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England men · ODI · International series

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 6 wickets

Australia
297/4
England
294
Date
Sunday 16 January 2011 · England in 2011
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 294 all out (49.4 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MJ Clarke b B Lee 63 65 6 0 96.9
SM Davies b DJ Hussey 42 35 5 0 120.0
Jonathan Trott c BJ Haddin b DJ Hussey 6 7 1 0 85.7
Kevin Pietersen run out (MG Johnson) 78 75 2 3 104.0
Ian Bell c MJ Clarke b SPD Smith 23 32 1 0 71.9
Eoin Morgan c CL White b SPD Smith 8 12 1 0 66.7
Michael Yardy c MEK Hussey b DE Bollinger 9 21 0 0 42.9
Tim Bresnan c XJ Doherty b B Lee 28 27 4 0 103.7
Graeme Swann c XJ Doherty b MG Johnson 4 10 0 0 40.0
Ajmal Shahzad not out 9* 7 0 1 128.6
Chris Tremlett c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 7 8 0 1 87.5
Extras (b 2, lb 0, w 14, nb 1) 17
Total 49.4 overs 294

Fall of wickets: 1-90 (SM Davies, 12.1 ov), 2-100 (IJL Trott, 14.2 ov), 3-131 (AJ Strauss, 20.4 ov), 4-174 (IR Bell, 30.1 ov), 5-186 (EJG Morgan, 32.5 ov), 6-236 (MH Yardy, 39.4 ov), 7-257 (KP Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 8-271 (TT Bresnan, 46.2 ov), 9-278 (GP Swann, 47.5 ov), 10-294 (CT Tremlett, 49.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 9 0 43 2 4.78 3 1
DE Bollinger 9 0 57 1 6.33 4 0
DJ Hussey 6 0 42 2 7.00 0 0
MG Johnson 7.4 0 54 2 7.04 5 0
SR Watson 8 0 44 0 5.50 0 0
XJ Doherty 7 0 40 0 5.71 0 0
SPD Smith 3 0 12 2 4.00 0 0

Australia · Innings 297/4 (49.1 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SR Watson not out 161* 150 12 4 107.3
BJ Haddin c A Shahzad b GP Swann 39 47 5 0 83.0
MJ Clarke c A Shahzad b TT Bresnan 36 57 0 0 63.2
SPD Smith c MH Yardy b A Shahzad 5 4 1 0 125.0
MEK Hussey c CT Tremlett b TT Bresnan 21 15 1 1 140.0
CL White not out 25* 23 2 0 108.7
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 3, nb 1) 10
Total 49.1 overs 297/4

Did not bat: DJ Hussey, MG Johnson, XJ Doherty, B Lee, DE Bollinger

Fall of wickets: 1-110 (BJ Haddin, 19.4 ov), 2-213 (MJ Clarke, 38.5 ov), 3-220 (SPD Smith, 39.5 ov), 4-244 (MEK Hussey, 42.3 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Tim Bresnan 10 0 71 2 7.10 2 1
Chris Tremlett 10 0 67 0 6.70 0 0
Ajmal Shahzad 9.1 0 51 1 5.56 1 0
Michael Yardy 9 0 53 0 5.89 0 0
Graeme Swann 10 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
Jonathan Trott 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

Player of the match: SR Watson · Umpires: BF Bowden, BNJ Oxenford · TV umpire: AL Hill · 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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