Match Report – Four-Day Friendly – Australia vs. MCC:
MCC won the toss and elected to bat, the pitch was pretty even and good for batting. Lee and Kasprowicz charged in and bowled tightly early on but towards the end of their spells the MCC batsman got on top and the score was 0/62(16o). It wasn’t until 147 runs were on the board when the first wicket fell and the next one fell 1 run after, the score was 2/150(45o). At one stage they were 4/255 but they then lost 6/63 in a collapse mostly triggered by the part time spin of Clarke and Symonds. They were all out for 318 with Pearson making 120, The best of the Aussie bowlers were Clarke with 3/28 and Symonds with 2/36.
Australia got off to an aggressive start scoring at 5 runs in the early going but Langer fell for 15. In came Katich to combine with Hussey for an even 100 stand before Katich fell for 49, Hussey fell next for 75 and the score following his dismissal was 3/170. Symonds came out in a very aggressive mood and scored an amazing 22 ball fifty! He was later dismissed after exhilarating 61 off an 27 balls. Lehmann reached his hundred soon after and Clarke was out for a very well compiled 79. Haddin came in and made a quick 44, After Lehmann was dismissed for 146 Australia declared there innings closed 176 runs ahead of MCC.
The MCC opener put on another 100+ opening stand, Kasprowicz finally got the first breakthrough. Kasprowicz and Cullen bowled a nice spell in tandom picking up 4 wickets between them. After 60 overs there score was 5/177. They were all out for 281 with Pearson top scoring again with 71 and Cullen bowling impressively taking 4/99.
The Australian openers strode out needing 106 runs to win from 2 and ½ sessions. They got their easily without losing any wickets. 0/106(23.3o), Langer made 65 and Hussey made 40.
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MCC v Australia
Four Day Friendly - 25 Jun 2001
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MCC - 1st Innings
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S Clarke b Kasprowicz 66
M Pearson lbw b Clarke 120
K Lowe c Haddin b Cullen 0
G Righton lbw b Wright 35
P Cale b Clarke 22
A Moore c Hussey b Symonds 15
A Tetley b Clarke 7
W Perry b Symonds 12
T Kitson run out 2
M Denver c & b Lee 20
A Bond not out 3
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Extras (nb4,w4,b4,lb4) 16
TOTAL (all out, 104.5 ovrs) 318
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O M R W
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M Clarke 11 1 28 3
A Symonds 13 0 36 2
D Cullen 21 5 57 1
M Hussey 7 1 28 0
D Wright 18 4 42 1
M Kasprowicz 18 3 64 1
B Lee 16.5 2 55 1
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1-147 2-148 3-206 4-255 5-266
7-288 8-291 9-295 10-318
Australia - 1st Innings
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J Langer b Lowe 15
M Hussey c Cale b Denver 75
S Katich c Tetley b Clarke 49
D Lehmann b Kitson 146
A Symonds c Perry b Kitson 61
M Clarke b Perry 79
B Haddin c Moore b Denver 44
D Wright not out 16
B Lee
D Cullen
M Kasprowicz
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Extras (nb9) 9
TOTAL (7 wkts, 117.1 ovrs) 494
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O M R W
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A Moore 1 0 2 0
W Perry 4 0 6 1
G Righton 1 1 0 0
A Bond 3 0 13 0
S Clarke 19 2 63 1
T Kitson 25.1 1 124 2
K Lowe 30 2 137 1
M Denver 34 2 149 2
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1-25 2-125 3-170 4-248 5-396
7-494
MCC - 2nd Innings
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S Clarke c Haddin b Kasprowicz 58
M Pearson b Cullen 71
K Lowe c Haddin b Cullen 7
G Righton b Kasprowicz 1
P Cale b Wright 56
A Moore b Cullen 9
A Tetley lbw b Cullen 8
W Perry c Haddin b Symonds 25
T Kitson lbw b Symonds 18
M Denver c & b Kasprowicz 10
A Bond not out 11
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Extras (nb3,w2,b1,lb1) 7
TOTAL (all out, 98.3 overs) 281
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O M R W
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M Hussey 1 0 2 0
M Clarke 5 1 15 0
A Symonds 11 2 22 2
D Cullen 33 4 99 4
D Wright 15 2 52 1
M Kasprowicz 18.3 4 45 3
B Lee 15 1 44 0
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1-115 2-128 3-129 4-147 5-175
7-236 8-258 9-260 10-281
Australia - 2nd Innings
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J Langer not out 65
M Hussey not out 40
S Katich
D Lehmann
A Symonds
M Clarke
B Haddin
D Wright
B Lee
D Cullen
M Kasprowicz
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Extras (nb1) 1
TOTAL (0 wkts, 23.3 overs) 106
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O M R W
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S Clarke 2 1 1 0
T Kitson 5 0 10 0
K Lowe 7 0 38 0
M Denver 9.3 1 57 0
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Australia won by 10 wickets
Man of the match: M Pearson
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Coach's Comment:"Good win considering the two MCC openers put on over 100 in both innings. Nice innings by Boof and i was very pleased with the bowling from young Dan Cullen, he looks a great future prospect for the team"