Australia v England
England won by 4 wickets
Commonwealth Bank Series, Final9 February 2007Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australiabatted first
25248.3 ov
Englandtarget 253 in 50 overs
253/649.3 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match PD Collingwood
Australia innings
25248.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c A Flintoff b SI Mahmood | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| ML Hayden | c SI Mahmood b JWM Dalrymple | 82 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 80.4 |
| RT Ponting | c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar | 75 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 100.0 |
| MJ Clarke | run out (PD Collingwood) | 33 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 84.6 |
| BJ Hodge | lbw b MS Panesar | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MEK Hussey | c PA Nixon b A Flintoff | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 89.5 |
| SR Watson | c IR Bell b SI Mahmood | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 69.2 |
| GB Hogg | c IR Bell b A Flintoff | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 90.9 |
| B Lee | run out (PD Collingwood) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NW Bracken | not out | 3* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| GD McGrath | b A Flintoff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 4, w 9 | 13 | ||||
| Total | all out, 48.3 overs, run rate 5.20 | 252 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-32 AC Gilchrist2-170 RT Ponting3-180 ML Hayden4-196 BJ Hodge5-229 MJ Clarke6-229 MEK Hussey7-248 GB Hogg8-248 B Lee9-250 SR Watson10-252 GD McGrath
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE Plunkett | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 5.60 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| SI Mahmood | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5.63 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A Flintoff | 9.3 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 4.32 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MS Panesar | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 4.40 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PD Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JWM Dalrymple | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5.86 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
England innings chasing 253
253/649.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Joyce | c GD McGrath b B Lee | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| MB Loye | lbw b B Lee | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IR Bell | b B Lee | 65 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 72.2 |
| AJ Strauss | lbw b NW Bracken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PD Collingwood | not out | 120* | 133 | 7 | 1 | 90.2 |
| A Flintoff | c AC Gilchrist b SR Watson | 35 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 97.2 |
| JWM Dalrymple | run out (MJ Clarke, GD McGrath) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| PA Nixon | not out | 11* | 10 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 |
| Extras | lb 3, w 7, nb 3 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 49.3 overs, run rate 5.11 | 253 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-1 MB Loye2-14 EC Joyce3-15 AJ Strauss4-148 IR Bell5-222 A Flintoff6-225 JWM Dalrymple
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 10 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4.10 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| NW Bracken | 8.3 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4.47 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 5.30 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SR Watson | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 6.38 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 5.20 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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