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327 & 263-4d
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491
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Overs: 124.2 RR: 2.12 vs spin: 2.22
vs seam: 2.05
Overs: 144.1 RR: 3.41 vs spin: 2.79
vs seam: 3.58
Mon 25/12/17 Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
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Australia - 1st Inns 327 (119.0; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CT Bancroft lbw b Woakes 26 95 2 0 27.37
DA Warner c Bairstow b Anderson 103 151 13 1 68.21
Usman Khawaja c Bairstow b Broad 17 65 2 0 26.15
SPD Smith b Curran 76 156 8 0 48.72
SE Marsh lbw b Broad 61 148 8 0 41.22
MR Marsh b Woakes 9 18 1 0 50.00
TD Paine b Anderson 24 36 4 0 66.67
PJ Cummins c Cook b Broad 4 18 0 0 22.22
JM Bird lbw b Broad 4 6 1 0 66.67
JR Hazlewood not out 1 12 0 0 8.33
NM Lyon lbw b Anderson 0 10 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 327 all out (119.0 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

122-1 (CT Bancroft 34.3 ov), 135-2 (DA Warner 47.4 ov), 160-3 (Usman Khawaja 57.1 ov), 260-4 (SPD Smith 96.2 ov), 278-5 (MR Marsh 100.5 ov), 314-6 (SE Marsh 109.6 ov), 318-7 (TD Paine 112.2 ov), 325-8 (JM Bird 113.6 ov), 326-9 (PJ Cummins 115.2 ov), 327-10 (NM Lyon 119.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 29.0 11 61 3 2.10 0 0
SCJ Broad 28.0 10 51 4 1.82 0 0
CR Woakes 22.0 4 72 2 3.27 0 0
MM Ali 12.0 0 57 0 4.75 0 0
TK Curran 21.0 5 65 1 3.10 0 1
DJ Malan 7.0 1 20 0 2.86 0 0

England - 1st Inns 491 (144.1; RR: 3.41)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AN Cook not out 244 409 27 0 59.66
MD Stoneman c & b Lyon 15 37 1 0 40.54
JM Vince lbw b Hazlewood 17 37 3 0 45.95
JE Root c Lyon b Cummins 61 133 7 0 45.86
DJ Malan lbw b Hazlewood 14 43 3 0 32.56
JM Bairstow c Paine b Lyon 22 39 3 0 56.41
MM Ali c Marsh b Lyon 20 14 2 1 142.86
CR Woakes c Paine b Cummins 26 62 3 0 41.94
TK Curran c Paine b Hazlewood 4 15 1 0 26.67
SCJ Broad c Khawaja b Cummins 56 63 8 1 88.89
JM Anderson c Bancroft b Cummins 0 16 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 5lb, 0w, 3nb) 12  
TOTAL 491 all out (144.1 overs; RR: 3.41)

Fall of wickets

35-1 (MD Stoneman 11.3 ov), 80-2 (JM Vince 24.1 ov), 218-3 (JE Root 68.5 ov), 246-4 (DJ Malan 80.2 ov), 279-5 (JM Bairstow 89.6 ov), 307-6 (MM Ali 93.1 ov), 366-7 (CR Woakes 114.5 ov), 373-8 (TK Curran 119.3 ov), 473-9 (SCJ Broad 137.5 ov), 491-10 (JM Anderson 144.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JR Hazlewood 30.0 5 95 3 3.17 0 0
JM Bird 30.0 5 108 0 3.60 0 3
NM Lyon 42.0 9 109 3 2.60 0 0
PJ Cummins 29.1 1 117 4 4.03 0 0
MR Marsh 12.0 1 42 0 3.50 0 0
SPD Smith 1.0 0 11 0 11.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 263-4 (124.2; RR: 2.12)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CT Bancroft b Woakes 27 42 4 0 64.29
DA Warner c Vince b Root 86 227 8 0 37.89
Usman Khawaja c Bairstow b Anderson 11 14 1 1 78.57
SPD Smith not out 102 275 6 0 37.09
SE Marsh c Bairstow b Broad 4 22 1 0 18.18
MR Marsh not out 29 166 3 0 17.47
TD Paine  
PJ Cummins  
JR Hazlewood  
NM Lyon  
JM Bird  
Extras (4b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 263-4 (124.2 overs; RR: 2.12)

Fall of wickets

51-1 (CT Bancroft 15.4 ov), 65-2 (Usman Khawaja 21.1 ov), 172-3 (DA Warner 69.2 ov), 178-4 (SE Marsh 75.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 30.0 12 46 1 1.53 0 0
SCJ Broad 24.0 11 44 1 1.83 0 0
CR Woakes 26.0 7 62 1 2.38 0 0
TK Curran 20.0 6 53 0 2.65 0 0
MM Ali 13.2 2 32 0 2.46 0 0
DJ Malan 8.0 1 21 0 2.63 0 0
JE Root 3.0 2 1 1 0.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test

Date

Monday December 25, 2017

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

11:30pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

HDPK Dharmasena, S Ravi

Australia Team

Playing XI

CT Bancroft, DA Warner, Usman Khawaja, SPD Smith, SE Marsh, MR Marsh, TD Paine, PJ Cummins, JM Bird, JR Hazlewood, NM Lyon

England Team

Playing XI

AN Cook, MD Stoneman, JM Vince, JE Root, DJ Malan, JM Bairstow, MM Ali, CR Woakes, TK Curran, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson