Australia Vs England 1St Match
Commonwealth Bank Series Australia, England, New Zealand in Australia - 2007 (2006/07) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 12 January 2007 · England won the toss and chose to bat
Australia won by 8 wickets (with 28 balls remaining) · Man of the Match: Adam Gilchrist
Australia won by 8 wickets (with 28 balls remaining). Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 82 for England. Nathan Bracken took 3/46. Man of the Match: Adam Gilchrist.
England, 242/8
| Michael Vaughan | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Nathan Bracken | 26 | 32 |
| Andrew Strauss | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Nathan Bracken | 12 | 20 |
| Ian Bell | caught (Michael Hussey) b Mitchell Johnson | 15 | 29 |
| Kevin Pietersen | caught (Andrew Symonds) b Stuart Clark | 82 | 91 |
| Paul Collingwood | caught (Mitchell Johnson) b Glenn McGrath | 43 | 70 |
| Andrew Flintoff | not out | 47 | 38 |
| Paul Nixon | lbw b Mitchell Johnson | 0 | 4 |
| Jamie Dalrymple | caught (Adam Gilchrist) b Glenn McGrath | 2 | 8 |
| Jon Lewis | caught (Ricky Ponting) b Nathan Bracken | 9 | 9 |
| Monty Panesar | not out | 0 | 0 |
Did not bat: James Anderson
Extras: 6
Glenn McGrath 10.00-0-40-2Nathan Bracken 9.00-0-46-3Stuart Clark 10.00-0-58-1Mitchell Johnson 10.00-2-34-2Michael Clarke 8.00-0-35-0Cameron White 3.00-0-27-0
Australia, 246/2
| Matthew Hayden | caught (Paul Nixon) b Monty Panesar | 28 | 42 |
| Adam Gilchrist | caught (Paul Nixon) b Jamie Dalrymple | 60 | 61 |
| Ricky Ponting | not out | 82 | 96 |
| Michael Clarke | not out | 57 | 74 |
Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn McGrath
Extras: 19
Andrew Flintoff 6.00-0-48-0Jon Lewis 8.20-1-43-0James Anderson 7.00-0-47-0Monty Panesar 10.00-1-46-1Jamie Dalrymple 10.00-1-38-1Paul Collingwood 4.00-0-21-0
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