England v Australia, Birmingham

Australia 263/10 & 375/5

England 376/10

Match drawn

Australia v England 2009 · 3rd Test Edgbaston, Birmingham 30 Jul 2009 – 3 Aug 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than England.

Australia

0.98× -2%

England

1.11× +11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Australia led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MJ Clarke Australia

132 +185

MJ North Australia

108 +147

SR Watson Australia

115 +139

A Flintoff England

74 +111

SCJ Broad England

55 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson5/80

G Onions4/58

BW Hilfenhaus4/109

PM Siddle3/89

Top score

103*

MJ Clarke · Australia

Biggest stand

185

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Australia

263 /10 (70.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b G Onions	62	106	10	58.49
SM Katich	lbw b GP Swann	46	48	9	95.83
RT Ponting	c MJ Prior b G Onions	38	47	5	80.85
MEK Hussey	b G Onions	0	1	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	lbw b JM Anderson	29	55	4	52.73
MJ North	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	12	49	1	24.49
GA Manou	b JM Anderson	8	11	2	72.73
MG Johnson	lbw b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0.00
NM Hauritz*	not out	20	50	1	40.00
PM Siddle	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	13	26	2	50.00
BW Hilfenhaus	c GP Swann b G Onions	20	31	4	64.52

Extras 15 (b 5, lb 7, w 2, nb 1)

Total 263/10 (70.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	24.0	7	80	5	3.33
A Flintoff	15.0	2	58	0	3.87
G Onions	16.4	2	58	4	3.48
SCJ Broad	13.0	2	51	0	3.92
GP Swann	2.0	0	4	1	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-85 (SM Katich, 18.6)·2-126 (SR Watson, 30.1)·3-126 (MEK Hussey, 30.2)·4-163 (RT Ponting, 38.3)·5-193 (MJ Clarke, 49.4)·6-202 (MJ North, 51.4)·7-202 (MG Johnson, 51.5)·8-203 (GA Manou, 53.5)·9-229 (PM Siddle, 61.5)·10-263 (BW Hilfenhaus, 70.4)

England

376 /10 (93.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c GA Manou b BW Hilfenhaus	69	134	11	0	51.49
AN Cook	c GA Manou b PM Siddle	0	4	0	0	0.00
RS Bopara	b BW Hilfenhaus	23	54	4	0	42.59
IR Bell	lbw b MG Johnson	53	114	7	1	46.49
PD Collingwood	c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus	13	22	3	0	59.09
MJ Prior	c PJ Hughes b PM Siddle	41	59	6	0	69.49
A Flintoff	c MJ Clarke b NM Hauritz	74	79	10	1	93.67
SCJ Broad	c & b PM Siddle	55	64	9	0	85.94
GP Swann	c MJ North b MG Johnson	24	20	5	0	120.00
JM Anderson	c GA Manou b BW Hilfenhaus	1	6	0	0	16.67
G Onions*	not out	2	14	0	0	14.29

Extras 21 (b 2, lb 4, w 6, nb 9)

Total 376/10 (93.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	30.0	7	109	4	3.63
PM Siddle	21.3	3	89	3	4.14
NM Hauritz	18.0	2	57	1	3.17
MG Johnson	21.0	1	92	2	4.38
SR Watson	3.0	0	23	0	7.67

Fall of wickets

1-2 (AN Cook, 1.4)·2-60 (RS Bopara, 19.2)·3-141 (AJ Strauss, 44.1)·4-159 (PD Collingwood, 50.5)·5-168 (IR Bell, 55.6)·6-257 (MJ Prior, 71.3)·7-309 (A Flintoff, 80.4)·8-348 (GP Swann, 87.4)·9-355 (JM Anderson, 88.6)·10-376 (SCJ Broad, 93.3)

Australia

375 /5 (112.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SR Watson	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	53	114	9	46.49
SM Katich	c MJ Prior b G Onions	26	47	2	55.32
RT Ponting	b GP Swann	5	7	0	71.43
MEK Hussey	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	64	130	13	49.23
MJ Clarke*	not out	103	192	14	53.65
MJ North	c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad	96	159	15	60.38
GA Manou*	not out	13	28	1	46.43

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 3)

Total 375/5 (112.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	21.0	8	47	1	2.24
A Flintoff	15.0	0	35	0	2.33
G Onions	19.0	3	74	1	3.89
GP Swann	31.0	4	119	1	3.84
SCJ Broad	16.0	2	38	2	2.38
RS Bopara	8.2	1	44	0	5.28
PD Collingwood	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-47 (SM Katich, 13.2)·2-52 (RT Ponting, 14.6)·3-137 (SR Watson, 43.6)·4-161 (MEK Hussey, 52.6)·5-346 (MJ North, 103.1)