England v Australia
1st ODI · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 12 Jan 2007
Australia won by 8 wickets
England innings242/850 overs
Australia innings246/245.2 overs · target 243
The worm
EnglandAustralia
Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.
Runs per over
Englandwicket
Australiawicket
England innings 242/8 (50 ov)
| Batter | 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 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs | 242 | ||||
Did not bat: JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 20-1 (AJ Strauss, 5.3 ov), 47-2 (MP Vaughan, 9.4 ov), 73-3 (IR Bell, 17.3 ov), 168-4 (PD Collingwood, 37.2 ov), 206-5 (KP Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 207-6 (PA Nixon, 44.5 ov), 211-7 (JWM Dalrymple, 46.3 ov), 232-8 (J Lewis, 49.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| NW Bracken | 9 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 5.11 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Clark | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.80 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| MG Johnson | 10 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3.40 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4.38 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| CL White | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 33 | AJ Strauss 12, MP Vaughan 6 |
| 2 | 27 | 25 | MP Vaughan 20, IR Bell 7 |
| 3 | 26 | 47 | IR Bell 8, KP Pietersen 17 |
| 4 | 95 | 119 | KP Pietersen 51, PD Collingwood 43 |
| 5 | 38 | 38 | KP Pietersen 14, A Flintoff 23 |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | A Flintoff 1, PA Nixon 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 10 | A Flintoff 2, JWM Dalrymple 2 |
| 8 | 21 | 17 | A Flintoff 11, J Lewis 9 |
| Unbroken | 10 | 4 | A Flintoff 10, MS Panesar 0 |
Australia innings 246/2 (45.2 ov)
| Batter | 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 | 19 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 45.2 overs | 246 | ||||
Did not bat: MEK Hussey, NW Bracken, SR Clark, A Symonds, CL White, GD McGrath, MG Johnson
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (AC Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 113-2 (ML Hayden, 18.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Flintoff | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 8.00 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| J Lewis | 8.2 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 5.16 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
| JM Anderson | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 6.71 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| MS Panesar | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| JWM Dalrymple | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3.80 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| PD Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 101 | 93 | AC Gilchrist 60, ML Hayden 24 |
| 2 | 12 | 16 | ML Hayden 4, RT Ponting 8 |
| Unbroken | 133 | 163 | RT Ponting 74, MJ Clarke 57 |
Match details
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Player of the match
- AC Gilchrist
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
- Season
- 2006/07
- Umpires
- IL Howell, SJA Taufel
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
- Source
- Cricsheet match 249232