England v Australia: Ravi Bopara and Ian Bell inspire hosts to second ODI victory of the series at The Oval As England's best one-day batsman, Morgan probably has greater claims than most to the one review each team are allowed and he did not hesitate to call for it, suggesting he was confident he had got an inside edge. Replays of Hotspot did not exactly produce strong evidence to back him (the requirement needed to overturn the umpire's initial decision), but two white marks, a vague one near where the ball made contact with the bat and a smaller one well above it, were enough for Aleem Dar to overturn Richard Illingworth's original call. With the saga played out on the giant screen Australia appeared miffed when the decision was overturned, though it was wishful thinking on their part if they thought it had cost them the game. Bopara, in arguably his most assured one-day innings for his country, was going well and they would have needed the kind of choke old England used to suffer from against them to level the series. Instead, this England now have a two-nil lead. After losing the first game Australia probably needed to make changes here which they did, batting first after winning the toss. Injury to Pat Cummins (a side strain) meant Mitchell Johnson got his first international match for eight months while Peter Forrest came in to bolster the batting at the expense of Steve Smith. Johnson bowled fast but three early no-balls, which hand a free hit to the batting side, gave England vital early momentum when Bell and Alastair Cook struck two of them for four. Australia also promised good intentions following their defeat in the opening game, though not all were kept. The game was not 20 minutes old when David Warner holed out to a wild pull shot despite claiming he would be more responsible than he was at Lord's, where he was dismissed to a loose drive when well set. His wicket sent Australia into survival mode as Watson, Peter Forrest, Clarke and George Bailey decided to accumulate rather than speculate, by soaking up balls. As usual, England's bowlers made their task more difficult with their collective accuracy and the visitor's problems might have been further compounded had catches not been dropped. As it was, Forrest and Clarke both fell relatively cheaply both of them to fine diving catches by Craig Kieswetter behind the stumps. Watson's obsession about being criticised as a fifty-and-out-man meant he dawdled in that decade until he reached the sixties whereupon he was caught in the deep off Graham Swann trying to clear the midwicket boundary. It was a bone-headed dismissal that belied his experience and not just because he was hitting into a stiff wind. Indeed, there are previous Australian captains who would have waiting for him at the dressing-room door to demand an explanation (Allan Border springs to mind). Often batsman cannot rationalise why they do something but going without a boundary for 69 balls, as Australia had done with Watson and George Bailey at the crease, probably had something to do with it. Bailey, who struggled with his timing to begin with, stuck with it though and his 65 off 86 balls was vital in getting Australia to 251 for seven. In 19 out of 25 times that has proved to be a winning total for teams batting first in one-day internationals at the Kia Oval. The most remarkable wicket was Steve Finn's run out of David Hussey. England's tallest player, Finn's parry of Hussey's drive off his own bowling, his subsequent recovery, pick-up and throw to hit a single stump, were remarkable and left a gobsmacked batsman yards out. It was an act that symbolised this England side, their skill, determination and self-belief, shining ever brightly with each game.