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152-8 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
246-8 ENG flag
Overs: 27.0 RR: 5.63 vs spin: 6.67
vs seam: 5.24
 Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.92 vs spin: 4.70
vs seam: 4.75
Sun 11/02/07 Australia v England, Commonwealth Bank Series, 2nd Final, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
ENGLAND WIN England won by 34 runs (D/L method)
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England - 1st Inns 246-8 (50.0; RR: 4.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EC Joyce c Hodge b McGrath 15 27 3 0 55.56
MB Loye run out 45 61 8 1 73.77
IR Bell run out 26 45 1 0 57.78
AJ Strauss c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 5 0 0 120.00
PD Collingwood c Gilchrist b Bracken 70 90 2 0 77.78
A Flintoff c & b Lee 42 50 3 0 84.00
JWM Dalrymple run out 5 10 0 0 50.00
PA Nixon c Hodge b McGrath 6 7 0 0 85.71
LE Plunkett not out 8 10 0 0 80.00
SI Mahmood  
MS Panesar  
Extras (5b, 4lb, 9w, 5nb) 23  
TOTAL 246-8 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.92)

Fall of wickets

34-1 (EC Joyce 8.1 ov), 79-2 (MB Loye 18.3 ov), 86-3 (AJ Strauss 19.3 ov), 112-4 (IR Bell 25.4 ov), 209-5 (A Flintoff 42.6 ov), 231-6 (PD Collingwood 46.6 ov), 233-7 (JWM Dalrymple 47.3 ov), 246-8 (PA Nixon 50.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 10.0 0 53 1 5.30 2 5
NW Bracken 10.0 1 38 2 3.80 0 0
GD McGrath 10.0 0 41 2 4.10 0 0
SR Watson 8.0 0 46 0 5.75 2 0
MEK Hussey 2.0 0 12 0 6.00 2 0
GB Hogg 10.0 0 47 0 4.70 3 0

Australia - 1st Inns 152-8 (27.0; RR: 5.63)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Gilchrist b Plunkett 20 17 2 0 117.65
ML Hayden c Collingwood b Mahmood 5 9 0 0 55.56
RT Ponting c Strauss b Plunkett 7 6 1 0 116.67
MJ Clarke c Nixon b Plunkett 0 9 0 0 0.00
BJ Hodge c Bell b Dalrymple 49 46 5 1 106.52
MEK Hussey c Strauss b Flintoff 0 10 0 0 0.00
SR Watson c Dalrymple b Collingwood 37 44 4 1 84.09
GB Hogg c Flintoff b Collingwood 10 14 1 0 71.43
B Lee not out 10 7 2 0 142.86
NW Bracken not out 3 3 0 0 100.00
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 6w, 3nb) 11  
TOTAL 152-8 (27.0 overs; RR: 5.63)

Fall of wickets

25-1 (ML Hayden 3.1 ov), 33-2 (RT Ponting 4.2 ov), 39-3 (AC Gilchrist 6.1 ov), 40-4 (MJ Clarke 6.6 ov), 63-5 (MEK Hussey 11.2 ov), 109-6 (SR Watson 20.6 ov), 132-7 (GB Hogg 24.4 ov), 139-8 (BJ Hodge 25.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
LE Plunkett 6.0 0 43 3 7.17 5 2
SI Mahmood 6.0 0 31 1 5.17 0 0
A Flintoff 5.0 1 10 1 2.00 0 1
MS Panesar 2.0 0 15 0 7.50 0 0
JWM Dalrymple 4.0 0 25 1 6.25 1 0
PD Collingwood 4.0 0 26 2 6.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Sydney, Commonwealth Bank Series, 2nd Final

Date

Sunday February 11, 2007

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:15am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

IL Howell, SJ Davis

Australia Team

Playing XI

AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge, MEK Hussey, SR Watson, GB Hogg, B Lee, NW Bracken, GD McGrath

England Team

Playing XI

EC Joyce, MB Loye, IR Bell, AJ Strauss, PD Collingwood, A Flintoff, JWM Dalrymple, PA Nixon, LE Plunkett, SI Mahmood, MS Panesar