The Ashes, 2006-07 Australia vs England, 4th Test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 26-30, 2006 Match Information Match Officials Series: The Ashes, 2006-07 Aleem Dar Umpires: Toss: England (Elected to bat) (Pak) Rudi Koertzen Match Australia won by an Status: innings and 99 runs (SA) Man of the Third Robert Parry Shane Warne Umpire: (Aus) Match: Ranjan Match Madugalle Referee: (SL) England 1st Innings | Australia 1st Innings | England 2nd Innings Batting: England 1st Innings England (159/10 in Batsmen Runs Balls 4's 6's SR 74.2 ovs) Andrew Strauss b S Warne 50 132 1 0 37.88 Alastair Cook c A Gilchrist b B Lee 11 37 1 0 29.73 Ian Bell lbw b S Clark 7 30 0 0 23.33 Paul Collingwood c R Ponting b B Lee 28 82 4 0 34.15 c A Symonds b S Kevin Pietersen 21 70 0 0 30.00 Warne Andrew Flintoff c S Warne b S Clark 13 31 1 0 41.94 (c) c R Ponting b S Chris Read (wk) 3 17 0 0 17.65 Warne c A Gilchrist b G Sajid Mahmood 0 9 0 0 0.00 McGrath Stephen c M Clarke b S Warne 7 12 1 0 58.33 Harmison c A Symonds b S Monty Panesar 4 19 0 0 21.05 Warne Matthew not out 9 10 1 0 90.00 Hoggard b - 2, w - 0, nb - 3, Extras: 6 lb - 1 Total:(159 for 10 in 74.2 overs) 159 Run Rate: 2.14 Fall Of Wickets 1/23 (Alastair Cook, 10.5 ov.), 2/44 (Ian Bell, 20.5 ov.), 3/101 (Paul Collingwood, 45.6 ov.), 4/101 (Andrew Strauss, 46.2 ov.), 5/122 (Andrew Flintoff, 55.5 ov.), 6/135 (Chris Read, 62.6 ov.), 7/136 (Sajid Mahmood, 65.4 ov.), 8/145 (Stephen Harmison, 68.2 ov.), 9/146 (Kevin Pietersen, 70.2 ov.), 10/159 (Monty Panesar, 74.2 ov.) Bowling: Australia Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Brett Lee 13 4 36 2 2 0 2.8 Glenn McGrath 20 8 37 1 1 0 1.8 Stuart Clark 17 6 27 2 0 0 1.6 Andrew Symonds 7 2 17 0 0 0 2.4 Shane Warne 17.2 4 39 5 0 0 2.2 Go to top Batting: Australia 1st Innings Australia (419/10 Batsmen Runs Balls 4's 6's SR in 108.3 ovs) Justin Langer c C Read b A Flintoff 27 29 3 0 93.10 c C Read b S Matthew Hayden 153 265 11 2 57.74 Mahmood Brett Lee c C Read b A Flintoff 0 1 0 0 0.00 Ricky Ponting (c) c A Cook b A Flintoff 7 28 0 0 25.00 Mike Hussey b M Hoggard 6 20 0 0 30.00 c C Read b S Michael Clarke 5 5 0 0 100.00 Harmison c C Read b S Andrew Symonds 156 220 14 1 70.91 Harmison Adam Gilchrist c P Collingwood b S 1 8 0 0 12.50 (wk) Mahmood Shane Warne not out 40 54 6 0 74.07 c C Read b S Stuart Clark 8 24 0 0 33.33 Mahmood Glenn McGrath c I Bell b S Mahmood 0 6 0 0 0.00 b - 0, w - 1, nb - 9, Extras: 16 lb - 6 Total:(419 for 10 in 108.3 overs) 419 Run Rate: 3.86 Fall Of Wickets 1/44 (Justin Langer, 9.2 ov.), 2/44 (Brett Lee, 9.3 ov.), 3/62 (Ricky Ponting, 17.3 ov.), 4/79 (Mike Hussey, 24.1 ov.), 5/84 (Michael Clarke, 25.2 ov.), 6/363 (Matthew Hayden, 90.4 ov.), 7/365 (Adam Gilchrist, 92.3 ov.), 8/383 (Andrew Symonds, 99.2 ov.), 9/417 (Stuart Clark, 106.5 ov.), 10/419 (Glenn McGrath, 108.3 ov.) Bowling: England Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Matthew Hoggard 21 6 82 1 1 0 3.9 Andrew Flintoff 22 1 77 3 8 0 3.5 Stephen Harmison 28 6 69 2 0 0 2.5 Sajid Mahmood 21.3 1 100 4 0 1 4.7 Monty Panesar 12 1 52 0 0 0 4.3 Paul Collingwood 3 0 20 0 0 0 6.7 Kevin Pietersen 1 0 13 0 0 0 13.0 Go to top Batting: England 2nd Innings England (161/10 in Batsmen Runs Balls 4's 6's SR 65.5 ovs) Andrew Strauss c A Gilchrist b B Lee 31 107 2 0 28.97 Alastair Cook b S Clark 20 46 1 0 43.48 Ian Bell lbw b G McGrath 2 11 0 0 18.18 Kevin Pietersen b S Clark 1 8 0 0 12.50 Paul Collingwood c J Langer b B Lee 16 38 0 0 42.11 Andrew Flintoff lbw b S Clark 25 45 2 0 55.56 (c) Chris Read not out 26 77 1 0 33.77 (wk) Sajid Mahmood lbw b S Warne 0 2 0 0 0.00 Stephen lbw b S Warne 4 26 0 0 15.38 Harmison Monty Panesar c M Clarke b B Lee 14 19 2 0 73.68 Matthew Hoggard b B Lee 5 20 0 0 25.00 b - 0, w - 1, nb - 4, Extras: 17 lb - 12 Total:(161 for 10 in 65.5 overs) 161 Run Rate: 2.45 Fall Of Wickets 1/41 (Alastair Cook, 14.5 ov.), 2/48 (Ian Bell, 19.2 ov.), 3/49 (Kevin Pietersen, 20.5 ov.), 4/75 (Paul Collingwood, 31.4 ov.), 5/90 (Andrew Strauss, 37.5 ov.), 6/108 (Andrew Flintoff, 45.4 ov.), 7/109 (Sajid Mahmood, 46.3 ov.), 8/127 (Stephen Harmison, 56.5 ov.), 9/146 (Monty Panesar, 61.2 ov.), 10/161 (Matthew Hoggard, 65.5 ov.) Bowling: Australia Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Brett Lee 18.5 6 47 4 3 0 2.5 Glenn McGrath 12 2 26 1 0 1 2.2 Stuart Clark 16 6 30 3 1 0 1.9 Shane Warne 19 3 46 2 0 0 2.4 .