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London: Australia exploited England's lack of power hitters at Lord's on Sunday to beat the hosts for the second time in three days and take a 2-0 lead in the seven-match One-day series.
England steadily fell off the pace chasing Australia's modest 249 for eight and were bowled out for 210 with 23 balls remaining to give the world 50-overs champions victory by 39 runs.
A robust 43 not out off 23 balls from Mitchell Johnson revived the Australian innings but their total still looked well within England's reach when Andrew Strauss and Ravi Bopara put on 74 for the first wicket.
But four wickets then tumbled in 31 deliveries, starting with Bopara's dismissal lbw for 27.
Matt Prior was caught behind for one off an airy waft, Strauss (47) hit a soft return catch to spinner Nathan Hauritz and Owais Shah (12) was once again involved in a run-out after confusion with Paul Collingwood.
By coincidence or not, three of the wickets fell soon after a Lancaster bomber flew across the ground to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the date the Royal Air Force returned Lord's to its original authorities after taking over the ground as a recruitment centre during World War Two.
Collingwood fought a dour battle to score 56 from 84 deliveries but neither he nor his partners could lift the run-rate sufficiently to seriously challenge the Australians.
Australia have finished with 249 for eight at the end of their 50 overs. They started off superbly with Watson and Paine ensuring a solid opening stand. But they fell in quick succession and England did well from there on to pick up wickets at regular intervals, not allowing the Australians to pull away.
It was Callum Ferguson once again, who held his end and scored his second fifty in two matches which started their comeback.
Australia slumped to 208 for eight with 4.2 overs remaining after Brett Lee was caught for a duck before Johnson ensured his team posted a competitive total. He struck five fours, including a delicate flick down the leg-side which raced to the boundary.
But it was Mitchell Johnson's quickfire 43 off 23 balls in the last 5 overs that pushed them close to the 250 run mark making it a very competetive total. Luke Wright and Graeme Swann picked up a couple of wickets each for England. England should back themselves to chase this total down but the Aussies, sure as hell will not let it be easy.
Brief score
Australia: 249 for 8 (Ferguson 55, Johnson 43*)
England: 210 (Collingwood 56, Lee 2-22)
Result: Australia won by 39 runs
Series status: Australia lead 7-match series by 2-0
Man of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
