The Ashes - 4th Test

Australia v England

Australia won by an innings and 99 runs

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss b Warne 50 206 132 1 0 37.87
View dismissal AN Cook c †Gilchrist b Lee 11 49 37 1 0 29.72
View dismissal IR Bell lbw b Clark 7 46 30 0 0 23.33
View dismissal PD Collingwood c Ponting b Lee 28 115 82 4 0 34.14
View dismissal KP Pietersen c Symonds b Warne 21 104 70 0 0 30.00
View dismissal A Flintoff* c Warne b Clark 13 36 31 1 0 41.93
View dismissal CMW Read c Ponting b Warne 3 28 17 0 0 17.64
View dismissal SI Mahmood c †Gilchrist b McGrath 0 11 9 0 0 0.00
View dismissal SJ Harmison c Clarke b Warne 7 11 12 1 0 58.33
View dismissal MS Panesar c Symonds b Warne 4 27 19 0 0 21.05
MJ Hoggard not out 9 15 10 1 0 90.00
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 3) 6
Total (all out; 74.2 overs; 324 mins) 159 (2.13 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-23 (Cook, 10.5 ov), 2-44 (Bell, 20.5 ov), 3-101 (Collingwood, 45.6 ov), 4-101 (Strauss, 46.2 ov), 5-122 (Flintoff, 55.5 ov), 6-135 (Read, 62.6 ov), 7-136 (Mahmood, 65.4 ov), 8-145 (Harmison, 68.2 ov), 9-146 (Pietersen, 70.2 ov), 10-159 (Panesar, 74.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets B Lee 13 4 36 2 2.76 (2nb)
View wicket GD McGrath 20 8 37 1 1.85 (1nb)
View wickets SR Clark 17 6 27 2 1.58
A Symonds 7 2 17 0 2.42
View wickets SK Warne 17.2 4 39 5 2.25
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal JL Langer c †Read b Flintoff 27 45 29 3 0 93.10
View dismissal ML Hayden c †Read b Mahmood 153 418 265 13 2 57.73
View dismissal B Lee c †Read b Flintoff 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
View dismissal RT Ponting* c Cook b Flintoff 7 37 28 0 0 25.00
View dismissal MEK Hussey b Hoggard 6 37 20 0 0 30.00
View dismissal MJ Clarke c †Read b Harmison 5 6 5 0 0 100.00
View dismissal A Symonds c †Read b Harmison 156 327 220 15 1 70.90
View dismissal AC Gilchrist c Collingwood b Mahmood 1 10 8 0 0 12.50
SK Warne not out 40 75 54 6 0 74.07
View dismissal SR Clark c †Read b Mahmood 8 34 24 0 0 33.33
View dismissal GD McGrath c Bell b Mahmood 0 9 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 9) 16
Total (all out; 108.3 overs; 505 mins) 419 (3.86 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-44 (Langer, 9.2 ov), 2-44 (Lee, 9.3 ov), 3-62 (Ponting, 17.3 ov), 4-79 (Hussey, 24.1 ov), 5-84 (Clarke, 25.2 ov), 6-363 (Hayden, 90.4 ov), 7-365 (Gilchrist, 92.3 ov), 8-383 (Symonds, 99.2 ov), 9-417 (Clark, 106.5 ov), 10-419 (McGrath, 108.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wicket MJ Hoggard 21 6 82 1 3.90 (1nb)
View wickets A Flintoff 22 1 77 3 3.50 (8nb)
View wickets SJ Harmison 28 6 69 2 2.46
View wickets SI Mahmood 21.3 1 100 4 4.65 (1w)
MS Panesar 12 1 52 0 4.33
PD Collingwood 3 0 20 0 6.66
KP Pietersen 1 0 13 0 13.00
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss c †Gilchrist b Lee 31 173 107 2 0 28.97
View dismissal AN Cook b Clark 20 64 46 1 0 43.47
View dismissal IR Bell lbw b McGrath 2 21 11 0 0 18.18
View dismissal KP Pietersen b Clark 1 7 8 0 0 12.50
View dismissal PD Collingwood c Langer b Lee 16 52 38 0 0 42.10
View dismissal A Flintoff* lbw b Clark 25 60 45 2 0 55.55
CMW Read not out 26 127 77 1 0 33.76
View dismissal SI Mahmood lbw b Warne 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
View dismissal SJ Harmison lbw b Warne 4 44 26 0 0 15.38
View dismissal MS Panesar c Clarke b Lee 14 20 19 2 0 73.68
View dismissal MJ Hoggard b Lee 5 21 20 0 0 25.00
Extras (lb 12, w 1, nb 4) 17
Total (all out; 65.5 overs; 301 mins) 161 (2.44 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-41 (Cook, 14.5 ov), 2-48 (Bell, 19.2 ov), 3-49 (Pietersen, 20.5 ov), 4-75 (Collingwood, 31.4 ov), 5-90 (Strauss, 37.5 ov), 6-108 (Flintoff, 45.5 ov), 7-109 (Mahmood, 46.3 ov), 8-127 (Harmison, 56.5 ov), 9-146 (Panesar, 61.2 ov), 10-161 (Hoggard, 65.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets B Lee 18.5 6 47 4 2.49 (3nb)
View wicket GD McGrath 12 2 26 1 2.16 (1w)
View wickets SR Clark 16 6 30 3 1.87 (1nb)
View wickets SK Warne 19 3 46 2 2.42
Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 5-match series 4-0
Player of the match SK Warne (Australia)
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire PR Reiffel
Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 48/2 (ML Hayden 17*, RT Ponting 0*, 11 ov)
27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 372/7 (A Symonds 154*, SK Warne 4*, 96 ov)
28 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 161 (65.5 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
  • Australia: 400 runs in 103.2 overs (629 balls), Extras 15
  • England 2nd innings
  • Lunch: England - 28/0 in 12.0 overs (AJ Strauss 12, AN Cook 15)
  • England: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (130 balls), Extras 8
  • Drinks: England - 55/3 in 24.0 overs (AJ Strauss 21, PD Collingwood 3)
  • Tea: England - 90/4 in 37.0 overs (AJ Strauss 31, A Flintoff 11)
  • England: 100 runs in 41.1 overs (251 balls), Extras 10
  • Drinks: England - 122/7 in 54.0 overs (CMW Read 15, SJ Harmison 2)
  • England: 150 runs in 62.5 overs (382 balls), Extras 13
 
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Dec 28, 2006

Brett Lee bowls Matthew Hoggard as Australia make it 4-0, Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne, December 28, 2006

Brett Lee bowls Matthew Hoggard as Australia make it 4-0

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Dec 28, 2006

Ricky Ponting waves to the Australian supporters, Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne, December 28, 2006

Ricky Ponting waves to the Australian supporters

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