Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series :: Aus-Eng-NZ 2006/07
Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (D/N)
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Asad Rauf and Daryl Harper
Match Result : England won by 4 wickets to lead the best of three finals 1-0
Man of the Match : Paul Collingwood
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Flintoff b Mahmood 5 (10)
Matthew Hayden c Mahmood b Dalrymple 82 (102) 7 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Collingwood b Panesar 75 (75) 7 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke run out (Collingwood) 33 (39) 1 ‘6s’
Brad Hodge lbw b Panesar 5 (10)
Michael Hussey c Nixon b Flintoff 17 (19) 1 ‘4s’
Shane Watson c Bell b Mahmood 9 (13)
Brad Hogg c Bell b Flintoff 10 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Brett Lee run out (Collingwood) 0 (5)
Nathan Bracken not out 3 (5)
Glenn McGrath b Flintoff 0 (2)
Extras: 13 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 252 all out (Overs : 48.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-32 (Gilchrist, 5.3 ovs), 2-170 (Ponting, 30.1 ovs), 3-180 (Hayden, 33.2 ovs), 4-196 (Hodge, 36.5 ovs), 5-229 (Clarke, 42.2 ovs), 6-229 (Hussey, 42.3 ovs), 7-248 (Hogg, 46.1 ovs), 8-248 (Lee, 46.6 ovs), 9-250 (Watson, 47.4 ovs), 10-252 (McGrath, 48.3 ovs)
England Bowling
Plunkett 10-0-56-0 (4w)
Mahmood 8-0-45-2 (2w)
Flintoff 9.3-1-41-3 (2w)
Panesar 10-0-44-2
Collingwood 4-0-21-0
Dalrymple 7-0-41-1 (1w)
England (Target : 253 from 50 Overs)
Ed Joyce c McGrath b Lee 6 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Mal Loye lbw b Lee 0 (6)
Ian Bell b Lee 65 (90) 3 ‘4s’
Andrew Strauss lbw b Bracken 0 (2)
Paul Collingwood not out 120 (133) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Flintoff (C) c Gilchrist b Watson 35 (36) 1 ‘6s’
Jamie Dalrymple run out (Clarke/McGrath) 3 (5)
Paul Nixon (WK) not out 11 (10)
Liam Plunkett
Sajid Mahmood
Monty Panesar
Extras: 13 (Wides : 7 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 253/6 (Overs : 49.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 (Loye, 2.2 ovs), 2-14 (Joyce, 4.6 ovs), 3-15 (Strauss, 5.4 ovs), 4-148 (Bell, 32.6 ovs), 5-222 (Flintoff, 45.2 ovs), 6-225 (Dalrymple, 46.1 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 10-0-41-3 (3w 1nb)
Bracken 8.3-1-38-1
McGrath 10-0-53-0 (1nb)
Watson 8-0-51-1 (1nb)
Hogg 10-0-52-0 (2w)
Clarke 3-0-15-0 (2w)