25/12Result

4th Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-29 2010

England won by an inns & 157 runs

Player of the Match

Jonathan TrottEngland

Best performances - Batsmen

IJL Trott

168(345) 13x4 - 0x6

Control %88%

Productive Shot
leg glance
74 runs
5x4 - 0x6

MJ Prior

85(119) 11x4 - 0x6

Control %82%

Productive Shot
off side drive on front foot
21 runs
3x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

PM Siddle

O33.1

M10

R75

Eco2.26

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

CT Tremlett

O11.5

R26

Eco2.19

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

AUS - 1st
ENG - 1st
AUS - 2nd

Australia - 1st - Innings

SR Watson5 (12)

PJ Hughes10 (8)

RT Ponting10 (36)

PJ Hughes6 (24)

RT Ponting0 (2)

MJ Clarke0 (5)

MEK Hussey8 (41)

MJ Clarke12 (25)

MJ Clarke2 (10)

SPD Smith6 (15)

BJ Haddin5 (11)

MJ Clarke6 (14)

BJ Haddin0 (5)

MG Johnson0 (2)

RJ Harris0 (1)

RJ Harris4 (16)

PM Siddle11 (15)

RJ Harris6 (6)

BW Hilfenhaus0 (8)

England - 1st - Innings

159

AJ Strauss64 (157)

AN Cook82 (152)

AJ Strauss5 (10)

IJL Trott6 (16)

KP Pietersen51 (89)

IJL Trott40 (97)

PD Collingwood8 (15)

IJL Trott11 (15)

IR Bell1 (13)

IJL Trott4 (11)

173

IJL Trott85 (156)

MJ Prior85 (119)

IJL Trott2 (10)

TT Bresnan4 (17)

GP Swann22 (28)

IJL Trott20 (37)

IJL Trott0 (3)

CT Tremlett4 (7)

IJL Trott0 (0)

JM Anderson1 (6)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

SR Watson29 (39)

PJ Hughes23 (30)

RT Ponting19 (60)

SR Watson25 (63)

RT Ponting1 (13)

MJ Clarke2 (9)

MEK Hussey0 (7)

MJ Clarke2 (6)

MJ Clarke9 (51)

SPD Smith21 (39)

BJ Haddin7 (26)

SPD Smith17 (28)

BJ Haddin7 (14)

MG Johnson6 (22)

BJ Haddin41 (49)

PM Siddle40 (50)

BJ Haddin0 (4)

BW Hilfenhaus0 (3)

England tour of Australia 2010-11 News

Winning Down Under: England's post-war Ashes series victories in Australia
England have only won five Ashes series in Australia since 1945 - and one since the 1980s
CA contributed to 'panic' before Ashes - Watson
Shane Watson, the Australia vice-captain, has criticised Cricket Australia and selectors for contributing to a "growing sense of panic" among the players in the lead-up to the Ashes series in 2010-11
Straussy’s book, and a pretend Test series
The captain tells his stirring Ashes tale
Three captains will lead to one KP
And what is the greatest sporting event on this planet?
The glory that was the Australia-England ODI series
Did someone dare say pointless ODIs? The recent seven-game one down under featured nothing of the sort

Australia INNINGS		R	B
SR Watson	lbw	54	102
PJ Hughes	run out	23	30
RT Ponting	bowled	20	73
MJ Clarke	caught	13	66
MEK Hussey	caught	0	7
SPD Smith	bowled	38	67
BJ Haddin	not out	55	93
MG Johnson	bowled	6	22
PM Siddle	caught	40	50
BW Hilfenhaus	caught wk	0	4
RJ Harris	absent hurt
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 6, w 2)
TOTAL	258 (all out; 85.4 ovs)

England BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.0	1	71	1	3.55	(1w)
CT Tremlett	17.0	3	71	1	4.17
GP Swann	27.0	11	59	2	2.18
TT Bresnan	21.4	8	50	4	2.30	(1w)

Australia 3rd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	53	SR Watson	PJ Hughes
2nd	46	RT Ponting	SR Watson
3rd	3	RT Ponting	MJ Clarke
4th	2	MEK Hussey	MJ Clarke
5th	30	MJ Clarke	SPD Smith
6th	24	BJ Haddin	SPD Smith
7th	14	BJ Haddin	MG Johnson
8th	86	BJ Haddin	PM Siddle
9th	0	BJ Haddin	BW Hilfenhaus

Australia - 1st - Innings

England - 1st - Innings

Australia - 2nd - Innings

Winning Down Under: England's post-war Ashes series victories in Australia

CA contributed to 'panic' before Ashes - Watson

Straussy’s book, and a pretend Test series

Three captains will lead to one KP

The glory that was the Australia-England ODI series