5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 2-5, 2007

Test no. 1826

The Ashes - 5th Test Australia v England

2006/07 season

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 2,3,4,5 January 2007 (5-day match) Result Australia won by 10 wickets

	England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AJ Strauss	c Gilchrist b Lee	29	64	52	3	0	55.76
		AN Cook	c Gilchrist b Clark	20	88	47	2	0	42.55
		IR Bell	b McGrath	71	194	153	8	0	46.40
		KP Pietersen	c Hussey b McGrath	41	162	104	1	0	39.42
		PD Collingwood	c Gilchrist b McGrath	27	119	73	4	0	36.98
		A Flintoff	c Gilchrist b Clark	89	195	142	11	1	62.67
		CMW Read	c Gilchrist b Lee	2	13	9	0	0	22.22
		SI Mahmood	c Hayden b Lee	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		SJ Harmison	lbw b Clark	2	51	24	0	0	8.33
		MS Panesar	lbw b Warne	0	20	14	0	0	0.00
		JM Anderson	not out	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(lb 5, w 3, nb 2)	10
		Total	(all out; 103.4 overs; 462 mins)	291	(2.80 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-45 (Strauss, 14.2 ov), 2-58 (Cook, 19.1 ov), 3-166 (Pietersen, 58.3 ov), 4-167 (Bell, 60.1 ov), 5-245 (Collingwood, 85.6 ov), 6-258 (Read, 88.5 ov), 7-258 (Mahmood, 88.6 ov), 8-282 (Harmison, 98.6 ov), 9-291 (Flintoff, 102.1 ov), 10-291 (Panesar, 103.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GD McGrath	29	8	67	3	2.31	(2nb)
	B Lee	22	5	75	3	3.40	(1w)
	SR Clark	24	6	62	3	2.58	(2w)
	SK Warne	22.4	1	69	1	3.04
	A Symonds	6	2	13	0	2.16

	Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JL Langer	c Read b Anderson	26	41	27	4	0	96.29
		ML Hayden	c Collingwood b Harmison	33	113	77	5	0	42.85
		RT Ponting	run out (Anderson)	45	96	72	6	0	62.50
		MEK Hussey	c Read b Anderson	37	120	100	3	1	37.00
		MJ Clarke	c Read b Harmison	11	39	24	1	0	45.83
		A Symonds	b Panesar	48	138	95	6	0	50.52
		AC Gilchrist	c Read b Anderson	62	118	72	8	0	86.11
		SK Warne	st Read b Panesar	71	114	65	9	2	109.23
		B Lee	c Read b Flintoff	5	14	10	1	0	50.00
		SR Clark	c Pietersen b Mahmood	35	55	41	1	0	85.36
		GD McGrath	not out	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(lb 10, w 4, nb 6)	20
		Total	(all out; 96.3 overs; 432 mins)	393	(4.07 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-34 (Langer, 9.3 ov), 2-100 (Hayden, 25.3 ov), 3-118 (Ponting, 32.3 ov), 4-155 (Clarke, 43.1 ov), 5-190 (Hussey, 56.2 ov), 6-260 (Symonds, 73.1 ov), 7-318 (Gilchrist, 80.3 ov), 8-325 (Lee, 83.3 ov), 9-393 (Clark, 95.3 ov), 10-393 (Warne, 96.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Flintoff	17	2	56	1	3.29	(3nb, 1w)
	JM Anderson	26	8	98	3	3.76	(1w)
	SJ Harmison	23	5	80	2	3.47	(1nb, 2w)
	SI Mahmood	11	1	59	1	5.36	(2nb)
	MS Panesar	19.3	0	90	2	4.61

	England 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AJ Strauss	lbw b Clark	24	68	45	3	0	53.33
		AN Cook	c Gilchrist b Lee	4	11	8	1	0	50.00
		IR Bell	c Gilchrist b Lee	28	85	51	5	0	54.90
		KP Pietersen	c Gilchrist b McGrath	29	139	95	3	0	30.52
		PD Collingwood	c Hayden b Clark	17	67	36	3	0	47.22
		A Flintoff	st Gilchrist b Warne	7	31	21	1	0	33.33
		MS Panesar	run out (Symonds)	0	27	19	0	0	0.00
		CMW Read	c Ponting b Lee	4	26	17	1	0	23.52
		SI Mahmood	b McGrath	4	13	11	1	0	36.36
		SJ Harmison	not out	16	42	26	2	0	61.53
		JM Anderson	c Hussey b McGrath	5	37	22	1	0	22.72
		Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 1, nb 3)	9
		Total	(all out; 58 overs; 278 mins)	147	(2.53 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Cook, 2.3 ov), 2-55 (Strauss, 14.3 ov), 3-64 (Bell, 20.5 ov), 4-98 (Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 5-113 (Flintoff, 41.3 ov), 6-114 (Pietersen, 43.3 ov), 7-114 (Panesar, 47.2 ov), 8-122 (Read, 48.6 ov), 9-123 (Mahmood, 49.6 ov), 10-147 (Anderson, 57.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	14	5	39	3	2.78	(1nb, 1w)
	GD McGrath	21	11	38	3	1.80	(1nb)
	SR Clark	12	4	29	2	2.41	(1nb)
	SK Warne	6	1	23	1	3.83
	A Symonds	5	2	13	0	2.60

	Australia 2nd innings (target: 46 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JL Langer	not out	20	44	43	2	0	46.51
		ML Hayden	not out	23	44	22	2	1	104.54
		Extras	(lb 3)	3
		Total	(0 wickets; 10.5 overs; 44 mins)	46	(4.24 runs per over)

Did not bat RT Ponting, MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke, A Symonds, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, SR Clark, GD McGrath

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	4	0	12	0	3.00
	SJ Harmison	5	1	13	0	2.60
	SI Mahmood	1.5	0	18	0	9.81

Toss England, who chose to bat first Series Australia won the 5-match series 5-0 Player of the match SR Clark (Australia) Player of the series RT Ponting (Australia) Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire PD Parker Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire RJ Tucker Close of play 2 Jan day 1 - England 1st innings 234/4 (PD Collingwood 25*, A Flintoff 42*, 80 ov) 3 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 188/4 (MEK Hussey 37*, A Symonds 22*, 55 ov) 4 Jan day 3 - England 2nd innings 114/5 (KP Pietersen 29*, MS Panesar 0*, 43 ov) 5 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 46/0 (10.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

• Day 1
• England 1st innings
• Drinks: England - 32/0 in 10.0 overs (AJ Strauss 19, AN Cook 13)
• England: 50 runs in 15.1 overs (93 balls), Extras 2
• Lunch: England - 58/1 in 17.0 overs (AN Cook 20, IR Bell 7)
• Drinks: England - 97/2 in 34.0 overs (IR Bell 29, KP Pietersen 14)
• England: 100 runs in 34.2 overs (210 balls), Extras 5
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (IR Bell 30, KP Pietersen 18, Ex 3)
• IR Bell: 50 off 108 balls (5 x 4)
• Tea: England - 149/2 in 52.0 overs (IR Bell 58, KP Pietersen 36)
• England: 150 runs in 53.1 overs (324 balls), Extras 6
• 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 228 balls (IR Bell 59, KP Pietersen 38, Ex 4)
• England: 200 runs in 66.2 overs (403 balls), Extras 6
• Drinks: England - 207/4 in 70.0 overs (PD Collingwood 12, A Flintoff 28)
• 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (PD Collingwood 16, A Flintoff 34, Ex 0)
• End Of Day: England - 234/4 in 80.0 overs (PD Collingwood 25, A Flintoff 42)
• Australia 1st innings
• Attendance: 46070

• Day 2
• England 1st innings
• New Ball Taken: England 234/4 after 80.1 overs (PD Collingwood 25, A Flintoff 42)
• A Flintoff: 50 off 89 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
• England: 250 runs in 86.4 overs (525 balls), Extras 7
• Drinks: England - 274/7 in 95.0 overs (A Flintoff 74, SJ Harmison 2)
• Australia 1st innings
• Lunch: Australia - 4/0 in 1.0 overs (JL Langer 4, ML Hayden 0)
• Australia: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (74 balls), Extras 4
• Drinks: Australia - 69/1 in 15.0 overs (ML Hayden 25, RT Ponting 14)
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (ML Hayden 23, RT Ponting 25, Ex 2)
• Australia: 100 runs in 24.3 overs (151 balls), Extras 6
• Tea: Australia - 109/2 in 29.0 overs (RT Ponting 37, MEK Hussey 3)
• Australia: 150 runs in 41.2 overs (253 balls), Extras 11
• Rain: Australia - 155/4 in 43.1 overs (MEK Hussey 29)
• Attendance: 45572
• End Of Day: Australia - 188/4 in 55.0 overs (MEK Hussey 37, A Symonds 22)

• Day 3
• Australia: 200 runs in 58.4 overs (358 balls), Extras 14
• Drinks: Australia - 238/5 in 69.0 overs (A Symonds 39, AC Gilchrist 30)
• 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (A Symonds 16, AC Gilchrist 31, Ex 3)
• Australia 1st Innings: 1x7 ball over (70th over, MS Panesar, called by Umpire Aleem Dar)
• Australia: 250 runs in 71.2 overs (438 balls), Extras 17
• AC Gilchrist: 50 off 59 balls (5 x 4)
• Australia: 300 runs in 77.1 overs (474 balls), Extras 18
• 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (AC Gilchrist 20, SK Warne 32, Ex 0)
• New Ball Taken: Australia 317/6 after 80.1 overs (AC Gilchrist 62, SK Warne 37)
• Lunch: Australia - 325/7 in 83.0 overs (SK Warne 40, B Lee 5)
• Australia: 350 runs in 89.3 overs (548 balls), Extras 19
• SK Warne: 50 off 47 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
• 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (SK Warne 22, SR Clark 26, Ex 2)
• Drinks: Australia - 393/9 in 95.3 overs (SK Warne 71)
• England 2nd innings
• Tea: England - 43/1 in 12.0 overs (AJ Strauss 14, IR Bell 23)
• England: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (82 balls), Extras 2
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (AJ Strauss 24, IR Bell 25, Ex 1)
• Drinks: England - 73/3 in 28.0 overs (KP Pietersen 12, PD Collingwood 3)
• England: 100 runs in 37.2 overs (227 balls), Extras 5
• End Of Day: England - 114/5 in 43.0 overs (KP Pietersen 29, MS Panesar 0)
• Attendance: 41533

• Day 4
• Drinks: England - 147/9 in 57.0 overs (SJ Harmison 16, JM Anderson 5)
• Australia 2nd innings
• Test Match Scorers: Gautham and Binoy George
• Test Match Commentators: Jenny Thompson and Martin Williamson