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 : Ian Howell and Daryl Harper
Match Result : England won by 92 runs; Aus 0 pts Eng 5 pts
Man of the Match : Ed Joyce
England (50 Overs Maximum)
Ed Joyce c Bracken b Tait 107 (142) 10 ‘4s’
Mal Loye c Bracken b McGrath 29 (33) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ian Bell c Gilchrist b McGrath 51 (60) 4 ‘4s’
Andrew Flintoff (C) lbw b White 3 (10)
Andrew Strauss c Clark b Bracken 26 (24) 3 ‘4s’
Jamie Dalrymple run out (Clarke/Gilchrist) 30 (18) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Paul Nixon (WK) c Hodge b Tait 4 (2) 1 ‘4s’
Ravinder Bopara not out 7 (5) 1 ‘4s’
Liam Plunkett not out 10 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Sajid Mahmood
Monty Panesar
Extras: 25 (Wides : 19 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 292/7 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-58 (Loye, 10.6 ovs), 2-169 (Bell, 33.1 ovs), 3-179 (Flintoff, 36.4 ovs), 4-222 (Strauss, 42.3 ovs), 5-256 (Joyce, 46.2 ovs), 6-261 (Nixon, 46.6 ovs), 7-274 (Dalrymple, 47.6 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Tait 10-0-68-2 (5w)
Bracken 9-1-53-1 (2w)
Clark 10-0-55-0 (1w)
McGrath 10-0-51-2 (2w 1nb)
Clarke 4-0-18-0
Symonds 2-0-16-0
White 5-1-26-1 (3w)
Australia (Target : 293 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (C, WK) b Plunkett 0 (1)
Matthew Hayden c Dalrymple b Mahmood 51 (62) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Brad Hodge b Mahmood 1 (6)
Michael Clarke c Nixon b Plunkett 18 (29) 2 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds retired hurt 39 (35) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Michael Hussey b Bopara 6 (14)
Cameron White c Nixon b Flintoff 13 (20)
Nathan Bracken b Panesar 21 (26) 3 ‘4s’
Stuart Clark not out 15 (23) 2 ‘4s’
Glenn McGrath lbw b Plunkett 1 (7)
Shaun Tait run out (Bell) 11 (10) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Extras: 24 (Wides : 16 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 8)
Total : 200 all out (Overs : 38.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.1 ovs), 2-4 (Hodge, 1.2 ovs), 3-45 (Clarke, 12.2 ovs), 4-116 (Hayden, 20.4 ovs), 5-137 (Hussey, 24.4 ovs), 6-160 (White, 30.1 ovs), 7-180 (Bracken, 33.6 ovs), 8-187 (McGrath, 36.3 ovs), 9-200 (Tait, 38.5 ovs)
England Bowling
Plunkett 9.5-1-24-3 (6w)
Mahmood 7-0-38-2 (4w)
Flintoff 8-0-47-1 (1w)
Panesar 10-0-64-1
Bopara 4-0-19-1 (1w)
- ODI Debuts for Shaun Tait (Aus) and Ravinder Bopara (Eng)
- Andrew Symonds retired hurt on 39 at 130/4 after 24 overs.