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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th December 2006 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 99 runs |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar, RE Koertzen |
| TV umpire | RL Parry |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Scorers | KV O'Neill, CJ Reece |
| Reserve Umpire | PR Reiffel |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 48/2 (Hayden 17*, Ponting 0*; 11 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 372/7 (Symonds 154*, Warne 4*; 96 overs) |
| Player of the Match | SK Warne |
| Articles | England didn't have a chance: Ponting |
| 'Pietersen move up the order is permanent' | |
| We can still fight: Flintoff | |
| We can create something special: Ponting | |
| List of all articles | |
| Ball-by-ball | Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3 |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Strauss | b Warne | 50 | 132 | 205 | 1 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Gilchrist b Lee | 11 | 37 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| IR Bell | lbw b Clark | 7 | 30 | 47 | - | - | |
| PD Collingwood | c Ponting b Lee | 28 | 82 | 105 | 4 | - | |
| KP Pietersen | c Symonds b Warne | 21 | 70 | 103 | - | - | |
| *A Flintoff | c Warne b Clark | 13 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| +CMW Read | c Ponting b Warne | 3 | 17 | 27 | - | - | |
| SI Mahmood | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 0 | 9 | 12 | - | - | |
| SJ Harmison | c Clarke b Warne | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| MS Panesar | c Symonds b Warne | 4 | 19 | 27 | - | - | |
| MJ Hoggard | not out | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 323 minutes, 74.2 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Cook, 10.5 ov), 2-44 (Bell, 20.5 ov), 3-101 (Collingwood, 45.6 ov), 4-101 (Strauss, 46.2 ov), 5-122 (Flintoff, 55.5 ov), 6-135 (Read, 62.6 ov), 7-136 (Mahmood, 65.4 ov), 8-145 (Harmison, 68.2 ov), 9-146 (Pietersen, 70.2 ov), 10-159 (Panesar, 74.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 13 | 4 | 36 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| McGrath | 20 | 8 | 37 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Clark | 17 | 6 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Symonds | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warne | 17.2 | 4 | 39 | 5 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JL Langer | c Read b Flintoff | 27 | 29 | 45 | 3 | - | |
| ML Hayden | c Read b Mahmood | 153 | 265 | 420 | 13 | 2 | |
| B Lee | c Read b Flintoff | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| *RT Ponting | c Cook b Flintoff | 7 | 28 | 37 | - | - | |
| MEK Hussey | b Hoggard | 6 | 20 | 36 | - | - | |
| MJ Clarke | c Read b Harmison | 5 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| A Symonds | c Read b Harmison | 156 | 220 | 330 | 15 | 1 | |
| +AC Gilchrist | c Collingwood b Mahmood | 1 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| SK Warne | not out | 40 | 54 | 76 | 6 | - | |
| SR Clark | c Read b Mahmood | 8 | 24 | 35 | - | - | |
| GD McGrath | c Bell b Mahmood | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 9 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 508 minutes, 108.3 overs) | 419 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44 (Langer, 9.2 ov), 2-44 (Lee, 9.3 ov), 3-62 (Ponting, 17.3 ov), 4-79 (Hussey, 24.1 ov), 5-84 (Clarke, 25.2 ov), 6-363 (Hayden, 90.4 ov), 7-365 (Gilchrist, 92.3 ov), 8-383 (Symonds, 99.2 ov), 9-417 (Clark, 106.5 ov), 10-419 (McGrath, 108.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hoggard | 21 | 6 | 82 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Flintoff | 22 | 1 | 77 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Harmison | 28 | 6 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mahmood | 21.3 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Panesar | 12 | 1 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pietersen | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Strauss | c Gilchrist b Lee | 31 | 107 | 174 | 2 | - | |
| AN Cook | b Clark | 20 | 46 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| IR Bell | lbw b McGrath | 2 | 11 | 20 | - | - | |
| KP Pietersen | b Clark | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| PD Collingwood | c Langer b Lee | 16 | 38 | 52 | - | - | |
| *A Flintoff | lbw b Clark | 25 | 45 | 60 | 2 | - | |
| +CMW Read | not out | 26 | 77 | 127 | 1 | - | |
| SI Mahmood | lbw b Warne | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| SJ Harmison | lbw b Warne | 4 | 26 | 44 | - | - | |
| MS Panesar | c Clarke b Lee | 14 | 19 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| MJ Hoggard | b Lee | 5 | 20 | 21 | - | - | |
| Extras | (12 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 302 minutes, 65.5 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Cook, 14.5 ov), 2-48 (Bell, 19.2 ov), 3-49 (Pietersen, 20.5 ov), 4-75 (Collingwood, 31.4 ov), 5-90 (Strauss, 37.5 ov), 6-108 (Flintoff, 45.5 ov), 7-109 (Mahmood, 46.3 ov), 8-127 (Harmison, 56.5 ov), 9-146 (Panesar, 61.2 ov), 10-161 (Hoggard, 65.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 18.5 | 6 | 47 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| McGrath | 12 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Clark | 16 | 6 | 30 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Warne | 19 | 3 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 36/1 (Strauss 15*, Bell 7*)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 117/4 (Pietersen 3*, Flintoff 13*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 111/5 (Hayden 52*, Symonds 4*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 226/5 (Hayden 109*, Symonds 61*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: England (2) 28/0 (Strauss 12*, Cook 15*)
--> Day 3 Tea: England (2) 90/4 (Strauss 31*, Flintoff 11*)
--> England first innings: 50 in 23.6 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 44.6 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 72.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 11.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 29.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 45.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 54.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 65.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 75.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 86.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 400 in 103.2 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 21.1 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 41.1 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 62.5 overs
--> AJ Strauss (1) 50 in 130 balls, 196 minutes with 1 four
--> KP Pietersen (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> ML Hayden (1) 50 in 101 balls, 173 minutes with 6 fours
--> ML Hayden (1) 100 in 170 balls, 176 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> ML Hayden (1) 150 in 251 balls, 388 minutes with 13 fours and 2 sixes
--> MJ Clarke (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> A Symonds (1) 50 in 79 balls, 127 minutes with 6 fours
--> A Symonds (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in Test matches
--> A Symonds (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> A Symonds (1) 100 in 151 balls, 221 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six
--> A Symonds (1) 150 in 205 balls, 287 minutes with 15 fours and 1 six
--> A Symonds (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> AN Cook (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 7
--> CMW Read made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> CMW Read made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SK Warne reached 700 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed AJ Strauss, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> AJ Strauss (29) and PD Collingwood (21) added 50 in 141 balls for the England 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (28) and A Symonds (22) added 50 in 93 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (54) and A Symonds (46) added 100 in 149 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (80) and A Symonds (69) added 150 in 226 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (108) and A Symonds (90) added 200 in 289 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (120) and A Symonds (128) added 250 in 343 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
12th men: M.G.Johnson (Australia) & J.M.Anderson (England).
New Ball Taken: Australia 322/5 after 80.1 overs (ML Hayden 146, A Symonds 119)
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