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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
26, 27, 28 December 2006 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: Aleem Dar, RE Koertzen
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 99 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Strauss | b Shane Warne | 50 | 132 | 206 | 1 | - |
| 2. Alastair Cook | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 11 | 37 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ian Bell | lbw b Stuart Clark | 7 | 30 | 46 | - | - |
| 4. Paul Collingwood | c Ricky Ponting b Brett Lee | 28 | 82 | 115 | 4 | - |
| 5. Kevin Pietersen | c Andrew Symonds b Shane Warne | 21 | 70 | 104 | - | - |
| *6. Andrew Flintoff | c Shane Warne b Stuart Clark | 13 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - |
| +7. Chris Read | c Ricky Ponting b Shane Warne | 3 | 17 | 28 | - | - |
| 8. Sajid Mahmood | c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 9 | 11 | - | - |
| 9. Steve Harmison | c Michael Clarke b Shane Warne | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 10. Monty Panesar | c Andrew Symonds b Shane Warne | 4 | 19 | 27 | - | - |
| 11. Matthew Hoggard | not out | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (Alastair Cook), 2-44 (Ian Bell), 3-101 (Paul Collingwood), 4-101 (Andrew Strauss), 5-122 (Andrew Flintoff), 6-135 (Chris Read), 7-136 (Sajid Mahmood), 8-145 (Steve Harmison), 9-146 (Kevin Pietersen), 159 (Monty Panesar). |
| Extras | 2b, 1lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 74.2 ovs, 324 mins) 159 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 13 | 4 | 36 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 20 | 8 | 37 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 17 | 6 | 27 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 17.2 | 4 | 39 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | c Chris Read b Andrew Flintoff | 27 | 29 | 45 | 3 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Chris Read b Sajid Mahmood | 153 | 265 | 418 | 13 | 2 |
| 3. Brett Lee | c Chris Read b Andrew Flintoff | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| *4. Ricky Ponting | c Alastair Cook b Andrew Flintoff | 7 | 28 | 37 | - | - |
| 5. Michael Hussey | b Matthew Hoggard | 6 | 20 | 37 | - | - |
| 6. Michael Clarke | c Chris Read b Steve Harmison | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 7. Andrew Symonds | c Chris Read b Steve Harmison | 156 | 220 | 327 | 15 | 1 |
| +8. Adam Gilchrist | c Paul Collingwood b Sajid Mahmood | 1 | 8 | 10 | - | - |
| 9. Shane Warne | not out | 40 | 54 | 75 | 6 | - |
| 10. Stuart Clark | c Chris Read b Sajid Mahmood | 8 | 24 | 34 | - | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | c Ian Bell b Sajid Mahmood | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-44 (Justin Langer), 2-44 (Brett Lee), 3-62 (Ricky Ponting), 4-79 (Michael Hussey), 5-84 (Michael Clarke), 6-363 (Matthew Hayden), 7-365 (Adam Gilchrist), 8-383 (Andrew Symonds), 9-417 (Stuart Clark), 419 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 1w, 9nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 108.3 ovs, 505 mins) 419 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Matthew Hoggard | 21 | 6 | 82 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 22 | 1 | 77 | 3 | (0w,8nb) |
| Steve Harmison | 28 | 6 | 69 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sajid Mahmood | 21.3 | 1 | 100 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Monty Panesar | 12 | 1 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kevin Pietersen | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Strauss | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 31 | 107 | 173 | 2 | - |
| 2. Alastair Cook | b Stuart Clark | 20 | 46 | 64 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ian Bell | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 2 | 11 | 21 | - | - |
| 4. Kevin Pietersen | b Stuart Clark | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| 5. Paul Collingwood | c Justin Langer b Brett Lee | 16 | 38 | 52 | - | - |
| *6. Andrew Flintoff | lbw b Stuart Clark | 25 | 45 | 60 | 2 | - |
| +7. Chris Read | not out | 26 | 77 | 127 | 1 | - |
| 8. Sajid Mahmood | lbw b Shane Warne | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Steve Harmison | lbw b Shane Warne | 4 | 26 | 44 | - | - |
| 10. Monty Panesar | c Michael Clarke b Brett Lee | 14 | 19 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 11. Matthew Hoggard | b Brett Lee | 5 | 20 | 21 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-41 (Alastair Cook), 2-48 (Ian Bell), 3-49 (Kevin Pietersen), 4-75 (Paul Collingwood), 5-90 (Andrew Strauss), 6-108 (Andrew Flintoff), 7-109 (Sajid Mahmood), 8-127 (Steve Harmison), 9-146 (Monty Panesar), 161 (Matthew Hoggard). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 65.5 ovs, 301 mins) 161 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 18.5 | 6 | 47 | 4 | (0w,3nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 12 | 2 | 26 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 16 | 6 | 30 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shane Warne | 19 | 3 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Glenn McGrath, Stuart Clark, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer