First-Class Matches Australia 2005/06 and 2006/07 and South Africa 2006/07

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 26, 27, 28, 2006. (Scheduled for five days). England in Australia 2006/07 - 4th Test Australia won by an innings and 99 runs. ENGLAND R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s A.J.Strauss b Warne 50 132 205 1 - c Gilchrist b Lee 31 107 174 2 - A.N.Cook c Gilchrist b Lee 11 37 49 1 - b Clark 20 46 65 1 - I.R.Bell lbw b Clark 7 30 47 - - lbw b McGrath 2 11 20 - - P.D.Collingwood c Ponting b Lee 28 82 105 4 - (5) c Langer b Lee 16 38 52 - - K.P.Pietersen c Symonds b Warne 21 70 103 - - (4) b Clark 1 9 8 - - *A.Flintoff c Warne b Clark 13 31 36 1 - lbw b Clark 25 45 60 2 - †C.M.W.Read c Ponting b Warne 3 17 27 - - not out 26 77 127 1 - S.I.Mahmood c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 9 12 - - lbw b Warne 0 2 4 - - S.J.Harmison c Clarke b Warne 7 12 11 1 - lbw b Warne 4 26 44 - - M.S.Panesar c Symonds b Warne 4 19 27 - - c Clarke b Lee 14 19 20 2 - M.J.Hoggard not out 9 10 15 1 - b Lee 5 20 21 - - Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 3 6 lb 12, w 1, nb 4 17 (74.2 ov; 323 mins) 159 (65.5 ov; 302 mins) 161 AUSTRALIA R B M 4s 6s J.L.Langer c Read b Flintoff 27 29 45 3 - M.L.Hayden c Read b Mahmood 153 265 420 13 2 B.Lee c Read b Flintoff 0 1 2 - - *R.T.Ponting c Cook b Flintoff 7 28 37 - - M.E.K.Hussey b Hoggard 6 20 36 - - M.J.Clarke c Read b Harmison 5 5 7 - - A.Symonds c Read b Harmison 156 220 330 15 1 †A.C.Gilchrist c Collingwood b Mahmood 1 8 10 - - S.K.Warne not out 40 54 76 6 - S.R.Clark c Read b Mahmood 8 24 35 - - G.D.McGrath c Bell b Mahmood 0 6 9 - - Extras lb 6, w 1, nb 9 16 (108.3 ov; 508 mins) 419 Australia O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall Eng Aus Eng Lee 13 4 36 2 - 2 18.5 6 47 4 - 3 1 23 (2) 44 (1) 41 (2) McGrath 20 8 37 1 - 1 12 2 26 1 1 - 2 44 (3) 44 (3) 48 (3) Clark 17 6 27 2 - - 16 6 30 3 - 1 3 101 (4) 62 (4) 49 (4) Symonds 7 2 17 0 - - 4 101 (1) 79 (5) 75 (5) Warne 17.2 4 39 5 - - (4) 19 3 46 2 - - 5 122 (6) 84 (6) 90 (1) 6 135 (7) 363 (2) 108 (6) England O M R W wd nb 7 136 (8) 365 (8) 109 (8) Hoggard 21 6 82 1 - 1 8 145 (9) 383 (7) 127 (9) Flintoff 22 1 77 3 - 8 9 146 (5) 417 (10) 146 (10) Harmison 28 6 69 2 - - 10 159 (10) 419 (11) 161 (11) Mahmood 21.3 1 100 4 1 - Panesar 12 1 52 0 - - Collingwood 3 0 20 0 - - Pietersen 1 0 13 0 - - Umpires: Aleem Dar and R.E.Koertzen. Third umpire: R.L.Parry. Referee: R.S.Madugalle. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 48-2 (Hayden 17, Ponting 0, 11 overs); 2nd day: Australia (1) 372-7 (Symonds 154, Warne 4, 96 overs). Man of the Match: S.K.Warne. K.P.Pietersen passed 2,000 runs in Test matches when he reached 5 in the first innings. A.Symonds passed 13,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 80 in the first innings. A.N.Cook passed 1,000 runs in Test matches when he reached 7 in the second innings. S.K.Warne reached 700 wickets in Test matches when taking his 1st wicket in the England first innings. 74 Australia in 2006/07