MANCHESTER: Michael Clarke's century and a disciplined bowling effort propelled Australia to an 88-run victory over England in the second one-day international on Sunday, giving the tourists a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
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Still smarting from a 3-0 loss in the Ashes, the Australians outplayed the hosts with bat and ball at Old Trafford to suggest the ODIs will be a very different prospect to the recent test series.
Clarke made a fluent 105 for his eighth ODI century, with his 155-run partnership with George Bailey (82) for the fourth wicket pushing the tourists to 315-7 after being put into bat.
England required a record run-chase to win in Manchester but never got near the target despite some lusty shot-making from Jos Buttler (75) and opener Kevin Pietersen (60).
The first ODI was washed out on Friday.
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