League, Match 1, Melbourne, January 12, 2007, 12:00 AM

242/8(50ov)
246/2(45.2ov)

Australia beat England by 8 wickets

Batsmen
R
B
4S
SR
Andrew Strauss

c Matthew Hayden b Nathan Bracken

12
20
1
60.00
Michael Vaughan

c Matthew Hayden b Nathan Bracken

26
32
4
81.25
Ian Bell

c Michael Hussey b Mitchell Johnson

15
29
2
51.72
Kevin Pietersen

c Andrew Symonds b Stuart Clark

82
91
4
90.10
Paul Collingwood

c Mitchell Johnson b Glenn McGrath

43
70
2
61.42
Andrew Flintoff

not out

47
38
5
123.68
Paul Nixon

lbw b Mitchell Johnson

0
4
0
0.00
Jamie Dalrymple

c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath

2
8
0
25.00
Jon Lewis

c Ricky Ponting b Nathan Bracken

9
9
0
100.00
Bowlers
O
M
R
W
Econ
10
0
40
2
4.00
9
0
46
3
5.11
10
0
58
1
5.80
10
2
34
2
3.40
8
0
35
0
4.37
3
0
27
0
9.00
Extras 6(b 1, lb 1, WD 3, NB 1)
Total 242/8 (50 ovr)

Fall of Wickets

Batsmen
Runs
Overs
20/1
5.3
47/2
9.4
73/3
17.3
168/4
37.2
206/5
43.4
207/6
44.5
211/7
46.3
232/8
49.2
Not Bat : Monty Panesar, James Anderson
Batsmen
R
B
4S
SR
Adam Gilchrist

c Paul Nixon b Jamie Dalrymple

60
61
7
98.36
Matthew Hayden

c Paul Nixon b Monty Panesar

28
42
4
66.66
82
96
8
85.41
57
74
4
77.02
Bowlers
O
M
R
W
Econ
6
0
48
0
8.00
8.2
1
43
0
5.16
7
0
47
0
6.71
10
1
46
1
4.60
10
1
38
1
3.80
4
0
21
0
5.25
Extras 19(b 1, lb 2, WD 15, NB 1)
Total 246/2 (45.2 ovr)

Fall of Wickets

Batsmen
Runs
Overs
101/1
15.3
113/2
18.1
Not Bat : Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn McGrath