that's it ... Hussey drives through extra cover and punches the air and jumps around as well he might. Australia, seemingly down and out after two days, have recorded a remarkable win. Handshakes all round, and the grinning Australians emerge from the pavilion to meet the hangdog English side at the boundary edge ...
Australia vs England, 2nd Test at Adelaide, Dec 01 2006 - Match Result
RESULT
2nd Test, Adelaide, December 01 - 05, 2006, England tour of Australia
Match centre
Scorecard summary
England • 551/6(168 overs)
1st INNINGS206 (392)
3/75 (34)
158 (257)
1/167 (53)
Australia • 513/10(165.3 overs)
1st INNINGS142 (245)
7/109 (42)
124 (224)
1/103 (42)
England • 129/10(73 overs)
2nd INNINGS34 (79)
4/49 (32)
26 (73)
2/15 (10)
Australia • 168/4(32.5 overs)
2nd INNINGS61* (66)
2/44 (9)
49 (65)
1/46 (10)
That the end of a remarkable Test, and we now have a nine-day break before it all starts again at Perth. From me, Martin Williamson, be Will Luke and Jenny Thompson thanks for joining us and for all your kind emails. Join us on Thursday week when we start all over again. Goodnight.
Post-match Andrew Flintoff: "We played a lot of good cricket apart from an hour today. I was pleased with the side we went into this match with. I'm not in a great mood at the moment .... we've got to bounce back."
Ricky Ponting: "We've worked exceptionally hard... to turn it round today was an amazing effort. We've just shown how good a team we are and we've answered all the critics."
Duncan Fletcher: "One bad session can cost you the match. I've got to speak to the batters and ask why they closed up ... the instructions were to have a go like we did yesterday. We included Giles because we wanted to bat to No. 8 ... we think Ashley can do a better job at that."
Man of the Match Ricky Ponting
Presentations and the like coming soon ... in the meantime, check out the day's photo gallery ... If you want to chat to the commentators, then click here ... but be kind, it's been a long five days ...
Australia embark on a lap of honour as the ground, which has filled up as the day has gone on, stands to acknowledge them.
32.5
1
Anderson to Hussey, 1 run
32.4
4
Anderson to Hussey, FOUR runs
Hussey leans back and hammers that with a short-arm pull high over wide mid-on, He punches the air ... almost there ...
32.3
•
Anderson to Hussey, no run
blocked
32.2
2
Anderson to Hussey, 2 runs
crisply driven to the cover boundary
32.1
1
Anderson to Clarke, 1 run
inside edge, Jones, diving to left spills the chance. Those are hard for keepers, but he got one hand to it and arguably should have got both there. It's academic as far as the result is concerned but it's another mistake on a dismal day for England
end of over 322 runs
AUS: 160/4CRR: 5.00
Michael Hussey54 (62b 4x4)
Michael Clarke20 (38b)
Steve Harmison 4-0-15-0
James Anderson 3-0-15-0
"Just the eight runs required and Australia have four overs to get them in," quips Thompson. She doesn't offer the run rate this time ...
31.6
•
Harmison to Hussey, no run
prodded to extra cover
31.5
•
Harmison to Hussey, no run
a loose drive beats the bat and Jones hints at an appeal but realises it missed the edge and thinks better of it
31.4
•
Harmison to Hussey, no run
played up to short extra cover
31.3
1
Harmison to Clarke, 1 run
Clarke onto the back foot, takes the pace off the ball and ambles a single as he places it wide of point
31.2
1
Harmison to Hussey, 1 run
indecent line ... leg side, and helped on its way. Harmison looks cross, as well he might
31.1
•
Harmison to Hussey, no run
decent line, no run
end of over 311 run
AUS: 158/4CRR: 5.09
Michael Clarke19 (37b)
Michael Hussey53 (57b 4x4)
James Anderson 3-0-15-0
Steve Harmison 3-0-13-0
"Ten runs needed from five overs - that's exactly two required an over, obviously," says Jenny after checking on the calculator on her mobile phone
30.6
•
Anderson to Clarke, no run
a low-key over, but that's not a worry for Australia
30.5
•
Anderson to Clarke, no run
slid defence
30.4
•
Anderson to Clarke, no run
Clarke into line, no need for any risks
30.3
•
Anderson to Clarke, no run
left alone
30.2
•
Anderson to Clarke, no run
played into the ring of fielders on the off
Ian Botham in full rant. "People are asking questions," he says. "I'm asking questions." He doesn't actually tell us what the question is though. He's almost in his Trueman "what's going off out there" mode. It's coming ...
30.1
1
Anderson to Hussey, 1 run
prodded to deepish cover
end of over 306 runs
AUS: 157/4CRR: 5.23
Michael Clarke19 (32b)
Michael Hussey52 (56b 4x4)
Steve Harmison 3-0-13-0
Andrew Flintoff 9-0-44-2
Six overs, 11 runs; more than enough time for Australia to walk to the win should they choose. For what it's worth, the required run-rate is less than two.
29.6
2
Harmison to Clarke, 2 runs
again Harmison loses his bearings and sprays the ball down the leg, and again Clarke makes the most of it by finding space behind square
29.5
•
Harmison to Clarke, no run
off stump, left alone
29.4
2
Harmison to Clarke, 2 runs
Harmison drifts down the leg side and Clarke works that to deep square leg and comes back for the second even though Bell was on it quickly
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
206 runs (392)
16 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
52 runs
1 four0 six
Control
88%
ENG
158 runs (257)
15 fours1 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
50 runs
5 fours1 six
Control
83%
Match details
| Adelaide Oval | |
| Toss | England, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2006/07 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1819 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 11 start, Lunch 13-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00 |
| Match days | 1,2,3,4,5 December 2006 - day (5-day match) |
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| Match Referee | |
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