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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by 57 runs

England
209/9
Australia
266/5
Date
Thursday 23 June 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Chester-le-Street
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · Innings 266/5 (50 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AC Gilchrist c GO Jones b CT Tremlett 18 31 2 0 58.1
ML Hayden c GO Jones b A Flintoff 39 56 5 0 69.6
RT Ponting c AF Giles b SJ Harmison 27 40 4 0 67.5
DR Martyn not out 68* 81 3 0 84.0
A Symonds run out 73 81 4 2 90.1
MEK Hussey c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff 5 10 0 0 50.0
SR Watson not out 11* 7 1 0 157.1
Extras (b 0, lb 12, w 7, nb 6) 25
Total 50 overs 266/5

Did not bat: GB Hogg, JN Gillespie, B Lee, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (AC Gilchrist, 9.1 ov), 2-95 (RT Ponting, 20.2 ov), 3-96 (ML Hayden, 21.1 ov), 4-238 (A Symonds, 45.2 ov), 5-247 (MEK Hussey, 47.5 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Darren Gough 10 0 41 0 4.10 0 3
Chris Tremlett 9 0 53 1 5.89 1 1
Steve Harmison 9 2 44 1 4.89 2 2
Andrew Flintoff 10 0 55 2 5.50 3 0
Ashley Giles 9 1 44 0 4.89 1 0
Paul Collingwood 3 0 17 0 5.67 0 0

England · Innings 209/9 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath 0 15 0 0 0.0
Andrew Strauss b B Lee 3 13 0 0 23.1
Vikram Solanki c RT Ponting b GB Hogg 34 69 2 0 49.3
Paul Collingwood b GD McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.0
Andrew Flintoff c JN Gillespie b GB Hogg 44 61 6 0 72.1
Kevin Pietersen c MEK Hussey b A Symonds 19 28 2 0 67.9
Geraint Jones c ML Hayden b SR Watson 23 31 2 0 74.2
Ashley Giles c A Symonds b B Lee 4 3 1 0 133.3
Chris Tremlett c MEK Hussey b JN Gillespie 8 18 0 0 44.4
Darren Gough not out 46* 47 7 0 97.9
Steve Harmison not out 11* 17 0 0 64.7
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 5, nb 4) 17
Total 50 overs 209/9

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AJ Strauss, 4.3 ov), 2-6 (ME Trescothick, 5.1 ov), 3-6 (PD Collingwood, 5.3 ov), 4-85 (VS Solanki, 24.4 ov), 5-94 (A Flintoff, 26.6 ov), 6-123 (KP Pietersen, 33.4 ov), 7-133 (AF Giles, 34.5 ov), 8-145 (GO Jones, 37.6 ov), 9-159 (CT Tremlett, 40.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 10 2 27 2 2.70 3 2
GD McGrath 10 1 31 2 3.10 0 1
JN Gillespie 9 0 36 1 4.00 1 0
SR Watson 8 0 51 1 6.38 1 1
GB Hogg 6 0 19 2 3.17 0 0
A Symonds 7 0 37 1 5.29 0 0

Player of the match: A Symonds · Umpires: MR Benson, Aleem Dar · TV umpire: JW Lloyds · 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.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2003 – 2005

03 2 Mar 2003
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Pool A St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth

England 204/8 (50 ov) – 208/8 (49.4 ov) Australia England lost

Australia won by 2 wickets

Match page: England v Australia, 2 March 2003

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