Australia Vs England 7Th Match
Commonwealth Bank Series Australia, England, New Zealand in Australia - 2007 (2006/07) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 26 January 2007
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 153 balls remaining)
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 153 balls remaining). Ricky Ponting top-scored with 51* for Australia. Mitchell Johnson took 4/45.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
- Date
- 26 January 2007
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 9 wickets (with 153 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Mitchell Johnson
- Captains
- Andrew Flintoff (England), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
- Umpires
- IL Howell and SJ Davis
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
England won the toss and chose to bat.
England batted first and made 110 all out. Ian Bell top-scored with 35 off 31 balls. Mitchell Johnson took 4 for 45 for Australia. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Adelaide Oval, 240 across 22 ODIs.
Chasing 111, Australia made 111 for 1. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 51 not out off 61 balls, and Matthew Hayden made 30. The innings was built on a 79-run stand for the second wicket between Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting, 71% of the total.
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 153 balls remaining).
ENGLAND: 110 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Loye | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 9 | 17 |
| Andrew Strauss | c Adam Gilchrist b Mitchell Johnson | 17 | 32 |
| Ian Bell | c Michael Clarke b Stuart Clark | 35 | 31 |
| Ed Joyce | c Mitchell Johnson b Brett Lee | 11 | 25 |
| Paul Collingwood | c Stuart Clark b Andrew Symonds | 3 | 17 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c Ricky Ponting b Mitchell Johnson | 16 | 28 |
| Jamie Dalrymple | c Adam Gilchrist b Mitchell Johnson | 10 | 24 |
| Paul Nixon | c & b Brad Hogg | 4 | 19 |
| Liam Plunkett | c Michael Clarke b Mitchell Johnson | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Tremlett | c Cameron White b Brad Hogg | 0 | 3 |
| Monty Panesar | not out | 0 | 7 |
Extras 5 · Total 110 all out
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 10 | 2 | 45 | 4 |
| Stuart Clark | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Andrew Symonds | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Brad Hogg | 6.3 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-14 (Mal Loye, 4.4 ov), 2-47 (Andrew Strauss, 11.1 ov), 3-72 (Ian Bell, 15.4 ov), 4-79 (Ed Joyce, 19.2 ov), 5-81 (Paul Collingwood, 20.5 ov), 6-103 (Andrew Flintoff, 27.6 ov), 7-106 (Jamie Dalrymple, 29.2 ov), 8-106 (Liam Plunkett, 29.6 ov), 9-107 (Chris Tremlett, 30.5 ov), 10-110 (Paul Nixon, 34.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Mal Loye (9) and Andrew Strauss (4) | 14 | 28 |
| second | Andrew Strauss (13) and Ian Bell (19) | 33 | 39 |
| third | Ed Joyce (9) and Ian Bell (16) | 25 | 27 |
| fourth | Paul Collingwood (3) and Ed Joyce (2) | 7 | 22 |
| fifth | Paul Collingwood (0) and Andrew Flintoff (1) | 2 | 9 |
| sixth | Andrew Flintoff (15) and Jamie Dalrymple (7) | 22 | 43 |
| seventh | Paul Nixon (0) and Jamie Dalrymple (3) | 3 | 8 |
| eighth | Paul Nixon (0) and Liam Plunkett (0) | 0 | 4 |
| ninth | Paul Nixon (1) and Chris Tremlett (0) | 1 | 5 |
| tenth | Paul Nixon (3) and Monty Panesar (0) | 3 | 22 |
AUSTRALIA: 111 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | not out | 30 | 68 |
| Adam Gilchrist | run out (Liam Plunkett, Paul Nixon) | 23 | 19 |
| Ricky Ponting | not out | 51 | 61 |
Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson
Extras 7 · Total 111 for 1
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Plunkett | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Chris Tremlett | 9.3 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jamie Dalrymple | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-32 (Adam Gilchrist, 6.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Matthew Hayden (3) and Adam Gilchrist (23) | 32 | 39 |
| second | Matthew Hayden (27) and Ricky Ponting (51) | 79 | 108 |
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