1st February, Perth - Australia beat England by 112 runs in the tri-series final at the WACA Ground in Perth.
Scorecard - Australia vs England
Quotes
George Bailey : It is very promising to fight back from such a situation. Mitch and Maxwell got us out of the trouble which is a great thing for Aussie cricket as young boys are taking up the responsibilities. Always a good thing to have Johnson back in the team. It is a good problem to have, having so many players in form before the world-cup. Hopefully he is alright(talking about Faulkner's injury).
Eoin Morgan : I think we could have kept them to little less but our batting let us down today, we will keep grafting and learn from our mistakes. We had some brilliant individual performances which got us to the final. We have few warm up games and we would like to improve on our mistakes. Playing against Pakistan and West Indies should give us good practice.
Mitchell Starc (Man of the series) : Yeah I have been working hard with the bowling coach, whole bowling unit has worked hard for it, we are getting in right rhythm before the world cup, we have worked hard as a unit. Mitch and I just try to bowl fast and we don't compromise of pace to find some swing. We have couple of warm-up games and we are looking forward for it.
Glenn Maxwell (Man of the match): It was nice to score some runs as I have screwed it up many times before. James helped us to get a good total. I will like to get past 3 figures mark next time around. It is good to be entering the world-cup like event with good form with both bat and ball.
Teams:
Australia: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steve Smith, George Bailey (c), Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Marsh, Brad Haddin, James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood.
England: Ian Bell, Moeen Ali, James Taylor, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn.