Australia v England, Brisbane

England 260/10 & 517/1

Australia 481/10 & 107/1

Match drawn

Australia v England 2010 · 1st Test Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane 25–29 Nov 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than Australia.

England

0.95× -5%

Australia

1.09× +9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AN Cook England

302 +463

MEK Hussey Australia

195 +273

IJL Trott England

164 +250

BJ Haddin Australia

136 +195

IR Bell England

76 +157

Best bowling

Top match figures

PM Siddle6/54

ST Finn6/125

XJ Doherty2/41

JM Anderson2/99

Top score

235*

AN Cook · England

Biggest stand

307

6th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–22

3 wkts for 22 · Australia

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

England

260 /10 (76.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MEK Hussey b BW Hilfenhaus	0	3	0	0.00
IJL Trott	b SR Watson	29	53	5	54.72
AN Cook	c SR Watson b PM Siddle	67	168	6	39.88
KP Pietersen	c RT Ponting b PM Siddle	43	70	6	61.43
PD Collingwood	c MJ North b PM Siddle	4	8	1	50.00
IR Bell	c SR Watson b XJ Doherty	76	131	8	58.02
MJ Prior	b PM Siddle	0	1	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	lbw b PM Siddle	0	1	0	0.00
GP Swann	lbw b PM Siddle	10	9	1	111.11
JM Anderson	b XJ Doherty	11	22	2	50.00

Extras 20 (lb 8, w 7, nb 5)

Total 260/10 (76.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	19.0	4	60	1	3.16
PM Siddle	16.0	3	54	6	3.38
MG Johnson	15.0	2	66	0	4.40
SR Watson	12.0	2	30	1	2.50
XJ Doherty	13.5	3	41	2	2.96
MJ North	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.3)·2-41 (IJL Trott, 13.7)·3-117 (KP Pietersen, 37.3)·4-125 (PD Collingwood, 39.5)·5-197 (AN Cook, 65.3)·6-197 (MJ Prior, 65.4)·7-197 (SCJ Broad, 65.5)·8-228 (GP Swann, 69.2)·9-254 (IR Bell, 76.1)·10-260 (JM Anderson, 76.5)

Australia

481 /10 (158.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	36	76	6	0	47.37
SM Katich	c & b ST Finn	50	106	5	0	47.17
RT Ponting	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	10	26	1	0	38.46
MJ Clarke	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	9	50	1	0	18.00
MEK Hussey	c AN Cook b ST Finn	195	330	26	1	59.09
MJ North	c PD Collingwood b GP Swann	1	8	0	0	12.50
BJ Haddin	c PD Collingwood b GP Swann	136	287	16	1	47.39
MG Johnson	b ST Finn	0	19	0	0	0.00
XJ Doherty	c AN Cook b ST Finn	16	30	2	0	53.33
PM Siddle	c GP Swann b ST Finn	6	11	1	0	54.55
BW Hilfenhaus*	not out	1	10	0	0	10.00

Extras 21 (b 4, lb 12, w 4, nb 1)

Total 481/10 (158.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	37.0	13	99	2	2.68
SCJ Broad	33.0	7	72	0	2.18
GP Swann	43.0	5	128	2	2.98
ST Finn	33.4	2	125	6	3.71
PD Collingwood	12.0	1	41	0	3.42

Fall of wickets

1-78 (SR Watson, 25.2)·2-96 (RT Ponting, 33.2)·3-100 (SM Katich, 36.1)·4-140 (MJ Clarke, 51.2)·5-143 (MJ North, 52.5)·6-450 (BJ Haddin, 145.3)·7-458 (MEK Hussey, 148.6)·8-462 (MG Johnson, 152.3)·9-472 (PM Siddle, 154.4)·10-481 (XJ Doherty, 158.4)

England

517 /1 (152.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	st BJ Haddin b MJ North	110	224	15	49.11
AN Cook*	not out	235	428	27	54.91
IJL Trott*	not out	135	266	19	50.75

Extras 37 (b 17, lb 4, w 10, nb 6)

Total 517/1 (152.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	32.0	8	82	0	2.56
PM Siddle	24.0	4	90	0	3.75
MJ North	19.0	3	47	1	2.47
MG Johnson	27.0	5	104	0	3.85
XJ Doherty	35.0	5	107	0	3.06
SR Watson	15.0	2	66	0	4.40

Fall of wickets

1-188 (AJ Strauss, 66.2)

Australia

107 /1 (26.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson*	not out	41	97	5	0	42.27
SM Katich	c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad	4	16	0	0	25.00
RT Ponting*	not out	51	43	4	1	118.60

Extras 6 (b 4, lb 1, w 1)

Total 107/1 (26.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	5.0	2	15	0	3.00
SCJ Broad	7.0	1	18	1	2.57
GP Swann	8.0	0	33	0	4.12
ST Finn	4.0	0	25	0	6.25
KP Pietersen	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-5 (SM Katich, 5.2)