Australia's celebrations, however, were tempered with Nathan
Hauritz appearing to dislocate his right shoulder and a groin injury to fast
bowler Shaun Tait. Both were named in their 15-man World Cup squad earlier this
week.
Hauritz had been chasing a ball to the boundary at Bellerive
Oval when he slid, rolled over and as he put his hand down to push up off the
ground collapsed in considerable pain before he walked off and was taken to
hospital for X-rays.
Tait limped off shortly afterwards when he grimaced in his follow
through on the fifth ball of his sixth over.
Marsh (110), who was only playing in Hobart after Mike Hussey
injured his hamstring, combined with Cameron White (45) for a 100-run
partnership that steadied Australia after they plunged to 33-4.
He also combined for an Australian record ninth-wicket partnership
of 88 with Bollinger (30) that pushed the hosts past 200 and gave them a
challenging total to defend after their batsmen had struggled with the pace of
the pitch.
England's run chase was always behind the required run rate after
the early loss of Matt Prior for a duck and Bollinger's two wickets in two
balls when he had Andrew Strauss trapped in front for 19 and then bowled Kevin
Pietersen for a duck.
Bollinger also captured two quick wickets in the tail to finish
with figures of four for 28 from nine overs.
Australia won the first match of the seven-game series by six
wickets in Melbourne last Sunday after Shane Watson scored 161 not out to help
them chase down the 295 needed for victory.
The
third game is in Sydney on Sunday.
