Australia v England
Final, match 1 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 9 Feb 2007
England won by 4 wickets
Australia innings25248.3 overs
England innings253/649.3 overs · target 253
The worm
AustraliaEngland
Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.
Runs per over
Australiawicket
Englandwicket
Australia innings 252 (48.3 ov)
| Batter | 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 | 13 | |||||
| Total | all out, 48.3 overs | 252 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (AC Gilchrist, 5.3 ov), 170-2 (RT Ponting, 30.1 ov), 180-3 (ML Hayden, 33.2 ov), 196-4 (BJ Hodge, 36.5 ov), 229-5 (MJ Clarke, 42.2 ov), 229-6 (MEK Hussey, 42.3 ov), 248-7 (GB Hogg, 46.1 ov), 248-8 (B Lee, 46.6 ov), 250-9 (SR Watson, 47.4 ov), 252-10 (GD McGrath, 48.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE Plunkett | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 5.60 | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| SI Mahmood | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5.63 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| A Flintoff | 9.3 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 4.32 | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| MS Panesar | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 4.40 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| PD Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| JWM Dalrymple | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5.86 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | 33 | AC Gilchrist 5, ML Hayden 21 |
| 2 | 138 | 148 | ML Hayden 57, RT Ponting 75 |
| 3 | 10 | 19 | ML Hayden 4, MJ Clarke 6 |
| 4 | 16 | 21 | MJ Clarke 11, BJ Hodge 5 |
| 5 | 33 | 33 | MJ Clarke 16, MEK Hussey 17 |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | MEK Hussey 0, SR Watson 0 |
| 7 | 19 | 22 | SR Watson 8, GB Hogg 10 |
| 8 | 0 | 5 | SR Watson 0, B Lee 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | SR Watson 1, NW Bracken 1 |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | NW Bracken 2, GD McGrath 0 |
England innings 253/6 (49.3 ov)
| Batter | 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 | 13 | |||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 49.3 overs | 253 | ||||
Did not bat: MS Panesar, LE Plunkett, SI Mahmood
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MB Loye, 2.2 ov), 14-2 (EC Joyce, 4.6 ov), 15-3 (AJ Strauss, 5.4 ov), 148-4 (IR Bell, 32.6 ov), 222-5 (A Flintoff, 45.2 ov), 225-6 (JWM Dalrymple, 46.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 10 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4.10 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| NW Bracken | 8.3 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4.47 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 5.30 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| SR Watson | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 6.38 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 5.20 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 14 | EC Joyce 1, MB Loye 0 |
| 2 | 13 | 16 | EC Joyce 5, IR Bell 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | IR Bell 1, AJ Strauss 0 |
| 4 | 133 | 164 | IR Bell 56, PD Collingwood 67 |
| 5 | 74 | 74 | PD Collingwood 36, A Flintoff 35 |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | PD Collingwood 0, JWM Dalrymple 3 |
| Unbroken | 28 | 20 | PD Collingwood 17, PA Nixon 11 |
Match details
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Player of the match
- PD Collingwood
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
- Season
- 2006/07
- Umpires
- Asad Rauf, DJ Harper
- Match referee
- MJ Procter
- Source
- Cricsheet match 249240