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204 & 231-2
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255 & 179
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Overs: 51.5 RR: 4.46 vs spin: 4.14
vs seam: 4.55
Overs: 61.0 RR: 2.93 vs spin: 2.94
vs seam: 2.68
Wed 25/12/13 Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 8 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 255 (100.0; RR: 2.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AN Cook c Clarke b Siddle 27 47 3 0 57.45
MA Carberry b Watson 38 103 6 0 36.89
JE Root c Haddin b Harris 24 82 2 0 29.27
KP Pietersen b Johnson 71 161 5 1 44.10
IR Bell c Haddin b Harris 27 98 1 0 27.55
BA Stokes c Watson b Johnson 14 23 1 1 60.87
JM Bairstow b Johnson 10 17 0 1 58.82
TT Bresnan c Bailey b Johnson 1 14 0 0 7.14
SCJ Broad lbw b Johnson 11 16 2 0 68.75
JM Anderson not out 11 24 1 0 45.83
MS Panesar b Lyon 2 16 0 0 12.50
Extras (10b, 7lb, 1w, 1nb) 19  
TOTAL 255 all out (100.0 overs; RR: 2.55)

Fall of wickets

48-1 (AN Cook 16.5 ov), 96-2 (MA Carberry 33.6 ov), 106-3 (JE Root 42.1 ov), 173-4 (IR Bell 72.6 ov), 202-5 (BA Stokes 80.3 ov), 216-6 (JM Bairstow 84.4 ov), 230-7 (TT Bresnan 90.1 ov), 231-8 (KP Pietersen 90.5 ov), 242-9 (SCJ Broad 94.2 ov), 255-10 (MS Panesar 100.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Harris 24.0 8 47 2 1.96 0 0
MG Johnson 24.0 4 63 5 2.63 1 0
PM Siddle 23.0 7 50 1 2.17 0 1
NM Lyon 22.2 3 67 1 3.05 0 0
SR Watson 6.4 2 11 1 1.83 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 204 (82.2; RR: 2.48)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CJL Rogers c Pietersen b Bresnan 61 171 8 0 35.67
DA Warner c Bairstow b Anderson 9 14 2 0 64.29
SR Watson c Bairstow b Stokes 10 15 2 0 66.67
MJ Clarke b Anderson 10 34 0 0 29.41
SPD Smith c Bell b Broad 19 77 3 0 24.68
GJ Bailey c Bairstow b Anderson 0 19 0 0 0.00
BJ Haddin c Bairstow b Anderson 65 68 7 1 95.59
MG Johnson c Anderson b Bresnan 2 30 0 0 6.67
RJ Harris c Root b Broad 6 27 1 0 22.22
PM Siddle c Bresnan b Broad 0 5 0 0 0.00
NM Lyon not out 18 34 3 0 52.94
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 204 all out (82.2 overs; RR: 2.48)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (DA Warner 6.3 ov), 36-2 (SR Watson 11.2 ov), 62-3 (MJ Clarke 25.2 ov), 110-4 (SPD Smith 49.5 ov), 112-5 (CJL Rogers 52.1 ov), 122-6 (GJ Bailey 57.5 ov), 151-7 (MG Johnson 66.2 ov), 162-8 (RJ Harris 71.6 ov), 164-9 (PM Siddle 73.3 ov), 204-10 (BJ Haddin 82.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 20.2 4 67 4 3.35 0 0
SCJ Broad 20.0 6 45 3 2.25 0 0
BA Stokes 15.0 4 46 1 3.07 0 0
TT Bresnan 18.0 6 24 2 1.33 0 0
MS Panesar 9.0 2 18 0 2.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 179 (61.0; RR: 2.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AN Cook lbw b Johnson 51 64 7 0 79.69
MA Carberry lbw b Siddle 12 81 1 0 14.81
JE Root run out 15 24 1 0 62.50
KP Pietersen c Harris b Lyon 49 90 6 0 54.44
IR Bell c Johnson b Lyon 0 1 0 0 0.00
BA Stokes c Smith b Lyon 19 55 1 0 34.55
JM Bairstow c Haddin b Johnson 21 28 2 2 75.00
TT Bresnan b Lyon 0 8 0 0 0.00
SCJ Broad c Clarke b Lyon 0 3 0 0 0.00
JM Anderson not out 1 6 0 0 16.67
MS Panesar lbw b Johnson 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (5b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 179 all out (61.0 overs; RR: 2.93)

Fall of wickets

65-1 (AN Cook 21.3 ov), 86-2 (MA Carberry 27.5 ov), 86-3 (JE Root 28.2 ov), 87-4 (IR Bell 28.4 ov), 131-5 (BA Stokes 44.5 ov), 173-6 (JM Bairstow 54.3 ov), 174-7 (TT Bresnan 57.2 ov), 174-8 (SCJ Broad 57.5 ov), 179-9 (KP Pietersen 59.4 ov), 179-10 (MS Panesar 61.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Harris 10.0 1 34 0 3.40 0 0
MG Johnson 15.0 5 25 3 1.67 0 0
NM Lyon 17.0 3 50 5 2.94 0 0
PM Siddle 15.0 6 46 1 3.07 0 0
SR Watson 4.0 2 13 0 3.25 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 231-2 (51.5; RR: 4.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CJL Rogers c Bairstow b Panesar 116 155 13 0 74.84
DA Warner c Bairstow b Stokes 25 47 2 0 53.19
SR Watson not out 83 90 11 0 92.22
MJ Clarke not out 6 20 1 0 30.00
SPD Smith  
GJ Bailey  
BJ Haddin  
MG Johnson  
PM Siddle  
RJ Harris  
NM Lyon  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 1  
TOTAL 231-2 (51.5 overs; RR: 4.46)

Fall of wickets

64-1 (DA Warner 17.6 ov), 200-2 (CJL Rogers 45.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 11.0 2 26 0 2.36 0 0
SCJ Broad 10.0 0 58 0 5.80 0 0
MS Panesar 7.5 0 41 1 5.86 0 0
BA Stokes 12.0 0 50 1 4.17 0 1
JE Root 4.0 1 8 0 2.00 0 0
TT Bresnan 7.0 1 48 0 6.86 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test

Date

Wednesday December 25, 2013

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

11:30pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

HDPK Dharmasena, Aleem Dar

Australia Team

Playing XI

BJ Haddin, CJL Rogers, MJ Clarke, SR Watson, MG Johnson, RJ Harris, GJ Bailey, PM Siddle, DA Warner, NM Lyon, SPD Smith

England Team

Playing XI

IR Bell, MA Carberry, KP Pietersen, MS Panesar, JM Anderson, TT Bresnan, AN Cook, SCJ Broad, JM Bairstow, BA Stokes, JE Root