Watch the highlights of England vs Australia 2nd ODI 1993 - Australia tour of England (Texaco Trophy) 3-match one-day international series of the 2nd ODI match played between Australia and England at Edgbaston, Birmingham on 21st May 1993.
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| Robin Smith made 167 not out © Adrian Murrell/Getty Images |
A economical bowling figures by Craig McDermott before Mark Waugh's magnificent century and Allan Border's superb unbeaten 86 steers to Australia convincing six-wicket victory over England, despite a Robin Smith's record-breaking 167* and took an unassailable 2-0 lead to seal the series in a historic game of the second ODI.
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England scored 277-5 in 55 overs with top scorer by Robin Smith blasted a career-best unbeaten 167 off 163-balls - which was his 4th ODI hundred and his first century against Australia in ODIs.
Graham Thorpe scored 36 off 63-balls including a boundary, Neil Fairbrother struck 23 off 45-balls included 3-fours, Graham Gooch cracked a 17 off 49-balls with two-fours and Chris Lewis hit a unbeaten 13 off 9-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 144.44.
Australia best bowler by Craig McDermott picked up 3-wickets 29-runs in 11-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 2.63, Steve Waugh and Paul Reiffel both took one-wickets.
Australia chase down the target of 278, finishing at 280 for 4 in 53.3 overs with top scorer by Mark Waugh struck 113 off 122-balls - which was his 2nd ODI hundred and his first century against England in ODIs - including 8-fours.
Allan Border hit a unbeaten 86 off 96-balls including 9-fours, Mark Taylor scored 26 off 47-balls included 2-fours and David Boon struck 21 off 29-balls contained 3-fours.
England best bowler by Chris Lewis took 2-wickets and one for Paul Jarvis - Derek Pringle.
Robin Smith named Player of the match for his record-breaking batting performance to smashed a career-best unbeaten 167-runs knocked off facing 163-balls including 17-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 102.45.
This match reported by AAP via The Canberra Times
A brutal, unbeaten century from Robin Smith failed to stop Australia wrapping up the three-match one-day cricket series against England at Edgbaston.
Smith savaged the Australian attack to score 167 from only 163 deliveries but finished an undeserving loser as Allan Border's side clinically recorded a six-wicket victory for an unbeatable 2-0 lead going into the final match at Lord's on Monday.
Smith's fourth one-day century- the fifth-highest international one-day score included 17 boundaries and three sixes as he treated the be- wildered Australian attack with total contempt.
Viv Richards, of the West Indies, scored an unbeaten 189 against England in 1984 and also posted 181 against Sri Lanka in the 1987 World Cup.
Apart from the two scores to Richards, the only higher one-day innings were 175 not out by Pakistan's Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe and 171 not out by New Zealand's Glenn Turner against East Africa.
From lunch onwards, the 29-year-old lashed 116 from only 70 deliveries, to be the cornerstone of England's solid tally of 5-277 from its 55
overs.
In reply, the Australians were never hurried and reached 4-280 with nine balls to spare, thanks largely to Mark Waugh and captain Border.
Waugh contributed 113 and Border remained unbeaten on 86, his best one-day score in more than six years.
Waugh has now passed 50 in six of his past seven one-day innings since moving up the order in New Zealand and Australia never looked like losing during the 168-run stand he shared with Border.
Australia struck deep at England's psyche for the coming Test series by absorbing its best blow in the shape of Smith's amazing assault - with nary a problem.
Smith had the job of shoring up the England innings after a double breakthrough by Craig McDermott disposed of Graham Gooch and Alec Stewart.
The South African-born right-hander played himself in for an hour and a half prior to the lunch break, hitting four boundaries in his first half-century.
Once sated at the dinner table, he dined out on the Australian attack, taking 17 from one over by Merv Hughes and 20 in another by Paul Reiffel, including two sixes.
In the final 10 overs Smith personally scored 82 and reached a higher plane, in which it seemed as if any ball he faced could be hit for four or even six.
When Graham Thorpe was dismissed for 36, several of the Australians took the opportunity to congratulate Smith.
Only McDermott was immune from the treatment handed out, finishing with 3-29 from 11 overs.
McDermott beat Gooch twice in his first over and then bowled Stewart in his next to leave England 1-3.
McDermott had the excellent figures of 2-15 after his seven overs from the Pavilion End but he threw a scare into the Australian camp when he left the field at the end of his spell for treatment to his groin.
The 27-year-old briefly spoke to team physiotherapist Errol Alcott but returned and bowled out his full complement of II overs without any problems.
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