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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Australia⁠

Result

No result

England
37/1
Australia
261/9
Date
Tuesday 28 June 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Birmingham
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia ODI scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · Innings 261/9 (50 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AC Gilchrist c GO Jones b SP Jones 19 18 2 0 105.6
ML Hayden lbw b SP Jones 14 24 3 0 58.3
RT Ponting c GO Jones b A Flintoff 34 40 4 0 85.0
DR Martyn c KP Pietersen b SJ Harmison 36 65 4 0 55.4
A Symonds run out 74 75 6 2 98.7
MEK Hussey c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 45 42 4 0 107.1
MJ Clarke c GO Jones b D Gough 3 6 0 0 50.0
GB Hogg c GO Jones b D Gough 2 6 0 0 33.3
B Lee not out 21* 18 3 0 116.7
JN Gillespie c KP Pietersen b D Gough 1 2 0 0 50.0
GD McGrath not out 2* 5 0 0 40.0
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 4, nb 1) 10
Total 50 overs 261/9

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (AC Gilchrist, 5.2 ov), 2-46 (ML Hayden, 9.1 ov), 3-95 (RT Ponting, 21.1 ov), 4-123 (DR Martyn, 27.5 ov), 5-224 (A Symonds, 42.5 ov), 6-234 (MJ Clarke, 44.3 ov), 7-236 (MEK Hussey, 45.1 ov), 8-242 (GB Hogg, 46.6 ov), 9-254 (JN Gillespie, 48.5 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Darren Gough 9 0 70 3 7.78 0 1
SP Jones 10 2 53 2 5.30 1 0
Steve Harmison 10 1 38 2 3.80 1 0
Andrew Flintoff 10 0 38 1 3.80 0 0
Ashley Giles 10 1 44 0 4.40 2 0
Michael Vaughan 1 0 13 0 13.00 0 0

England · Innings 37/1 (6 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick not out 11* 19 1 0 57.9
Andrew Strauss c JN Gillespie b GD McGrath 25 18 5 0 138.9
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 1) 1
Total 6 overs 37/1

Did not bat: MP Vaughan, A Flintoff, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, GO Jones, AF Giles, D Gough, SJ Harmison, SP Jones

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (AJ Strauss, 5.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0
GD McGrath 3 0 24 1 8.00 0 1

Umpires: BF Bowden, DR Shepherd · 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

04 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

ODIs since 1971

England v Australia stats

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Meetings162In our results database
England wins65England perspective
Draws, ties & NR5Drawn, tied or no result
Australia wins92Australia victories

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