Australia v England 1st Test

England tour of Australia - 2006 (2006/07) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 23 November 2006

Australia won by 277 runs

Australia won by 277 runs. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 196 for Australia. Glenn McGrath took 6/50.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of Australia - 2006 (2006/07)
Ground: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Dates: 23 November 2006 to 27 November 2006
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 277 runs
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting
Captains: Ricky Ponting (Australia), Andrew Flintoff (England)
Umpires: BF Bowden and SA Bucknor
Match referee: JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to bat.

Australia batted first and made 602 for 9 declared. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 196 off 319 balls, and Michael Hussey made 86. Andrew Flintoff took 4 for 99 for England. The innings was built on a 209-run stand for the fourth wicket between Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Brisbane Cricket Ground, 402 across 10 Tests.

England replied with 157 all out. Ian Bell top-scored with 50 off 162 balls. Glenn McGrath took 6 for 50 for Australia. Australia led by 445 on first innings.

Australia made 202 for 1 declared in their second innings. Justin Langer top-scored with 100 not out off 146 balls, and Ricky Ponting made 60. The innings was built on a 134-run stand for the second wicket between Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting, 66% of the total.

Set 648 to win, England made 370 all out. Paul Collingwood top-scored with 96 off 155 balls, and Kevin Pietersen made 92. Stuart Clark took 4 for 72 for Australia. The innings was built on a 153-run stand for the fourth wicket between Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen, 41% of the total.

Australia won by 277 runs.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 602 FOR 9 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	c Kevin Pietersen b Andrew Flintoff	82	98
Matthew Hayden	c Paul Collingwood b Andrew Flintoff	21	47
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Matthew Hoggard	196	319
Damien Martyn	c Paul Collingwood b Ashley Giles	29	62
Michael Hussey	b Andrew Flintoff	86	187
Michael Clarke	c Andrew Strauss b James Anderson	56	94
Adam Gilchrist	lbw b Matthew Hoggard	0	3
Shane Warne	c Geraint Jones b Steve Harmison	17	26
Brett Lee	not out	43	61
Stuart Clark	b Andrew Flintoff	39	23
Glenn McGrath	not out	8	17

Extras 25 · Total 602 for 9 declared

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Steve Harmison	30	4	123	1
Matthew Hoggard	31	5	98	2
James Anderson	29	6	141	1
Andrew Flintoff	30	4	99	4
Ashley Giles	25	2	91	1
Ian Bell	1	0	12	0
Kevin Pietersen	9	1	28	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-79 (Matthew Hayden, 18.3 ov), 2-141 (Justin Langer, 28.5 ov), 3-198 (Damien Martyn, 47.2 ov), 4-407 (Michael Hussey, 108.4 ov), 5-467 (Ricky Ponting, 126.3 ov), 6-467 (Adam Gilchrist, 126.6 ov), 7-500 (Shane Warne, 135.3 ov), 8-528 (Michael Clarke, 141.3 ov), 9-578 (Stuart Clark, 149.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (50) and Matthew Hayden (21)	79	113
second	Justin Langer (32) and Ricky Ponting (28)	62	63
third	Damien Martyn (29) and Ricky Ponting (26)	57	112
fourth	Ricky Ponting (114) and Michael Hussey (86)	209	371
fifth	Ricky Ponting (28) and Michael Clarke (31)	60	107
sixth	Adam Gilchrist (0) and Michael Clarke (0)	0	3
seventh	Shane Warne (17) and Michael Clarke (15)	33	51
eighth	Brett Lee (16) and Michael Clarke (10)	28	36
ninth	Brett Lee (11) and Stuart Clark (39)	50	46
tenth	Glenn McGrath (8) and Brett Lee (16)	24	35

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 157 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	c Michael Hussey b Glenn McGrath	12	21
Alastair Cook	c Shane Warne b Glenn McGrath	11	15
Ian Bell	c Ricky Ponting b Stuart Clark	50	162
Paul Collingwood	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	5	13
Kevin Pietersen	lbw b Glenn McGrath	16	44
Andrew Flintoff	c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee	0	3
Geraint Jones	lbw b Glenn McGrath	19	57
Ashley Giles	c Matthew Hayden b Glenn McGrath	24	39
Matthew Hoggard	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	0	6
Steve Harmison	c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath	0	5
James Anderson	not out	2	8

Extras 18 · Total 157 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	15	3	51	1
Glenn McGrath	23.1	8	50	6
Stuart Clark	14	5	21	3
Shane Warne	9	0	25	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-28 (Andrew Strauss, 5.4 ov), 2-28 (Alastair Cook, 5.5 ov), 3-42 (Paul Collingwood, 10.6 ov), 4-78 (Kevin Pietersen, 27.4 ov), 5-79 (Andrew Flintoff, 28.3 ov), 6-126 (Geraint Jones, 49.2 ov), 7-149 (Ian Bell, 56.2 ov), 8-153 (Matthew Hoggard, 58.2 ov), 9-154 (Steve Harmison, 59.2 ov), 10-157 (Ashley Giles, 61.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (12) and Alastair Cook (11)	28	35
second	Ian Bell (0) and Alastair Cook (0)	0	1
third	Paul Collingwood (5) and Ian Bell (8)	14	32
fourth	Ian Bell (14) and Kevin Pietersen (16)	36	103
fifth	Andrew Flintoff (0) and Ian Bell (1)	1	5
sixth	Ian Bell (25) and Geraint Jones (19)	47	126
seventh	Ashley Giles (18) and Ian Bell (2)	23	42
eighth	Ashley Giles (4) and Matthew Hoggard (0)	4	12
ninth	Ashley Giles (1) and Steve Harmison (0)	1	6
tenth	Ashley Giles (1) and James Anderson (2)	3	11

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 202 FOR 1 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	not out	100	146
Matthew Hayden	run out (James Anderson, Geraint Jones)	37	41
Ricky Ponting	not out	60	85

Did not bat: Damien Martyn, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Glenn McGrath

Extras 5 · Total 202 for 1 declared

Bowler (England)	O	M	R
Matthew Hoggard	11	2	43
James Anderson	9	1	54
Andrew Flintoff	5	2	11
Steve Harmison	12.1	1	54
Ashley Giles	5	0	22
Kevin Pietersen	3	0	14

FALL OF WICKETS

1-68 (Matthew Hayden, 15.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (27) and Matthew Hayden (37)	68	93
second	Justin Langer (73) and Ricky Ponting (60)	134	178

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 370 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	caught b Stuart Clark	11	31
Alastair Cook	c Michael Hussey b Shane Warne	43	94
Ian Bell	lbw b Shane Warne	0	4
Paul Collingwood	st Adam Gilchrist b Shane Warne	96	155
Kevin Pietersen	c Damien Martyn b Brett Lee	92	155
Andrew Flintoff	c Justin Langer b Shane Warne	16	26
Geraint Jones	b Glenn McGrath	33	48
Ashley Giles	c Shane Warne b Stuart Clark	23	38
Matthew Hoggard	c Shane Warne b Stuart Clark	8	35
Steve Harmison	c Glenn McGrath b Stuart Clark	13	18
James Anderson	not out	4	8

Extras 31 · Total 370 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	22	1	98	1
Glenn McGrath	19	3	53	1
Stuart Clark	24.1	6	72	4
Shane Warne	34	7	124	4
Michael Hussey	1	0	5	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-29 (Andrew Strauss, 10.4 ov), 2-36 (Ian Bell, 13.2 ov), 3-91 (Alastair Cook, 29.2 ov), 4-244 (Paul Collingwood, 63.3 ov), 5-271 (Andrew Flintoff, 71.4 ov), 6-293 (Kevin Pietersen, 80.4 ov), 7-326 (Geraint Jones, 87.1 ov), 8-346 (Ashley Giles, 92.5 ov), 9-361 (Matthew Hoggard, 98.2 ov), 10-370 (Steve Harmison, 100.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (11) and Alastair Cook (14)	29	67
second	Ian Bell (0) and Alastair Cook (7)	7	16
third	Paul Collingwood (33) and Alastair Cook (22)	55	96
fourth	Paul Collingwood (63) and Kevin Pietersen (74)	153	211
fifth	Andrew Flintoff (16) and Kevin Pietersen (9)	27	49
sixth	Kevin Pietersen (9) and Geraint Jones (12)	22	54
seventh	Ashley Giles (9) and Geraint Jones (21)	33	41
eighth	Ashley Giles (14) and Matthew Hoggard (2)	20	34
ninth	Matthew Hoggard (6) and Steve Harmison (8)	15	33
tenth	Steve Harmison (5) and James Anderson (4)	9	11

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