Opening the innings Kevin Pieterson played very well and came up with a half century. But his efforts along with Eoin Morgan and Jos Butler was not enough to take England near the victory.
The absence of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann weakened England's bowling and batting attack as Ben Strokes, Steven Finn and James Tredwell are going very expensive.
On the other hand, Australia is looking very good with their batting as well as bowling attack. The confidence level of Aussies is up to the sky level as their brilliant success in the last match. The hero is of-course Michael Clarke. Leading Australia, Clarke scored a staggering 105 in the last game and got well supported by George Baily who scored 82 runs. Shane Watson and Aaron Finch did a well finishing job to take Australia to a challenging total.
England vs Australia third ODI prediction
The 3rd ODI is playing in Birmingham at 13:00 GMT and local 14:00. Here is my prediction for the game England vs Australia
Australia will be the winner against England on 11 September 2013.
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