England captain Alastair Cook has praised the contributions of Ian Bell and Ravi Bopara following Sunday's One Day International victory over Australia at the Oval.
Bell posted a score of 75 while Bopara made a knock of 82 as the hosts won by six wickets to go 2-0 up in the five match series.
"It's nice to get over the line," Cook told Sky Sports News. "I thought Ravi especially played really well, and obviously Ian as well.
"A score of 250 is always gettable here at The Oval when you have wickets in hand and the batters did their job.
"Our bowlers also did well. We put that squeeze on between 25 and 35 overs, and that really took 20 to 30 runs off their score."
The third encounter of the series takes place at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
