 157-3
33rd over: Symonds greets Tremlett's return with a slogged boundary wide of mid-off - the young Hampshire lad follows up with five dots, though. 147-3
32nd over: Three leg-byes assist the Aussies in another quiet Giles over. 143-3
31st over: More singles and so on in this Collingwood over. 139-3
30th over: The last ball of this Giles over is brilliantly stopped by Solanki at short midwicket. 134-3
29th over: Collingwood will be happy enough to see this pair declining the big shots. 129-3
28th over: Pitching just wide of leg-stump, Gles is enjoying bowling at these right-handers now. 124-3
27th over: Another good over for the Aussies as Collingwood's first over is not quite on the money. 122-3
26th over: A better over for Australia as some neat driving and deflecting brings a few more runs. 115-3
25th over: Harmison completes a second successive maiden, as Symonds and Martyn feel the pressure. 109-3
24th over: Giles begins with a maiden. 108-3
23rd over: Two Harmison no-balls make this over a slightly expensive one. 108-3
22nd over: WICKET: Australia 96-3 (Hayden 39) Flintoff, bowling from round the wicket, seams one away a fraction and Hayden gets a tickle on the ball which Jones almost drops before taking it on the second attempt.
Symonds is off the mark with a square-cut four. 102-3
21st over: WICKET: Australia 95-2 (Ponting 27) Ponting's scratchy innings is ended now as Giles dives forward at third man to take a catch, Harmison striking on home turf. 96-2
20th over: Pietersen and Collingwood fail to agree on who should claim a catch at deep cover, and after the shambles is all over, Ponting survives and gets two runs. Later, Giles fumbles to give away another run95-1
19th over: Ponting misses a slow yorker from Harmison which just misses leg stump. 88-1
18th over: Ponting survives a huge shout for a catch down the leg-side as Flintoff bowls a good over. 84-1
17th over: Harmison strays onto Ponting's pads to concede a boundary off the last ball of the over. 82-1
16th over: Ponting finds a gap on the off-side to collect another four off Flintoff. 78-1
15th over: Harmison impresses his local fans with the first maiden of the day. 73-1
14th over: Ponting sails past 8,000 one-day international runs as he picks Flintoff up over square leg for four. 73-1
13th over: Ponting's first boundary is a sweetly-struck cover-drive in Harmison's first over of the afternoon. 69-1
12th over: Hayden thumps Tremlett over mid-on and then bounces a cut shot over a diving Collingwood for two smart boundaries. 61-1
11th over: Flintoff is given a huge chance to run out Hayden but misses the stumps at the bowler's end from mid-off. 51-1
10th over: WICKET: 44-1 (Gilchrist 18) Attempting to chop a ball over the slips, Gilchrist instead locates a leaping Jones who takes the chance at the second attempt - joy for Tremlett. 48-1
9th over: Another good over from England as Gough gets through another tight over. 44-0
8th over: Tremlett, cutting down on his pace now to ensure a tighter line, concedes just one run. 43-0
7th over: Hayden cuts Gough for a boundary. 42-0
6th over: Tremlett switches to bowling round the wicket at the two left-handers - a good idea as he tightens up his economy here. 35-0
5th over: Hayden stands up and pulls Gough effortlessly for four. 32-0
4th over: Gilchrist on-drives Tremlett sweetly for four and slashes him down to third man for a second boundary. 26-0
3rd over: Flintoff misfields in a floating slip position to give away a single. 17-0
2nd over: Tremlett's first over is a great one for the Aussies, with four leg-byes and a Hayden on-drive for four moving the scoreboard along nicely. 15-0
1st over: Gough begins proceedings on a glorious afternoon in the north-east. Gilchrist hits through the covers for three. 3-0
England: Trescothick, Strauss, Solanki, Flintoff, Pietersen, Collingwood, Jones, Giles, Tremlett, Gough, Harmison.
Australia: Hayden, Gilchrist, Ponting, Martyn, Symonds, Hogg, Hussey, Watson, Gillespie, Kasprowicz, McGrath, Lee.
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