<p> <br />All-rounder Watson, on the ground where he played for Hampshire, took three wickets for 36 runs in eight overs as Australia looked to go 3-0 up in the seven-match series.<br />England were indebted to a ninth-wicket stand of 40 in 41 deliveries between Tim Bresnan (31 not out off 37 balls) and Ryan Sidebottom, out off the last ball for 24 to Watson.<br /><br />Only England captain Andrew Strauss, who made 63, and his Middlesex team-mate Eoin Morgan, whose 43 was the former Ireland international’s best score for his adopted country in four matches at this level, managed more than Bresnan.</p>.<p>SCORE BOARD<br /><br />England<br /><br />Strauss c Clarke b Hauritz 63<br />Bopara c Hopes b Bracken 10<br />Prior c Hopes b Johnson 0<br />Shah lbw Johnson 8<br />Collingwood c Bracken b Watson 28<br />Morgan c Johnson b Lee 43<br />Wright c sub b Hopes 9<br />Bresnan (not out) 31<br />Swann lbw Watson 3<br />Sidebottom c White b Watson 24<br />Extras: (LB-1, W-4, NB-4) 9<br />Total: (nine wickets; 50 overs) 228<br />Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-41, 3-62, 4-98, 5-132, 6-147, 7-183, 8-188, 9-228. Bowling: Lee 9-1-58-1, Bracken 10-0-36-1, Johnson 10-1-39-2, Hopes 7-0-34-1, Hauritz 6-0-24-1, Watson 8-0-36-3. </p>
<p> <br />All-rounder Watson, on the ground where he played for Hampshire, took three wickets for 36 runs in eight overs as Australia looked to go 3-0 up in the seven-match series.<br />England were indebted to a ninth-wicket stand of 40 in 41 deliveries between Tim Bresnan (31 not out off 37 balls) and Ryan Sidebottom, out off the last ball for 24 to Watson.<br /><br />Only England captain Andrew Strauss, who made 63, and his Middlesex team-mate Eoin Morgan, whose 43 was the former Ireland international’s best score for his adopted country in four matches at this level, managed more than Bresnan.</p>.<p>SCORE BOARD<br /><br />England<br /><br />Strauss c Clarke b Hauritz 63<br />Bopara c Hopes b Bracken 10<br />Prior c Hopes b Johnson 0<br />Shah lbw Johnson 8<br />Collingwood c Bracken b Watson 28<br />Morgan c Johnson b Lee 43<br />Wright c sub b Hopes 9<br />Bresnan (not out) 31<br />Swann lbw Watson 3<br />Sidebottom c White b Watson 24<br />Extras: (LB-1, W-4, NB-4) 9<br />Total: (nine wickets; 50 overs) 228<br />Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-41, 3-62, 4-98, 5-132, 6-147, 7-183, 8-188, 9-228. Bowling: Lee 9-1-58-1, Bracken 10-0-36-1, Johnson 10-1-39-2, Hopes 7-0-34-1, Hauritz 6-0-24-1, Watson 8-0-36-3. </p>
