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England men · Test · The Ashes · 3rd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 206 runs

Australia
244 & 527/5d
England
215 & 350
Date
Thursday 14 December 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
WACA Ground, Perth

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 244 all out (71 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer b MS Panesar 37 68 6 0 54.4
ML Hayden c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard 24 33 3 0 72.7
RT Ponting lbw b SJ Harmison 2 11 0 0 18.2
MEK Hussey not out 74* 162 10 0 45.7
MJ Clarke c & b SJ Harmison 37 67 4 0 55.2
A Symonds c GO Jones b MS Panesar 26 30 2 2 86.7
AC Gilchrist c IR Bell b MS Panesar 0 4 0 0 0.0
SK Warne c GO Jones b MS Panesar 25 22 3 0 113.6
B Lee lbw b MS Panesar 10 25 2 0 40.0
SR Clark b SJ Harmison 3 5 0 0 60.0
GD McGrath c AN Cook b SJ Harmison 1 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 4) 5
Total 71 overs 244

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (ML Hayden, 10.3 ov), 2-54 (RT Ponting, 13.3 ov), 3-69 (JL Langer, 24.1 ov), 4-121 (MJ Clarke, 40.4 ov), 5-172 (A Symonds, 49.6 ov), 6-172 (AC Gilchrist, 51.4 ov), 7-214 (SK Warne, 59.1 ov), 8-234 (B Lee, 67.6 ov), 9-242 (SR Clark, 70.3 ov), 10-244 (GD McGrath, 70.6 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 12 2 40 1 3.33 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 9 2 36 0 4.00 0 3
Steve Harmison 19 4 48 4 2.53 1 0
Monty Panesar 24 4 92 5 3.83 0 0
Sajid Mahmood 7 2 28 0 4.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 215 all out (64.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 42 71 6 0 59.2
Alastair Cook c JL Langer b GD McGrath 15 15 2 0 100.0
Ian Bell c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 0 2 0 0 0.0
Paul Collingwood c ML Hayden b GD McGrath 11 33 1 0 33.3
Kevin Pietersen c A Symonds b B Lee 70 123 8 1 56.9
Andrew Flintoff c SK Warne b A Symonds 13 31 2 0 41.9
Geraint Jones c JL Langer b A Symonds 0 4 0 0 0.0
Sajid Mahmood c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 10 18 1 0 55.6
Matthew Hoggard c ML Hayden b SK Warne 4 39 0 0 10.3
Steve Harmison c B Lee b SR Clark 23 33 3 0 69.7
Monty Panesar not out 16* 26 3 0 61.5
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 10) 11
Total 64.1 overs 215

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (AN Cook, 5.6 ov), 2-37 (IR Bell, 6.6 ov), 3-55 (PD Collingwood, 17.2 ov), 4-82 (AJ Strauss, 24.2 ov), 5-107 (A Flintoff, 33.4 ov), 6-114 (GO Jones, 35.6 ov), 7-128 (SI Mahmood, 40.6 ov), 8-155 (MJ Hoggard, 51.6 ov), 9-175 (KP Pietersen, 54.5 ov), 10-215 (SJ Harmison, 64.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 18 1 69 2 3.83 0 6
GD McGrath 18 5 48 2 2.67 0 4
SR Clark 15.1 3 49 3 3.23 1 0
SK Warne 9 0 41 1 4.56 0 0
A Symonds 4 1 8 2 2.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 527/5 dec (112 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer b MJ Hoggard 0 1 0 0 0.0
ML Hayden c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar 92 159 12 0 57.9
RT Ponting c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 75 128 9 0 58.6
MEK Hussey c GO Jones b MS Panesar 103 156 12 0 66.0
MJ Clarke not out 135* 164 17 1 82.3
A Symonds c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar 2 6 0 0 33.3
AC Gilchrist not out 102* 59 12 4 172.9
Extras (b 0, lb 15, w 2, nb 1) 18
Total 112 overs 527/5

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

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (JL Langer, 0.1 ov), 2-144 (RT Ponting, 39.4 ov), 3-206 (ML Hayden, 58.4 ov), 4-357 (MEK Hussey, 89.3 ov), 5-365 (A Symonds, 91.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 20 4 85 1 4.25 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 19 2 76 0 4.00 0 0
Steve Harmison 24 3 116 1 4.83 0 0
Monty Panesar 34 3 145 3 4.26 0 0
Sajid Mahmood 10 0 59 0 5.90 2 1
Kevin Pietersen 5 1 31 0 6.20 0 0

England · 2nd innings 350 all out (122.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss lbw b B Lee 0 4 0 0 0.0
Alastair Cook c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath 116 290 9 0 40.0
Ian Bell c JL Langer b SK Warne 87 163 8 2 53.4
Paul Collingwood c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 5 36 0 0 13.9
Kevin Pietersen not out 60* 150 6 0 40.0
Matthew Hoggard b GD McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.0
Andrew Flintoff b SK Warne 51 67 8 1 76.1
Geraint Jones run out 0 7 0 0 0.0
Sajid Mahmood lbw b SR Clark 4 10 0 0 40.0
Steve Harmison lbw b SK Warne 0 1 0 0 0.0
Monty Panesar b SK Warne 1 9 0 0 11.1
Extras (b 7, lb 8, w 6, nb 5) 26
Total 122.2 overs 350

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.4 ov), 2-170 (IR Bell, 56.6 ov), 3-185 (PD Collingwood, 69.3 ov), 4-261 (AN Cook, 93.2 ov), 5-261 (MJ Hoggard, 93.4 ov), 6-336 (A Flintoff, 114.5 ov), 7-336 (GO Jones, 116.6 ov), 8-345 (SI Mahmood, 119.6 ov), 9-346 (SJ Harmison, 120.2 ov), 10-350 (MS Panesar, 122.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 22 3 75 1 3.41 0 1
GD McGrath 27 9 61 2 2.26 1 4
SR Clark 25 7 56 2 2.24 0 0
SK Warne 39.2 6 115 4 2.92 0 0
A Symonds 9 1 28 0 3.11 1 0

Player of the match: MEK Hussey · Umpires: Aleem Dar, 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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