Australia vs England, Match 1 - Scorecard

Australia246/2(45.2 ov)

England242/8(50 ov)

Australia won by 8 wickets

Melbourne Cricket Ground12 Jan 2007Toss: England, chose to bat

England innings

242/8(50 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Straussc ML Hayden b NW Bracken	c ML Hayden b NW Bracken	12	20	1	0	60.00
Michael Vaughanc ML Hayden b NW Bracken	c ML Hayden b NW Bracken	26	32	4	0	81.25
Ian Bellc MEK Hussey b MG Johnson	c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson	15	29	2	0	51.72
Kevin Pietersenc A Symonds b SR Clark	c A Symonds b SR Clark	82	91	4	3	90.11
Paul Collingwoodc MG Johnson b GD McGrath	c MG Johnson b GD McGrath	43	70	2	0	61.43
Andrew Flintoffnot out	not out	47*	38	5	0	123.68
Paul Nixon †lbw b MG Johnson	lbw b MG Johnson	0	4	0	0	0.00
Jamie Dalrymplec †AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	c †AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	2	8	0	0	25.00
Jon Lewisc RT Ponting b NW Bracken	c RT Ponting b NW Bracken	9	9	0	0	100.00
Monty Panesarnot out	not out	0*	0	0	0	-
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 1)	(b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 1)	6
Total50 Ov (RR 4.84)	50 Ov (RR 4.84)	242/8

Did not bat: James 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	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	10	0	40	2	4.00	36	2	0	1	0
Nathan Bracken	9	0	46	3	5.11	34	6	0	0	0
Stuart Clark	10	0	58	1	5.80	29	6	0	2	1
Mitchell Johnson	10	2	34	2	3.40	38	2	0	0	0
Michael Clarke	8	0	35	0	4.38	21	2	0	0	0
Cameron White	3	0	27	0	9.00	8	0	3	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	AJ Strauss 12(20) & MP Vaughan 6(13)	20	33
2nd	IR Bell 7(6) & MP Vaughan 20(19)	27	25
3rd	KP Pietersen 17(24) & IR Bell 8(23)	26	47
4th	PD Collingwood 43(70) & KP Pietersen 51(50)	95	119
5th	A Flintoff 23(21) & KP Pietersen 14(17)	38	38
6th	PA Nixon 0(4) & A Flintoff 1(3)	1	7
7th	JWM Dalrymple 2(8) & A Flintoff 2(2)	4	10
8th	J Lewis 9(9) & A Flintoff 11(8)	21	17
9th	A Flintoff 10(4) & MS Panesar 0(0)	10*	4

Australia innings

246/2(45.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Adam Gilchrist †c †PA Nixon b JWM Dalrymple	c †PA Nixon b JWM Dalrymple	60	61	7	1	98.36
Matthew Haydenc †PA Nixon b MS Panesar	c †PA Nixon b MS Panesar	28	42	4	0	66.67
Ricky Pontingnot out	not out	82*	96	8	0	85.42
Michael Clarkenot out	not out	57*	74	4	0	77.03
Extras(b 1, lb 2, w 15, nb 1)	(b 1, lb 2, w 15, nb 1)	19
Total45.2 Ov (RR 5.43)	45.2 Ov (RR 5.43) · Target 243 from 50 ov	246/2

Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn McGrath

Fall of wickets: 101-1 (AC Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 113-2 (ML Hayden, 18.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Flintoff	6	0	48	0	8.00	20	4	1	3	0
Jon Lewis	8.2	1	43	0	5.16	29	5	0	2	1
James Anderson	7	0	47	0	6.71	19	6	0	1	0
Monty Panesar	10	1	46	1	4.60	34	4	0	1	0
Jamie Dalrymple	10	1	38	1	3.80	34	2	0	0	0
Paul Collingwood	4	0	21	0	5.25	12	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	AC Gilchrist 60(61) & ML Hayden 24(33)	101	93
2nd	RT Ponting 8(7) & ML Hayden 4(9)	12	16
3rd	MJ Clarke 57(74) & RT Ponting 74(89)	133*	163