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Australia v England @ Adelaide Oval
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 December 2006 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, RE Koertzen
Third Umpire: SJ Davis
Match Referee: JJ Crowe
Match Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Strauss | c Damien Martyn b Stuart Clark | 14 | 44 | 63 | - | - |
| 2. Alastair Cook | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 27 | 57 | 90 | 2 | - |
| 3. Ian Bell | c & b Brett Lee | 60 | 148 | 189 | 6 | - |
| 4. Paul Collingwood | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 206 | 392 | 515 | 16 | - |
| 5. Kevin Pietersen | run out (Ricky Ponting > > ) | 158 | 257 | 377 | 15 | 1 |
| *6. Andrew Flintoff | not out | 38 | 67 | 101 | 2 | 1 |
| +7. Geraint Jones | c Damien Martyn b Shane Warne | 1 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Ashley Giles | not out | 27 | 44 | 63 | 4 | - |
| 9. Matthew Hoggard | ||||||
| 10. Steve Harmison | ||||||
| 11. James Anderson |
| FOW | 1-32 (Andrew Strauss), 2-45 (Alastair Cook), 3-158 (Ian Bell), 4-468 (Paul Collingwood), 5-489 (Kevin Pietersen), 6-491 (Geraint Jones). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 2w, 8nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 168 ovs, 707 mins) 551 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 34 | 1 | 139 | 1 | (1w,8nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 30 | 5 | 107 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 34 | 6 | 75 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 53 | 9 | 167 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 17 | 2 | 53 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | c Kevin Pietersen b Andrew Flintoff | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Geraint Jones b Matthew Hoggard | 12 | 30 | 57 | 1 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Geraint Jones b Matthew Hoggard | 142 | 245 | 353 | 12 | - |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Ian Bell b Matthew Hoggard | 11 | 33 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 5. Michael Hussey | b Matthew Hoggard | 91 | 212 | 298 | 7 | 1 |
| 6. Michael Clarke | c Ashley Giles b Matthew Hoggard | 124 | 224 | 318 | 10 | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | c Ian Bell b Ashley Giles | 64 | 79 | 111 | 8 | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | lbw b Matthew Hoggard | 43 | 108 | 157 | 4 | - |
| 9. Brett Lee | not out | 7 | 33 | 47 | - | - |
| 10. Stuart Clark | b Matthew Hoggard | 0 | 7 | 9 | - | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | c Geraint Jones b James Anderson | 1 | 21 | 25 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-8 (Justin Langer), 2-35 (Matthew Hayden), 3-65 (Damien Martyn), 4-257 (Ricky Ponting), 5-286 (Michael Hussey), 6-384 (Adam Gilchrist), 7-502 (Shane Warne), 8-505 (Michael Clarke), 9-507 (Stuart Clark), 513 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 1w, 7nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 165.3 ovs, 718 mins) 513 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Matthew Hoggard | 42 | 6 | 109 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 26 | 5 | 82 | 1 | (0w,5nb) |
| Steve Harmison | 25 | 5 | 96 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| James Anderson | 21.3 | 3 | 85 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 42 | 7 | 103 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kevin Pietersen | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Strauss | c Michael Hussey b Shane Warne | 34 | 79 | 125 | 3 | - |
| 2. Alastair Cook | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 9 | 35 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ian Bell | run out (Michael Clarke > Shane Warne > ) | 26 | 73 | 85 | 2 | - |
| 4. Paul Collingwood | not out | 22 | 119 | 198 | 2 | - |
| 5. Kevin Pietersen | b Shane Warne | 2 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| *6. Andrew Flintoff | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 2 | 24 | 25 | - | - |
| +7. Geraint Jones | c Matthew Hayden b Brett Lee | 10 | 24 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 8. Ashley Giles | c Matthew Hayden b Shane Warne | 0 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| 9. Matthew Hoggard | b Shane Warne | 4 | 24 | 27 | - | - |
| 10. Steve Harmison | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 8 | 21 | 25 | - | - |
| 11. James Anderson | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 1 | 28 | 41 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-31 (Alastair Cook), 2-69 (Andrew Strauss), 3-70 (Ian Bell), 4-73 (Kevin Pietersen), 5-77 (Andrew Flintoff), 6-94 (Geraint Jones), 7-97 (Ashley Giles), 8-105 (Matthew Hoggard), 9-119 (Steve Harmison), 129 (James Anderson). |
| Extras | 3b, 5lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 73 ovs, 324 mins) 129 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 18 | 3 | 35 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 10 | 6 | 15 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 32 | 12 | 49 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 13 | 4 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | c Ian Bell b Matthew Hoggard | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Paul Collingwood b Andrew Flintoff | 18 | 17 | 31 | 2 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Andrew Strauss b Ashley Giles | 49 | 65 | 95 | 5 | - |
| 4. Michael Hussey | not out | 61 | 66 | 129 | 5 | - |
| 5. Damien Martyn | c Andrew Strauss b Andrew Flintoff | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 6. Michael Clarke | not out | 21 | 39 | 47 | - | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | ||||||
| 8. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 9. Brett Lee | ||||||
| 10. Stuart Clark | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-14 (Justin Langer), 2-33 (Matthew Hayden), 3-116 (Ricky Ponting), 4-121 (Damien Martyn). |
| Extras | 2b, 2lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 32.5 ovs, 161 mins) 168 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Matthew Hoggard | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 9 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Harmison | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| James Anderson | 3.5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kevin Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Glenn McGrath, Stuart Clark, Brett Lee, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer