Australia v England, Adelaide Oval

Australia 245/10 & 304/10

England 620/5

England won by 71 runs

Australia v England 2010 · 2nd Test Adelaide Oval 3–7 Dec 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.07× +7%

England

0.94× -6%

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

KP Pietersen England

227 +330

AN Cook England

148 +190

MEK Hussey Australia

145 +186

SR Watson Australia

108 +119

BJ Haddin Australia

68 +97

Best bowling

Top match figures

GP Swann5/91

JM Anderson4/51

ST Finn2/60

GP Swann2/70

Top score

227

KP Pietersen · England

Biggest stand

175

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultEngland won by 71 runs

Length5 days

Australia

245 /10 (85.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson	51	94	7	1	54.26
RT Ponting	c GP Swann b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	c GP Swann b JM Anderson	2	6	0	0	33.33
MEK Hussey	c PD Collingwood b GP Swann	93	183	8	0	50.82
MJ North	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	26	93	4	0	27.96
BJ Haddin	c ST Finn b SCJ Broad	56	95	3	1	58.95
RJ Harris	lbw b GP Swann	0	1	0	0	0.00
XJ Doherty	run out (AJ Strauss)	6	19	1	0	31.58
PM Siddle	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	3	21	0	0	14.29
DE Bollinger*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 8 (lb 6, w 1, nb 1)

Total 245/10 (85.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	19.0	4	51	4	2.68
SCJ Broad	18.5	6	39	1	2.07
ST Finn	16.0	1	71	1	4.44
GP Swann	29.0	2	70	2	2.41
PD Collingwood	3.0	0	8	0	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-0 (SM Katich, 0.4)·2-0 (RT Ponting, 0.5)·3-2 (MJ Clarke, 2.1)·4-96 (SR Watson, 28.3)·5-156 (MJ North, 54.4)·6-207 (MEK Hussey, 73.3)·7-207 (RJ Harris, 73.4)·8-226 (XJ Doherty, 79.3)·9-243 (PM Siddle, 84.3)·10-245 (BJ Haddin, 85.5)

England

620 /5 (152.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	b DE Bollinger	1	3	0	0	33.33
AN Cook	c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris	148	269	18	0	55.02
IJL Trott	c MJ Clarke b RJ Harris	78	144	12	0	54.17
KP Pietersen	c SM Katich b XJ Doherty	227	308	34	1	73.70
PD Collingwood	lbw b SR Watson	42	70	6	0	60.00
IR Bell*	not out	68	97	8	1	70.10
MJ Prior*	not out	27	21	2	0	128.57

Extras 29 (b 8, lb 13, w 8)

Total 620/5 (152.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	29.0	5	84	2	2.90
DE Bollinger	29.0	1	130	1	4.48
PM Siddle	30.0	3	121	0	4.03
SR Watson	19.0	7	44	1	2.32
XJ Doherty	27.0	3	158	1	5.85
MJ North	18.0	0	62	0	3.44

Fall of wickets

1-3 (AJ Strauss, 1.3)·2-176 (IJL Trott, 48.3)·3-351 (AN Cook, 96.4)·4-452 (PD Collingwood, 117.4)·5-568 (KP Pietersen, 146.2)

Australia

304 /10 (99.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c AJ Strauss b ST Finn	57	141	10	0	40.43
SM Katich	c MJ Prior b GP Swann	43	85	6	0	50.59
RT Ponting	c PD Collingwood b GP Swann	9	19	2	0	47.37
MJ Clarke	c AN Cook b KP Pietersen	80	139	11	0	57.55
MEK Hussey	c JM Anderson b ST Finn	52	107	5	1	48.60
MJ North	lbw b GP Swann	22	35	3	0	62.86
BJ Haddin	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	12	21	2	0	57.14
RJ Harris	lbw b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
PM Siddle	b GP Swann	6	22	1	0	27.27
XJ Doherty	b GP Swann	5	9	1	0	55.56
DE Bollinger*	not out	7	16	1	0	43.75

Extras 11 (b 5, lb 1, w 5)

Total 304/10 (99.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	22.0	4	92	2	4.18
SCJ Broad	11.0	3	32	0	2.91
GP Swann	41.1	13	91	5	2.21
ST Finn	18.0	2	60	2	3.33
PD Collingwood	4.0	0	13	0	3.25
KP Pietersen	3.0	0	10	1	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-84 (SM Katich, 29.2)·2-98 (RT Ponting, 35.2)·3-134 (SR Watson, 46.2)·4-238 (MJ Clarke, 79.2)·5-261 (MEK Hussey, 85.2)·6-286 (BJ Haddin, 90.5)·7-286 (RJ Harris, 90.6)·8-286 (MJ North, 91.2)·9-295 (XJ Doherty, 95.1)·10-304 (PM Siddle, 99.1)