Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2012

The Australian cricket team toured England and Ireland in June and July 2012. Australia played a One Day International (ODI) against Ireland on 23 June,^[1] and a five-match ODI series against England from 29 June to 10 July.^[2] They also played two List A tour matches against English county sides Leicestershire Foxes and Essex Eagles.^[2] The tour was put in jeopardy at the start of June 2012, when industrial action was threatened by the Australian Cricketers' Association because of a dispute over the inclusion of performance-related pay in the contract between the players and Cricket Australia.^[3]

Squads

ODIs
England[4]	Ireland[5]	Australia[6][7]
Alastair Cook (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Craig Kieswetter (wk) Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Graeme Swann Jonathan Trott	William Porterfield (c) Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Ed Joyce John Mooney Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)	Michael Clarke (c) Shane Watson (vc) George Bailey Pat Cummins Xavier Doherty Peter Forrest† Ben Hilfenhaus David Hussey Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Clinton McKay James Pattinson Steve Smith Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner

^† Peter Forrest replaced the withdrawn Michael Hussey.

Ireland

Australian cricket team in Ireland in 2012
	Australia	Ireland
Date	23 June 2012
Captains	Michael Clarke	William Porterfield
One Day International series
Results	1-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	–	Paul Stirling (24)
Most wickets	Brett Lee (2)	–

Only ODI

23 June 11:30 Scorecard

Ireland  36/3 (10.4 overs)	v	Australia
Paul Stirling 24 (27) Brett Lee 2/10 (3 overs)

No result Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Match abandoned after 10.4 overs due to heavy rain.
• Tim Murtagh (Ire) made his ODI debut.

England

Australian cricket team in England in 2012
	Australia	England
Dates	21 June – 10 July 2012
Captains	Michael Clarke	Alastair Cook
One Day International series
Results	England won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs	George Bailey (149)	Ian Bell (189)
Most wickets	Clint McKay (5)	Steven Finn (8)
Player of the series	Ian Bell (Eng)

Tour matches

50-over: Leicestershire Foxes v Australians

21 June 2012 10:45 Scorecard

Australians  241/8 (41 overs)	v	Leicestershire Foxes 136 (29.4 overs)
David Warner 74 (78) Abdul Razzaq 3/39 (9 overs)		Greg Smith 44 (59) Clint McKay 4/31 (7 overs)

Australians won by 102 runs (D/L method) Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng)

• Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 41 overs per side due to rain.
• James Sykes (Leics) made his List A debut.

50-over: Essex Eagles v Australians

26 June 2012 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australians  313/9 (50 overs)	v	Essex Eagles 134 (32.4 overs)
Michael Clarke 76 (73) Reece Topley 4/46 (8 overs)		James Foster 41 (36) Pat Cummins 3/26 (7 overs)

Australians won by 179 runs County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Nick Cook and David Millns (Eng) Player of the match: Reece Topley (Essx)

• Australians won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

29 June 2012 10:45 Scorecard

England  272/5 (50 overs)	v	Australia 257/9 (50 overs)
Eoin Morgan 89* (63) Clint McKay 1/43 (10 overs)		Michael Clarke 61 (67) Steven Finn 2/47 (10 overs) Stuart Broad 2/47 (10 overs)

England won by 15 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain during the England innings delayed play by an hour.
• Aleem Dar stood in his 150th ODI.
• Michael Clarke passed 7,000 ODI runs.
• Brett Lee (Aus) equalled the record for the most ODI wickets taken for Australia (380).^[8]
• England beat Australia for the first time in an ODI at Lord's since 1997.

2nd ODI

1 July 2012 10:45 Scorecard

Australia  251/7 (50 overs)	v	England 252/4 (45.4 overs)
Shane Watson 66 (80) Tim Bresnan 2/50 (8 overs)		Ravi Bopara 82 (85) Michael Clarke 1/13 (2 overs)

England won by 6 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain interrupted the Australia innings and wet ground delayed the start of the England innings, but there was no loss of overs.

3rd ODI

4 July 2012 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

England	v	Australia

Match abandoned without a ball bowled Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rob Bailey (Eng)

• No toss.
• Rain prevented play.
• The lack of a result ensures that Australia retain the no. 1 spot in the ICC's World ODI Rankings

4th ODI

7 July 2012 10:45 Scorecard

Australia  200/9 (50 overs)	v	England 201/2 (47.5 overs)
David Hussey 70 (73) Steven Finn 4/37 (10 overs)		Ian Bell 69 (94) Clint McKay 2/29 (10 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Durham ICG, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Steven Finn (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

10 July 2012 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  145/7 (32 overs)	v	England 138/3 (27.1 overs)
George Bailey 46* (41) Ravi Bopara 2/8 (4 overs)		Alastair Cook 58 (78) Michael Clarke 1/14 (3 overs)

England won by 7 wickets (D/L) Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain delayed the start of the match until 17:30, reducing the match to 32 overs per side. Further rain reduced the England innings to 29 overs, with a target of 138 runs.