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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th January 2007 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar, BF Bowden |
| TV umpire | PD Parker |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Scorers | CL Bennison, MA Fowler |
| Reserve Umpire | RJ Tucker |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 234/4 (Collingwood 25*, Flintoff 42*; 80 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 188/4 (Hussey 37*, Symonds 22*; 55 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 114/5 (Pietersen 29*, Panesar 0*; 43 overs) |
| Player of the Match | SR Clark |
| Articles | England didn't have a chance: Ponting |
| Ball-by-ball | Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4 |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Strauss | c Gilchrist b Lee | 29 | 52 | 64 | 3 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Gilchrist b Clark | 20 | 47 | 88 | 2 | - | |
| IR Bell | b McGrath | 71 | 153 | 194 | 8 | - | |
| KP Pietersen | c Hussey b McGrath | 41 | 104 | 162 | 1 | - | |
| PD Collingwood | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 27 | 73 | 120 | 4 | - | |
| *A Flintoff | c Gilchrist b Clark | 89 | 142 | 195 | 11 | 1 | |
| +CMW Read | c Gilchrist b Lee | 2 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| SI Mahmood | c Hayden b Lee | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| SJ Harmison | lbw b Clark | 2 | 24 | 51 | - | - | |
| MS Panesar | lbw b Warne | 0 | 14 | 20 | - | - | |
| JM Anderson | not out | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 462 minutes, 103.4 overs) | 291 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45 (Strauss, 14.2 ov), 2-58 (Cook, 19.1 ov), 3-166 (Pietersen, 58.3 ov), 4-167 (Bell, 60.1 ov), 5-245 (Collingwood, 85.6 ov), 6-258 (Read, 88.5 ov), 7-258 (Mahmood, 88.6 ov), 8-282 (Harmison, 98.6 ov), 9-291 (Flintoff, 102.1 ov), 10-291 (Panesar, 103.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 29 | 8 | 67 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Lee | 22 | 5 | 75 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Clark | 24 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Warne | 22.4 | 1 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Symonds | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JL Langer | c Read b Anderson | 26 | 27 | 41 | 4 | - | |
| ML Hayden | c Collingwood b Harmison | 33 | 77 | 113 | 5 | - | |
| *RT Ponting | run out (Anderson) | 45 | 72 | 96 | 6 | - | |
| MEK Hussey | c Read b Anderson | 37 | 100 | 119 | 3 | 1 | |
| MJ Clarke | c Read b Harmison | 11 | 24 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| A Symonds | b Panesar | 48 | 95 | 137 | 5 | - | |
| +AC Gilchrist | c Read b Anderson | 62 | 72 | 118 | 7 | - | |
| SK Warne | st Read b Panesar | 71 | 65 | 114 | 9 | 2 | |
| B Lee | c Read b Flintoff | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| SR Clark | c Pietersen b Mahmood | 35 | 41 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (10 lb, 6 nb, 4 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 431 minutes, 96.3 overs) | 393 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Langer, 9.3 ov), 2-100 (Hayden, 25.3 ov), 3-118 (Ponting, 32.3 ov), 4-155 (Clarke, 43.1 ov), 5-190 (Hussey, 56.2 ov), 6-260 (Symonds, 73.1 ov), 7-318 (Gilchrist, 80.3 ov), 8-325 (Lee, 83.3 ov), 9-393 (Clark, 95.3 ov), 10-393 (Warne, 96.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Flintoff | 17 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Anderson | 26 | 8 | 98 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Harmison | 23 | 5 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mahmood | 11 | 1 | 59 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Panesar | 19.3 | 0 | 90 | 2 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Strauss | lbw b Clark | 24 | 45 | 68 | 3 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Gilchrist b Lee | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| IR Bell | c Gilchrist b Lee | 28 | 51 | 85 | 5 | - | |
| KP Pietersen | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 29 | 95 | 139 | 3 | - | |
| PD Collingwood | c Hayden b Clark | 17 | 36 | 68 | 3 | - | |
| *A Flintoff | st Gilchrist b Warne | 7 | 21 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| MS Panesar | run out (Symonds) | 0 | 19 | 27 | - | - | |
| +CMW Read | c Ponting b Lee | 4 | 17 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| SI Mahmood | b McGrath | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| SJ Harmison | not out | 16 | 26 | 42 | 2 | - | |
| JM Anderson | c Hussey b McGrath | 5 | 22 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 278 minutes, 58 overs) | 147 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Cook, 2.3 ov), 2-55 (Strauss, 14.3 ov), 3-64 (Bell, 20.5 ov), 4-98 (Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 5-113 (Flintoff, 41.3 ov), 6-114 (Pietersen, 43.3 ov), 7-114 (Panesar, 47.2 ov), 8-122 (Read, 48.6 ov), 9-123 (Mahmood, 49.6 ov), 10-147 (Anderson, 58 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 14 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| McGrath | 21 | 11 | 38 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Clark | 12 | 4 | 29 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Warne | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Symonds | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JL Langer | not out | 20 | 43 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| ML Hayden | not out | 23 | 22 | 44 | 2 | 1 | |
| *RT Ponting | did not bat | ||||||
| MEK Hussey | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| A Symonds | did not bat | ||||||
| +AC Gilchrist | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 44 minutes, 10.5 overs) | 46 | |||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harmison | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mahmood | 1.5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |