Australia vs England, 3rd Test at Birmingham, 30 Jul, 2009

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Toss: Australia, who chose to bat

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Australia: 263/10 (70.4 ov) & 375/5(112.2 ov)

England: 376/10 (93.3 ov)

Result: Match drawn

Man of the Match

MJ Clarke

Series Records Most RunsCenturiesFiftiesFoursSixesWicketsCatches

Australia: 263/10 in 70.4 overs

Australia 1st Innings

Runs

Balls

4s

6s

S/R

SR Watson

lbw b G Onions

62

106

10

0

58.49

Over 30.1: Out LBW! Graham Onions to S Watson, good length delivery, goes back in the crease and is struck on the pad by an indipper and that's pretty plumb!

SM Katich

lbw b Graham Onions

46

49

9

0

93.88

Over 18.6: Out LBW! G Swann to S Katich, flatter trajectory delivery, goes back for a pull and misses it with the ball skidding through slightly low to hit him infront of the middle stump. Aleem Dar is convinced by that lbw shout.

RT Ponting

ct M Prior b Graham Onions

38

49

5

0

77.55

Over 38.3: He is Caught! Graham Onions to R Ponting, bouncer, thats the third wicket for Onions this morning with Ponting going for a hook but only managing it to edge it behind to Prior.Â

MEK Hussey

b Graham Onions

1

0

0

0

Over 30.2: Bowled him! Graham Onions to M Hussey, good length delivery, oh another bad judgement from Hussey and he gets his off stump cleaned up having decided not to play a shot to a straight one. Onions is on a hat-trick now.

MJ Clarke

lbw b Anderson

29

53

4

0

54.72

Over 49.4: Out LBW! J Anderson to Michael Clarke, pitched up delivery, thats a big reversing inswinger that beats the flick shot and strikes the pad infront of middle. Rudi Koertzen's finger comes up slowly and Clarke believes that the ball was doing just too much.

MJ North

ct M Prior b Anderson

12

51

1

0

23.53

Over 51.4: He is Caught! J Anderson to M North, pitched up delivery, thats a brilliant one handed diving catch to his left from Prior! A loose drive it was from North to that wide teasing outswinger which could only end up as a fast flying outside edge.

GA Manou

b J Anderson

8

12

2

0

66.67

Over 53.5: Bowled him! J Anderson to G Manou, pitched up delivery, that was a magic ball from Jimmy, totally unplayable, it angled in like an inswinger and swung away late to beat the bat and rebound off the pad onto the off stump!! That's lunch on Day 2.

MG Johnson

lbw b J Anderson

1

0

0

0

Over 51.5: Out LBW! J Anderson to M Johnson, good length delivery, offers no shot thinking that the ball would angle away from over the sticks but instead it comes back to strike the pads. Rudi raises his finger up slowly, it was a touch high though! Jimmy on a hat-trick!

NM Hauritz

not out

20

48

2

0

41.67

PM Siddle

ct M Prior b J Anderson

13

30

2

0

43.33

Over 61.5: He is Caught! J Anderson to P Siddle, good length delivery, another magic ball it is, that one appeared to swing in and Siddle was shaping to flick it to the onside but ends up getting a leading edge that is caught behind!

BJ Hilfenhaus

ct G Swann b Graham Onions

20

31

3

0

64.52

Over 70.4: He is Caught! Graham Onions to Ben Hilfenhaus, pitched up delivery, and finally England have ended this innings as Hilfenhaus' rash drive goes straight off the edge to gully who makes no mistake!

Extras

(lb 7, w 1, nb 2 , b 5)

15

Total

(10 wickets; 70.4 overs)

263

RR: 3.72

  Fall of Wickets: 1-85 (S Katich, 18.6 ov) , 2-126 (S Katich, 30.1 ov) , 3-126 (M Hussey, 30.2 ov) , 4-163 (R Ponting, 38.3 ov) , 5-193 (Michael Clarke, 49.4 ov) , 6-202 (M North, 51.4 ov) , 7-202 (M Johnson, 51.5 ov) , 8-203 (G Manou, 53.5 ov) , 9-229 (P Siddle, 61.5 ov) , 10-263 (Ben Hilfenhaus, 70.4 ov) ,

Bowling

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

Econ

Extras

A Flintoff

15

2

58

0

3.87

(1nb, 1w)

SCJ Broad

13

1

54

0

4.15

0

GP Swann

2

0

4

1

2

0

Over 18.6: Out LBW! G Swann to S Katich, flatter trajectory delivery, goes back for a pull and misses it with the ball skidding through slightly low to hit him infront of the middle stump. Aleem Dar is convinced by that lbw shout.

JM Anderson

24

6

80

5

3.33

0

Over 49.4: Out LBW! J Anderson to Michael Clarke, pitched up delivery, thats a big reversing inswinger that beats the flick shot and strikes the pad infront of middle. Rudi Koertzen's finger comes up slowly and Clarke believes that the ball was doing just too much.

Over 51.4: He is Caught! J Anderson to M North, pitched up delivery, thats a brilliant one handed diving catch to his left from Prior! A loose drive it was from North to that wide teasing outswinger which could only end up as a fast flying outside edge.

Over 51.5: Out LBW! J Anderson to M Johnson, good length delivery, offers no shot thinking that the ball would angle away from over the sticks but instead it comes back to strike the pads. Rudi raises his finger up slowly, it was a touch high though! Jimmy on a hat-trick!

Over 53.5: Bowled him! J Anderson to G Manou, pitched up delivery, that was a magic ball from Jimmy, totally unplayable, it angled in like an inswinger and swung away late to beat the bat and rebound off the pad onto the off stump!! That's lunch on Day 2.

Over 61.5: He is Caught! J Anderson to P Siddle, good length delivery, another magic ball it is, that one appeared to swing in and Siddle was shaping to flick it to the onside but ends up getting a leading edge that is caught behind!

G Onions

17

1

60

4

3.53

(1w)

Over 30.1: Out LBW! Graham Onions to S Watson, good length delivery, goes back in the crease and is struck on the pad by an indipper and that's pretty plumb!

Over 30.2: Bowled him! Graham Onions to M Hussey, good length delivery, oh another bad judgement from Hussey and he gets his off stump cleaned up having decided not to play a shot to a straight one. Onions is on a hat-trick now.

Over 38.3: He is Caught! Graham Onions to R Ponting, bouncer, thats the third wicket for Onions this morning with Ponting going for a hook but only managing it to edge it behind to Prior.Â

Over 70.4: He is Caught! Graham Onions to Ben Hilfenhaus, pitched up delivery, and finally England have ended this innings as Hilfenhaus' rash drive goes straight off the edge to gully who makes no mistake!

England: 376/10 in 93.3 overs

England 1st Innings

Runs

Balls

4s

6s

S/R

AJ Strauss

ct G Manou b Ben Hilfenhaus

69

134

11

0

51.49

Over 44.1: He is Caught! Ben Hilfenhaus to A Strauss, good length delivery, goes back for a forceful cut shot and can only get a thick edge that is caught behind by the keeper. That delivery had some extra kick in it.

AN Cook

ct G Manou b P Siddle

4

0

0

0

Over 1.4: He is Caught! P Siddle to A Cook, pitched up delivery, doesn't quite come forward and edges his drive behind the sticks, Manou takes a low diving catch infront of the first slip!

RS Bopara

b Ben Hilfenhaus

23

54

4

0

42.59

Over 19.2: Bowled him! Ben Hilfenhaus to R Bopara, good length delivery, goes back and ends up inside edging it straight onto his stumps!

IR Bell

lbw b M Johnson

53

121

7

1

43.8

Over 55.6: Out LBW! M Johnson to I Bell, pitched up delivery, beats the defences of Bell with a full inswinger that strikes him low infront of middle and this time Rudi has to give that out lbw! Bell should have been out lbw thrice before this!

PD Collingwood

ct R Ponting b Ben Hilfenhaus

13

23

3

0

56.52

Over 50.5: He is Caught! Ben Hilfenhaus to P Collingwood, half volley, goes after a wide outswinger with an expansive drive and ends up with a thick flying edge that is superbly caught overhead by Ponting at second slip. That's Lunch on Day 4.

MJ Prior

ct sub (PJ Hughes) b P Siddle

41

59

7

0

69.49

Over 71.3: He is Caught! P Siddle to M Prior , bangs it short, goes for another pull and its another miscued hit and this time ends up straight into the hands of mid on.

A Flintoff

ct Michael Clarke b Nathan Hauritz

74

82

9

1

90.24

Over 80.4: He is Caught! Nathan Hauritz to A Flintoff, flatter trajectory delivery, looks to leave that outside off but the ball spins in to take the glove and fly straight to slip!

SCJ Broad

ct P Siddle b P Siddle

55

64

9

0

85.94

Over 93.3: He is Caught! P Siddle to S Broad, short of length delivery, thats a slightly slower one and Broad is little too early in forcing it and it ends up to be a sharp return catch from Siddle to his right. England lead by 113 runs.

GP Swann

ct M North b M Johnson

24

22

5

0

109.09

Over 87.3: He is Caught! M Johnson to G Swann, pitched up delivery, shifts to round the sticks and Swann pushes at this very early on the up and thats a simple catch for covers!

JM Anderson

ct G Manou b Ben Hilfenhaus

1

6

0

0

16.67

G Onions

not out

2

14

0

0

14.29

Extras

(lb 4, w 6, nb 9 , b 2)

21

Total

(10 wickets; 93.3 overs)

376

RR: 4.02

  Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (A Cook, 1.4 ov) , 2-60 (R Bopara, 19.2 ov) , 3-141 (A Strauss, 44.1 ov) , 4-159 (P Collingwood, 50.5 ov) , 5-168 (I Bell, 55.6 ov) , 6-257 (M Prior , 71.3 ov) , 7-309 (A Flintoff, 80.4 ov) , 8-348 (G Swann, 87.3 ov) , 9-355 (J Anderson, 88.5 ov) , 10-376 (S Broad, 93.3 ov) ,

Bowling

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

Econ

Extras

SR Watson

3

0

23

0

7.67

0

MG Johnson

21

1

92

2

4.38

(5nb, 1w)

Over 55.6: Out LBW! M Johnson to I Bell, pitched up delivery, beats the defences of Bell with a full inswinger that strikes him low infront of middle and this time Rudi has to give that out lbw! Bell should have been out lbw thrice before this!

Over 87.3: He is Caught! M Johnson to G Swann, pitched up delivery, shifts to round the sticks and Swann pushes at this very early on the up and thats a simple catch for covers!

NM Hauritz

18

2

57

1

3.17

0

Over 80.4: He is Caught! Nathan Hauritz to A Flintoff, flatter trajectory delivery, looks to leave that outside off but the ball spins in to take the glove and fly straight to slip!

PM Siddle

21.3

3

89

3

4.14

(1w)

Over 1.4: He is Caught! P Siddle to A Cook, pitched up delivery, doesn't quite come forward and edges his drive behind the sticks, Manou takes a low diving catch infront of the first slip!

Over 71.3: He is Caught! P Siddle to M Prior , bangs it short, goes for another pull and its another miscued hit and this time ends up straight into the hands of mid on.

Over 93.3: He is Caught! P Siddle to S Broad, short of length delivery, thats a slightly slower one and Broad is little too early in forcing it and it ends up to be a sharp return catch from Siddle to his right. England lead by 113 runs.

BJ Hilfenhaus

30

7

109

4

3.63

(4nb)

Over 19.2: Bowled him! Ben Hilfenhaus to R Bopara, good length delivery, goes back and ends up inside edging it straight onto his stumps!

Over 44.1: He is Caught! Ben Hilfenhaus to A Strauss, good length delivery, goes back for a forceful cut shot and can only get a thick edge that is caught behind by the keeper. That delivery had some extra kick in it.

Over 50.5: He is Caught! Ben Hilfenhaus to P Collingwood, half volley, goes after a wide outswinger with an expansive drive and ends up with a thick flying edge that is superbly caught overhead by Ponting at second slip. That's Lunch on Day 4.

Australia: 375/5 in 112.2 overs

Australia 2nd Innings

Runs

Balls

4s

6s

S/R

SR Watson

ct M Prior b J Anderson

53

116

9

0

45.69

Over 43.6: He is Caught! J Anderson to S Watson, pitched up delivery, plays along the wrong line in his drive thinking that the ball was going to swing in but its a bit of outswing that takes the edge for the keeper!

SM Katich

ct M Prior b Graham Onions

26

44

2

0

59.09

Over 13.2: He is Caught! Graham Onions to S Katich, pitched up delivery, and not for the first time Katich drives along the wrong line and this time nicks it behind to the keeper!!

RT Ponting

b G Swann

5

7

0

0

71.43

Over 14.6: Bowled him! G Swann to R Ponting, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward in defence and is completely bamboozled by a sharp turning off break that sneaks through the gate to hit the timber!!

MEK Hussey

ct M Prior b S Broad

64

130

14

0

49.23

Over 52.6: He is Caught! S Broad to M Hussey, good length delivery, angles it into the left hander from round the sticks while drawing him forward and its a touch of outswing that catches the edge for the keeper. Hussey too pushed at that one!

MJ Clarke

not out

103

192

15

0

53.65

MJ North

ct J Anderson b S Broad

96

161

15

0

59.63

Over 103.1: He is Caught! S Broad to M North, pitched up delivery, oh dear, a century gone down begging because of a stunning leaping one handed catch from Anderson at gully! North went for a rash drive hoping to slice it over the top of gully but Anderson had other ideas!

GA Manou

not out

13

29

1

0

44.83

Extras

(lb 6, w 2, nb 3 , b 4)

15

Total

(5 wickets; 112.2 overs)

375

RR: 3.34

  Did not bat: MG Johnson, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle, BJ Hilfenhaus

  Fall of Wickets: 1-47 (S Katich, 13.2 ov) , 2-52 (R Ponting, 14.6 ov) , 3-137 (S Watson, 43.6 ov) , 4-161 (M Hussey, 52.6 ov) , 5-346 (M North, 103.1 ov) ,

Bowling

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

Econ

Extras

RS Bopara

8.2

1

44

0

5.28

(4nb)

PD Collingwood

2

0

8

0

4

0

A Flintoff

15

0

35

0

2.33

0

SCJ Broad

16

2

39

2

2.44

(1w)

Over 52.6: He is Caught! S Broad to M Hussey, good length delivery, angles it into the left hander from round the sticks while drawing him forward and its a touch of outswing that catches the edge for the keeper. Hussey too pushed at that one!

Over 103.1: He is Caught! S Broad to M North, pitched up delivery, oh dear, a century gone down begging because of a stunning leaping one handed catch from Anderson at gully! North went for a rash drive hoping to slice it over the top of gully but Anderson had other ideas!

GP Swann

31

4

118

1

3.81

0

Over 14.6: Bowled him! G Swann to R Ponting, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward in defence and is completely bamboozled by a sharp turning off break that sneaks through the gate to hit the timber!!

JM Anderson

21

8

47

1

2.24

(1nb)

Over 43.6: He is Caught! J Anderson to S Watson, pitched up delivery, plays along the wrong line in his drive thinking that the ball was going to swing in but its a bit of outswing that takes the edge for the keeper!

G Onions

19

3

74

1

3.89

(1w)

Over 13.2: He is Caught! Graham Onions to S Katich, pitched up delivery, and not for the first time Katich drives along the wrong line and this time nicks it behind to the keeper!!

 England team: AJ Strauss, AN Cook, RS Bopara, IR Bell, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior, A Flintoff, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, G Onions

Match details

 

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat

 

Player of the match: MJ Clarke

 

Umpires: Aleem Dar and RE Koertzen

 

TV umpire: RA Kettleborough

 

Match referee: JJ Crowe

 

Reserve Umpire: RT Robinson