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England men · ODI · International series

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia
246/2
England
242/8
Date
Friday 12 January 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Melbourne
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 242/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c ML Hayden b NW Bracken 12 20 1 0 60.0
Michael Vaughan c ML Hayden b NW Bracken 26 32 4 0 81.3
Ian Bell c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson 15 29 2 0 51.7
Kevin Pietersen c A Symonds b SR Clark 82 91 4 3 90.1
Paul Collingwood c MG Johnson b GD McGrath 43 70 2 0 61.4
Andrew Flintoff not out 47* 38 5 0 123.7
Paul Nixon lbw b MG Johnson 0 4 0 0 0.0
Jamie Dalrymple c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath 2 8 0 0 25.0
Jon Lewis c RT Ponting b NW Bracken 9 9 0 0 100.0
Monty Panesar not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 6
Total 50 overs 242/8

Did not bat: JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (AJ Strauss, 5.3 ov), 2-47 (MP Vaughan, 9.4 ov), 3-73 (IR Bell, 17.3 ov), 4-168 (PD Collingwood, 37.2 ov), 5-206 (KP Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 6-207 (PA Nixon, 44.5 ov), 7-211 (JWM Dalrymple, 46.3 ov), 8-232 (J Lewis, 49.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GD McGrath 10 0 40 2 4.00 1 0
NW Bracken 9 0 46 3 5.11 0 0
SR Clark 10 0 58 1 5.80 2 1
MG Johnson 10 2 34 2 3.40 0 0
MJ Clarke 8 0 35 0 4.38 0 0
CL White 3 0 27 0 9.00 0 0

Australia · Innings 246/2 (45.2 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AC Gilchrist c PA Nixon b JWM Dalrymple 60 61 7 1 98.4
ML Hayden c PA Nixon b MS Panesar 28 42 4 0 66.7
RT Ponting not out 82* 96 8 0 85.4
MJ Clarke not out 57* 74 4 0 77.0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 15, nb 1) 19
Total 45.2 overs 246/2

Did not bat: MEK Hussey, A Symonds, CL White, NW Bracken, SR Clark, MG Johnson, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-101 (AC Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 2-113 (ML Hayden, 18.1 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andrew Flintoff 6 0 48 0 8.00 3 0
Jon Lewis 8.2 1 43 0 5.16 2 1
James Anderson 7 0 47 0 6.71 1 0
Monty Panesar 10 1 46 1 4.60 1 0
Jamie Dalrymple 10 1 38 1 3.80 0 0
Paul Collingwood 4 0 21 0 5.25 0 0

Player of the match: AC Gilchrist · Umpires: IL Howell, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: RL Parry · Match referee: RS Madugalle. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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