Australia v England, Perth

Australia 244/10 & 527/5

England 215/10 & 350/10

Australia won by 206 runs

Australia v England 2006 · 3rd Test W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 14–18 Dec 2006

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1336 runs at 38.2 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

MS Panesar5/92

SJ Harmison4/48

SK Warne4/115

SR Clark3/49

Top score

135*

MJ Clarke · Australia

Biggest stand

170

2nd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · England

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 206 runs

Length5 days

Australia

244 /10 (71.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b MS Panesar	37	68	6	0	54.41
ML Hayden	c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard	24	33	3	0	72.73
RT Ponting	lbw b SJ Harmison	2	11	0	0	18.18
MEK Hussey*	not out	74	162	10	0	45.68
MJ Clarke	c & b SJ Harmison	37	67	4	0	55.22
A Symonds	c GO Jones b MS Panesar	26	30	2	2	86.67
AC Gilchrist	c IR Bell b MS Panesar	0	4	0	0	0.00
SK Warne	c GO Jones b MS Panesar	25	22	3	0	113.64
B Lee	lbw b MS Panesar	10	25	2	0	40.00
SR Clark	b SJ Harmison	3	5	0	0	60.00
GD McGrath	c AN Cook b SJ Harmison	1	2	0	0	50.00

Extras 5 (w 1, nb 4)

Total 244/10 (71.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Hoggard	12.0	2	40	1	3.33
A Flintoff	9.0	2	36	0	4.00
SJ Harmison	19.0	4	48	4	2.53
MS Panesar	24.0	4	92	5	3.83
SI Mahmood	7.0	2	28	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-47 (ML Hayden, 10.3)·2-54 (RT Ponting, 13.3)·3-69 (JL Langer, 24.1)·4-121 (MJ Clarke, 40.4)·5-172 (A Symonds, 49.6)·6-172 (AC Gilchrist, 51.4)·7-214 (SK Warne, 59.1)·8-234 (B Lee, 67.6)·9-242 (SR Clark, 70.3)·10-244 (GD McGrath, 70.6)

England

215 /10 (64.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	42	71	6	0	59.15
AN Cook	c JL Langer b GD McGrath	15	15	2	0	100.00
IR Bell	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	0	2	0	0	0.00
PD Collingwood	c ML Hayden b GD McGrath	11	33	1	0	33.33
KP Pietersen	c A Symonds b B Lee	70	123	8	1	56.91
A Flintoff	c SK Warne b A Symonds	13	31	2	0	41.94
GO Jones	c JL Langer b A Symonds	0	4	0	0	0.00
SI Mahmood	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	10	18	1	0	55.56
MJ Hoggard	c ML Hayden b SK Warne	4	39	0	0	10.26
SJ Harmison	c B Lee b SR Clark	23	33	3	0	69.70
MS Panesar*	not out	16	26	3	0	61.54

Extras 11 (w 1, nb 10)

Total 215/10 (64.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	18.0	1	69	2	3.83
GD McGrath	18.0	5	48	2	2.67
SR Clark	15.1	4	49	3	3.23
SK Warne	9.0	0	41	1	4.56
A Symonds	4.0	1	8	2	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-36 (AN Cook, 5.6)·2-37 (IR Bell, 6.6)·3-55 (PD Collingwood, 17.2)·4-82 (AJ Strauss, 24.2)·5-107 (A Flintoff, 33.4)·6-114 (GO Jones, 35.6)·7-128 (SI Mahmood, 40.6)·8-155 (MJ Hoggard, 51.6)·9-175 (KP Pietersen, 54.5)·10-215 (SJ Harmison, 64.1)

Australia

527 /5 (112.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b MJ Hoggard	0	1	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	c GO Jones b SJ Harmison	75	128	10	0	58.59
ML Hayden	c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar	92	159	12	0	57.86
MEK Hussey	c GO Jones b MS Panesar	103	156	12	0	66.03
MJ Clarke*	not out	135	164	17	1	82.32
A Symonds	c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar	2	6	0	0	33.33
AC Gilchrist*	not out	102	59	12	4	172.88

Extras 18 (lb 15, w 2, nb 1)

Total 527/5 (112.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Hoggard	20.0	4	85	1	4.25
A Flintoff	19.0	2	76	0	4.00
SJ Harmison	24.0	3	116	1	4.83
MS Panesar	34.0	3	145	3	4.26
SI Mahmood	10.0	0	59	0	5.90
KP Pietersen	5.0	1	31	0	6.20

Fall of wickets

1-0 (JL Langer, 0.1)·2-144 (RT Ponting, 39.4)·3-206 (ML Hayden, 58.4)·4-357 (MEK Hussey, 89.3)·5-365 (A Symonds, 91.6)

England

350 /10 (122.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	lbw b B Lee	0	4	0	0	0.00
IR Bell	c JL Langer b SK Warne	87	163	8	2	53.37
AN Cook	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	116	290	9	0	40.00
PD Collingwood	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	5	36	0	0	13.89
KP Pietersen*	not out	60	150	6	0	40.00
MJ Hoggard	b GD McGrath	0	2	0	0	0.00
A Flintoff	b SK Warne	51	67	8	1	76.12
GO Jones	run out	0	7	0	0	0.00
SI Mahmood	lbw b SR Clark	4	10	0	0	40.00
SJ Harmison	lbw b SK Warne	0	1	0	0	0.00
MS Panesar	b SK Warne	1	9	0	0	11.11

Extras 26 (b 7, lb 8, w 6, nb 5)

Total 350/10 (122.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	22.0	3	75	1	3.41
GD McGrath	27.0	9	61	2	2.26
SR Clark	25.0	7	56	2	2.24
SK Warne	39.2	6	115	4	2.92
A Symonds	9.0	1	28	0	3.11

Fall of wickets

1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.4)·2-170 (IR Bell, 56.6)·3-185 (PD Collingwood, 69.3)·4-261 (AN Cook, 93.2)·5-261 (MJ Hoggard, 93.4)·6-336 (A Flintoff, 114.5)·7-336 (GO Jones, 116.6)·8-345 (SI Mahmood, 119.6)·9-346 (SJ Harmison, 120.2)·10-350 (MS Panesar, 122.2)