- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.3 Gottim! And you have to say that was coming! Johnson's been turning the screw superbly since he came on, and this time Bell couldn't hold himself back - down the track, and a loose drive straight to mid-off, comfortably lodged in Mike Hussey's midriff 73/343.4 another vast swipe ... and it's swirling, swirling, swirling down to Andrew Symonds, just inside the long-on boundary! A massive breakthrough for Australia, and Pietersen is gone, just when he was looking at his most dangerous 206/537.2 the slower ball from McGrath, Collingwood picks it but can't execute this lofted shot as well as he might and it's hit straight to Johnson at long on 168/444.5 gone! Full, straight and that would've plucked out his leg stump. Excellent length from Johnson and with a touch of away swing to the left hander who, trying to work it to leg, was beaten by pace...and up goes the finger 207/646.3 down the leg side, Dalymple tries to hook this and misses. Gilchrist politely asks the umpire who, after a couple of seconds, raises his finger! What a shocker that is. Replays indicate the ball hit his helmet, and Dalrymple trudges off fairly fuming 211/749.2 what a catch! A full toss which Lewis sliced off a thick outside edge just to Ponting's right at backward point, and he dived brilliantly taking the ball horizontally, one-handed. Quite superb fielding 232/8Extras6 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL242/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.84)Did not bat: JM AndersonFall of wickets: 1-20 (Andrew Strauss, 5.3 ov), 2-47 (Michael Vaughan, 9.4 ov), 3-73 (Ian Bell, 17.3 ov), 4-168 (Paul Collingwood, 37.2 ov), 5-206 (Kevin Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 6-207 (Paul Nixon, 44.5 ov), 7-211 (Jamie Dalrymple, 46.3 ov), 8-232 (Jon Lewis, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GD McGrath 10 0 40 2 4.00 36 2 0 1 0 NW Bracken 9 0 46 3 5.11 34 6 0 0 0 SR Clark 10 0 58 1 5.80 29 6 0 2 1 MG Johnson 10 2 34 2 3.40 38 2 0 0 0 MJ Clarke 8 0 35 0 4.37 21 2 0 0 0 CL White 3 0 27 0 9.00 8 0 3 0 0
12/01Result
1st Match (D/N), Commonwealth Bank Series at Melbourne, Jan 12 2007
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![England]( "England")
242/8 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
246/2 (45.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
12/01Result
1st Match (D/N), Commonwealth Bank Series at Melbourne, Jan 12 2007
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![England]( "England")
242/8 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
246/2 (45.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.3 just short of a length, turning quite markedly back into the right hander who pushes it to leg 101/118.1 gone! Well bowled, Panesar; he saw Hayden lunging down the pitch, sent it wider of the batsman who drove and got a thick outside edge to Nixon behind the stumps. Super piece of bowling, that 113/2Extras19 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 15)TOTAL246/2 (45.2 Overs, RR: 5.42)Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Adam Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 2-113 (Matthew Hayden, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Flintoff 6 0 48 0 8.00 20 4 1 3 0 J Lewis 8.2 1 43 0 5.16 29 5 0 2 1 JM Anderson 7 0 47 0 6.71 19 6 0 1 0 MS Panesar 10 1 46 1 4.60 34 4 0 1 0 JWM Dalrymple 10 1 38 1 3.80 34 2 0 0 0 PD Collingwood 4 0 21 0 5.25 12 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.15 start, First Session 14.15-17.45 Interval 17.45-18.30, Second Session 18.30-22.00
Match days
12 January 2007 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 4, England 0
Match Notes
- England: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: England - 72/2 in 17.0 overs (IR Bell 15, KP Pietersen 16)
- England: 100 runs in 23.6 overs (147 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (KP Pietersen 23, PD Collingwood 26, Ex 1)
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 63 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: England - 144/3 in 34.0 overs (KP Pietersen 51, PD Collingwood 36)
- England: 150 runs in 35.2 overs (215 balls), Extras 4
- England: 200 runs in 42.4 overs (260 balls), Extras 5
- Australia: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 17
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (AC Gilchrist 27, ML Hayden 6, Ex 17)
- AC Gilchrist: 50 off 51 balls (6 x 4)
- Australia: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 17
Match Coverage
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