England 269 for 6 (Bell 91, Bopara 46*, Trott 43) beat Australia 221 for 9 (Bailey 55, Faulker 54*, Anderson 3-30) by 48 runs
Australia and England were locking horns for the first time this summer and Edgbaston, basking in golden sunshine for its 100th international match, was able to celebrate the start of the sequence with an emphatic England victory. The Champions Trophy tie - or Ashes prelim, if you prefer - fell to England by 48 runs.
Until England took control, it was a cagey, tactical affair - for the
neutral perhaps the least enthralling match in the tournament so far.
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