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98 & 258-9
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Overs: 85.4 RR: 3.01 vs spin: 2.19
vs seam: 3.27
Overs: 159.1 RR: 3.22 vs spin: 3.94
vs seam: 3.03
Sat 25/12/10 Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 157 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 98 (42.5; RR: 2.29)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SR Watson c Pietersen b Tremlett 5 12 0 0 41.67
PJ Hughes c Pietersen b Bresnan 16 32 2 0 50.00
RT Ponting c Swann b Tremlett 10 38 2 0 26.32
MJ Clarke c Prior b Anderson 20 54 2 0 37.04
MEK Hussey c Prior b Anderson 8 41 1 0 19.51
SPD Smith c Prior b Anderson 6 15 0 0 40.00
BJ Haddin c Strauss b Bresnan 5 16 1 0 31.25
MG Johnson c Prior b Anderson 0 4 0 0 0.00
RJ Harris not out 10 23 2 0 43.48
PM Siddle c Prior b Tremlett 11 15 1 0 73.33
BW Hilfenhaus c Prior b Tremlett 0 8 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 5nb) 7  
TOTAL 98 all out (42.5 overs; RR: 2.29)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (SR Watson 3.2 ov), 37-2 (PJ Hughes 13.1 ov), 37-3 (RT Ponting 14.2 ov), 58-4 (MEK Hussey 25.2 ov), 66-5 (SPD Smith 29.3 ov), 77-6 (MJ Clarke 33.4 ov), 77-7 (BJ Haddin 34.5 ov), 77-8 (MG Johnson 35.2 ov), 92-9 (PM Siddle 40.3 ov), 98-10 (BW Hilfenhaus 42.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 16.0 4 44 4 2.75 0 0
CT Tremlett 11.5 5 26 4 2.36 0 1
TT Bresnan 13.0 6 25 2 1.92 0 0
GP Swann 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 513 (159.1; RR: 3.22)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AJ Strauss c Hussey b Siddle 69 167 5 0 41.32
AN Cook c Watson b Siddle 82 152 11 0 53.95
IJL Trott not out 168 345 14 0 48.70
KP Pietersen lbw b Siddle 51 89 7 0 57.30
PD Collingwood c Siddle b Johnson 8 15 1 0 53.33
IR Bell c Siddle b Johnson 1 13 0 0 7.69
MJ Prior c Ponting b Siddle 85 119 11 0 71.43
TT Bresnan c Haddin b Siddle 4 17 0 0 23.53
GP Swann c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 22 28 3 0 78.57
CT Tremlett b Hilfenhaus 4 7 0 0 57.14
JM Anderson b Siddle 1 6 0 0 16.67
Extras (10b, 2lb, 3w, 3nb) 18  
TOTAL 513 all out (159.1 overs; RR: 3.22)

Fall of wickets

159-1 (AN Cook 51.1 ov), 170-2 (AJ Strauss 55.3 ov), 262-3 (KP Pietersen 86.3 ov), 281-4 (PD Collingwood 91.3 ov), 286-5 (IR Bell 95.3 ov), 459-6 (MJ Prior 141.1 ov), 465-7 (TT Bresnan 145.4 ov), 508-8 (GP Swann 156.3 ov), 512-9 (CT Tremlett 158.1 ov), 513-10 (JM Anderson 159.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
BW Hilfenhaus 37.0 13 83 2 2.24 1 0
RJ Harris 28.4 9 91 0 3.25 0 0
MG Johnson 29.0 2 134 2 4.62 2 2
PM Siddle 33.1 10 75 6 2.27 0 1
SR Watson 10.0 1 34 0 3.40 0 0
SPD Smith 18.0 3 71 0 3.94 0 0
MJ Clarke 3.2 0 13 0 4.33 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 258-9 (85.4; RR: 3.01)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SR Watson lbw b Bresnan 54 102 6 0 52.94
PJ Hughes run out 23 30 2 0 76.67
RT Ponting b Bresnan 20 73 2 0 27.40
MJ Clarke c Strauss b Swann 13 66 0 0 19.70
MEK Hussey c Bell b Bresnan 0 7 0 0 0.00
SPD Smith b Anderson 38 67 6 0 56.72
BJ Haddin not out 55 93 4 1 59.14
MG Johnson b Tremlett 6 22 0 0 27.27
PM Siddle c Pietersen b Swann 40 50 5 1 80.00
BW Hilfenhaus c Prior b Bresnan 0 4 0 0 0.00
RJ Harris  
Extras (1b, 6lb, 2w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 258-9 (85.4 overs; RR: 3.01)

Fall of wickets

53-1 (PJ Hughes 11.3 ov), 99-2 (SR Watson 31.6 ov), 102-3 (RT Ponting 35.4 ov), 104-4 (MEK Hussey 37.5 ov), 134-5 (MJ Clarke 52.5 ov), 158-6 (SPD Smith 61.5 ov), 172-7 (MG Johnson 67.5 ov), 258-8 (PM Siddle 84.2 ov), 258-9 (BW Hilfenhaus 85.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 20.0 1 71 1 3.55 1 0
CT Tremlett 17.0 3 71 1 4.18 0 0
GP Swann 27.0 11 59 2 2.19 0 0
TT Bresnan 21.4 8 50 4 2.38 1 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test

Date

Saturday December 25, 2010

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

11:30pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

AL Hill, Aleem Dar

Australia Team

Playing XI

RT Ponting, MEK Hussey, BJ Haddin, MJ Clarke, SR Watson, MG Johnson, RJ Harris, BW Hilfenhaus, PM Siddle, PJ Hughes, SPD Smith

England Team

Playing XI

PD Collingwood, GP Swann, AJ Strauss, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, IJL Trott, JM Anderson, CT Tremlett, MJ Prior, TT Bresnan, AN Cook