Australia vs. England: Highlights, Scorecard, Report from 2015 Tri-Series Final

Australia produced a dominant performance in Sunday's Tri-Series final in Perth, demolishing England in a comprehensive 112-run victory at the WACA.

Eoin Morgan's men could only muster 166 all out, in response to Australia's total of 278 for 8.

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The hosts have looked in imperious form throughout the series, and their triumph was never in doubt against a lacklustre England, who never got near their target. Mitchell Johnson, not for the first time, was their chief tormentor.

Here's a look at the scorecards from a day to remember for Australia:

Batsmen	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Finch	c Root	b Anderson	0	3	0	0
Warner	c Taylor	b Anderson	12	18	2	0
Smith	st Buttler	b Moeen	40	50	5	0
Bailey	c Taylor	b Broad	2	17	0	0
Maxwell	c Buttler	b Broad	95	98	15	0
M Marsh	run out (Anderson)		60	68	7	1
Haddin	c Taylor	b Broad	9	12	1	0
Faulkner	not out		50	24	4	4
Johnson	c Morgan	b Finn	3	10	0	0
Starc	not out		0	0	0	0
EXTRAS			7
TOTAL			278
Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Anderson	10.0	2	38	2	3.8
Woakes	10.0	0	89	0	8.9
Broad	10.0	1	55	3	5.50
Finn	10.0	0	53	1	5.30
Moeen	10.0	0	39	1	3.90

Batsmen	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Moeen	c Finch	b Johnson	26	30	5	0
Bell	c Haddin	b Hazlewood	8	9	2	0
Taylor	c Maxwell	b Johnson	4	18	0	0
Root	lbw	b Faulkner	25	37	2	0
Morgan		b Johnson	0	1	0	0
Bopara	c Bailey	b Maxwell	33	59	1	0
Buttler	c Sub	b Maxwell	17	22	3	0
Woakes	c and b Maxwell		0	1	0	0
Broad	c Sub	b Maxwell	24	20	2	2
Finn		b Hazlewood	6	36	0	0
Anderson	not out		5	2	1	0
EXTRAS			18
TOTAL			166
Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Starc	7.0	0	40	0	5.71
Hazlewood	6.1	2	13	2	2.11
Johnson	7.0	2	27	3	3.86
Marsh	7.0	0	18	0	2.57
Maxwell	9.0	0	46	4	5.11
Faulkner	2.3	1	11	1	4.40
Finch	0.3	0	3	0	6.00

The tourists won the toss and elected to bowl, and things were looking rosy early on, with opener Aaron Finch losing his wicket just three balls in.

James Anderson was the benefactor of some loose batting from the Aussie, and the English fast bowler was at it again moments later, dismissing David Warner for 12.

Stuart Broad then got in on the act, taking captain George Bailey’s wicket for 2. With Australia struggling on 46 for 3, England were sitting pretty, but the introduction of Glenn Maxwell soon brought them back down to earth.

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Maxwell resurrected his Indian Premier League form at the perfect time, slogging away everything that the English bowlers threw at him when his side needed it most.

Fielders once again became spectators while the spectators became the fielders, as the Aussie chalked up boundary after boundary on the way to his 95—setting a personal best in the process, per OptaJason:

It was quite simply the perfect knock from Maxwell, and with Steven Smith hitting 40 and Mitchell Marsh chalking up 60, the damage was well and truly done.

James Faulkner also became a member of the half-century club, romping to an unbeaten 50 without really needing to break sweat, as Australia closed on 278 for 8.

While the Aussies deserve praise for the way they batted, England’s bowlers simply weren’t at the races after their early flurry.

Chris Woakes had a particularly miserable day, as his figures of 0 for 89 put him in the record books for all the wrong reasons—via Sky Sports Cricket:

Ex-Australian bowler Brad Hogg was among many to criticise the English order, saying to BBC Test Match Special, via BBC Sport, that the tactics were all wrong:

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England were on top early on in the game. At 60-4, they had the major breakthroughs. The partnership between Maxwell and Marsh got the momentum back Australia's way. England bowled terribly to Faulkner. In the death overs, the pace bowlers have to change their plans. They don't bowl enough yorkers. I think 278 is too many.

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The chase was on, then, but with 279 to reach, it was always going to be tough for England.

They desperately needed a good start, but they provided the complete opposite, with Ian Bell, James Taylor, Moeen Ali and Eoin Morgan falling without making a sizeable impression on the scorecard.

However, in their defence, there was little they could do against the brilliance of Johnson. The Aussie sent Taylor back to the pavilion with a stunning delivery, before taking Moeen and Morgan’s wickets in successive balls, per Sky Sports:

Where England’s bowlers faltered, Mitchell excelled, leaving the tourists on 46 for 4 with a mountain to climb.

And when Joe Root was trapped LBW by Faulker at 71 for 5, it seemed that England’s race was run.

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Ravi Bopara did his best to keep his side in it with a haul of 33, but it quite simply wasn’t enough. And when Steven Finn's wicket fell at the hands of Josh Hazelwood to leave England 166 all out, their race was run.

Woakes took his appalling bowling form to the crease with the bat, as Maxwell sent him packing on the first ball, leaving journalist Derek Alberts to jest at his incompetence:

It’s easy to place blame on the apparent all-rounder, but England quite simply weren’t at the races, and Australia deserved their victory. The Aussies were exemplary throughout, and even though they occasionally appeared on the ropes, the quality was there when it needed to be.

It bodes well for their upcoming World Cup campaign, which kicks off against England on Valentine’s Day, and BBC Sport’s Jonathan Agnew believes that Sunday’s performance saw them make a big statement:

England, meanwhile, need a drastic improvement if they’re going to cause Australia any harm in Melbourne, but that's exactly what the skipper expects, as he told England's official YouTube channel:

He desperately needs as much, too, as the bowling tactics were all wrong, and although the Aussies bowled well, too many poor decisions were made with the bat.

Morgan has a big test on his hands whipping his side into shape, and if he can’t manage it, then England will likely enjoy as fruitful a World Cup as their football counterparts last year.