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Friday, January 12, 2007

1st Match: Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 12, 2007

ODI no. 2473
Commonwealth Bank Series - 1st Match
Australia v England
2006/07 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 12 January 2007 - day/night (50-over match)

Result Australia won by 8 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)

England innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR

AJ Strauss c Hayden b Bracken 12 22 20 1 0 60.00
captain MP Vaughan c Hayden b Bracken 26 40 32 4 0 81.25

IR Bell c Hussey b Johnson 15 54 29 2 0 51.72

KP Pietersen c Symonds b Clark 82 143 91 4 3 90.10

PD Collingwood c Johnson b McGrath 43 76 70 2 0 61.42

A Flintoff not out 47 62 38 5 0 123.68
wicketkeeper PA Nixon lbw b Johnson 0 5 4 0 0 0.00

JWM Dalrymple c wicketkeeperGilchrist b McGrath 2 8 8 0 0 25.00

J Lewis c Ponting b Bracken 9 13 9 0 0 100.00

MS Panesar not out 0 3 0 0 0 -

Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 6











Total (8 wickets; 50 overs; 217 mins) 242 (4.84 runs per over)

Did not bat JM Anderson

Fall of wickets1-20 (Strauss, 5.3 ov), 2-47 (Vaughan, 9.4 ov), 3-73 (Bell, 17.3 ov), 4-168 (Collingwood, 37.2 ov), 5-206 (Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 6-207 (Nixon, 44.5 ov), 7-211 (Dalrymple, 46.3 ov), 8-232 (Lewis, 49.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

GD McGrath 10 0 40 2 4.00 (1w)

NW Bracken 9 0 46 3 5.11

SR Clark 10 0 58 1 5.80 (1nb, 2w)

MG Johnson 10 2 34 2 3.40

MJ Clarke 8 0 35 0 4.37

CL White 3 0 27 0 9.00

Australia innings (target: 243 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
wicketkeeper AC Gilchrist c wicketkeeperNixon b Dalrymple 60 69 61 7 1 98.36

ML Hayden c wicketkeeperNixon b Panesar 28 82 42 4 0 66.66
captain RT Ponting not out 82 120 96 8 0 85.41

MJ Clarke not out 57 107 74 4 0 77.02

Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 15, nb 1) 19











Total (2 wickets; 45.2 overs; 190 mins) 246 (5.42 runs per over)

Did not bat MEK Hussey, A Symonds, CL White, NW Bracken, SR Clark, MG Johnson, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-101 (Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 2-113 (Hayden, 18.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

A Flintoff 6 0 48 0 8.00 (3w)

J Lewis 8.2 1 43 0 5.16 (1nb, 2w)

JM Anderson 7 0 47 0 6.71 (1w)

MS Panesar 10 1 46 1 4.60 (1w)

JWM Dalrymple 10 1 38 1 3.80

PD Collingwood 4 0 21 0 5.25

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Points Australia 4, England 0

ODI debuts PA Nixon and MS Panesar (England)
Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Australia)

Umpires IL Howell (South Africa) and SJA Taufel
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire JD Ward

Match notes

  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • England: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
  • Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
  • Drinks: England - 72/2 in 17.0 overs (IR Bell 15, KP Pietersen 16)
  • England: 100 runs in 23.6 overs (147 balls), Extras 4
  • 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (KP Pietersen 23, PD Collingwood 26, Ex 1)
  • KP Pietersen: 50 off 63 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
  • Drinks: England - 144/3 in 34.0 overs (KP Pietersen 51, PD Collingwood 36)
  • England: 150 runs in 35.2 overs (215 balls), Extras 4
  • England: 200 runs in 42.4 overs (260 balls), Extras 5
  • Australia: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 17
  • 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (AC Gilchrist 27, ML Hayden 6, Ex 17)
  • AC Gilchrist: 50 off 51 balls (6 x 4)
  • Australia: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 17

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