Australia v England, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia 98/10 & 258/9

England 513/10

England won by 157 runs

Australia v England 2010 · 4th Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–29 Dec 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.09× +9%

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

IJL Trott England

168 +243

AN Cook England

82 +103

MJ Prior England

85 +102

AJ Strauss England

69 +88

BJ Haddin Australia

60 +77

Best bowling

Top match figures

PM Siddle6/75

CT Tremlett4/26

JM Anderson4/44

TT Bresnan4/50

Top score

168*

IJL Trott · England

Biggest stand

173

6th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · Australia

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 157 runs

Length4 days

Australia

98 /10 (42.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SR Watson	c KP Pietersen b CT Tremlett	5	12	0	41.67
PJ Hughes	c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan	16	32	2	50.00
RT Ponting	c GP Swann b CT Tremlett	10	38	2	26.32
MJ Clarke	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	20	54	2	37.04
MEK Hussey	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	8	41	1	19.51
Steve Smith	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	6	15	0	40.00
BJ Haddin	c AJ Strauss b TT Bresnan	5	16	1	31.25
MG Johnson	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0.00
RJ Harris*	not out	10	23	2	43.48
PM Siddle	c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett	11	15	1	73.33
BW Hilfenhaus	c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett	0	8	0	0.00

Extras 7 (lb 2, nb 5)

Total 98/10 (42.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	16.0	4	44	4	2.75
CT Tremlett	11.5	6	26	4	2.20
TT Bresnan	13.0	6	25	2	1.92
GP Swann	2.0	1	1	0	0.50

Fall of wickets

1-15 (SR Watson, 3.2)·2-37 (PJ Hughes, 13.1)·3-37 (RT Ponting, 14.2)·4-58 (MEK Hussey, 25.2)·5-66 (Steve Smith, 29.3)·6-77 (MJ Clarke, 33.4)·7-77 (BJ Haddin, 34.5)·8-77 (MG Johnson, 35.2)·9-92 (PM Siddle, 40.3)·10-98 (BW Hilfenhaus, 42.5)

England

513 /10 (159.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle	69	167	5	41.32
AN Cook	c SR Watson b PM Siddle	82	152	11	53.95
IJL Trott*	not out	168	345	14	48.70
KP Pietersen	lbw b PM Siddle	51	89	7	57.30
PD Collingwood	c PM Siddle b MG Johnson	8	15	1	53.33
IR Bell	c PM Siddle b MG Johnson	1	13	0	7.69
MJ Prior	c RT Ponting b PM Siddle	85	119	11	71.43
TT Bresnan	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	4	17	0	23.53
GP Swann	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	22	28	3	78.57
CT Tremlett	b BW Hilfenhaus	4	7	0	57.14
JM Anderson	b PM Siddle	1	6	0	16.67

Extras 18 (b 10, lb 2, w 3, nb 3)

Total 513/10 (159.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	37.0	13	83	2	2.24
RJ Harris	28.4	9	91	0	3.17
MG Johnson	29.0	2	134	2	4.62
PM Siddle	33.1	11	75	6	2.26
SR Watson	10.0	1	34	0	3.40
Steve Smith	18.0	3	71	0	3.94
MJ Clarke	3.2	0	13	0	3.90

Fall of wickets

1-159 (AN Cook, 51.1)·2-170 (AJ Strauss, 55.3)·3-262 (KP Pietersen, 86.3)·4-281 (PD Collingwood, 91.3)·5-286 (IR Bell, 95.3)·6-459 (MJ Prior, 141.1)·7-465 (TT Bresnan, 145.4)·8-508 (GP Swann, 156.3)·9-512 (CT Tremlett, 158.1)·10-513 (JM Anderson, 159.1)

Australia

258 /9 (85.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b TT Bresnan	54	102	7	0	52.94
PJ Hughes	run out (IJL Trott)	23	30	2	0	76.67
RT Ponting	b TT Bresnan	20	73	2	0	27.40
MJ Clarke	c AJ Strauss b GP Swann	13	66	0	0	19.70
MEK Hussey	c IR Bell b TT Bresnan	0	7	0	0	0.00
Steve Smith	b JM Anderson	38	67	6	0	56.72
BJ Haddin*	not out	55	93	4	1	59.14
MG Johnson	b CT Tremlett	6	22	0	0	27.27
PM Siddle	c KP Pietersen b GP Swann	40	50	5	1	80.00
BW Hilfenhaus	c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 1, lb 6, w 2)

Total 258/9 (85.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.0	1	71	1	3.55
CT Tremlett	17.0	3	71	1	4.18
GP Swann	27.0	11	59	2	2.19
TT Bresnan	21.4	9	50	4	2.31

Fall of wickets

1-53 (PJ Hughes, 11.3)·2-99 (SR Watson, 31.6)·3-102 (RT Ponting, 35.4)·4-104 (MEK Hussey, 37.5)·5-134 (MJ Clarke, 52.5)·6-158 (Steve Smith, 61.5)·7-172 (MG Johnson, 67.5)·8-258 (PM Siddle, 84.2)·9-258 (BW Hilfenhaus, 85.4)