Australia v England 2nd Test

England tour of Australia - 2006 (2006/07) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 1 December 2006

Australia won by 6 wickets

Australia won by 6 wickets. Paul Collingwood top-scored with 206 for England. Matthew Hoggard took 7/109.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of Australia - 2006 (2006/07)
Ground: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Dates: 1 December 2006 to 5 December 2006
Toss: England, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting
Captains: Andrew Flintoff (England), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Umpires: RE Koertzen and SA Bucknor
Match referee: JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat.

England batted first and made 551 for 6 declared. Paul Collingwood top-scored with 206 off 392 balls, and Kevin Pietersen made 158. Stuart Clark took 3 for 75 for Australia. The innings was built on a 310-run stand for the fourth wicket between Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen, 56% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Adelaide Oval, 451 across 10 Tests.

Australia replied with 513 all out. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 142 off 245 balls, and Michael Clarke made 124. Matthew Hoggard took 7 for 109 for England. The innings was built on a 192-run stand for the fourth wicket between Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey. England led by 38 on first innings.

England made 129 all out in their second innings. Andrew Strauss top-scored with 34 off 79 balls. Shane Warne took 4 for 49 for Australia. From 69 for 2 they lost 5 wickets for 28 runs, to 97 for 7.

Set 168 to win, Australia made 168 for 4. Michael Hussey top-scored with 61 not out off 66 balls, and Ricky Ponting made 49.

Australia won by 6 wickets.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 551 FOR 6 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	c Damien Martyn b Stuart Clark	14	44
Alastair Cook	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	27	57
Ian Bell	c & b Brett Lee	60	148
Paul Collingwood	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	206	392
Kevin Pietersen	run out (Ricky Ponting)	158	257
Andrew Flintoff	not out	38	67
Geraint Jones	c Damien Martyn b Shane Warne	1	7
Ashley Giles	not out	27	44

Did not bat: Matthew Hoggard, Steve Harmison, James Anderson

Extras 20 · Total 551 for 6 declared

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	34	1	139	1
Glenn McGrath	30	5	107	0
Stuart Clark	34	6	75	3
Shane Warne	53	9	167	1
Michael Clarke	17	2	53	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-32 (Andrew Strauss, 14.3 ov), 2-45 (Alastair Cook, 20.5 ov), 3-158 (Ian Bell, 61.4 ov), 4-468 (Paul Collingwood, 145.5 ov), 5-489 (Kevin Pietersen, 151.6 ov), 6-491 (Geraint Jones, 154.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (14) and Alastair Cook (18)	32	87
second	Ian Bell (4) and Alastair Cook (9)	13	38
third	Paul Collingwood (54) and Ian Bell (56)	113	248
fourth	Paul Collingwood (152) and Kevin Pietersen (146)	310	508
fifth	Andrew Flintoff (9) and Kevin Pietersen (12)	21	36
sixth	Andrew Flintoff (1) and Geraint Jones (1)	2	14
seventh	Andrew Flintoff (28) and Ashley Giles (27)	60	84

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 513 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	c Kevin Pietersen b Andrew Flintoff	4	8
Matthew Hayden	c Geraint Jones b Matthew Hoggard	12	30
Ricky Ponting	c Geraint Jones b Matthew Hoggard	142	245
Damien Martyn	c Ian Bell b Matthew Hoggard	11	33
Michael Hussey	b Matthew Hoggard	91	212
Michael Clarke	c Ashley Giles b Matthew Hoggard	124	224
Adam Gilchrist	c Ian Bell b Ashley Giles	64	79
Shane Warne	lbw b Matthew Hoggard	43	108
Brett Lee	not out	7	33
Stuart Clark	b Matthew Hoggard	0	7
Glenn McGrath	c Geraint Jones b James Anderson	1	21

Extras 14 · Total 513 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Matthew Hoggard	42	6	109	7
Andrew Flintoff	26	5	82	1
Steve Harmison	25	5	96	0
James Anderson	21.3	3	85	1
Ashley Giles	42	7	103	1
Kevin Pietersen	9	0	32	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-8 (Justin Langer, 1.6 ov), 2-35 (Matthew Hayden, 12.6 ov), 3-65 (Damien Martyn, 22.2 ov), 4-257 (Ricky Ponting, 82.6 ov), 5-286 (Michael Hussey, 90.4 ov), 6-384 (Adam Gilchrist, 114.4 ov), 7-502 (Shane Warne, 153.5 ov), 8-505 (Michael Clarke, 157.1 ov), 9-507 (Stuart Clark, 159.2 ov), 10-513 (Glenn McGrath, 165.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (4) and Matthew Hayden (3)	8	13
second	Matthew Hayden (9) and Ricky Ponting (16)	27	67
third	Damien Martyn (11) and Ricky Ponting (17)	30	58
fourth	Ricky Ponting (109) and Michael Hussey (80)	192	367
fifth	Michael Hussey (11) and Michael Clarke (17)	29	46
sixth	Adam Gilchrist (64) and Michael Clarke (33)	98	144
seventh	Shane Warne (43) and Michael Clarke (71)	118	235
eighth	Brett Lee (0) and Michael Clarke (3)	3	20
ninth	Brett Lee (2) and Stuart Clark (0)	2	13
tenth	Glenn McGrath (1) and Brett Lee (5)	6	37

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 129 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	c Michael Hussey b Shane Warne	34	79
Alastair Cook	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	9	35
Ian Bell	run out (Michael Clarke, Shane Warne)	26	73
Paul Collingwood	not out	22	119
Kevin Pietersen	b Shane Warne	2	5
Andrew Flintoff	c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee	2	24
Geraint Jones	c Matthew Hayden b Brett Lee	10	24
Ashley Giles	c Matthew Hayden b Shane Warne	0	8
Matthew Hoggard	b Shane Warne	4	24
Steve Harmison	lbw b Glenn McGrath	8	21
James Anderson	lbw b Glenn McGrath	1	28

Extras 11 · Total 129 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	18	3	35	2
Glenn McGrath	10	6	15	2
Shane Warne	32	12	49	4
Stuart Clark	13	4	22	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-31 (Alastair Cook, 10.6 ov), 2-69 (Andrew Strauss, 29.6 ov), 3-70 (Ian Bell, 31.6 ov), 4-73 (Kevin Pietersen, 33.1 ov), 5-77 (Andrew Flintoff, 38.6 ov), 6-94 (Geraint Jones, 48.4 ov), 7-97 (Ashley Giles, 51.6 ov), 8-105 (Matthew Hoggard, 57.5 ov), 9-119 (Steve Harmison, 62.6 ov), 10-129 (James Anderson, 72.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (22) and Alastair Cook (9)	31	66
second	Andrew Strauss (12) and Ian Bell (25)	38	114
third	Paul Collingwood (0) and Ian Bell (1)	1	11
fourth	Paul Collingwood (0) and Kevin Pietersen (2)	3	7
fifth	Paul Collingwood (1) and Andrew Flintoff (2)	4	36
sixth	Paul Collingwood (4) and Geraint Jones (10)	17	59
seventh	Paul Collingwood (3) and Ashley Giles (0)	3	20
eighth	Paul Collingwood (3) and Matthew Hoggard (4)	8	35
ninth	Paul Collingwood (4) and Steve Harmison (8)	14	31
tenth	Paul Collingwood (7) and James Anderson (1)	10	60

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 168 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	c Ian Bell b Matthew Hoggard	7	8
Matthew Hayden	c Paul Collingwood b Andrew Flintoff	18	17
Ricky Ponting	c Andrew Strauss b Ashley Giles	49	65
Michael Hussey	not out	61	66
Damien Martyn	c Andrew Strauss b Andrew Flintoff	5	4
Michael Clarke	not out	21	39

Did not bat: Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Glenn McGrath

Extras 7 · Total 168 for 4

Bowler (England)	O	R	W
Matthew Hoggard	4	29	1
Andrew Flintoff	9	44	2
Ashley Giles	10	46	1
Steve Harmison	4	15	0
James Anderson	3.5	23	0
Kevin Pietersen	2	7	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Justin Langer, 2.2 ov), 2-33 (Matthew Hayden, 5.4 ov), 3-116 (Ricky Ponting, 21.4 ov), 4-121 (Damien Martyn, 22.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (7) and Matthew Hayden (7)	14	14
second	Matthew Hayden (11) and Ricky Ponting (7)	19	21
third	Ricky Ponting (42) and Michael Hussey (36)	83	97
fourth	Damien Martyn (5) and Michael Hussey (0)	5	4
fifth	Michael Hussey (25) and Michael Clarke (21)	47	63

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