Australia v England 4th Test

England tour of Australia - 2013 (2013/14) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 2013

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia won by 8 wickets. Chris Rogers top-scored with 116 for Australia. Nathan Lyon took 5/50.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of Australia - 2013 (2013/14)
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Dates: 26 December 2013 to 29 December 2013
Toss: Australia, chose to field
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson
Captains: Alastair Cook (England), Michael Clarke (Australia)
Umpires: Aleem Dar and HDPK Dharmasena
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to field.

England batted first and made 255 all out. Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 71 off 161 balls. Mitchell Johnson took 5 for 63 for Australia. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 360 across 10 Tests.

Australia replied with 204 all out. Brad Haddin top-scored with 65 off 68 balls, and Chris Rogers made 61. James Anderson took 4 for 67 for England. England led by 51 on first innings.

England made 179 all out in their second innings. Alastair Cook top-scored with 51 off 64 balls, and Kevin Pietersen made 49. Nathan Lyon took 5 for 50 for Australia.

Set 231 to win, Australia made 231 for 2. Chris Rogers top-scored with 116 off 155 balls, and Shane Watson made 83. The innings was built on a 136-run stand for the second wicket between Chris Rogers and Shane Watson, 59% of the total.

Australia won by 8 wickets.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 255 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Alastair Cook	c Michael Clarke b Peter Siddle	27	47
Michael Carberry	b Shane Watson	38	103
Joe Root	c Brad Haddin b Ryan Harris	24	82
Kevin Pietersen	b Mitchell Johnson	71	161
Ian Bell	c Brad Haddin b Ryan Harris	27	98
Ben Stokes	c Shane Watson b Mitchell Johnson	14	23
Jonny Bairstow	b Mitchell Johnson	10	17
Tim Bresnan	c George Bailey b Mitchell Johnson	1	14
Stuart Broad	lbw b Mitchell Johnson	11	16
James Anderson	not out	11	24
Monty Panesar	b Nathan Lyon	2	16

Extras 19 · Total 255 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Ryan Harris	24	8	47	2
Mitchell Johnson	24	4	63	5
Peter Siddle	23	7	50	1
Nathan Lyon	22.2	3	67	1
Shane Watson	6.4	2	11	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-48 (Alastair Cook, 16.5 ov), 2-96 (Michael Carberry, 33.6 ov), 3-106 (Joe Root, 42.1 ov), 4-173 (Ian Bell, 72.6 ov), 5-202 (Ben Stokes, 80.3 ov), 6-216 (Jonny Bairstow, 84.4 ov), 7-230 (Tim Bresnan, 90.1 ov), 8-231 (Kevin Pietersen, 90.5 ov), 9-242 (Stuart Broad, 94.2 ov), 10-255 (Monty Panesar, 99.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Carberry (19) and Alastair Cook (27)	48	101
second	Michael Carberry (19) and Joe Root (19)	48	103
third	Kevin Pietersen (4) and Joe Root (5)	10	49
fourth	Ian Bell (27) and Kevin Pietersen (36)	67	185
fifth	Kevin Pietersen (14) and Ben Stokes (14)	29	46
sixth	Kevin Pietersen (4) and Jonny Bairstow (10)	14	25
seventh	Kevin Pietersen (13) and Tim Bresnan (1)	14	33
eighth	Kevin Pietersen (0) and Stuart Broad (0)	1	4
ninth	James Anderson (0) and Stuart Broad (11)	11	21
tenth	Monty Panesar (2) and James Anderson (11)	13	34

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 204 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Rogers	c Kevin Pietersen b Tim Bresnan	61	171
David Warner	c Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson	9	14
Shane Watson	c Jonny Bairstow b Ben Stokes	10	15
Michael Clarke	b James Anderson	10	34
Steven Smith	c Ian Bell b Stuart Broad	19	77
George Bailey	c Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson	0	19
Brad Haddin	c Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson	65	68
Mitchell Johnson	c James Anderson b Tim Bresnan	2	30
Ryan Harris	c Joe Root b Stuart Broad	6	27
Peter Siddle	c Tim Bresnan b Stuart Broad	0	5
Nathan Lyon	not out	18	34

Extras 4 · Total 204 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	20.2	4	67	4
Stuart Broad	20	6	45	3
Ben Stokes	15	4	46	1
Tim Bresnan	18	6	24	2
Monty Panesar	9	2	18	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-19 (David Warner, 6.3 ov), 2-36 (Shane Watson, 11.2 ov), 3-62 (Michael Clarke, 25.2 ov), 4-110 (Steven Smith, 49.5 ov), 5-112 (Chris Rogers, 52.1 ov), 6-122 (George Bailey, 57.5 ov), 7-151 (Mitchell Johnson, 66.2 ov), 8-162 (Ryan Harris, 71.6 ov), 9-164 (Peter Siddle, 73.3 ov), 10-204 (Brad Haddin, 82.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Chris Rogers (9) and David Warner (9)	19	39
second	Chris Rogers (7) and Shane Watson (10)	17	29
third	Chris Rogers (14) and Michael Clarke (10)	26	84
fourth	Chris Rogers (29) and Steven Smith (19)	48	147
fifth	Chris Rogers (2) and George Bailey (0)	2	14
sixth	Brad Haddin (10) and George Bailey (0)	10	34
seventh	Brad Haddin (27) and Mitchell Johnson (2)	29	51
eighth	Brad Haddin (5) and Ryan Harris (6)	11	34
ninth	Brad Haddin (1) and Peter Siddle (0)	2	9
tenth	Brad Haddin (22) and Nathan Lyon (18)	40	53

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 179 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Alastair Cook	lbw b Mitchell Johnson	51	64
Michael Carberry	lbw b Peter Siddle	12	81
Joe Root	run out (Mitchell Johnson)	15	24
Kevin Pietersen	c Ryan Harris b Nathan Lyon	49	90
Ian Bell	c Mitchell Johnson b Nathan Lyon	0	1
Ben Stokes	c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon	19	55
Jonny Bairstow	c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson	21	28
Tim Bresnan	b Nathan Lyon	0	8
Stuart Broad	c Michael Clarke b Nathan Lyon	0	3
James Anderson	not out	1	6
Monty Panesar	lbw b Mitchell Johnson	0	6

Extras 11 · Total 179 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Ryan Harris	10	1	34	0
Mitchell Johnson	15	5	25	3
Nathan Lyon	17	3	50	5
Peter Siddle	15	6	46	1
Shane Watson	4	2	13	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-65 (Alastair Cook, 21.3 ov), 2-86 (Michael Carberry, 27.5 ov), 3-86 (Joe Root, 28.2 ov), 4-87 (Ian Bell, 28.4 ov), 5-131 (Ben Stokes, 44.5 ov), 6-173 (Jonny Bairstow, 54.3 ov), 7-174 (Tim Bresnan, 57.2 ov), 8-174 (Stuart Broad, 57.5 ov), 9-179 (Kevin Pietersen, 59.4 ov), 10-179 (Monty Panesar, 60.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Carberry (6) and Alastair Cook (51)	65	129
second	Michael Carberry (6) and Joe Root (15)	21	38
third	Kevin Pietersen (0) and Joe Root (0)	0	2
fourth	Ian Bell (0) and Kevin Pietersen (1)	1	2
fifth	Kevin Pietersen (22) and Ben Stokes (19)	44	97
sixth	Kevin Pietersen (21) and Jonny Bairstow (21)	42	58
seventh	Kevin Pietersen (1) and Tim Bresnan (0)	1	17
eighth	Kevin Pietersen (0) and Stuart Broad (0)	0	3
ninth	Kevin Pietersen (4) and James Anderson (1)	5	11
tenth	Monty Panesar (0) and James Anderson (0)	0	8

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 231 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Rogers	c Jonny Bairstow b Monty Panesar	116	155
David Warner	c Jonny Bairstow b Ben Stokes	25	47
Shane Watson	not out	83	90
Michael Clarke	not out	6	20

Did not bat: Steven Smith, George Bailey, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, Nathan Lyon

Extras 1 · Total 231 for 2

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	11	2	26	0
Stuart Broad	10	0	58	0
Monty Panesar	7.5	0	41	1
Ben Stokes	12	0	50	1
Joe Root	4	1	8	0
Tim Bresnan	7	1	48	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-64 (David Warner, 17.6 ov), 2-200 (Chris Rogers, 45.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Chris Rogers (39) and David Warner (25)	64	108
second	Chris Rogers (77) and Shane Watson (58)	136	168
third	Michael Clarke (6) and Shane Watson (25)	31	36

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