Australia v England
England won by an innings and 157 runs
The Ashes, Match 426 December 2010 to 29 December 2010Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australiabatted first
98 & 258/985.4 ov
England
513159.1 ov
England won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match IJL Trott
Australia innings
9842.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | c KP Pietersen b CT Tremlett | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| PJ Hughes | c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan | 16 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| RT Ponting | c GP Swann b CT Tremlett | 10 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 26.3 |
| MJ Clarke | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 20 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 37.0 |
| MEK Hussey | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 19.5 |
| SPD Smith | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| BJ Haddin | c AJ Strauss b TT Bresnan | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31.3 |
| MG Johnson | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RJ Harris | not out | 10* | 23 | 2 | 0 | 43.5 |
| PM Siddle | c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 73.3 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 2, nb 5 | 7 | ||||
| Total | all out, 42.5 overs, run rate 2.29 | 98 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520
1-15 SR Watson2-37 PJ Hughes3-37 RT Ponting4-58 MEK Hussey5-66 SPD Smith6-77 MJ Clarke7-77 BJ Haddin8-77 MG Johnson9-92 PM Siddle10-98 BW Hilfenhaus
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Anderson | 16 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 2.75 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CT Tremlett | 11.5 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 2.20 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TT Bresnan | 13 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 1.92 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GP Swann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
513159.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Strauss | c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle | 69 | 167 | 5 | 0 | 41.3 |
| AN Cook | c SR Watson b PM Siddle | 82 | 152 | 11 | 0 | 53.9 |
| IJL Trott | not out | 168* | 345 | 13 | 0 | 48.7 |
| KP Pietersen | lbw b PM Siddle | 51 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 57.3 |
| PD Collingwood | c PM Siddle b MG Johnson | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.3 |
| IR Bell | c PM Siddle b MG Johnson | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
| MJ Prior | c RT Ponting b PM Siddle | 85 | 119 | 11 | 0 | 71.4 |
| TT Bresnan | c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| GP Swann | c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus | 22 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 78.6 |
| CT Tremlett | b BW Hilfenhaus | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| JM Anderson | b PM Siddle | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Extras | b 10, lb 2, w 3, nb 3 | 18 | ||||
| Total | all out, 159.1 overs, run rate 3.22 | 513 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520
1-159 AN Cook2-170 AJ Strauss3-262 KP Pietersen4-281 PD Collingwood5-286 IR Bell6-459 MJ Prior7-465 TT Bresnan8-508 GP Swann9-512 CT Tremlett10-513 JM Anderson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW Hilfenhaus | 37 | 13 | 83 | 2 | 2.24 | 178 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RJ Harris | 28.4 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 3.17 | 127 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Johnson | 29 | 2 | 134 | 2 | 4.62 | 111 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| PM Siddle | 33.1 | 10 | 75 | 6 | 2.26 | 166 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SR Watson | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 3.40 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SPD Smith | 18 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 3.94 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 3.2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.90 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
258/985.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | lbw b TT Bresnan | 54 | 102 | 6 | 0 | 52.9 |
| PJ Hughes | run out (IJL Trott, MJ Prior) | 23 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 76.7 |
| RT Ponting | b TT Bresnan | 20 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 27.4 |
| MJ Clarke | c AJ Strauss b GP Swann | 13 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 |
| MEK Hussey | c IR Bell b TT Bresnan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SPD Smith | b JM Anderson | 38 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 56.7 |
| BJ Haddin | not out | 55* | 93 | 4 | 1 | 59.1 |
| MG Johnson | b CT Tremlett | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| PM Siddle | c KP Pietersen b GP Swann | 40 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 6, w 2 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 85.4 overs, run rate 3.01 | 258 | ||||
Did not batRJ Harris
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520
1-53 PJ Hughes2-99 SR Watson3-102 RT Ponting4-104 MEK Hussey5-134 MJ Clarke6-158 SPD Smith7-172 MG Johnson8-258 PM Siddle9-258 BW Hilfenhaus
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Anderson | 20 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 3.55 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CT Tremlett | 17 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 4.18 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GP Swann | 27 | 11 | 59 | 2 | 2.19 | 133 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TT Bresnan | 21.4 | 8 | 50 | 4 | 2.31 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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