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Australia v England

26 Dec 2010 – 29 Dec 2010 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · The Ashes

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The AshesRESULT

Australia98/10 & 258/9

England513/10

England won by 1 inning and 157 runs

Australia98/10

Australia batting, innings 1
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	c KP Pietersen b CT Tremlett	5	12	0	0	41.67
Phillip Hughes	c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan	16	32	2	0	50.00
Ricky Ponting	c GP Swann b CT Tremlett	10	38	2	0	26.32
Michael Clarke	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	20	54	2	0	37.04
Michael Hussey	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	8	41	1	0	19.51
Steve Smith	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	6	15	0	0	40.00
Brad Haddin	c AJ Strauss b TT Bresnan	5	16	1	0	31.25
Mitchell Johnson	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0	0.00
Ryan Harris	not out	10	23	2	0	43.48
Peter Siddle	c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett	11	15	1	0	73.33
Ben Hilfenhaus	c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett	0	8	0	0	0.00
Total · 257 legal balls		98	42.5 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 7 runs.

Bowling

Australia innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	NB
James Anderson	16.0	44	4	2.75	0
Chris Tremlett	11.5	26	4	2.20	5
Tim Bresnan	13.0	25	2	1.92	0
Graeme Swann	2.0	1	0	0.50	0

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (SR Watson) · 2-37 (PJ Hughes) · 3-37 (RT Ponting) · 4-58 (MEK Hussey) · 5-66 (SPD Smith) · 6-77 (MJ Clarke) · 7-77 (BJ Haddin) · 8-77 (MG Johnson) · 9-92 (PM Siddle) · 10-98 (BW Hilfenhaus)

England513/10

England batting, innings 2
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle	69	167	5	0	41.32
Alastair Cook	c SR Watson b PM Siddle	82	152	11	0	53.95
Jonathan Trott	not out	168	345	13	0	48.70
Kevin Pietersen	lbw · PM Siddle	51	89	7	0	57.30
Paul Collingwood	c PM Siddle b MG Johnson	8	15	1	0	53.33
Ian Bell	c PM Siddle b MG Johnson	1	13	0	0	7.69
Matt Prior	c RT Ponting b PM Siddle	85	119	11	0	71.43
Tim Bresnan	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	4	17	0	0	23.53
Graeme Swann	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	22	28	3	0	78.57
Chris Tremlett	bowled · BW Hilfenhaus	4	7	0	0	57.14
James Anderson	bowled · PM Siddle	1	6	0	0	16.67
Total · 955 legal balls		513	159.1 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 18 runs.

Bowling

England innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Ben Hilfenhaus	37.0	83	2	2.24	1	0
Ryan Harris	28.4	91	0	3.17	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	29.0	134	2	4.62	2	2
Peter Siddle	33.1	75	6	2.26	0	1
Shane Watson	10.0	34	0	3.40	0	0
Steve Smith	18.0	71	0	3.94	0	0
Michael Clarke	3.2	13	0	3.90	0	0

Fall of wickets: 1-159 (AN Cook) · 2-170 (AJ Strauss) · 3-262 (KP Pietersen) · 4-281 (PD Collingwood) · 5-286 (IR Bell) · 6-459 (MJ Prior) · 7-465 (TT Bresnan) · 8-508 (GP Swann) · 9-512 (CT Tremlett) · 10-513 (JM Anderson)

Australia258/9

Australia batting, innings 3
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	lbw · TT Bresnan	54	102	6	0	52.94
Phillip Hughes	run out	23	30	2	0	76.67
Ricky Ponting	bowled · TT Bresnan	20	73	2	0	27.40
Michael Clarke	c AJ Strauss b GP Swann	13	66	0	0	19.70
Michael Hussey	c IR Bell b TT Bresnan	0	7	0	0	0.00
Steve Smith	bowled · JM Anderson	38	67	6	0	56.72
Brad Haddin	not out	55	93	4	1	59.14
Mitchell Johnson	bowled · CT Tremlett	6	22	0	0	27.27
Peter Siddle	c KP Pietersen b GP Swann	40	50	4	1	80.00
Ben Hilfenhaus	c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan	0	4	0	0	0.00
Total · 514 legal balls		258	85.4 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 9 runs.

Bowling

Australia innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD
James Anderson	20.0	71	1	3.55	1
Chris Tremlett	17.0	71	1	4.18	0
Graeme Swann	27.0	59	2	2.19	0
Tim Bresnan	21.4	50	4	2.31	1

Fall of wickets: 1-53 (PJ Hughes) · 2-99 (SR Watson) · 3-102 (RT Ponting) · 4-104 (MEK Hussey) · 5-134 (MJ Clarke) · 6-158 (SPD Smith) · 7-172 (MG Johnson) · 8-258 (PM Siddle) · 9-258 (BW Hilfenhaus)

Source: Cricsheet · ODC-By 1.0 · Coverage & methodology. Results through 25 Oct 2026.