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Australia vs England : Commonwealth Bank Cricket Series 2006-07 in Australia

Australia vs England First Match at Melbourne

Australia beat England by eight wickets

Jan 12, 2007

Ricky Ponting guided Australia to an eight-wicket win in the opening tri-series ODI against England on Friday, extending his side's unbeaten stretch against the tourists in all versions of cricket this summer.
Ponting scored 82 from 96 balls as Australia reached 246 for two, surpassing England's 242 for eight with more than six overs to spare. He shared a 133-run partnership with Michael Clarke, who was unbeaten on 57 when Australia surpassed England's total. Kevin Pietersen top scored for England with 82 from 91 balls, but was ruled out for the remainder of the series after being struck in the ribs advancing down the pitch at a Glenn McGrath short ball. It was a major blow for England's series and World Cup ambitions.
The Australian chase started quickly, with Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden putting on 101 for the first wicket before Gilchrist was out for 60 from 61 balls, including five boundaries and a six. Australia plays New Zealand on Sunday. England's next match is against New Zealand at Hobart on Tuesday.

Commonwealth Bank Series, Melbourne: Australia 246-2 (45.2 overs) bt England 242-8 (50 overs) by eight wickets

Australia vs England First One Day: Commonwealth Bank Cricket Series 2006-07

Scores

England won the toss and decided to bat

England Innings

242 for 8 (50.0 overs)

Australia Innings

246 for 2 (45.2 overs)

England Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A J Strauss	c M L Hayden	b N W Bracken	12	20	1	0
M P Vaughan	c M L Hayden	b N W Bracken	26	32	4	0
I R Bell	c M E K Hussey	b M G Johnson	15	29	2	0
K P Pietersen	c A Symonds	b S R Clark	82	91	4	3
P D Collingwood	c M G Johnson	b G D McGrath	43	70	2	0
A Flintoff	not out		47	38	5	0
P A Nixon	lbw	b M G Johnson	0	4	0	0
J W M Dalrymple	c A C Gilchrist	b G D McGrath	2	8	0	0
J Lewis	c R T Ponting	b N W Bracken	9	9	0	0
M S Panesar	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		1nb 3w 1b 1lb	6
Total		for 8	242	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
G D McGrath	10.0	0	40	2
N W Bracken	9.0	0	46	3
S R Clark	10.0	0	58	1
M G Johnson	10.0	2	34	2
M J Clarke	8.0	0	35	0
C L White	3.0	0	27	0

Fall of wicket
20	A J Strauss
47	M P Vaughan
73	I R Bell
168	P D Collingwood
206	K P Pietersen
207	P A Nixon
211	J W M Dalrymple
232	J Lewis

Australia Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A C Gilchrist	c P A Nixon	b J W M Dalrymple	60	61	7	1
M L Hayden	c P A Nixon	b M S Panesar	28	42	4	0
R T Ponting	not out		82	95	8	0
M J Clarke	not out		57	75	4	0
Extras		1nb 15w 1b 2lb	19
Total		for 2	246	(45.2 ovs)