England v Australia, Melbourne Cricket Ground

England 159/10 & 161/10

Australia 419/10

Australia won by 99 runs

Australia v England 2006 · 4th Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–28 Dec 2006

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 739 runs at 24.6 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

SK Warne5/39

B Lee4/47

SI Mahmood4/100

SR Clark3/30

Top score

156

A Symonds · Australia

Biggest stand

279

6th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultAustralia won by 99 runs

Length3 days

England

159 /10 (74.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	b SK Warne	50	132	1	37.88
AN Cook	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	11	37	1	29.73
IR Bell	lbw b SR Clark	7	30	0	23.33
PD Collingwood	c RT Ponting b B Lee	28	82	4	34.15
A Flintoff	c SK Warne b SR Clark	13	31	1	41.94
KP Pietersen	c A Symonds b SK Warne	21	70	0	30.00
CMW Read	c RT Ponting b SK Warne	3	17	0	17.65
SI Mahmood	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	0	9	0	0.00
SJ Harmison	c MJ Clarke b SK Warne	7	12	1	58.33
MS Panesar	c A Symonds b SK Warne	4	19	0	21.05
MJ Hoggard*	not out	9	10	1	90.00

Extras 6 (b 2, lb 1, nb 3)

Total 159/10 (74.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	13.0	4	36	2	2.77
GD McGrath	20.0	8	37	1	1.85
SR Clark	17.0	6	27	2	1.59
A Symonds	7.0	2	17	0	2.43
SK Warne	17.2	4	39	5	2.25

Fall of wickets

1-23 (AN Cook, 10.5)·2-44 (IR Bell, 20.5)·3-101 (PD Collingwood, 45.6)·4-101 (AJ Strauss, 46.2)·5-122 (A Flintoff, 55.5)·6-135 (CMW Read, 62.6)·7-136 (SI Mahmood, 65.4)·8-145 (SJ Harmison, 68.2)·9-146 (KP Pietersen, 70.2)·10-159 (MS Panesar, 74.2)

Australia

419 /10 (108.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	c CMW Read b A Flintoff	27	29	3	0	93.10
ML Hayden	c CMW Read b SI Mahmood	153	265	13	2	57.74
B Lee	c CMW Read b A Flintoff	0	1	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	c AN Cook b A Flintoff	7	28	0	0	25.00
MEK Hussey	b MJ Hoggard	6	20	0	0	30.00
MJ Clarke	c CMW Read b SJ Harmison	5	5	0	0	100.00
A Symonds	c CMW Read b SJ Harmison	156	220	15	1	70.91
AC Gilchrist	c PD Collingwood b SI Mahmood	1	8	0	0	12.50
SK Warne*	not out	40	54	6	0	74.07
SR Clark	c CMW Read b SI Mahmood	8	24	0	0	33.33
GD McGrath	c IR Bell b SI Mahmood	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (lb 6, w 1, nb 9)

Total 419/10 (108.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Hoggard	21.0	6	82	1	3.90
A Flintoff	22.0	1	77	3	3.50
SJ Harmison	28.0	6	69	2	2.46
SI Mahmood	21.3	1	100	4	4.65
MS Panesar	12.0	1	52	0	4.33
PD Collingwood	3.0	0	20	0	6.67
KP Pietersen	1.0	0	13	0	13.00

Fall of wickets

1-44 (JL Langer, 9.2)·2-44 (B Lee, 9.3)·3-62 (RT Ponting, 17.4)·4-79 (MEK Hussey, 24.1)·5-84 (MJ Clarke, 25.2)·6-363 (ML Hayden, 90.4)·7-365 (AC Gilchrist, 92.3)·8-383 (A Symonds, 99.2)·9-417 (SR Clark, 106.5)·10-419 (GD McGrath, 108.3)

England

161 /10 (65.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	31	107	2	28.97
AN Cook	b SR Clark	20	46	1	43.48
IR Bell	lbw b GD McGrath	2	11	0	18.18
KP Pietersen	b SR Clark	1	8	0	12.50
PD Collingwood	c JL Langer b B Lee	16	38	0	42.11
A Flintoff	lbw b SR Clark	25	45	2	55.56
CMW Read*	not out	26	77	1	33.77
SI Mahmood	lbw b SK Warne	0	2	0	0.00
SJ Harmison	lbw b SK Warne	4	26	0	15.38
MS Panesar	c MJ Clarke b B Lee	14	19	2	73.68
MJ Hoggard	b B Lee	5	20	0	25.00

Extras 17 (lb 12, w 1, nb 4)

Total 161/10 (65.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	18.5	6	47	4	2.50
GD McGrath	12.0	2	26	1	2.17
SR Clark	16.0	6	30	3	1.88
SK Warne	19.0	3	46	2	2.42

Fall of wickets

1-41 (AN Cook, 14.6)·2-48 (IR Bell, 19.2)·3-49 (KP Pietersen, 20.5)·4-75 (PD Collingwood, 31.4)·5-90 (AJ Strauss, 37.5)·6-108 (A Flintoff, 45.5)·7-109 (SI Mahmood, 46.3)·8-127 (SJ Harmison, 56.5)·9-146 (MS Panesar, 61.2)·10-161 (MJ Hoggard, 65.5)