Australia vs England, 4th Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 2006 - Match Highlights

RESULT

4th Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 28, 2006, England tour of Australia

159 & 161

419

Australia won by an innings and 99 runs

Player Of The Match

, AUS

5/39, 40* & 2/46

No videos available.

No videos available.

Match Coverage

The Adelaide horror

England were coasting one minute, in tatters the next: a look back at how Adelaide 2006 reduced Flintoff and Co to gibbering wrecks

The Adelaide horror

Rudiwatch continued

I wasn't in a position to see a replay of Rudi Koertzen's refusal of the lbw appeal against Alistair Cook, so suspended judgement, and have only just caught up with it

Rudiwatch continued

Were England spineless?

There's an adjective we'll be seeing a lot of in the next day or two: spineless

Were England spineless?

Legend status

There have been a few legends involved in this game, but only two 'Legends'

Legend status

The Best-Laid Plans

"I just close my eyes and whang it down anyway, so there's not much planning there." Thus Matthew Hoggard, bringing the house down at his press conference last night, in response to the mysterious straying of England’s bowling plan

The Best-Laid Plans

Instant answers to T20 questions

England Innings

Player Name		R	B
AJ Strauss	caught	31	107
AN Cook	bowled	20	46
IR Bell	lbw	2	11
KP Pietersen	bowled	1	8
PD Collingwood	caught	16	38
A Flintoff	lbw	25	45
CMW Read	not out	26	77
SI Mahmood	lbw	0	2
SJ Harmison	lbw	4	26
MS Panesar	caught	14	19
MJ Hoggard	bowled	5	20
Extras	(lb 12, nb 4, w 1)
Total	161(10 wkts; 65.5 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	41	Andrew Strauss	Alastair Cook
2nd	7	Andrew Strauss	Ian Bell
3rd	1	Andrew Strauss	Kevin Pietersen
4th	26	Paul Collingwood	Andrew Strauss
5th	15	Andrew Flintoff	Andrew Strauss
6th	18	Andrew Flintoff	Chris Read
7th	1	Chris Read	Sajid Mahmood
8th	18	Chris Read	Steve Harmison
9th	19	Chris Read	Monty Panesar
10th	15	Chris Read	Matthew Hoggard

<1 / 3>