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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 6 wickets

Australia
513 & 168/4
England
551/6d & 129
Date
Friday 1 December 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Adelaide

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 551/6 dec (168 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c DR Martyn b SR Clark 14 44 0 0 31.8
Alastair Cook c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 27 57 2 0 47.4
Ian Bell c & b B Lee 60 148 6 0 40.5
Paul Collingwood c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 206 392 16 0 52.6
Kevin Pietersen run out 158 257 15 1 61.5
Andrew Flintoff not out 38* 67 2 1 56.7
Geraint Jones c DR Martyn b SK Warne 1 7 0 0 14.3
Ashley Giles not out 27* 44 4 0 61.4
Extras (b 0, lb 10, w 2, nb 8) 20
Total 168 overs 551/6

Did not bat: MJ Hoggard, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (AJ Strauss, 14.3 ov), 2-45 (AN Cook, 20.5 ov), 3-158 (IR Bell, 61.4 ov), 4-468 (PD Collingwood, 145.5 ov), 5-489 (KP Pietersen, 151.6 ov), 6-491 (GO Jones, 154.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 34 1 139 1 4.09 1 8
GD McGrath 30 5 107 0 3.57 0 0
SR Clark 34 6 75 3 2.21 0 0
SK Warne 53 9 167 1 3.15 1 0
MJ Clarke 17 2 53 0 3.12 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 513 all out (165.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c KP Pietersen b A Flintoff 4 8 1 0 50.0
ML Hayden c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard 12 30 1 0 40.0
RT Ponting c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard 142 245 12 0 58.0
DR Martyn c IR Bell b MJ Hoggard 11 33 1 0 33.3
MEK Hussey b MJ Hoggard 91 212 7 1 42.9
MJ Clarke c AF Giles b MJ Hoggard 124 224 9 0 55.4
AC Gilchrist c IR Bell b AF Giles 64 79 8 0 81.0
SK Warne lbw b MJ Hoggard 43 108 4 0 39.8
B Lee not out 7* 33 0 0 21.2
SR Clark b MJ Hoggard 0 7 0 0 0.0
GD McGrath c GO Jones b JM Anderson 1 21 0 0 4.8
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 7) 14
Total 165.3 overs 513

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (JL Langer, 1.6 ov), 2-35 (ML Hayden, 12.6 ov), 3-65 (DR Martyn, 22.2 ov), 4-257 (RT Ponting, 82.6 ov), 5-286 (MEK Hussey, 90.4 ov), 6-384 (AC Gilchrist, 114.4 ov), 7-502 (SK Warne, 153.5 ov), 8-505 (MJ Clarke, 157.1 ov), 9-507 (SR Clark, 159.2 ov), 10-513 (GD McGrath, 165.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 42 6 109 7 2.60 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 26 5 82 1 3.15 0 5
Steve Harmison 25 5 96 0 3.84 1 2
James Anderson 21.3 3 85 1 3.95 0 0
Ashley Giles 42 7 103 1 2.45 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 9 0 32 0 3.56 0 0

England · 2nd innings 129 all out (73 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MEK Hussey b SK Warne 34 79 3 0 43.0
Alastair Cook c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 9 35 1 0 25.7
Ian Bell run out 26 73 2 0 35.6
Paul Collingwood not out 22* 119 2 0 18.5
Kevin Pietersen b SK Warne 2 5 0 0 40.0
Andrew Flintoff c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 2 24 0 0 8.3
Geraint Jones c ML Hayden b B Lee 10 24 1 0 41.7
Ashley Giles c ML Hayden b SK Warne 0 8 0 0 0.0
Matthew Hoggard b SK Warne 4 24 0 0 16.7
Steve Harmison lbw b GD McGrath 8 21 0 0 38.1
James Anderson lbw b GD McGrath 1 28 0 0 3.6
Extras (b 3, lb 5, w 1, nb 2) 11
Total 73 overs 129

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (AN Cook, 10.6 ov), 2-69 (AJ Strauss, 29.6 ov), 3-70 (IR Bell, 31.6 ov), 4-73 (KP Pietersen, 33.1 ov), 5-77 (A Flintoff, 38.6 ov), 6-94 (GO Jones, 48.4 ov), 7-97 (AF Giles, 51.6 ov), 8-105 (MJ Hoggard, 57.5 ov), 9-119 (SJ Harmison, 62.6 ov), 10-129 (JM Anderson, 72.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 18 3 35 2 1.94 0 2
GD McGrath 10 6 15 2 1.50 1 0
SK Warne 32 12 49 4 1.53 0 0
SR Clark 13 4 22 1 1.69 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 168/4 (32.5 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c IR Bell b MJ Hoggard 7 8 1 0 87.5
ML Hayden c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff 18 17 2 0 105.9
RT Ponting c AJ Strauss b AF Giles 49 65 4 0 75.4
MEK Hussey not out 61* 66 5 0 92.4
DR Martyn c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 5 4 1 0 125.0
MJ Clarke not out 21* 39 0 0 53.8
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 7
Total 32.5 overs 168/4

Did not bat: AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, SR Clark, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (JL Langer, 2.2 ov), 2-33 (ML Hayden, 5.4 ov), 3-116 (RT Ponting, 21.4 ov), 4-121 (DR Martyn, 22.2 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 4 0 29 1 7.25 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 9 0 44 2 4.89 0 2
Ashley Giles 10 0 46 1 4.60 0 0
Steve Harmison 4 0 15 0 3.75 1 0
James Anderson 3.5 0 23 0 6.00 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 2 0 7 0 3.50 0 0

Player of the match: RT Ponting · Umpires: SA Bucknor, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: SJ Davis · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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