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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 10 wickets

Australia
393 & 46/0
England
291 & 147
Date
Tuesday 2 January 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Sydney

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 291 all out (103.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 29 52 3 0 55.8
Alastair Cook c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 20 47 2 0 42.6
Ian Bell b GD McGrath 71 153 8 0 46.4
Kevin Pietersen c MEK Hussey b GD McGrath 41 104 1 0 39.4
Paul Collingwood c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath 27 73 4 0 37.0
Andrew Flintoff c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark 89 142 11 1 62.7
Chris Read c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 2 9 0 0 22.2
Sajid Mahmood c ML Hayden b B Lee 0 1 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison lbw b SR Clark 2 24 0 0 8.3
Monty Panesar lbw b SK Warne 0 14 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 3, nb 2) 10
Total 103.4 overs 291

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (AJ Strauss, 14.2 ov), 2-58 (AN Cook, 19.1 ov), 3-166 (KP Pietersen, 58.3 ov), 4-167 (IR Bell, 60.1 ov), 5-245 (PD Collingwood, 85.6 ov), 6-258 (CMW Read, 88.5 ov), 7-258 (SI Mahmood, 88.6 ov), 8-282 (SJ Harmison, 98.6 ov), 9-291 (A Flintoff, 102.1 ov), 10-291 (MS Panesar, 103.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GD McGrath 29 8 67 3 2.31 0 2
B Lee 22 5 75 3 3.41 1 0
SR Clark 24 6 62 3 2.58 2 0
SK Warne 22.4 1 69 1 3.04 0 0
A Symonds 6 2 13 0 2.17 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 393 all out (96.4 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c CMW Read b JM Anderson 26 27 4 0 96.3
ML Hayden c PD Collingwood b SJ Harmison 33 77 5 0 42.9
RT Ponting run out 45 72 6 0 62.5
MEK Hussey c CMW Read b JM Anderson 37 100 3 1 37.0
MJ Clarke c CMW Read b SJ Harmison 11 24 1 0 45.8
A Symonds b MS Panesar 48 95 6 0 50.5
AC Gilchrist c CMW Read b JM Anderson 62 72 8 0 86.1
SK Warne st CMW Read b MS Panesar 71 65 9 2 109.2
B Lee c CMW Read b A Flintoff 5 10 1 0 50.0
SR Clark c KP Pietersen b SI Mahmood 35 41 1 0 85.4
GD McGrath not out 0* 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 10, w 4, nb 6) 20
Total 96.4 overs 393

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (JL Langer, 9.3 ov), 2-100 (ML Hayden, 25.3 ov), 3-118 (RT Ponting, 32.3 ov), 4-155 (MJ Clarke, 43.1 ov), 5-190 (MEK Hussey, 56.2 ov), 6-260 (A Symonds, 73.1 ov), 7-318 (AC Gilchrist, 80.3 ov), 8-325 (B Lee, 83.3 ov), 9-393 (SR Clark, 95.3 ov), 10-393 (SK Warne, 96.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andrew Flintoff 17 2 56 1 3.29 1 3
James Anderson 26 8 98 3 3.77 1 0
Steve Harmison 23 5 80 2 3.48 2 1
Sajid Mahmood 11 1 59 1 5.36 0 2
Monty Panesar 19.4 0 90 2 4.58 0 0

England · 2nd innings 147 all out (58 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss lbw b SR Clark 24 45 3 0 53.3
Alastair Cook c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 4 8 1 0 50.0
Ian Bell c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 28 51 5 0 54.9
Kevin Pietersen c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath 29 95 3 0 30.5
Paul Collingwood c ML Hayden b SR Clark 17 36 3 0 47.2
Andrew Flintoff st AC Gilchrist b SK Warne 7 21 1 0 33.3
Monty Panesar run out 0 19 0 0 0.0
Chris Read c RT Ponting b B Lee 4 17 1 0 23.5
Sajid Mahmood b GD McGrath 4 11 1 0 36.4
Steve Harmison not out 16* 26 2 0 61.5
James Anderson c MEK Hussey b GD McGrath 5 22 1 0 22.7
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 1, nb 3) 9
Total 58 overs 147

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (AN Cook, 2.3 ov), 2-55 (AJ Strauss, 14.3 ov), 3-64 (IR Bell, 20.5 ov), 4-98 (PD Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 5-113 (A Flintoff, 41.3 ov), 6-114 (KP Pietersen, 43.3 ov), 7-114 (MS Panesar, 47.2 ov), 8-122 (CMW Read, 48.6 ov), 9-123 (SI Mahmood, 49.6 ov), 10-147 (JM Anderson, 57.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 14 5 39 3 2.79 1 1
GD McGrath 21 11 38 3 1.81 0 1
SR Clark 12 4 29 2 2.42 0 1
SK Warne 6 1 23 1 3.83 0 0
A Symonds 5 2 13 0 2.60 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 46/0 (10.5 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer not out 20* 43 2 0 46.5
ML Hayden not out 23* 22 2 1 104.5
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 3
Total 10.5 overs 46/0

Did not bat: RT Ponting, MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke, A Symonds, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, SR Clark, GD McGrath

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 4 0 12 0 3.00 0 0
Steve Harmison 5 1 13 0 2.60 0 0
Sajid Mahmood 1.5 0 18 0 9.82 0 0

Player of the match: SR Clark · Umpires: BF Bowden, Aleem Dar · TV umpire: PD Parker · 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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