Kookaburras smash England 4-1

The West Australian June 14, 2009, 1:00 pm

The Kookaburras have honoured veteran Brent Livermore in his 300th international match by crushing England 4-1 in their clash in Nottingham.

The match ends what was an overall successful European tour for the Kookaburras, which saw them defeat France in a two-Test series, push Germany in two Tests, win the Hamburg Masters tournament in Germany and defeat England in a two-Test series.

In what was a fairly even first half, the Kookaburras gained the edge in the closing stages with Chris Ciriello continuing his good recent form over England to give Australia the lead. Glenn Turner followed this with another goal only minutes later to set up a two-goal lead at half time.

Jamie Dwyer could have made it three before the break, but his reverse stick hit was saved by England goalkeeper Nick Brothers.

The Kookaburras dominated the second half. Their intensity forced England into making a number of errors and possession was given away too easily by the home side.

Glenn Simpson scored on a rebound to make it 3-0 in the 46th minute.

The onslaught continued with their fourth just two minutes later when Dwyer was on target after sliding in on the right post.

England netted a consolation goal four minutes from time.

AAP

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