Men's Test · Australia tour of England and Scotland · Match 2

England v Australia

4 Aug 2005 to 7 Aug 2005 · Edgbaston, Birmingham

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

England won by 2 runs

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to field.
Player of the match: A Flintoff

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
England (1)	407	79.1
Australia (2)	308	76.0
England (3)	182	52.1
Australia (4)	279	64.3

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

Australia279 all out (64.3 ov)

Australia batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langerb A Flintoff	b A Flintoff	28	47	4	0	59.6
ML Haydencaught b SP Jones	caught b SP Jones	31	64	4	0	48.4
RT Pontingcaught b A Flintoff	caught b A Flintoff	0	5	0	0	0.0
DR Martyncaught b MJ Hoggard	caught b MJ Hoggard	28	36	5	0	77.8
MJ Clarkeb SJ Harmison	b SJ Harmison	30	57	4	0	52.6
SM Katichcaught b AF Giles	caught b AF Giles	16	21	3	0	76.2
AC Gilchristcaught b AF Giles	caught b AF Giles	1	4	0	0	25.0
JN Gillespielbw b A Flintoff	lbw b A Flintoff	0	2	0	0	0.0
SK Warnehit wicket b A Flintoff	hit wicket b A Flintoff	42	59	4	2	71.2
B Lee*not out	not out	43	75	5	0	57.3
MS Kasprowiczcaught b SJ Harmison	caught b SJ Harmison	20	31	3	0	64.5
Extras	40 (b 13, lb 8, w 1, nb 18)
Total	279 all out (64.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (JL Langer, 12.2 ov), 2-48 (RT Ponting, 12.6 ov), 3-82 (ML Hayden, 22.5 ov), 4-107 (DR Martyn, 26.1 ov), 5-134 (SM Katich, 31.6 ov), 6-136 (AC Gilchrist, 33.5 ov), 7-137 (JN Gillespie, 34.2 ov), 8-175 (MJ Clarke, 43.4 ov), 9-220 (SK Warne, 52.1 ov), 10-279 (MS Kasprowicz, 64.3 ov)

England bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
SJ Harmison	17.3	3	62	2	3.54	1	1
MJ Hoggard	5	0	26	1	5.20	0	0
AF Giles	15	3	68	2	4.53	0	0
A Flintoff	22	3	79	4	3.59	0	13
SP Jones	5	1	23	1	4.60	0	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.