2nd Final: Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 11, 2007

ODI no. 2519

Commonwealth Bank Series - 2nd Final Australia v England

2006/07 season

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 11 February 2007 - day/night (50-over match) Result England won by 34 runs (D/L method)

	England innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		EC Joyce	c Hodge b McGrath	15	37	27	3	0	55.55
		MB Loye	run out (Hayden)	45	85	61	8	1	73.77
		IR Bell	run out (Hussey)	26	84	45	1	0	57.77
		AJ Strauss	c Gilchrist b Bracken	6	6	5	0	0	120.00
		PD Collingwood	c Gilchrist b Bracken	70	119	90	2	0	77.77
		A Flintoff	c & b Lee	42	71	50	3	0	84.00
		JWM Dalrymple	run out (Hodge/Gilchrist)	5	21	10	0	0	50.00
		PA Nixon	c Hodge b McGrath	6	13	7	0	0	85.71
		LE Plunkett	not out	8	9	10	0	0	80.00
		Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 9, nb 5)	23
		Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 226 mins)	246	(4.92 runs per over)

Did not bat SI Mahmood, MS Panesar

Fall of wickets1-34 (Joyce, 8.1 ov), 2-79 (Loye, 18.3 ov), 3-86 (Strauss, 19.3 ov), 4-112 (Bell, 25.4 ov), 5-209 (Flintoff, 42.6 ov), 6-231 (Collingwood, 46.6 ov), 7-233 (Dalrymple, 47.3 ov), 8-246 (Nixon, 49.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	10	0	53	1	5.30	(5nb, 2w)
	NW Bracken	10	1	38	2	3.80
	GD McGrath	10	0	41	2	4.10
	SR Watson	8	0	46	0	5.75	(2w)
	MEK Hussey	2	0	12	0	6.00	(2w)
	GB Hogg	10	0	47	0	4.70	(3w)

	Australia innings (target: 187 runs from 27 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	b Plunkett	20	36	17	2	0	117.64
		ML Hayden	c Collingwood b Mahmood	5	16	9	0	0	55.55
		RT Ponting	c Strauss b Plunkett	7	6	6	1	0	116.66
		MJ Clarke	c Nixon b Plunkett	0	17	9	0	0	0.00
		BJ Hodge	c Bell b Dalrymple	49	85	46	5	1	106.52
		MEK Hussey	c Strauss b Flintoff	0	18	10	0	0	0.00
		SR Watson	c Dalrymple b Collingwood	37	37	44	4	1	84.09
		GB Hogg	c Flintoff b Collingwood	10	17	14	1	0	71.42
		B Lee	not out	10	15	7	2	0	142.85
		NW Bracken	not out	3	5	3	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(lb 2, w 6, nb 3)	11
		Total	(8 wickets; 27 overs; 126 mins)	152	(5.62 runs per over)

Did not bat GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-25 (Hayden, 3.1 ov), 2-33 (Ponting, 4.2 ov), 3-39 (Gilchrist, 6.1 ov), 4-40 (Clarke, 6.6 ov), 5-63 (Hussey, 11.2 ov), 6-109 (Watson, 20.6 ov), 7-132 (Hogg, 24.4 ov), 8-139 (Hodge, 25.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	LE Plunkett	6	0	43	3	7.16	(2nb, 5w)
	SI Mahmood	6	0	31	1	5.16
	A Flintoff	5	1	10	1	2.00	(1nb)
	MS Panesar	2	0	15	0	7.50
	JWM Dalrymple	4	0	25	1	6.25	(1w)
	PD Collingwood	4	0	26	2	6.50

Toss England, who chose to bat first Series England won the best-of-3-finals 2-0 Player of the series RT Ponting (Australia) Player of the finals PD Collingwood (England) Umpires SJ Davis and IL Howell (South Africa) TV umpire DJ Harper Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire RD Goodger

Match notes

• England innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 16.0
• England: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 6
• Rain: England - 59/1 in 15.0 overs (MB Loye 29, IR Bell 9)
• Power Play 3: Overs 16.1 - 20.0
• Rain: England - 79/1 in 18.2 overs (MB Loye 45, IR Bell 11)
• England: 100 runs in 22.6 overs (145 balls), Extras 8
• Drinks: England - 144/4 in 31.0 overs (PD Collingwood 27, A Flintoff 8)
• England: 150 runs in 32.1 overs (206 balls), Extras 19
• 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (PD Collingwood 26, A Flintoff 16, Ex 9)
• PD Collingwood: 50 off 67 balls (2 x 4)
• England: 200 runs in 41.2 overs (261 balls), Extras 19

• Australia innings
• Rain: Australia - 39/2 in 6.0 overs (AC Gilchrist 20, MJ Clarke 0)
• Attendance: 40076
• Australia: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (58 balls), Extras 7
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 16.0
• Rain: Australia - 79/5 in 16.2 overs (BJ Hodge 25, SR Watson 13)
• Australia: 100 runs in 19.5 overs (127 balls), Extras 10
• Australia: 150 runs in 26.5 overs (170 balls), Extras 11
• Rain: Australia - 152/8 in 27.0 overs (B Lee 10, NW Bracken 3)
• One Day International Scorer: Binoy George