Australia vs England, 1st Match at Melbourne, Jan 12 2007, Commonwealth Bank Series

RESULT
1st Match (D/N), Melbourne, January 12, 2007, Commonwealth Bank Series
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242/8
(45.2/50 ov, T:243) 246/2

Australia won by 8 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
60 (61)
adam-gilchrist
England Innings
Australia Innings
Match Flow
Info
England  (50 ovs maximum)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Hayden b Bracken1220221060.00
c Hayden b Bracken2632404081.25
c Hussey b Johnson1529542051.72
c Symonds b Clark82911434390.10
c Johnson b McGrath4370762061.42
not out 47386250123.68
lbw b Johnson045000.00
c †Gilchrist b McGrath2880025.00
c Ponting b Bracken991300100.00
not out 00300-
Extras(b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 3)6
TOTAL50 Ov (RR: 4.84, 217 Mins)242/8
Did not bat:
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Andrew Strauss, 5.3 ov), 2-47 (Michael Vaughan, 9.4 ov), 3-73 (Ian Bell, 17.3 ov), 4-168 (Paul Collingwood, 37.2 ov), 5-206 (Kevin Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 6-207 (Paul Nixon, 44.5 ov), 7-211 (Jamie Dalrymple, 46.3 ov), 8-232 (Jon Lewis, 49.2 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
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37.2 to PD Collingwood, the slower ball from McGrath, Collingwood picks it but can't execute this lofted shot as well as he might and it's hit straight to Johnson at long on. 168/4
46.3 to JWM Dalrymple, down the leg side, Dalymple tries to hook this and misses. Gilchrist politely asks the umpire who, after a couple of seconds, raises his finger! What a shocker that is. Replays indicate the ball hit his helmet, and Dalrymple trudges off fairly fuming. 211/7
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5.3 to AJ Strauss, . 20/1
9.4 to MP Vaughan, . 47/2
49.2 to J Lewis, what a catch! A full toss which Lewis sliced off a thick outside edge just to Ponting's right at backward point, and he dived brilliantly taking the ball horizontally, one-handed. Quite superb fielding. 232/8
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43.4 to KP Pietersen, another vast swipe ... and it's swirling, swirling, swirling down to Andrew Symonds, just inside the long-on boundary! A massive breakthrough for Australia, and Pietersen is gone, just when he was looking at his most dangerous. 206/5
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17.3 to IR Bell, Gottim! And you have to say that was coming! Johnson's been turning the screw superbly since he came on, and this time Bell couldn't hold himself back - down the track, and a loose drive straight to mid-off, comfortably lodged in Mike Hussey's midriff. 73/3
44.5 to PA Nixon, gone! Full, straight and that would've plucked out his leg stump. Excellent length from Johnson and with a touch of away swing to the left hander who, trying to work it to leg, was beaten by pace...and up goes the finger. 207/6
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Australia  (T: 243 runs from 50 ovs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Nixon b Dalrymple6061697198.36
c †Nixon b Panesar2842824066.66
not out 82961208085.41
not out 57741074077.02
Extras(b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 15)19
TOTAL45.2 Ov (RR: 5.42, 190 Mins)246/2
Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Adam Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 2-113 (Matthew Hayden, 18.1 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
604808.00204130
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18.1 to ML Hayden, gone! Well bowled, Panesar; he saw Hayden lunging down the pitch, sent it wider of the batsman who drove and got a thick outside edge to Nixon behind the stumps. Super piece of bowling, that. 113/2
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15.3 to AC Gilchrist, just short of a length, turning quite markedly back into the right hander who pushes it to leg. 101/1
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MATCH FLOW
  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • England: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
  • Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
  • Drinks: England - 72/2 in 17.0 overs (IR Bell 15, KP Pietersen 16)
  • England: 100 runs in 23.6 overs (147 balls), Extras 4
  • 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (KP Pietersen 23, PD Collingwood 26, Ex 1)
  • KP Pietersen: 50 off 63 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
  • Drinks: England - 144/3 in 34.0 overs (KP Pietersen 51, PD Collingwood 36)
  • England: 150 runs in 35.2 overs (215 balls), Extras 4
  • England: 200 runs in 42.4 overs (260 balls), Extras 5
  • Australia: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 17
  • 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (AC Gilchrist 27, ML Hayden 6, Ex 17)
  • AC Gilchrist: 50 off 51 balls (6 x 4)
  • Australia: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 17
MATCH DETAILS
Melbourne Cricket Ground
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
Season2006/07
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 2473
Hours of play (local time)14.15 start, First Session 14.15-17.45 Interval 17.45-18.30, Second Session 18.30-22.00
Match days12 January 2007 - daynight (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
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Match Referee
PointsAustralia 4, England 0