England v Australia, Birmingham

England 407/10 & 182/10

Australia 308/10 & 279/10

England won by 2 runs

Australia v England 2005 · 2nd Test Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham 4–7 Aug 2005

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1176 runs at 29.4 per wicket.

The lead

How England's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

SK Warne6/46

A Flintoff4/79

B Lee4/82

SK Warne4/116

Top score

ME Trescothick · England

Biggest stand

112

1st wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–6

3 wkts for 6 · England

Match facts

TossAustralia, field

ResultEngland won by 2 runs

Length4 days

England

407 /10 (79.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c AC Gilchrist b MS Kasprowicz	90	102	15	2	88.24
AJ Strauss	b SK Warne	48	76	10	0	63.16
MP Vaughan	c B Lee b JN Gillespie	24	41	4	0	58.54
IR Bell	c AC Gilchrist b MS Kasprowicz	6	3	1	0	200.00
KP Pietersen	c SM Katich b B Lee	71	76	10	1	93.42
A Flintoff	c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie	68	62	6	5	109.68
GO Jones	c AC Gilchrist b MS Kasprowicz	1	15	0	0	6.67
AF Giles	lbw b SK Warne	23	30	4	0	76.67
MJ Hoggard	lbw b SK Warne	16	49	2	0	32.65
SJ Harmison	b SK Warne	17	11	2	1	154.55
SP Jones*	not out	19	24	1	1	79.17

Extras 24 (lb 9, w 1, nb 14)

Total 407/10 (79.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	16.5	1	111	1	6.59
JN Gillespie	22.0	3	91	2	4.14
MS Kasprowicz	15.0	3	80	3	5.33
SK Warne	25.2	4	116	4	4.58

Fall of wickets

1-112 (AJ Strauss, 25.3)·2-164 (ME Trescothick, 32.3)·3-170 (IR Bell, 32.6)·4-187 (MP Vaughan, 36.7)·5-290 (A Flintoff, 54.3)·6-293 (GO Jones, 57.4)·7-342 (AF Giles, 65.1)·8-348 (KP Pietersen, 66.3)·9-375 (SJ Harmison, 69.4)·10-407 (MJ Hoggard, 79.2)

Australia

308 /10 (76.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
JL Langer	lbw b SP Jones	82	154	7	53.25
ML Hayden	c AJ Strauss b MJ Hoggard	0	1	0	0.00
RT Ponting	c MP Vaughan b AF Giles	61	76	12	80.26
DR Martyn	run out (MP Vaughan)	20	18	4	111.11
MJ Clarke	c GO Jones b AF Giles	40	68	7	58.82
SM Katich	c GO Jones b A Flintoff	4	18	1	22.22
AC Gilchrist*	not out	49	69	4	71.01
SK Warne	b AF Giles	8	14	2	57.14
B Lee	c A Flintoff b SP Jones	6	10	1	60.00
JN Gillespie	lbw b A Flintoff	7	37	1	18.92
MS Kasprowicz	lbw b A Flintoff	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 31 (b 13, lb 7, w 1, nb 10)

Total 308/10 (76.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Harmison	11.0	1	48	0	4.36
MJ Hoggard	8.0	0	41	1	5.12
SP Jones	16.0	2	69	2	4.31
A Flintoff	15.0	1	52	3	3.47
AF Giles	26.0	2	78	3	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (ML Hayden, 1.1)·2-88 (RT Ponting, 19.5)·3-118 (DR Martyn, 24.5)·4-194 (MJ Clarke, 44.2)·5-208 (SM Katich, 49.4)·6-262 (JL Langer, 61.4)·7-273 (SK Warne, 64.5)·8-282 (B Lee, 67.1)·9-308 (JN Gillespie, 75.5)·10-308 (MS Kasprowicz, 75.6)

England

182 /10 (52.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	21	38	4	0	55.26
AJ Strauss	b SK Warne	6	12	1	0	50.00
MJ Hoggard	c ML Hayden b B Lee	1	27	0	0	3.70
MP Vaughan	b B Lee	1	2	0	0	50.00
IR Bell	c AC Gilchrist b SK Warne	21	43	2	0	48.84
KP Pietersen	c AC Gilchrist b SK Warne	20	35	0	2	57.14
A Flintoff	b SK Warne	73	86	6	4	84.88
GO Jones	c RT Ponting b B Lee	9	19	1	0	47.37
AF Giles	c ML Hayden b SK Warne	8	36	0	0	22.22
SJ Harmison	c RT Ponting b SK Warne	0	1	0	0	0.00
SP Jones*	not out	12	23	3	0	52.17

Extras 10 (lb 1, nb 9)

Total 182/10 (52.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	18.0	1	82	4	4.56
JN Gillespie	8.0	0	24	0	3.00
MS Kasprowicz	3.0	0	29	0	9.67
SK Warne	23.1	8	46	6	1.99

Fall of wickets

1-25 (AJ Strauss, 6.2)·2-27 (ME Trescothick, 11.2)·3-29 (MP Vaughan, 11.5)·4-31 (MJ Hoggard, 13.6)·5-72 (KP Pietersen, 24.6)·6-75 (IR Bell, 26.5)·7-101 (GO Jones, 33.6)·8-131 (AF Giles, 44.3)·9-131 (SJ Harmison, 44.4)·10-182 (A Flintoff, 52.1)

Australia

279 /10 (64.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b A Flintoff	28	47	4	0	59.57
ML Hayden	c ME Trescothick b SP Jones	31	64	4	0	48.44
RT Ponting	c GO Jones b A Flintoff	0	5	0	0	0.00
DR Martyn	c IR Bell b MJ Hoggard	28	36	5	0	77.78
MJ Clarke	b SJ Harmison	30	57	4	0	52.63
SM Katich	c ME Trescothick b AF Giles	16	21	3	0	76.19
AC Gilchrist	c A Flintoff b AF Giles	1	4	0	0	25.00
JN Gillespie	lbw b A Flintoff	0	2	0	0	0.00
SK Warne	hit wkt b A Flintoff	42	59	4	2	71.19
B Lee*	not out	43	75	5	0	57.33
MS Kasprowicz	c GO Jones b SJ Harmison	20	31	3	0	64.52

Extras 40 (b 13, lb 8, w 1, nb 18)

Total 279/10 (64.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Harmison	17.3	3	62	2	3.54
MJ Hoggard	5.0	0	26	1	5.20
AF Giles	15.0	3	68	2	4.53
A Flintoff	22.0	3	79	4	3.59
SP Jones	5.0	1	23	1	4.60

Fall of wickets

1-47 (JL Langer, 12.2)·2-48 (RT Ponting, 12.7)·3-82 (ML Hayden, 22.5)·4-107 (DR Martyn, 26.1)·5-134 (SM Katich, 31.6)·6-136 (AC Gilchrist, 33.5)·7-137 (JN Gillespie, 34.2)·8-175 (MJ Clarke, 43.5)·9-220 (SK Warne, 52.1)·10-279 (MS Kasprowicz, 64.3)