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Test No. 1986

The Ashes 2010-11
2010-11 season
Australia vs England - 4th Test
26-29 December, 2010 (5-day match)

England lead the 5-match series 2-1

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Result : England won by an innings and 157 runs


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson c Pietersen b Tremlett
5 
12 
0 
0
41.67 
»
 Phillip Hughes c Pietersen b Bresnan
16 
32 
2 
0
50.00 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Swann b Tremlett
10 
38 
2 
0
26.32 
»
 Michael Clarke c Prior b Anderson
20 
54 
2 
0
37.04 
»
 Michael Hussey c Prior b Anderson
8 
41 
1 
0
19.51 
»
 Steven Smith c Prior b Anderson
6 
15 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Brad Haddin c Strauss b Bresnan
5 
16 
1 
0
31.25 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Prior b Anderson
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ryan Harris Not Out
10 
23 
2 
0
43.48 
»
 Peter Siddle c Prior b Tremlett
11 
15 
1 
0
73.33 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus c Prior b Tremlett
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 2, N 5
7
Total : (all out in 42.5 overs)
98
 RR : 2.29

Fall of wickets : 1-15 (Watson, 3.2 ov), 2-37 (Hughes, 13.1 ov), 3-37 (Ponting, 14.2 ov), 4-58 (Hussey, 25.2 ov), 5-66 (Smith, 29.3 ov), 6-77 (Clarke, 33.4 ov), 7-77 (Haddin, 34.5 ov), 8-77 (Johnson, 35.2 ov), 9-92 (Siddle, 40.3 ov), 10-98 (Hilfenhaus, 42.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
16
4 
44 
4
2.75
0
0
»
 Chris Tremlett
11
 .5
5 
26 
4
2.20
1
0
»
 Tim Bresnan
13
6 
25 
2
1.92
0
0
»
 Graeme Swann
2
1 
1 
0
0.50
0
0

England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c MEK Hussey b Siddle
69 
167 
5 
0
41.32 
»
 Alastair Cook c Watson b Siddle
82 
152 
11 
0
53.95 
»
 Jonathan Trott Not Out
168 
345 
13 
0
48.70 
»
 Kevin Pietersen lbw b Siddle
51 
89 
7 
0
57.30 
»
 Paul Collingwood c Siddle b Johnson
8 
15 
1 
0
53.33 
»
 Ian Bell c Siddle b Johnson
1 
13 
0 
0
7.69 
»
 Matt Prior c Ponting b Siddle
85 
119 
11 
0
71.43 
»
 Tim Bresnan c Haddin b Siddle
4 
17 
0 
0
23.53 
»
 Graeme Swann c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
22 
28 
3 
0
78.57 
»
 Chris Tremlett b Hilfenhaus
4 
7 
0 
0
57.14 
»
 James Anderson b Siddle
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
Extras B 10, LB 2, W 3, N 3
18
Total : (all out in 159.1 overs)
513
 RR : 3.22

Fall of wickets : 1-159 (Cook, 51.1 ov), 2-170 (Strauss, 55.3 ov), 3-262 (Pietersen, 86.3 ov), 4-281 (Collingwood, 91.3 ov), 5-286 (Bell, 95.3 ov), 6-459 (Prior, 141.1 ov), 7-465 (Bresnan, 145.4 ov), 8-508 (Swann, 156.3 ov), 9-512 (Tremlett, 158.1 ov), 10-513 (Anderson, 159.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
37
13 
83 
2
2.24
0
1
»
 Ryan Harris
28
 .4
9 
91 
0
3.17
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
29
2 
134 
2
4.62
2
2
»
 Peter Siddle
33
 .1
10 
75 
6
2.26
1
0
»
 Shane Watson
10
1 
34 
0
3.40
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
18
3 
71 
0
3.94
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
3
 .2
0 
13 
0
3.90
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Bresnan
54 
102 
6 
0
52.94 
»
 Phillip Hughes run out
23 
30 
2 
0
76.67 
»
 Ricky Ponting b Bresnan
20 
73 
2 
0
27.40 
»
 Michael Clarke c Strauss b Swann
13 
66 
0 
0
19.70 
»
 Michael Hussey c Bell b Bresnan
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Steven Smith b Anderson
38 
67 
6 
0
56.72 
»
 Brad Haddin Not Out
55 
93 
4 
1
59.14 
»
 Mitchell Johnson b Tremlett
6 
22 
0 
0
27.27 
»
 Peter Siddle c Pietersen b Swann
40 
50 
4 
1
80.00 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus c Prior b Bresnan
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ryan Harris absent hurt
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 6, W 2
9
Total : (9 wickets in 85.4 overs)
258
 RR : 3.01

Fall of wickets : 1-53 (Hughes, 11.3 ov), 2-99 (Watson, 31.6 ov), 3-102 (Ponting, 35.4 ov), 4-104 (Hussey, 37.5 ov), 5-134 (Clarke, 52.5 ov), 6-158 (Smith, 61.5 ov), 7-172 (Johnson, 67.5 ov), 8-258 (Siddle, 84.2 ov), 9-258 (Hilfenhaus, 85.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
20
1 
71 
1
3.55
0
1
»
 Chris Tremlett
17
3 
71 
1
4.18
0
0
»
 Graeme Swann
27
11 
59 
2
2.19
0
0
»
 Tim Bresnan
21
 .4
8 
50 
4
2.31
0
1

Match details
Man of the Match: IJL Trott (England)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and AL Hill (New Zealand)
Third Umpire: M Erasmus (South Africa)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: PR Reiffel (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : England 1st innings - 157/0 (AJ Strauss 64*, AN Cook 80*, 47 ov)
Day 2 : England 1st innings - 444/5 (IJL Trott 141*, MJ Prior 75*, 136 ov)
Day 3 : Australia 2nd innings - 169/6 (BJ Haddin 11*, MG Johnson 6*, 66 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 258 (BJ Haddin 55*, 85.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Haddin (wk), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Phillip Hughes, Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Ryan Harris, Shane Watson, Steven Smith
England Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss (Capt.), Chris Tremlett, Graeme Swann, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wk), Paul Collingwood, Tim Bresnan
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