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Second Final : Commonwealth Bank Cricket Series 2006-07 in Australia

Second Final Commonwealth Bank Cricket Series at Sydney

ENG vs AUS 2nd Final CB Series 2007 : England win CB Series

Feb 12, 2007

England defeated Australia by 34 runs in a rain-interrupted match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday to win the tri-series one-day international tournament and end their disappointing tour on an unexpected high.
England followed up their thrilling four-wicket win in Melbourne on Friday with a second victory to wrap up the best-of-three finals series with a game to spare and salvage some pride after losing the Ashes 5-0. Australia had 152 for eight off 27 overs in reply to England's 246 for eight from 50 overs before rain ended play at the Sydney Cricket Ground. England's bowlers enjoyed the better of the conditions with Liam Plunkett (3-43) extracting fierce swing to upend Australia's top order in overcast conditions.
Paul Collingwood, named man of the finals series, earlier continued his storming finish to the tour with 70 runs. Wet weather twice disrupted the Australians' chase and the loss of five wickets in the first dozen overs of the innings revised the target to 211 from 33 overs when they resumed with the score on 79 in the 17th over. Plunkett placed Australia into early trouble by removing the prized trio of Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Michael Clarke.

Commonwealth Bank Series 2nd Final, Sydney : England 246-8 (50 overs) beat Australia 152-8 (33 overs) by 34 runs (D/L)

Second Final : Commonwealth Bank Cricket Series 2006-07

Scores

England won the toss and decided to bat

England Innings

246 for 8 (50.0 overs)

Australia Innings

152 for 8 (27.0 overs)

England Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
E C Joyce	c B J Hodge	b G D McGrath	15	27	3	0
M B Loye	run out		45	61	8	1
I R Bell	run out		26	45	1	0
A J Strauss	c A C Gilchrist	b N W Bracken	6	5	1	0
P D Collingwood	c A C Gilchrist	b N W Bracken	70	90	2	0
A Flintoff	c and b	B Lee	42	50	3	0
J W M Dalrymple	run out		5	10	0	0
P A Nixon	c B J Hodge	b G D McGrath	6	7	0	0
L E Plunkett	not out		8	10	0	0
Extras		5nb 9w 5b 4lb	23
Total		for 8	246	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	10.0	0	53	1
N W Bracken	10.0	1	38	2
G D McGrath	10.0	0	41	2
S R Watson	8.0	0	46	0
M E K Hussey	2.0	0	12	0
G B Hogg	10.0	0	47	0

Fall of wicket
34	E C Joyce
79	M B Loye
86	A J Strauss
112	I R Bell
209	A Flintoff
231	P D Collingwood
233	J W M Dalrymple
246	P A Nixon

Australia Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A C Gilchrist		b L E Plunkett	20	17	2	0
M L Hayden	c P D Collingwood	b S I Mahmood	5	9	0	0
R T Ponting	c A J Strauss	b L E Plunkett	7	6	1	0
M J Clarke	c P A Nixon	b L E Plunkett	0	9	0	0
B J Hodge	c I R Bell	b J W M Dalrymple	49	46	5	1
M E K Hussey	c A J Strauss	b A Flintoff	0	10	0	0
S R Watson	c J W M Dalrymple	b P D Collingwood	37	44	4	1
G B Hogg	c A Flintoff	b P D Collingwood	10	14	1	0
B Lee	not out		10	7	2	0
N W Bracken	not out		3	3	0	0
Extras		3nb 6w 2lb	11
Total		for 8	152	(27.0 ovs)