Australia does it in style and gives a shot in the arm for world cup defense.

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Australia gave themselves a big shot in the arm to defend their world cup title fourth consecutive time by hammering England 6-1 in just concluded One day series. Buoyed by their captains knock 82 of just 70 balls, Australia overcame mighty English score of 333 for 6. Australia were always on the hunt for the target right from the word go but 90 runs partnership between captain Clark and David Hussey proved decisive. There were minor hiccups at the end of the match when Australia were cruising well requiring just 24 runs of last 4 overs with 5 wickets in hand. Suddenly Australia lost three wickets in aspan of three overs to give England a glimmer of a hope of victory but Lee and Hastings romped them home with 4 balls to spare. Earlier in the day England put on a mammoth score of 333 at the back of good century from in form batsman Trott. With this loss England have suffered a big blow to their world cup campaign as they could not defend such a huge score.