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England men · ODI · International series

Australia
v England⁠

Result

England won by 92 runs

Australia
200
England
292/7
Date
Friday 2 February 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Sydney
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 292/7 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ed Joyce c NW Bracken b SW Tait 107 142 10 0 75.4
MB Loye c NW Bracken b GD McGrath 29 33 3 1 87.9
Ian Bell c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath 51 60 4 0 85.0
Andrew Flintoff lbw b CL White 3 10 0 0 30.0
Andrew Strauss c SR Clark b NW Bracken 26 24 3 0 108.3
Jamie Dalrymple run out (MJ Clarke/AC Gilchrist) 30 18 3 1 166.7
Paul Nixon c BJ Hodge b SW Tait 4 2 1 0 200.0
Ravi Bopara not out 7* 5 1 0 140.0
Liam Plunkett not out 10* 7 1 0 142.9
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 19, nb 1) 25
Total 50 overs 292/7

Did not bat: SI Mahmood, MS Panesar

Fall of wickets: 1-58 (MB Loye, 10.6 ov), 2-169 (IR Bell, 33.1 ov), 3-179 (A Flintoff, 36.4 ov), 4-222 (AJ Strauss, 42.3 ov), 5-256 (EC Joyce, 46.2 ov), 6-261 (PA Nixon, 46.6 ov), 7-274 (JWM Dalrymple, 47.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SW Tait 10 0 68 2 6.80 5 0
NW Bracken 9 1 53 1 5.89 2 0
SR Clark 10 0 55 0 5.50 1 0
GD McGrath 10 0 51 2 5.10 2 1
MJ Clarke 4 0 18 0 4.50 0 0
A Symonds 2 0 16 0 8.00 0 0
CL White 5 1 26 1 5.20 3 0

Australia · Innings 200/9 (38.5 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AC Gilchrist b LE Plunkett 0 1 0 0 0.0
ML Hayden c JWM Dalrymple b SI Mahmood 51 62 7 1 82.3
BJ Hodge b SI Mahmood 1 6 0 0 16.7
MJ Clarke c PA Nixon b LE Plunkett 18 29 2 0 62.1
A Symonds retired hurt 39 35 4 1 111.4
MEK Hussey b RS Bopara 6 14 0 0 42.9
CL White c PA Nixon b A Flintoff 13 20 0 0 65.0
NW Bracken b MS Panesar 21 26 3 0 80.8
SR Clark not out 15* 23 2 0 65.2
GD McGrath lbw b LE Plunkett 1 7 0 0 14.3
SW Tait run out (IR Bell) 11 10 1 1 110.0
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 16, nb 0) 24
Total 38.5 overs 200/9

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AC Gilchrist, 0.1 ov), 2-4 (BJ Hodge, 1.2 ov), 3-45 (MJ Clarke, 12.2 ov), 4-116 (ML Hayden, 20.4 ov), 5-137 (MEK Hussey, 24.4 ov), 6-160 (CL White, 30.1 ov), 7-180 (NW Bracken, 33.6 ov), 8-187 (GD McGrath, 36.3 ov), 9-200 (SW Tait, 38.5 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Liam Plunkett 9.5 1 24 3 2.44 6 0
Sajid Mahmood 7 0 38 2 5.43 4 0
Andrew Flintoff 8 0 47 1 5.88 1 0
Monty Panesar 10 0 64 1 6.40 0 0
Ravi Bopara 4 0 19 1 4.75 1 0

Player of the match: Ed Joyce · Umpires: DJ Harper, IL Howell · TV umpire: RL Parry · Match referee: MJ Procter. 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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