Day 65
I was due to take Alfie to the airport today as he was returning to the UK for a week to attend his Grandmother's funeral. She recently died, shortly after her 100th birthday.
He and Amy took the kids to the Aquatic centre first for the morning before returning home to get ready to leave. When he had finished packing and said his goodbyes to Amy and Cerys, we left for the airport with Dylan in tow for the ride.
After dropping him at the airport I headed home hoping not to have missed much of the 4th ODI being played in Adelaide.
I listened to commentary on the radio on the way home and could not believe that in my 30 minute journey from the airport we had lost three wickets. At home between locking the car and getting into the house, Joe Root was out. We were 4 wickets down for 8 and unbelievably, shortly after, Butler was out and we were 5 for 8.
The match was all but lost now but Morgan, Ali, Woakes and Curran gave it some respectability and the innings closed just short of 200.
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| Tom Curran |
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| Moeen Ali |
Australia duly completed their first ODI win against us although we made them fight all the way with some good captaincy from Owen Morgan and a terrific all round performance from Chris Woakes.
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| Eoin Morgan |
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| Chris Woakes |
But the damage was done early in the match with that magnificent new ball spell by the Australian bowlers Hazelwood and Cummins.
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| Josh Hazelwood being congratulated by team mates |
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| Damian Cumminswas |
We may have already won the series but it still hurt losing like this. Roll on the final match of the series in Perth on Sunday.
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