Australia v England, Melbourne Cricket Ground

England 255/10 & 179/10

Australia 204/10 & 231/2

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia v England 2013 · 4th Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–29 Dec 2013

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

England

0.89× -11%

Australia

1.15× +15%

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

CJL Rogers Australia

177 +206

KP Pietersen England

120 +188

SR Watson Australia

93 +108

BJ Haddin Australia

65 +93

AN Cook England

78 +83

Best bowling

Top match figures

NM Lyon5/50

MG Johnson5/63

JM Anderson4/67

MG Johnson3/25

Top score

116

CJL Rogers · Australia

Biggest stand

136

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

4–6

4 wkts for 6 · England

Match facts

TossAustralia, field

ResultAustralia won by 8 wickets

Length4 days

England

255 /10 (100.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c MJ Clarke b PM Siddle	27	47	3	0	57.45
MA Carberry	b SR Watson	38	103	6	0	36.89
Joe Root	c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris	24	82	2	0	29.27
KP Pietersen	b MG Johnson	71	161	5	1	44.10
IR Bell	c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris	27	98	1	0	27.55
Ben Stokes	c SR Watson b MG Johnson	14	23	1	1	60.87
JM Bairstow	b MG Johnson	10	17	0	1	58.82
TT Bresnan	c GJ Bailey b MG Johnson	1	14	0	0	7.14
SCJ Broad	lbw b MG Johnson	11	16	2	0	68.75
JM Anderson*	not out	11	24	1	0	45.83
MS Panesar	b NM Lyon	2	16	0	0	12.50

Extras 19 (b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 1)

Total 255/10 (100.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	24.0	8	47	2	1.96
MG Johnson	24.0	4	63	5	2.62
PM Siddle	23.0	7	50	1	2.17
NM Lyon	22.2	4	67	1	3.00
SR Watson	6.4	3	11	1	1.65

Fall of wickets

1-48 (AN Cook, 16.5)·2-96 (MA Carberry, 33.6)·3-106 (Joe Root, 42.1)·4-173 (IR Bell, 72.6)·5-202 (Ben Stokes, 80.3)·6-216 (JM Bairstow, 84.4)·7-230 (TT Bresnan, 90.1)·8-231 (KP Pietersen, 90.5)·9-242 (SCJ Broad, 94.2)·10-255 (MS Panesar, 99.6)

Australia

204 /10 (82.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan	61	171	8	0	35.67
David Warner	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	9	14	2	0	64.29
SR Watson	c JM Bairstow b Ben Stokes	10	15	2	0	66.67
MJ Clarke	b JM Anderson	10	34	0	0	29.41
Steve Smith	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	19	77	3	0	24.68
GJ Bailey	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	0	19	0	0	0.00
BJ Haddin	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	65	68	7	1	95.59
MG Johnson	c JM Anderson b TT Bresnan	2	30	0	0	6.67
RJ Harris	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	6	27	1	0	22.22
PM Siddle	c TT Bresnan b SCJ Broad	0	5	0	0	0.00
NM Lyon*	not out	18	34	3	0	52.94

Extras 4 (lb 4)

Total 204/10 (82.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.2	4	67	4	3.30
SCJ Broad	20.0	6	45	3	2.25
Ben Stokes	15.0	4	46	1	3.07
TT Bresnan	18.0	6	24	2	1.33
MS Panesar	9.0	2	18	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-19 (David Warner, 6.3)·2-36 (SR Watson, 11.2)·3-62 (MJ Clarke, 25.2)·4-110 (Steve Smith, 49.5)·5-112 (CJL Rogers, 52.1)·6-122 (GJ Bailey, 57.5)·7-151 (MG Johnson, 66.2)·8-162 (RJ Harris, 71.6)·9-164 (PM Siddle, 73.3)·10-204 (BJ Haddin, 82.2)

England

179 /10 (61.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	lbw b MG Johnson	51	64	7	0	79.69
MA Carberry	lbw b PM Siddle	12	81	1	0	14.81
Joe Root	run out (MG Johnson)	15	24	1	0	62.50
KP Pietersen	c RJ Harris b NM Lyon	49	90	6	0	54.44
IR Bell	c MG Johnson b NM Lyon	0	1	0	0	0.00
Ben Stokes	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	19	55	1	0	34.55
JM Bairstow	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	21	28	2	2	75.00
TT Bresnan	b NM Lyon	0	8	0	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	0	3	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson*	not out	1	6	0	0	16.67
MS Panesar	lbw b MG Johnson	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 5, lb 6)

Total 179/10 (61.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	10.0	1	34	0	3.40
MG Johnson	15.0	5	25	3	1.67
NM Lyon	17.0	3	50	5	2.94
PM Siddle	15.0	6	46	1	3.07
SR Watson	4.0	2	13	0	3.25

Fall of wickets

1-65 (AN Cook, 21.3)·2-86 (MA Carberry, 27.5)·3-86 (Joe Root, 28.2)·4-87 (IR Bell, 28.4)·5-131 (Ben Stokes, 44.5)·6-173 (JM Bairstow, 54.3)·7-174 (TT Bresnan, 57.2)·8-174 (SCJ Broad, 57.5)·9-179 (KP Pietersen, 59.4)·10-179 (MS Panesar, 60.6)

Australia

231 /2 (51.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
CJL Rogers	c JM Bairstow b MS Panesar	116	155	13	74.84
David Warner	c JM Bairstow b Ben Stokes	25	47	3	53.19
SR Watson*	not out	83	90	11	92.22
MJ Clarke*	not out	6	20	1	30.00

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 231/2 (51.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	11.0	2	26	0	2.36
SCJ Broad	10.0	0	58	0	5.80
MS Panesar	7.5	0	41	1	5.23
Ben Stokes	12.0	0	50	1	4.17
Joe Root	4.0	1	8	0	2.00
TT Bresnan	7.0	1	48	0	6.86

Fall of wickets

1-64 (David Warner, 17.6)·2-200 (CJL Rogers, 45.5)