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

Australia vs England Second One Day at Brisbane

AUS vs ENG 2nd Match CB Series 2007 : Australia beat England by 4 wickets

Jan 19

England's winter is starting to gather a bit of momentum. On Tuesday, they won their first game of the tour against New Zealand. Today they went one better they almost beat Australia.
In the end England were beaten by four wickets with 11.2 overs to spare in the CB Series at Brisbane, but the aggressive, impressive manner in which they defended an apparently miserable total of 155 will give them tentative optimism for the remainder of the series and the forthcoming World Cup.
James Anderson bowled beautifully in helpful overhead conditions to finish with 2 for 29, and Jon Lewis ran through a skittish top order to take 4 for 36. At one stage Australia were 48 for 4 and then 108 for 6, but England were unable to break the will of the inevitable Mike Hussey. England collapsed after that, losing five wickets in a laughable seven-over period, before Andrew Flintoff (27) and Jamie Dalrymple (31) helped them limp to 155 all out. It seemed like a woefully under-par total; but for Hussey, it might have been enough.

Commonwealth Bank Series, Brisbane: Australia 156-6 (38.4 overs) beat England 155 (42 overs) by four wickets

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

Scores

England won the toss and decided to bat

England Innings

155 all out (42.0 overs)

Australia Innings

156 for 6 (38.4 overs)

England Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A J Strauss	c B J Hodge	b G D McGrath	18	37	0	1
M B Loye	c M L Hayden	b N W Bracken	36	36	5	1
I R Bell	run out		10	15	1	0
E C Joyce	c A C Gilchrist	b G D McGrath	5	15	1	0
P D Collingwood	c A C Gilchrist	b G D McGrath	0	1	0	0
A Flintoff	c B J Hodge	b B Lee	27	38	3	0
P A Nixon	c M L Hayden	b B Lee	9	23	1	0
J W M Dalrymple	c M G Johnson	b C L White	31	51	2	0
C T Tremlett	c A C Gilchrist	b N W Bracken	8	19	1	0
J Lewis	c and b	N W Bracken	1	4	0	0
J M Anderson	not out		4	13	0	0
Extras		3w 3lb	6
Total		all out	155	(42.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	10.0	0	53	2
N W Bracken	9.0	0	24	3
G D McGrath	8.0	1	24	3
M G Johnson	8.0	1	32	0
A Symonds	5.0	1	14	0
C L White	2.0	1	5	1

Fall of wicket
52	M B Loye
56	A J Strauss
70	E C Joyce
70	I R Bell
71	P D Collingwood
93	P A Nixon
118	A Flintoff
141	C T Tremlett
145	J Lewis
155	J W M Dalrymple

Australia Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A C Gilchrist	c J M Anderson	b J Lewis	8	16	1	0
M L Hayden	c J M Anderson	b J Lewis	19	37	2	0
B J Hodge	c J W M Dalrymple	b J M Anderson	0	3	0	0
M J Clarke	c P A Nixon	b J Lewis	36	62	3	0
A Symonds	c P A Nixon	b J Lewis	4	6	1	0
M E K Hussey	not out		46	73	5	1
C L White	lbw	b J M Anderson	5	9	1	0
B Lee	not out		20	30	2	0
Extras		4nb 9w 5lb	18
Total		for 6	156	(38.4 ovs)