Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
9 February 2007
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: Asad Rauf, DJ Harper
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: MJ Procter
Match Result: England won by 4 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Andrew Flintoff b Sajid Mahmood | 5 | 10 | 28 | - | - | |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Sajid Mahmood b Jamie Dalrymple | 82 | 102 | 152 | 7 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Paul Collingwood b Monty Panesar | 75 | 75 | 109 | 7 | - | |
| 4. Michael Clarke | run out (Paul Collingwood > ) | 33 | 39 | 51 | - | 1 | |
| 5. Brad Hodge | lbw b Monty Panesar | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | - | |
| 6. Mike Hussey | c Paul Nixon b Andrew Flintoff | 17 | 19 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Shane Watson | c Ian Bell b Sajid Mahmood | 9 | 13 | 31 | - | - | |
| 8. Brad Hogg | c Ian Bell b Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Brett Lee | run out (Paul Collingwood > ) | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| 10. Nathan Bracken | not out | 3 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | b Andrew Flintoff | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-170 (Ricky Ponting), 3-180 (Matthew Hayden), 4-196 (Brad Hodge), 5-229 (Michael Clarke), 6-229 (Mike Hussey), 7-248 (Brad Hogg), 8-248 (Brett Lee), 9-250 (Shane Watson), 252 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 9w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.3 ovs, 231 mins) 252 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Liam Plunkett | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Sajid Mahmood | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 9.3 | 1 | 41 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Monty Panesar | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jamie Dalrymple | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Ed Joyce | c Glenn McGrath b Brett Lee | 6 | 18 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Mal Loye | lbw b Brett Lee | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| 3. Ian Bell | b Brett Lee | 65 | 90 | 147 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Andrew Strauss | lbw b Nathan Bracken | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| 5. Paul Collingwood | not out | 120 | 133 | 222 | 7 | 1 | |
| *6. Andrew Flintoff | c Adam Gilchrist b Shane Watson | 35 | 36 | 65 | - | 1 | |
| 7. Jamie Dalrymple | run out (Michael Clarke > Glenn McGrath) | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| +8. Paul Nixon | not out | 11 | 10 | 19 | - | - | |
| 9. Liam Plunkett | |||||||
| 10. Sajid Mahmood | |||||||
| 11. Monty Panesar |
| FOW | 1-1 (Mal Loye), 2-14 (Ed Joyce), 3-15 (Andrew Strauss), 4-148 (Ian Bell), 5-222 (Andrew Flintoff), 6-225 (Jamie Dalrymple). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 7w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49.3 ovs, 240 mins) 253 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 0 | 41 | 3 | (3w,1nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 8.3 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shane Watson | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Brad Hodge, Mike Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Glenn McGrath
England: Ed Joyce, Mal Loye, Ian Bell, Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Jamie Dalrymple, Paul Nixon, Liam Plunkett, Sajid Mahmood, Monty Panesar
