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England men · ODI · ICC Champions Trophy · Group A

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by 6 wickets

England
169 (45 ov)
Australia
170/4 (36.5 ov)
Date
Saturday 21 October 2006 · England in 2006
Start
10:00 UK
Venue
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia ODI scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 169 all out (45 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c AC Gilchrist b A Symonds 56 90 6 0 62.2
Ian Bell c MEK Hussey b SR Watson 43 60 7 0 71.7
Kevin Pietersen c AC Gilchrist b MG Johnson 1 6 0 0 16.7
Andrew Flintoff c MEK Hussey b SR Watson 4 15 0 0 26.7
Michael Yardy c AC Gilchrist b SR Watson 4 15 0 0 26.7
Paul Collingwood not out 22* 38 1 0 57.9
Jamie Dalrymple c RT Ponting b MG Johnson 3 15 0 0 20.0
Chris Read c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.0
Sajid Mahmood c & b NW Bracken 8 13 0 0 61.5
Steve Harmison c AC Gilchrist b MG Johnson 1 3 0 0 33.3
James Anderson b GD McGrath 15 19 2 0 78.9
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 6) 12
Total 45 overs 169

Fall of wickets: 1-83 (IR Bell, 18.2 ov), 2-84 (KP Pietersen, 19.2 ov), 3-110 (A Flintoff, 25.5 ov), 4-115 (AJ Strauss, 28.6 ov), 5-125 (MH Yardy, 31.1 ov), 6-135 (JWM Dalrymple, 35.5 ov), 7-136 (CMW Read, 36.6 ov), 8-150 (SI Mahmood, 40.2 ov), 9-151 (SJ Harmison, 41.1 ov), 10-169 (JM Anderson, 44.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 9 3 25 0 2.78 1 2
NW Bracken 8 0 38 1 4.75 1 0
GD McGrath 9 1 36 2 4.00 0 1
MG Johnson 10 0 40 3 4.00 1 1
SR Watson 7 0 16 3 2.29 0 2
A Symonds 2 0 11 1 5.50 0 0

Australia · Innings 170/4 (36.5 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AC Gilchrist b SI Mahmood 10 10 2 0 100.0
SR Watson b JM Anderson 21 26 3 0 80.8
RT Ponting c AJ Strauss b SI Mahmood 1 4 0 0 25.0
DR Martyn c CMW Read b SJ Harmison 78 91 12 0 85.7
MEK Hussey not out 32* 85 2 0 37.6
A Symonds not out 8* 10 1 0 80.0
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 5) 20
Total 36.5 overs 170/4

Did not bat: MJ Clarke, MG Johnson, B Lee, NW Bracken, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (AC Gilchrist, 3.6 ov), 2-34 (RT Ponting, 5.6 ov), 3-34 (SR Watson, 6.4 ov), 4-152 (DR Martyn, 34.1 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 9 2 31 1 3.44 3 0
Sajid Mahmood 10 0 57 2 5.70 2 4
Steve Harmison 4.5 0 45 1 9.31 1 1
Michael Yardy 10 1 18 0 1.80 0 0
Jamie Dalrymple 3 0 10 0 3.33 0 0

Player of the match: DR Martyn · Umpires: BF Bowden, SA Bucknor · TV umpire: DJ Harper · 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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