MatchesMen's TestEngland tour of Australia 2006/07

England v Australia

4th Test · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 Dec 2006 – 28 Dec 2006

Australia won by an innings and 99 runs

England 1st innings15974.2 overs

Australia 1st innings419108.3 overs

England 2nd innings16165.5 overs

England 1st innings 159 (74.2 ov)

Batter		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		6
Total	all out, 74.2 overs	159

Fall of wickets: 23-1 (AN Cook, 10.5 ov), 44-2 (IR Bell, 20.5 ov), 101-3 (PD Collingwood, 45.6 ov), 101-4 (AJ Strauss, 46.2 ov), 122-5 (A Flintoff, 55.5 ov), 135-6 (CMW Read, 62.6 ov), 136-7 (SI Mahmood, 65.4 ov), 145-8 (SJ Harmison, 68.2 ov), 146-9 (KP Pietersen, 70.2 ov), 159-10 (MS Panesar, 74.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
B Lee	13	4	36	2	2.77	60	2
GD McGrath	20	8	37	1	1.85	103	1
SR Clark	17	6	27	2	1.59	87	0
A Symonds	7	2	17	0	2.43	33	0
SK Warne	17.2	4	39	5	2.25	80	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	23	65	AJ Strauss 10, AN Cook 11
2	21	60	AJ Strauss 11, IR Bell 7
3	57	151	AJ Strauss 29, PD Collingwood 28
4	0	2	AJ Strauss 0, KP Pietersen 0
5	21	57	KP Pietersen 8, A Flintoff 13
6	13	43	KP Pietersen 9, CMW Read 3
7	1	16	KP Pietersen 1, SI Mahmood 0
8	9	16	KP Pietersen 2, SJ Harmison 7
9	1	12	KP Pietersen 1, MS Panesar 0
10	13	24	MS Panesar 4, MJ Hoggard 9

Australia 1st innings 419 (108.3 ov)

Batter		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		16
Total	all out, 108.3 overs	419

Fall of wickets: 44-1 (JL Langer, 9.2 ov), 44-2 (B Lee, 9.3 ov), 62-3 (RT Ponting, 17.3 ov), 79-4 (MEK Hussey, 24.1 ov), 84-5 (MJ Clarke, 25.2 ov), 363-6 (ML Hayden, 90.4 ov), 365-7 (AC Gilchrist, 92.3 ov), 383-8 (A Symonds, 99.2 ov), 417-9 (SR Clark, 106.5 ov), 419-10 (GD McGrath, 108.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
MJ Hoggard	21	6	82	1	3.90	94	0	1
A Flintoff	22	1	77	3	3.50	93	0	8
SJ Harmison	28	6	69	2	2.46	123	0	0
SI Mahmood	21.3	1	100	4	4.65	78	1	0
MS Panesar	12	1	52	0	4.33	41	0	0
PD Collingwood	3	0	20	0	6.67	7	0	0
KP Pietersen	1	0	13	0	13.00	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	44	56	JL Langer 27, ML Hayden 13
2	0	1	ML Hayden 0, B Lee 0
3	18	48	ML Hayden 8, RT Ponting 7
4	17	40	ML Hayden 8, MEK Hussey 6
5	5	7	ML Hayden 0, MJ Clarke 5
6	279	392	ML Hayden 124, A Symonds 150
7	2	11	A Symonds 1, AC Gilchrist 1
8	18	41	A Symonds 5, SK Warne 13
9	34	45	SK Warne 25, SR Clark 8
10	2	10	SK Warne 2, GD McGrath 0

England 2nd innings 161 (65.5 ov)

Batter		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		17
Total	all out, 65.5 overs	161

Fall of wickets: 41-1 (AN Cook, 14.5 ov), 48-2 (IR Bell, 19.2 ov), 49-3 (KP Pietersen, 20.5 ov), 75-4 (PD Collingwood, 31.4 ov), 90-5 (AJ Strauss, 37.5 ov), 108-6 (A Flintoff, 45.5 ov), 109-7 (SI Mahmood, 46.3 ov), 127-8 (SJ Harmison, 56.5 ov), 146-9 (MS Panesar, 61.2 ov), 161-10 (MJ Hoggard, 65.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
B Lee	18.5	6	47	4	2.50	91	0	3
GD McGrath	12	2	26	1	2.17	58	1	0
SR Clark	16	6	30	3	1.88	81	0	1
SK Warne	19	3	46	2	2.42	85	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	41	89	AJ Strauss 14, AN Cook 20
2	7	27	AJ Strauss 4, IR Bell 2
3	1	9	AJ Strauss 0, KP Pietersen 1
4	26	65	AJ Strauss 9, PD Collingwood 16
5	15	37	AJ Strauss 4, A Flintoff 11
6	18	48	A Flintoff 14, CMW Read 3
7	1	4	CMW Read 1, SI Mahmood 0
8	18	62	CMW Read 12, SJ Harmison 4
9	19	27	CMW Read 5, MS Panesar 14
10	15	27	CMW Read 5, MJ Hoggard 5

Match details

Toss: England, chose to bat
Player of the match: SK Warne
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2006/07
Umpires: Aleem Dar, RE Koertzen
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Source: Cricsheet match 249225