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252
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253-6
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Overs: 48.3 RR: 5.20 vs spin: 5.00
vs seam: 5.17
Overs: 49.3 RR: 5.11 vs spin: 5.15
vs seam: 5.01
Fri 09/02/07 Australia v England, Commonwealth Bank Series, 1st Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
ENGLAND WIN England won by 4 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 252 (48.3; RR: 5.20)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Gilchrist c Flintoff b Mahmood 5 10 0 0 50.00
ML Hayden c Mahmood b Dalrymple 82 102 7 0 80.39
RT Ponting c Collingwood b Panesar 75 75 7 0 100.00
MJ Clarke run out 33 39 0 1 84.62
BJ Hodge lbw b Panesar 5 10 0 0 50.00
MEK Hussey c Nixon b Flintoff 17 19 1 0 89.47
SR Watson c Bell b Mahmood 9 13 0 0 69.23
GB Hogg c Bell b Flintoff 10 11 1 0 90.91
B Lee run out 0 5 0 0 0.00
NW Bracken not out 3 5 0 0 60.00
GD McGrath b Flintoff 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 9w, 0nb) 13  
TOTAL 252 all out (48.3 overs; RR: 5.20)

Fall of wickets

32-1 (AC Gilchrist 5.3 ov), 170-2 (RT Ponting 30.1 ov), 180-3 (ML Hayden 33.2 ov), 196-4 (BJ Hodge 36.5 ov), 229-5 (MJ Clarke 42.2 ov), 229-6 (MEK Hussey 42.3 ov), 248-7 (GB Hogg 46.1 ov), 248-8 (B Lee 46.6 ov), 250-9 (SR Watson 47.4 ov), 252-10 (GD McGrath 48.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
LE Plunkett 10.0 0 56 0 5.60 4 0
SI Mahmood 8.0 0 45 2 5.63 2 0
A Flintoff 9.3 1 41 3 4.56 2 0
MS Panesar 10.0 0 44 2 4.40 0 0
PD Collingwood 4.0 0 21 0 5.25 0 0
JWM Dalrymple 7.0 0 41 1 5.86 1 0

England - 1st Inns 253-6 (49.3; RR: 5.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EC Joyce c McGrath b Lee 6 18 1 0 33.33
MB Loye lbw b Lee 0 6 0 0 0.00
IR Bell b Lee 65 90 3 0 72.22
AJ Strauss lbw b Bracken 0 2 0 0 0.00
PD Collingwood not out 120 133 7 1 90.23
A Flintoff c Gilchrist b Watson 35 36 0 1 97.22
JWM Dalrymple run out 3 5 0 0 60.00
PA Nixon not out 11 10 0 0 110.00
LE Plunkett  
SI Mahmood  
MS Panesar  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 7w, 3nb) 13  
TOTAL 253-6 (49.3 overs; RR: 5.11)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (MB Loye 2.2 ov), 14-2 (EC Joyce 4.6 ov), 15-3 (AJ Strauss 5.4 ov), 148-4 (IR Bell 32.6 ov), 222-5 (A Flintoff 45.2 ov), 225-6 (JWM Dalrymple 46.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 10.0 0 41 3 4.10 3 1
NW Bracken 8.3 1 38 1 4.75 0 0
GD McGrath 10.0 0 53 0 5.30 0 1
SR Watson 8.0 0 51 1 6.38 0 1
GB Hogg 10.0 0 52 0 5.20 2 0
MJ Clarke 3.0 0 15 0 5.00 2 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, Commonwealth Bank Series, 1st Final

Date

Friday February 9, 2007

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:15am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

DJ Harper, Asad Rauf

Australia Team

Playing XI

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

England Team

Playing XI

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