- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.3 down the leg side, pitched outside leg stump, Gilchrist tries to pull, ball takes the edge to Jones behind the wicket, who takes the catch to his left. 62/116.3 short ball, Hadyen mistimes a pull straight to Pietersen in front of square leg, who takes the catch. 68/227.2 short ball, Ponting on the back-foot pulls, mistimes the shot to Pietersen at deep midwicket region, who takes the catch low down. 107/341.1 good length ball, moving away, Martyn tries to guide the ball to the thirdman, ball takes the edge to Keeper, who takes a good catch, standing close to the stumps. 159/629.5 good outswinger, Symonds drives on the up, ball takes the outside edge straight to Trescothick at Gully, who takes the catch. 116/431.3 Got'em! pitched on line and moving in, Clarke shuffle across and went for wild swing, got beaten and ball heading for its target to unearth the off stump 120/544.5 short ball, Watson pulls, mistimes the shot, Strauss runs in from deep square leg region and takes a good running catch at the deep midwicket region. 168/7Extras31 (b 2, lb 12, nb 2, w 15)TOTAL219/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.38)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Adam Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 2-68 (Matthew Hayden, 16.3 ov), 3-107 (Ricky Ponting, 27.2 ov), 4-116 (Andrew Symonds, 29.5 ov), 5-120 (Michael Clarke, 31.3 ov), 6-159 (Damien Martyn, 41.1 ov), 7-168 (Shane Watson, 44.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB D Gough 10 1 50 0 5 2 1 SP Jones 10 1 28 0 2.8 2 0 SJ Harmison 10 0 39 2 3.9 3 0 A Flintoff 10 0 54 1 5.4 5 1 PD Collingwood 10 0 34 4 3.4 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR24.3 First Blood by Super Sub! good length delivery pitched outside the off stump and ball moving away, Strauss went for reverse sweep, ended up a thid edge to keeper, well taken by Gilchrist behind the wickets, Australia got the first break through 101/1Extras17 (b 1, lb 2, nb 11, w 3)TOTAL221/1 (46 Overs, RR: 4.8)Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Andrew Strauss, 24.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB B Lee 9 0 48 0 5.33 0 7 GD McGrath 8 1 26 0 3.25 1 0 JN Gillespie 10 0 66 0 6.6 1 0 SR Watson 3 0 16 0 5.33 1 0 A Symonds 10 0 32 0 3.2 0 0 GB Hogg 6 0 30 1 5 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
7 July 2005 (50-over match)
England replacement
VS Solanki for SP Jones (Australia innings, 31.0 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Australia innings
- Powerplay 2 from 11th - 15th over
- Powerplay 3 from 16th - 20th over
- England innings
- Powerplay 2 from 11th - 15th over
- Powerplay 3 from 16th - 20th over
- ME Trescothick 100 in 192 mins off 132 balls, 9x4, 1x6
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