CRICKET:Eoin Morgan's expert limited-overs batsmanship and the depth of England's bowling attack carried them to a 15-run victory over Australia in yesterday's first NatWest Series match at Lord's.

Morgan scampered and then bludgeoned his way to an unbeaten 89 from only 63 balls to raise a workmanlike England total to 272 for five. That gave Steven Finn, James Anderson, Tim Bresnan and Stuart Broad enough runs to play with as they chipped away at the opposition with two wickets each to go 1-0 up with four more matches to play.

England were hampered by awkward early conditions, under heavy clouds, and it was thanks to openers Ian Bell and Alastair Cook and then Jonathan Trott (54) and especially Morgan they mustered a defendable total.