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| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | c †Gilchrist b Warne | 63 | 196 | 117 | 9 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| AJ Strauss | b Lee | 6 | 43 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c McGrath b Katich | 166 | 281 | 215 | 20 | 1 | 77.20 | |
| IR Bell | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 59 | 205 | 155 | 8 | 0 | 38.06 | |
| KP Pietersen | c sub (BJ Hodge) b Lee | 21 | 50 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| MJ Hoggard | b Lee | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| A Flintoff | c Langer b Warne | 46 | 93 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 68.65 | |
| GO Jones† | b Gillespie | 42 | 86 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 82.35 | |
| AF Giles | c Hayden b Warne | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SJ Harmison | not out | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 90.90 | |
| SP Jones | b Warne | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 3, nb 15) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 113.2 overs; 503 mins) | 444 | (3.91 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 25 | 6 | 86 | 0 | 3.44 | (4nb) | ||
| B Lee | 27 | 6 | 100 | 4 | 3.70 | (5nb, 2w) | ||
| JN Gillespie | 19 | 2 | 114 | 1 | 6.00 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| SK Warne | 33.2 | 5 | 99 | 4 | 2.97 | (2nb) | ||
| SM Katich | 9 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | c Bell b Giles | 31 | 76 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 62.00 | |
| ML Hayden | lbw b Giles | 34 | 112 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 47.88 | |
| RT Ponting* | c Bell b SP Jones | 7 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| DR Martyn | b Giles | 20 | 71 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 48.78 | |
| SM Katich | b Flintoff | 17 | 39 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 60.71 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c †GO Jones b SP Jones | 30 | 74 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 61.22 | |
| SK Warne | c Giles b SP Jones | 90 | 183 | 122 | 11 | 1 | 73.77 | |
| MJ Clarke | c Flintoff b SP Jones | 7 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| JN Gillespie | lbw b SP Jones | 26 | 144 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 23.42 | |
| B Lee | c Trescothick b SP Jones | 1 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 7, w 8, nb 15) | 38 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 84.5 overs; 393 mins) | 302 | (3.55 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SJ Harmison | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4.70 | (3nb) | ||
| MJ Hoggard | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| A Flintoff | 20 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 3.25 | (8nb) | ||
| SP Jones | 17.5 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 2.97 | (1nb, 2w) | ||
| AF Giles | 31 | 4 | 100 | 3 | 3.22 | (1w) |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | b McGrath | 41 | 71 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 73.21 | |
| AJ Strauss | c Martyn b McGrath | 106 | 246 | 158 | 9 | 2 | 67.08 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c sub (BJ Hodge) b Lee | 14 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 37.83 | |
| IR Bell | c Katich b McGrath | 65 | 165 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 63.10 | |
| KP Pietersen | lbw b McGrath | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| A Flintoff | b McGrath | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| GO Jones† | not out | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 225.00 | |
| AF Giles | not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 14) | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets dec; 61.5 overs; 288 mins) | 280 | (4.52 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MJ Hoggard, SJ Harmison, SP Jones |
| Fall of wickets 1-64 (Trescothick, 15.3 ov), 2-97 (Vaughan, 25.4 ov), 3-224 (Strauss, 53.3 ov), 4-225 (Pietersen, 53.5 ov), 5-248 (Flintoff, 59.1 ov), 6-264 (Bell, 61.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 20.5 | 1 | 115 | 5 | 5.52 | (6nb, 1w) | ||
| B Lee | 12 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 5.00 | (4nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 25 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 2.96 | |||
| JN Gillespie | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | (4nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 423 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | c †GO Jones b Hoggard | 14 | 42 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 34.14 | |
| ML Hayden | b Flintoff | 36 | 123 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 39.56 | |
| RT Ponting* | c †GO Jones b Harmison | 156 | 411 | 275 | 16 | 1 | 56.72 | |
| DR Martyn | lbw b Harmison | 19 | 53 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 52.77 | |
| SM Katich | c Giles b Flintoff | 12 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 52.17 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Bell b Flintoff | 4 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 | |
| MJ Clarke | b SP Jones | 39 | 73 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 61.90 | |
| JN Gillespie | lbw b Hoggard | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SK Warne | c †GO Jones b Flintoff | 34 | 99 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 49.27 | |
| B Lee | not out | 18 | 44 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 72.00 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 5 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 8, w 1, nb 20) | 34 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 108 overs; 474 mins) | 371 | (3.43 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SJ Harmison | 22 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 3.04 | (4nb, 1w) | ||
| MJ Hoggard | 13 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 3.76 | (6nb) | ||
| AF Giles | 26 | 4 | 93 | 0 | 3.57 | |||
| MP Vaughan | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | |||
| A Flintoff | 25 | 6 | 71 | 4 | 2.84 | (9nb) | ||
| SP Jones | 17 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 3.35 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series 5-match series level 1-1 |
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Player of the match
RT Ponting (Australia) |
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Umpires
BF Bowden (New Zealand) and SA Bucknor (West Indies) TV umpire NJ Llong Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
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Aug 28, 2005 Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor chew the cud © Getty Images |
Aug 15, 2005 England fans cheer their team on © Getty Images |
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