Andrew Flintoff has praised his younger players after celebrating his first win against Australia as England captain.Ed Joyce hit a maiden century, Ian Bell a fifty and Liam Plunkett and Sajid Mahmood starred with the ball to help England to a 92-run in Sydney.
Flintoff said: "One of the real pleasing things about it is that it was the young lads who won the game for us.
"They carried us through - that gives you a lot of heart and shows these lads can play."
It was the first time in three months - 10 matches, 9,119 minutes of play and 12,588 balls - England had beaten Australia.
Flintoff won the toss and England posted 292-7 in their 50 overs - a record one-day score for them against Australia.
They then skittled Australia out for 200 to keep their hopes of making the finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series alive.
Plunkett produced figures of 3-24 and his rhythm was so good that was able to produce deliveries around the 90mph mark.
"Obviously you want to be as quick as you can but also in control. Game by game I feel like I'm getting better and more consistent. Hopefully the pace will stay along with consistency," he said.
"I am never going to be the quickest in the team but I feel I can hit the pitch hard and that is what I do best.
"I've had two months getting back into cricket, been in the gym quite a lot and got lot stronger."
Plunkett is refusing to look beyond Tuesday's game with New Zealand, even though the World Cup in the West Indies is on the horizon.
"You always think 'am I going to be there?' but at the minute I am really glad to be playing cricket against Australia.
"They're the best team in the world and it is just nice to be proving yourself against them," he added. England play New Zealand on Tuesday in a winner-takes-all match to see who will meet Australia in the best-of-three finals.
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