Men's Test · England tour of Australia · Match 1

Australia v England

23 Nov 2006 to 27 Nov 2006 · Brisbane Cricket Ground

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

Result

Australia won by 277 runs

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: RT Ponting

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Australia (1)	602/9d	155.0
England (2)	157	61.1
Australia (3)	202/1d	45.1
England (4)	370	100.1

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

England370 all out (100.1 ov)

England batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strausscaught b SR Clark	caught b SR Clark	11	31	1	0	35.5
AN Cookcaught b SK Warne	caught b SK Warne	43	94	4	0	45.7
IR Belllbw b SK Warne	lbw b SK Warne	0	4	0	0	0.0
PD Collingwoodstumped b SK Warne	stumped b SK Warne	96	155	13	2	61.9
KP Pietersencaught b B Lee	caught b B Lee	92	155	14	0	59.4
A Flintoffcaught b SK Warne	caught b SK Warne	16	26	4	0	61.5
GO Jonesb GD McGrath	b GD McGrath	33	48	5	0	68.8
AF Gilescaught b SR Clark	caught b SR Clark	23	38	3	0	60.5
MJ Hoggardcaught b SR Clark	caught b SR Clark	8	35	1	0	22.9
SJ Harmisoncaught b SR Clark	caught b SR Clark	13	18	2	0	72.2
JM Anderson*not out	not out	4	8	1	0	50.0
Extras	31 (b 8, lb 10, w 2, nb 11)
Total	370 all out (100.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (AJ Strauss, 10.4 ov), 2-36 (IR Bell, 13.2 ov), 3-91 (AN Cook, 29.2 ov), 4-244 (PD Collingwood, 63.3 ov), 5-271 (A Flintoff, 71.4 ov), 6-293 (KP Pietersen, 80.4 ov), 7-326 (GO Jones, 87.1 ov), 8-346 (AF Giles, 92.5 ov), 9-361 (MJ Hoggard, 98.2 ov), 10-370 (SJ Harmison, 100.1 ov)

Australia bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
B Lee	22	1	98	1	4.45	1	7
GD McGrath	19	3	53	1	2.79	0	3
SR Clark	24.1	6	72	4	2.98	0	0
SK Warne	34	7	124	4	3.65	1	1
MEK Hussey	1	0	5	0	5.00	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.