Australia v England
Australia won by 8 wickets
Commonwealth Bank Series, Match 112 January 2007Melbourne Cricket Ground
Englandbatted first
242/850 ov
Australiatarget 243 in 50 overs
246/245.2 ov
England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match AC Gilchrist
England innings
242/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Strauss | c ML Hayden b NW Bracken | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 |
| MP Vaughan | c ML Hayden b NW Bracken | 26 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 81.3 |
| IR Bell | c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson | 15 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 51.7 |
| KP Pietersen | c A Symonds b SR Clark | 82 | 91 | 4 | 3 | 90.1 |
| PD Collingwood | c MG Johnson b GD McGrath | 43 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 61.4 |
| A Flintoff | not out | 47* | 38 | 5 | 0 | 123.7 |
| PA Nixon | lbw b MG Johnson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JWM Dalrymple | c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| J Lewis | c RT Ponting b NW Bracken | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| MS Panesar | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 1 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.84 | 242 | ||||
Did not batJM Anderson
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-20 AJ Strauss2-47 MP Vaughan3-73 IR Bell4-168 PD Collingwood5-206 KP Pietersen6-207 PA Nixon7-211 JWM Dalrymple8-232 J Lewis
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NW Bracken | 9 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 5.11 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Clark | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.80 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| MG Johnson | 10 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3.40 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4.38 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CL White | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 243
246/245.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c PA Nixon b JWM Dalrymple | 60 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 98.4 |
| ML Hayden | c PA Nixon b MS Panesar | 28 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 66.7 |
| RT Ponting | not out | 82* | 96 | 8 | 0 | 85.4 |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 57* | 74 | 4 | 0 | 77.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 2, w 15, nb 1 | 19 | ||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 45.2 overs, run rate 5.43 | 246 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-101 AC Gilchrist2-113 ML Hayden
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Flintoff | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 8.00 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J Lewis | 8.2 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 5.16 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| JM Anderson | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 6.71 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MS Panesar | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JWM Dalrymple | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3.80 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PD Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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