Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	b Tait	65	111	138	8	1	58.55

Andrew Strauss	c Hayden b Warne	35	64	99	4	0	54.68

Michael Vaughan (c)	c †Gilchrist b Ponting	58	99	138	9	0	58.58

Ian Bell	c †Gilchrist b Tait	3	5	12	0	0	60.00

Kevin Pietersen	c †Gilchrist b Lee	45	108	131	6	0	41.66

Andrew Flintoff	lbw b Tait	102	132	201	14	1	77.27

Geraint Jones †	c & b Kasprowicz	85	149	205	8	0	57.04

Ashley Giles	lbw b Warne	15	35	45	3	0	42.85

Matthew Hoggard	c †Gilchrist b Warne	10	28	46	1	0	35.71

Steve Harmison	st †Gilchrist b Warne	2	6	9	0	0	33.33

Simon Jones	not out	15	27	32	3	0	55.55
Extras	(b 1, lb 15, nb 25, w 1)	42
TOTAL	123.1 Ov (RR: 3.87, 537 Mins)	477
Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Andrew Strauss, 21.4 ov), 2-137 (Marcus Trescothick, 30.5 ov), 3-146 (Ian Bell, 34.1 ov), 4-213 (Michael Vaughan, 55.2 ov), 5-241 (Kevin Pietersen, 64.1 ov), 6-418 (Andrew Flintoff, 103.2 ov), 7-450 (Geraint Jones, 112.5 ov), 8-450 (Ashley Giles, 113.1 ov), 9-454 (Steve Harmison, 115.1 ov), 10-477 (Matthew Hoggard, 123.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Lee	32	2	131	1	4.09	137	17	0	0	8
64.1 to KP Pietersen, full and on the off, just a hint of away movement, Pietersen pokes at it without moving his feet, the ball kisses the edge and lands safely in Gilchrist's gloves. That is a big wicket. 241/5
Michael Kasprowicz	32	3	122	1	3.81	141	13	0	0	13
112.5 to GO Jones, fullish ball on the off, Jones drives hard, the ball goes off the edge on to pad and balloons down the pitch. Kasprowicz throws himself full length and takes a stunning catch. 450/7
Shaun Tait	24	4	97	3	4.04	102	14	0	0	4
30.5 to ME Trescothick, very full, very straight, a classic late inswinging yorker, Marcus Trescothick plays and misses and the stumps are shattered. 137/2 34.1 to IR Bell, Gone! Bell plays inside of a ball that is good length and just threatening to swing, the outside edge results and Gilchrist takes the catch!. 146/3 103.2 to A Flintoff, full and beginning on off, swinging ion late, Flintoss plays across the line and misses, loud shout from Tait and Bucknor gives it. 418/6
Shane Warne	29.1	4	102	4	3.49	125	11	2	0	0
21.4 to AJ Strauss, Premeditated sweep shot, replays show clearly that the ball goes off the inside edge on to the boot and then to Hayden at slip. That is the first English wicket, falling completely against the grain of play!. 105/1 113.1 to AF Giles, straight one on middle stump, Giles sweeps and misses, rapped on the pad, loud shout, Bucknor takes his time and gives it. 450/8 115.1 to SJ Harmison, Harmison tries to heave and overbalances and clumsily falls as he tries to get his foot back behind the line, Gilchrist whips the bails off and that is the end of that. 454/9 123.1 to MJ Hoggard, tossed up and outside the off, Hoggard pokes and edges. Gilchrist takes a good catch and that is the end of that. 477/10
Ricky Ponting	6	2	9	1	1.50	32	1	0	1	0
55.2 to MP Vaughan, perfect delivery just short of a good length, outside the off, moving away just a shade, Vaughan plays at it and only manages an edge to the keeper!. 213/4

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c Bell b Hoggard	27	59	95	5	0	45.76

Matthew Hayden	lbw b Hoggard	7	27	41	1	0	25.92

Ricky Ponting (c)	lbw b SP Jones	1	6	6	0	0	16.66

Damien Martyn	lbw b Hoggard	1	3	4	0	0	33.33

Michael Clarke	lbw b Harmison	36	53	93	5	0	67.92

Simon Katich	c Strauss b SP Jones	45	66	91	7	0	68.18

Adam Gilchrist †	c Strauss b Flintoff	27	36	58	3	1	75.00

Shane Warne	c Bell b SP Jones	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Brett Lee	c Bell b SP Jones	47	44	51	5	3	106.81

Michael Kasprowicz	b SP Jones	5	7	8	1	0	71.42

Shaun Tait	not out	3	9	27	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 2, nb 16, w 1)	19
TOTAL	49.1 Ov (RR: 4.43, 247 Mins)	218
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Matthew Hayden, 9.3 ov), 2-21 (Ricky Ponting, 10.3 ov), 3-22 (Damien Martyn, 11.1 ov), 4-58 (Justin Langer, 19.3 ov), 5-99 (Michael Clarke, 30.3 ov), 6-157 (Simon Katich, 39.2 ov), 7-157 (Shane Warne, 39.3 ov), 8-163 (Adam Gilchrist, 42.2 ov), 9-175 (Michael Kasprowicz, 43.2 ov), 10-218 (Brett Lee, 49.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Harmison	9	1	48	1	5.33	39	6	2	0	3
30.3 to MJ Clarke, fullish, straight, moving in from just outside the off with the angle, Clarke plays all round that one and is trapped plumb in front!. 99/5
Matthew Hoggard	15	3	70	3	4.66	67	9	1	0	4
9.3 to ML Hayden, This time there's no edge and Aleem Dar, who has had yet another good game, gets it spot on and raises the finger! The delivery was identical to the last one, full, swinging late and straightening enough. 20/1 11.1 to DR Martyn, This time Mr Dar gets it wrong. Big inside edge as Martyn drives. The ball then hits pad and the loud shout for lbw is upheld! Australia in deep trouble now at 22 for 3. 22/3 19.3 to JL Langer, full and swinging in, Langer plays that one, the ball clips the edge, hits the pad and bobs up, Ian Bell takes a sharp catch at short-leg and Langer is gone. 58/4
Simon Jones	14.1	4	44	5	3.10	65	4	1	0	1
10.3 to RT Ponting, This one from Jones comes back in to Ponting who plays outside the line and takes it on the pad. Loud shout, Bucknor thinks about it and up goes the slow finger of death!. 21/2 39.2 to SM Katich, full and quite wide outside the off, Katich takes the bait and reaches for it far outside the off, the ball goes straight to Strauss at gully and Jones has struck in his very first over of the day!. 157/6 39.3 to SK Warne, short of a good length, on the stumps, Warne tries to work the ball to the leg side and only manages a loopy leading edge to Bell! Two in two for Jones and England!. 157/7 43.2 to MS Kasprowicz, full and swinging late, this one heads towards middle and as Kasprowicz shapes to play the ball leaves him and crashes into the off stump. 175/9 49.1 to B Lee, short and a bit of width, Lee cuts uppishly and third man can run around and catch this one. Ian Bell does well there and Simon Jones has five wickets!. 218/10
Andrew Flintoff	11	1	54	1	4.90	51	7	0	1	8
42.2 to AC Gilchrist, just short of a good length, outside the off, the ball moves away after pitching, Gilchrist edges, Andrew Strauss dives full length to his left and takes a stunning one-handed catch!. 163/8

Australia 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c Bell b Giles	61	112	149	8	0	54.46

Matthew Hayden	c Giles b Flintoff	26	41	57	4	0	63.41

Ricky Ponting (c)	run out (sub [GJ Pratt])	48	89	137	3	1	53.93

Damien Martyn	c †GO Jones b Flintoff	13	30	56	1	0	43.33

Michael Clarke	c †GO Jones b Hoggard	56	170	209	6	0	32.94

Simon Katich	lbw b Harmison	59	183	262	4	0	32.24

Adam Gilchrist †	lbw b Hoggard	11	11	20	2	0	100.00

Shane Warne	st †GO Jones b Giles	45	42	68	5	2	107.14

Brett Lee	not out	26	39	77	3	0	66.66
Michael Kasprowicz	c †GO Jones b Harmison	19	26	30	1	0	73.07

Shaun Tait	b Harmison	4	16	20	1	0	25.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 14)	19
TOTAL	124 Ov (RR: 3.12, 548 Mins)	387
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Matthew Hayden, 13.4 ov), 2-129 (Justin Langer, 33.6 ov), 3-155 (Ricky Ponting, 44.1 ov), 4-161 (Damien Martyn, 46.1 ov), 5-261 (Michael Clarke, 94.2 ov), 6-277 (Adam Gilchrist, 98.5 ov), 7-314 (Simon Katich, 107.3 ov), 8-342 (Shane Warne, 112.3 ov), 9-373 (Michael Kasprowicz, 119.2 ov), 10-387 (Shaun Tait, 123.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	27	7	72	2	2.66	124	9	0	0	1
94.2 to MJ Clarke, perfectly pitched outswinger, the ball leaves Clarke late from just outside the off, the bat is hanging outside the off and the edge goes straight to Geraint Jones who gleefully snaps up the offering. 261/5 98.5 to AC Gilchrist, fullish, on the stumps, swinging in a touch late, Gilchrist flicks and misses, there's a loud shout for the lbw, Steve Bucknor takes a long, hard look and eventually the finger of death goes up!. 277/6
Simon Jones	4	0	15	0	3.75	18	2	0	0	0
Steve Harmison	30	5	93	3	3.10	131	9	0	0	1
107.3 to SM Katich, just short of a length, pitching outside leg, straightening, hit on the pad, loud shout for the lbw and Aleem Dar thinks long and hard and gives it. Unlucky for Katich there as that one pitched well outside leg.. 314/7 119.2 to MS Kasprowicz, full and outside the off, again late swing, nicked, this one is straightforward enough for Geraint Jones to catch. 373/9 123.6 to SW Tait, full and on middle stump, Tait walks right across his stumps and tries to work the ball to the leg side, he misses, the ball crashes into the middle of the middle stump!. 387/10
Andrew Flintoff	29	4	83	2	2.86	138	10	1	0	9
13.4 to ML Hayden, fullish and outside the off, Hayden flashes that straight to Giles at gully. 50/1 46.1 to DR Martyn, just short of a good length and outside the off, straightening a touch, Martyn fishes outside the off and edges to the keeper. 161/4
Ashley Giles	28	3	107	2	3.82	108	7	2	0	0
33.6 to JL Langer, on the stumps, Langer defends with bat in front of pad, the ball goes off the glove onto the pad and bobs up to the leg side, Bell takes a smart catch. 129/2 112.3 to SK Warne, tossed up and Warne's eyes light up, he comes down the pitch and has a massive swing and misses, surprise surprise Geraint Jones catches this one and manages to whip the bails off!. 342/8
Ian Bell	6	2	12	0	2.00	31	1	0	0	3

England 2nd Innings (T: 129 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c Ponting b Warne	27	22	24	4	0	122.72

Andrew Strauss	c Clarke b Warne	23	37	68	3	0	62.16

Michael Vaughan (c)	c Hayden b Warne	0	6	8	0	0	0.00

Ian Bell	c Kasprowicz b Lee	3	20	38	0	0	15.00

Kevin Pietersen	c †Gilchrist b Lee	23	34	51	3	0	67.64

Andrew Flintoff	b Lee	26	34	63	3	0	76.47

Geraint Jones †	c Kasprowicz b Warne	3	13	25	0	0	23.07

Ashley Giles	not out	7	17	30	0	0	41.17
Matthew Hoggard	not out	8	13	20	1	0	61.53
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5)	9
TOTAL	31.5 Ov (RR: 4.05, 168 Mins)	129/7
Did not bat: Steve Harmison, Simon Jones
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Marcus Trescothick, 5.1 ov), 2-36 (Michael Vaughan, 7.1 ov), 3-57 (Andrew Strauss, 13.5 ov), 4-57 (Ian Bell, 14.1 ov), 5-103 (Kevin Pietersen, 24.1 ov), 6-111 (Andrew Flintoff, 26.4 ov), 7-116 (Geraint Jones, 27.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Lee	12	0	51	3	4.25	52	5	0	0	5
14.1 to IR Bell, can you believe it! Lee drops one short and Bell goes after it, Kasprowicz running in from fine leg makes no mistake and it's time for Bell to join the procession - England four down. 57/4 24.1 to KP Pietersen, full and just outside the off, this one is driven hard at but only edged, Gilchrist tumbles to his right and takes a fine catch!. 103/5 26.4 to A Flintoff, Full, fast, furious and this game is not done yet! The perfect delivery, pitches outside the off, moves in off the seam and knocks the top of the off stump!. 111/6
Michael Kasprowicz	2	0	19	0	9.50	6	3	0	0	0
Shane Warne	13.5	2	31	4	2.24	65	3	0	0	0
5.1 to ME Trescothick, tossed up, spinning in, Trescothick comes fully forwared and the ball goes from pad to bat and straight to Ricky Ponting at silly mid-off!. 32/1 7.1 to MP Vaughan, well flighted and drifting down the leg side, Vaughan shapes to flick but closes the face of the bat too early, the ball goes off the edge straight to Hayden at slip! Warne has struck again. 36/2 13.5 to AJ Strauss, Warne does it again! tossed up and turning in from outside the off stump, Strauss tries to turn it away on the leg side but ends up with a faint edge, Clarke at leg slip takes a good low catch and that's the end of Strauss. 57/3 27.6 to GO Jones, tossed up, just short of a length, Geraint Jones jumps down the track and has a heave-ho, Jones goes for glory and can only send the ball straight down Michael Kasprowicz's throat at long-off!. 116/7
Shaun Tait	4	0	24	0	6.00	11	3	0	0	0

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Thu, 25 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 229/4 (Kevin Pietersen 33*, Andrew Flintoff 8*, 60 ov)

Fri, 26 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 99/5 (Simon Katich 20*, 30.3 ov)

Sat, 27 Aug - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 222/4 (Michael Clarke 39*, Simon Katich 24*, 67 ov)

Sun, 28 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 129/7 (31.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

England first innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
England first innings: 100 in 20.5 overs
Score at Lunch: England 129/1 in 27 overs (Trescothick 62*, Vaughan 14*)
Score at Tea: 134/1 in 30.1 overs (Trescothick 65*, Vaughan 15*)
England first innings: 150 in 34.6 overs
England first innings: 200 in 48.1 overs
England 200 in 48.1 overs
ME Trescothick (1) 50 in 77 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
MP Vaughan (1) 50 in 77 balls with 9 fours
A Flintoff (1) 50 in 69 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
GO Jones (1) 50 in 93 balls with 4 fours
ME Trescothick (29) and AJ Strauss (16) added 50 in 91 balls
ME Trescothick (55) and AJ Strauss (31) added 100 in 139 balls
MP Vaughan (21) and KP Pietersen (23) added 50 in 78 balls

Day 2

England first innings: 250 in 65.5 overs
England first innings: 300 in 77.4 overs
Score at Lunch: England 344/5 in 89 overs (Flintoff 73*, Jones 34*)
England first innings: 350 in 89.4 overs
England first innings: 400 in 96.4 overs
England first innings: 450 in 112.4 overs
A Flintoff (36) and GO Jones (13) added 50 in 69 balls
A Flintoff (64) and GO Jones (32) added 100 in 126 balls
A Flintoff (86) and GO Jones (55) added 150 in 187 balls
A Flintoff 100 in 187 mins off 121 balls, 14x4, 1x6
Score at Tea: England 477/10 (SP Jones 15*)
Australia first innings: 50 in 17.5 overs

Day 3

Australia first innings: 100 in 30.4 overs
Australia first innings: 150 in 37.2 overs
Australia first innings: 200 in 45.4 overs
Score at Lunch: Australia 2nd innings 14/0 (Langer 9*, Hayden 5*)
Australia second innings: 50 in 12.5 overs
JL Langer (22) and ML Hayden (26) added 50 in 77 balls
JL Langer (25) and RT Ponting (21) added 50 in 80 balls
JL Langer (2) 50 in 98 balls with 7 fours
Australia second innings: 100 in 26.2 overs
Score at Tea: Australia 2nd innings 115/1 (Langer 54*, Ponting 28*)
Australia second innings: 150 in 43.1 overs
Australia second innings: 200 in 60.5 overs
Australia second innings: 250 in 86.1 overs
Australia 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over (48th over, bowled by Bell)

Day 4

MJ Clarke (2) 50 in 134 balls with 5 fours
MJ Clarke (31) and SM Katich (17) added 50 in 101 balls
MJ Clarke (52) and SM Katich (41) added 100 in 285 balls
Score at Lunch: Australia 270/5 in 96 overs (Katich 41*, Gilchrist 9*)
SM Katich (2) 50 in 159 balls with 3 fours
Australia second innings: 300 in 105.1 overs
Australia second innings: 350 in 113.4 overs
Score at Tea: Australia 387/10 in 124 overs (Lee 26*)
England second innings: 50 in 10.6 overs
England second innings: 100 in 22.4 overs

Match Details

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	2005
Player Of The Match	Andrew Flintoff
Series result	England led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1762
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Shaun Tait
Umpires	Aleem Dar Steve Bucknor
TV Umpire	Mark Benson
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
ME Trescothick	caught	27	22
AJ Strauss	caught	23	37
MP Vaughan	caught	0	6
IR Bell	caught	3	20
KP Pietersen	caught	23	34
A Flintoff	bowled	26	34
GO Jones	caught	3	13
AF Giles	not out	7	17
MJ Hoggard	not out	8	13
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5)
Total	129(7 wkts; 31.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	12	0	51	3	4.25 (5 nb)
MS Kasprowicz	2	0	19	0	9.5
SK Warne	13.5	2	31	4	2.24
SW Tait	4	0	24	0	6

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	32	Marcus Trescothick	Andrew Strauss
2nd	4	Michael Vaughan	Andrew Strauss
3rd	21	Andrew Strauss	Ian Bell
4th	0	Ian Bell	Kevin Pietersen
5th	46	Andrew Flintoff	Kevin Pietersen
6th	8	Andrew Flintoff	Geraint Jones
7th	5	Ashley Giles	Geraint Jones
8th	13	Ashley Giles	Matthew Hoggard

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