- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 plays back and edges a lifting ball to 1st slip, great start from Tremlett - good sharp catch 4/120 short, pulls in the air and Monte takes a blinder in his right hand diving, what a catch!! 58/413.4 the frustration ends and he nicks a good length ball to the keeper, well deserved wicket there 41/215 plays back and is squared up by one, an appeal for caught behind - appears Umpire Reiffel may have given him out caught of the hip 48/322.5 drives at one that swings in, leaves a massive gap between bat and pad and loses his middle stump 66/544.3 tries to pull, gets a touch down the leg side, disappointing end to his innings 118/662.5 plays back when he might have got forward, inside back onto the top of middle stump - well bowled 177/780.1 so the new ball is taken, O'Keefe has a swing at a short one and it goes straight up in the air - Australia A all out 230. 7 overs to go for today 230/1064.3 gets forward and edges onto the pad, flies to short leg and he is gone this time - inswing did him there, Reiffel's decision matters little 179/878 nice outswinger and he drives and edges a regulation catch to the 'keeper - some good resistance there from Cameron 224/9Extras11 (b 3, lb 1, nb 7)TOTAL230 all out (80.1 Overs, RR: 2.86, 320 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Phillip Hughes, 2.5 ov), 2-41 (Usman Khawaja, 13.4 ov), 3-48 (Callum Ferguson, 14.6 ov), 4-58 (Ed Cowan, 19.6 ov), 5-66 (Cameron White, 22.5 ov), 6-118 (Tim Paine, 44.3 ov), 7-177 (Steven Smith, 62.5 ov), 8-179 (Clint McKay, 64.3 ov), 9-224 (Mark Cameron, 77.6 ov), 10-230 (Steve O'Keefe, 80.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CT Tremlett 17.1 3 54 4 3.14 0 7 A Shahzad 21 6 57 3 2.71 0 0 TT Bresnan 19 3 65 2 3.42 0 0 PD Collingwood 3 1 2 1 0.66 0 0 MS Panesar 20 3 48 0 2.4 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.5 drives hard and gets an edge, well taken in the gully at the second attempt 20/138 aims to loft over mid on, doesn't really get hold of it - well held by mid on running back 124/313.3 short again, tries to pull again and gets a top edge straight down the throat of Cameron at deep backward square leg 37/240.3 short, tries to pull and it goes in the air to mid off where it is taken, very close to the way he was dismissed by George in Adelaide - might need to give the pull shot away against Johnson and co in the important stuff - well bowled Cameron 127/444 gets one to turn a little, plays forward and the ball hits the top of off stump - great stuff as KP's bat isn't straight enough in defence 137/5104.4 short again, tries to pull, gets a bit of bat onto it and an easy catch for the 'keeper - ends a fine stand of 240 377/6133.1 drives in the air to cover, well held there and the end of a fine knock from Ian Bell 487/8111.2 well flighted, aims to whack it over mid on and gets an edge to point - well bowled 407/7136.4 tries to sweep and actually falls over, hit on the pad and Umpire Reiffel gives him out - it appears that he got some glove on it, unlucky 493/9141 goes for the big hit again but can't get it over mid off, England all out 523 a lead of 293 523/10Extras16 (lb 1, nb 8, w 7)TOTAL523 all out (141 Overs, RR: 3.7, 572 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Andrew Strauss, 4.5 ov), 2-37 (Monty Panesar, 13.3 ov), 3-124 (Alastair Cook, 37.6 ov), 4-127 (Jonathan Trott, 40.3 ov), 5-137 (Kevin Pietersen, 43.6 ov), 6-377 (Paul Collingwood, 104.4 ov), 7-407 (Matt Prior, 111.2 ov), 8-487 (Ian Bell, 133.1 ov), 9-493 (Tim Bresnan, 136.4 ov), 10-523 (Chris Tremlett, 140.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Cameron 28 3 108 2 3.85 1 6 PR George 33 6 135 0 4.09 3 0 CJ McKay 29 8 73 2 2.51 2 2 SNJ O'Keefe 24 3 88 4 3.66 0 0 SPD Smith 27 3 118 2 4.37 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR22.4 shortish, tries to pull and drags it back onto the stumps - hitting middle and leg, ends a pretty good knock 66/160.2 short and he cuts in the air, upper edging to Strauss who reaches high and takes a terrific catch at frist slip 185/422.5 plays back and gets an edge low to the keeper, a first ball duck and the Yorkshireman is on a hat-trick 66/228.5 comes forward and is beaten by one that keeps a bit low, double failure for Fergsuon - won't see him at the Gabba for the First Test 84/393.1 aims a big slog sweep and gets a touch on the way through to the keeper 276/862.2 looks to play to the on-side, hit on the pad in front of middle and leg - big shout and Paine is on his way 191/562.3 shoulders arm first ball and he is gone - losing his off stump, terrible misjudgement there from Smith 191/689.5 advances a looks to hit him over mid on, miscues to mid off where a easy catch is pouched - Monte finally has a wicket in his 45th over of the game 269/793.3 plays back and is trapped dead in front - well done Monte, 3 wickets from his last 11 balls 276/997 drives in the air to mid off and that's it for Australia A, all out 301 - England need 9 to win 301/10Extras14 (b 1, lb 12, nb 1)TOTAL301 all out (97 Overs, RR: 3.1, 409 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Ed Cowan, 22.4 ov), 2-66 (Usman Khawaja, 22.5 ov), 3-84 (Callum Ferguson, 28.5 ov), 4-185 (Phillip Hughes, 60.2 ov), 5-191 (Tim Paine, 62.2 ov), 6-191 (Steven Smith, 62.3 ov), 7-269 (Steve O'Keefe, 89.5 ov), 8-276 (Cameron White, 93.1 ov), 9-276 (Mark Cameron, 93.3 ov), 10-301 (Peter George, 96.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CT Tremlett 24 5 67 3 2.79 0 1 A Shahzad 19 2 69 0 3.63 0 0 MS Panesar 28 4 63 3 2.25 0 0 TT Bresnan 22 3 86 4 3.9 0 0 PD Collingwood 4 1 3 0 0.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL11/0 (1.3 Overs, RR: 7.33, 6 minutes)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Cameron 1 0 6 0 6 0 0 PR George 0.3 0 5 0 10 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England XI , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days
17,18,19,20 November 2010 (4-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Wed, 17 Nov - day 1 - England XI 1st innings 22/1 (AN Cook 10*, MS Panesar 2*, 7 ov)
- Thu, 18 Nov - day 2 - England XI 1st innings 335/5 (PD Collingwood 74*, IR Bell 121*, 89 ov)
- Fri, 19 Nov - day 3 - Australia A 2nd innings 128/3 (PJ Hughes 58*, CL White 22*, 44 ov)
- Sat, 20 Nov - day 4 - England XI 2nd innings 11/0 (1.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- CL White 50 in 103 mins, 68 balls, 7x4
- Lunch: Australia A 219-6 (White 75, O'Keefe 8, 72 overs)
- CL White 100 in 242 mins, 158 balls, 12x4
- Tea: Australia A 301 all out
- Australia A 2nd innings: 1x5 ball over
- IR Bell 150 in 275 mins, 213 balls, 1x6 20x4
- Lunch: England 445-7 (Bell 170, Bresnan 16, 124 overs)
- Tea: Australia 16-0 (Hughes 12, Cowan 3, 10 overs)
- 5 ball-over - Australia A 15th over
- PJ Hughes 50 in 167 mins 112 balls, 7x4
- Lunch: England 38-2 (Cook 15, Trott 0, 14.2 overs)
- AN Cook 50 in 131 mins, 91 balls, 6x4
- Tea: England 147-5 (Collingwood 7, Bell 6, 45.1 overs)
- IR Bell 50 in 61 mins, 55 balls, 8x4
- PD Collingwood 50 in 112 mins, 78 balls, 6x4 1x6
- IR Bell 100 in 123 mins, 113 balls, 13x4 1x6
- Lunch: Australia A 75-5 (Paine 9, Smith 3, 27 overs)
- SPD Smith 50 in 135 mins, 106 balls, 1x6 5x4
- Tea: Australia A 166-6 (Smith 56, O'Keefe 18, 60 overs)
- SNJ O'Keefe 50 in 95 mins, 90 balls, 1x6 5x4
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