Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series :: Aus-Eng-NZ 2006/07
Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (D/N)
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Asad Rauf and Daryl Harper
Match Result : England won by 34 runs (D/L Method) to win the CB Series 2006-07 (Best of three Finals won by 2-0)
Man of the Match : Paul Collingwood
Player of the Series : Ricky Ponting
England (50 Overs Maximum)
Ed Joyce c Hodge b McGrath 15 (27) 3 ‘4s’
Mal Loye run out (Hayden) 45 (61) 8 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ian Bell run out (Hussey) 26 (45) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew Strauss c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 (5)
Paul Collingwood c Gilchrist b Bracken 70 (90) 2 ‘4s’
Andrew Flintoff (C) c&b Lee 42 (50) 3 ‘4s’
Jamie Dalrymple run out (Hodge/Gilchrist) 5 (10)
Paul Nixon (WK) c Hodge b McGrath 6 (7)
Liam Plunkett not out 8 (10)
Sajid Mahmood
Monty Panesar
Extras: 23 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 5 Byes: 5 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 246/8 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets 1-34 (Joyce, 8.1 ovs), 2-79 (Loye, 18.3 ovs), 3-86 (Strauss, 19.3 ovs), 4-112 (Bell, 25.4 ovs), 5-209 (Flintoff, 42.6 ovs), 6-231 (Collingwood, 46.6 ovs), 7-233 (Dalrymple, 47.3 ovs), 8-246 (Nixon, 49.6 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 10-0-53-1 (2w 5nb)
Bracken 10-1-38-2
McGrath 10-0-41-2
Watson 8-0-46-0 (2w)
Hussey 2-0-12-0 (2w)
Hogg 10-0-47-0 (3w)
Australia (D/L Target : 187 from 27 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Plunkett 20 (17) 2 ‘4s’
Matthew Hayden c Collingwood b Mahmood 5 (9)
Ricky Ponting (C) c Strauss b Plunkett 7 (6) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke c Nixon b Plunkett 0 (9)
Brad Hodge c Bell b Dalrymple 49 (46) 5 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Michael Hussey c Strauss b Flintoff 0 (10)
Shane Watson c Dalrymple b Collingwood 37 (44) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Brad Hogg c Flintoff b Collingwood 10 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Brett Lee not out 10 (7) 2 ‘4s’
Nathan Bracken not out 3 (3)
Glenn McGrath
Extras: 11 (Wides : 6 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 152/8 (Overs : 27.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-25 (Hayden, 3.1 ovs), 2-33 (Ponting, 4.2 ovs), 3-39 (Gilchrist, 6.1 ovs), 4-40 (Clarke, 6.6 ovs), 5-63 (Hussey, 11.2 ovs), 6-109 (Watson, 20.6 ovs), 7-132 (Hogg, 24.4 ovs), 8-139 (Hodge, 25.3 ovs)
England Bowling
Plunkett 6-0-43-3 (5w 2nb)
Mahmood 6-0-31-1
Flintoff 5-1-10-1 (1nb)
Panesar 2-0-15-0
Dalrymple 4-0-25-1 (1w)
Collingwood 4-0-26-2
- Rain Break : Australia 39/2 in 6.0 Ovs (Target was revised to 247 from 41 Overs)
- Rain Break : Australia 79/5 in 16.2 Ovs (Target was revised to 211 from 33 Overs)