England v Australia
Australia won by an innings and 99 runs
England tour of Australia, Match 426 December 2006 to 28 December 2006Melbourne Cricket Ground
Englandbatted first
159 & 16165.5 ov
Australia
419108.3 ov
England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match SK Warne
England innings
15974.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Strauss | b SK Warne | 50 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 37.9 |
| AN Cook | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 11 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 29.7 |
| IR Bell | lbw b SR Clark | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 |
| PD Collingwood | c RT Ponting b B Lee | 28 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 34.1 |
| KP Pietersen | c A Symonds b SK Warne | 21 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| A Flintoff | c SK Warne b SR Clark | 13 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 41.9 |
| CMW Read | c RT Ponting b SK Warne | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 |
| SI Mahmood | c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SJ Harmison | c MJ Clarke b SK Warne | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 |
| MS Panesar | c A Symonds b SK Warne | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 |
| MJ Hoggard | not out | 9* | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 1, nb 3 | 6 | ||||
| Total | all out, 74.2 overs, run rate 2.14 | 159 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420
1-23 AN Cook2-44 IR Bell3-101 PD Collingwood4-101 AJ Strauss5-122 A Flintoff6-135 CMW Read7-136 SI Mahmood8-145 SJ Harmison9-146 KP Pietersen10-159 MS Panesar
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 13 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 2.77 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GD McGrath | 20 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 1.85 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SR Clark | 17 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 1.59 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2.43 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Warne | 17.2 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 2.25 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
419108.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL Langer | c CMW Read b A Flintoff | 27 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 93.1 |
| ML Hayden | c CMW Read b SI Mahmood | 153 | 265 | 13 | 2 | 57.7 |
| B Lee | c CMW Read b A Flintoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RT Ponting | c AN Cook b A Flintoff | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| MEK Hussey | b MJ Hoggard | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| MJ Clarke | c CMW Read b SJ Harmison | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| A Symonds | c CMW Read b SJ Harmison | 156 | 220 | 15 | 1 | 70.9 |
| AC Gilchrist | c PD Collingwood b SI Mahmood | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| SK Warne | not out | 40* | 54 | 6 | 0 | 74.1 |
| SR Clark | c CMW Read b SI Mahmood | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| GD McGrath | c IR Bell b SI Mahmood | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 6, w 1, nb 9 | 16 | ||||
| Total | all out, 108.3 overs, run rate 3.86 | 419 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420
1-44 JL Langer2-44 B Lee3-62 RT Ponting4-79 MEK Hussey5-84 MJ Clarke6-363 ML Hayden7-365 AC Gilchrist8-383 A Symonds9-417 SR Clark10-419 GD McGrath
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Hoggard | 21 | 6 | 82 | 1 | 3.90 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A Flintoff | 22 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 3.50 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| SJ Harmison | 28 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 2.46 | 123 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SI Mahmood | 21.3 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 4.65 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MS Panesar | 12 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 4.33 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PD Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.67 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| KP Pietersen | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
16165.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Strauss | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 31 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 29.0 |
| AN Cook | b SR Clark | 20 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 43.5 |
| IR Bell | lbw b GD McGrath | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
| KP Pietersen | b SR Clark | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| PD Collingwood | c JL Langer b B Lee | 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 |
| A Flintoff | lbw b SR Clark | 25 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 55.6 |
| CMW Read | not out | 26* | 77 | 1 | 0 | 33.8 |
| SI Mahmood | lbw b SK Warne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SJ Harmison | lbw b SK Warne | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 |
| MS Panesar | c MJ Clarke b B Lee | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 73.7 |
| MJ Hoggard | b B Lee | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | lb 12, w 1, nb 4 | 17 | ||||
| Total | all out, 65.5 overs, run rate 2.45 | 161 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420
1-41 AN Cook2-48 IR Bell3-49 KP Pietersen4-75 PD Collingwood5-90 AJ Strauss6-108 A Flintoff7-109 SI Mahmood8-127 SJ Harmison9-146 MS Panesar10-161 MJ Hoggard
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 18.5 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 2.50 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GD McGrath | 12 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2.17 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SR Clark | 16 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1.88 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SK Warne | 19 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 2.42 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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