Australia v England, Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia 280/10 & 281/10

England 644/10

England won by 83 runs

Australia v England 2010 · 5th Test Sydney Cricket Ground 3–7 Jan 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.08× +8%

England

1.00× 0%

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

189 +311

MJ Prior England

118 +184

IR Bell England

115 +174

Steve Smith Australia

72 +110

MG Johnson Australia

53 +88

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson4/66

MG Johnson4/168

JM Anderson3/61

CT Tremlett3/79

Top score

189

AN Cook · England

Biggest stand

154

6th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–38

3 wkts for 38 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultEngland won by 83 runs

Length5 days

Australia

280 /10 (106.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c AJ Strauss b TT Bresnan	45	127	5	0	35.43
PJ Hughes	c PD Collingwood b CT Tremlett	31	93	5	0	33.33
UT Khawaja	c IJL Trott b GP Swann	37	95	5	0	38.95
MJ Clarke	c JM Anderson b TT Bresnan	4	21	0	0	19.05
MEK Hussey	b PD Collingwood	33	92	2	0	35.87
BJ Haddin	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	6	13	0	0	46.15
Steve Smith	c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson	18	53	1	0	33.96
MG Johnson	b TT Bresnan	53	66	5	1	80.30
PM Siddle	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	2	4	0	0	50.00
BW Hilfenhaus	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	34	58	3	1	58.62
MA Beer*	not out	2	17	0	0	11.76

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

Total 280/10 (106.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	30.1	8	66	4	2.19
CT Tremlett	26.0	9	71	1	2.73
TT Bresnan	30.0	5	89	3	2.97
GP Swann	16.0	4	37	1	2.31
PD Collingwood	4.0	2	5	1	1.25

Fall of wickets

1-55 (PJ Hughes, 29.3)·2-105 (SR Watson, 44.3)·3-113 (MJ Clarke, 50.6)·4-134 (UT Khawaja, 58.6)·5-143 (BJ Haddin, 62.4)·6-171 (MEK Hussey, 79.6)·7-187 (Steve Smith, 84.2)·8-189 (PM Siddle, 84.6)·9-265 (MG Johnson, 99.5)·10-280 (BW Hilfenhaus, 106.1)

England

644 /10 (177.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	b BW Hilfenhaus	60	58	8	1	103.45
AN Cook	c MEK Hussey b SR Watson	189	342	16	0	55.26
IJL Trott	b MG Johnson	0	6	0	0	0.00
KP Pietersen	c MA Beer b MG Johnson	36	70	4	0	51.43
JM Anderson	b PM Siddle	7	35	1	0	20.00
PD Collingwood	c BW Hilfenhaus b MA Beer	13	41	0	0	31.71
IR Bell	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	115	232	13	0	49.57
MJ Prior	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	118	130	11	1	90.77
TT Bresnan	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	35	103	5	0	33.98
GP Swann*	not out	36	26	3	1	138.46
CT Tremlett	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	12	28	1	0	42.86

Extras 23 (b 3, lb 11, w 5, nb 4)

Total 644/10 (177.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	38.5	7	121	3	3.12
MG Johnson	36.0	5	168	4	4.67
PM Siddle	31.0	5	111	1	3.58
SR Watson	20.0	7	49	1	2.45
MA Beer	38.0	3	112	1	2.95
Steve Smith	13.0	0	67	0	5.15
MEK Hussey	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-98 (AJ Strauss, 22.2)·2-99 (IJL Trott, 23.3)·3-165 (KP Pietersen, 43.2)·4-181 (JM Anderson, 53.3)·5-226 (PD Collingwood, 68.3)·6-380 (AN Cook, 115.3)·7-487 (IR Bell, 139.4)·8-589 (TT Bresnan, 167.6)·9-609 (MJ Prior, 170.6)·10-644 (CT Tremlett, 177.5)

Australia

281 /10 (84.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SR Watson	run out (MJ Prior)	38	40	7	95.00
PJ Hughes	c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan	13	58	1	22.41
UT Khawaja	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	21	73	2	28.77
MJ Clarke	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	41	73	6	56.16
MEK Hussey	c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan	12	49	1	24.49
BJ Haddin	c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett	30	41	3	73.17
Steve Smith*	not out	54	90	6	60.00
MG Johnson	b CT Tremlett	0	1	0	0.00
PM Siddle	c JM Anderson b GP Swann	43	65	4	66.15
BW Hilfenhaus	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	7	11	1	63.64
MA Beer	b CT Tremlett	2	9	0	22.22

Extras 20 (b 11, lb 4, w 3, nb 2)

Total 281/10 (84.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	18.0	5	61	3	3.39
CT Tremlett	20.4	4	79	3	3.82
GP Swann	28.0	8	75	1	2.68
TT Bresnan	18.0	6	51	2	2.83

Fall of wickets

1-46 (SR Watson, 12.4)·2-52 (PJ Hughes, 19.2)·3-117 (UT Khawaja, 37.3)·4-124 (MJ Clarke, 43.4)·5-161 (MEK Hussey, 53.6)·6-171 (BJ Haddin, 56.3)·7-171 (MG Johnson, 56.4)·8-257 (PM Siddle, 78.3)·9-267 (BW Hilfenhaus, 81.3)·10-281 (MA Beer, 84.4)