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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
12 January 2007
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: IL Howell, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Strauss | c Matthew Hayden b Nathan Bracken | 12 | 20 | 22 | 1 | - |
| *2. Michael Vaughan | c Matthew Hayden b Nathan Bracken | 26 | 32 | 40 | 4 | - |
| 3. Ian Bell | c Michael Hussey b Mitchell Johnson | 15 | 29 | 54 | 2 | - |
| 4. Kevin Pietersen | c Andrew Symonds b Stuart Clark | 82 | 91 | 143 | 4 | 3 |
| 5. Paul Collingwood | c Mitchell Johnson b Glenn McGrath | 43 | 70 | 76 | 2 | - |
| 6. Andrew Flintoff | not out | 47 | 38 | 62 | 5 | - |
| +7. Paul Nixon | lbw b Mitchell Johnson | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 8. Jamie Dalrymple | c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath | 2 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 9. Jon Lewis | c Ricky Ponting b Nathan Bracken | 9 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Monty Panesar | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 11. James Anderson |
| FOW | 1-20 (Andrew Strauss), 2-47 (Michael Vaughan), 3-73 (Ian Bell), 4-168 (Paul Collingwood), 5-206 (Kevin Pietersen), 6-207 (Paul Nixon), 7-211 (Jamie Dalrymple), 8-232 (Jon Lewis). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs, 217 mins) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 9 | 0 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 10 | 2 | 34 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Cameron White | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Paul Nixon b Jamie Dalrymple | 60 | 61 | 69 | 7 | 1 |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Paul Nixon b Monty Panesar | 28 | 42 | 82 | 4 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | not out | 82 | 96 | 120 | 8 | - |
| 4. Michael Clarke | not out | 57 | 74 | 107 | 4 | - |
| 5. Michael Hussey | ||||||
| 6. Andrew Symonds | ||||||
| 7. Cameron White | ||||||
| 8. Nathan Bracken | ||||||
| 9. Stuart Clark | ||||||
| 10. Mitchell Johnson | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-101 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-113 (Matthew Hayden). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 15w, 1nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 45.2 ovs, 190 mins) 246 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andrew Flintoff | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Jon Lewis | 8.2 | 1 | 43 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| James Anderson | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Monty Panesar | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jamie Dalrymple | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn McGrath