English cricket team in Australia in 2006-07

The English cricket team
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...

tour of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

included the 2006-07 Ashes series

2006-07 Ashes series

The 2006–07 cricket series between Australia and England for the Ashes was played in Australia from 23 November 2006 to 5 January 2007. Australia won the series and regained the Ashes that had been lost to England in the 2005 Ashes series...

, a number of first-class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

matches against Australian Domestic teams, participation in the tri-nation One-day International series

One-day Internationals in Australia in 2006-07

The Commonwealth Bank Series was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in Australia for the 2006-07 season. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, England and New Zealand....

between Australia, New Zealand and England and a Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

match against Australia on 9 January 2007.

Touring party

England
Name	Style	Domestic team
Captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... and All-rounder
Andrew Flintoff Andrew Flintoff Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top...	RHB, RF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Lancashire Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Wicketkeepers
Geraint Jones Geraint Jones Geraint Owen Jones MBE is an England cricketer of Welsh extraction but raised in Australia. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose...	RHB	Kent Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
Chris Read Chris Read Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper who is the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...	RHB	Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Opening Batsmen
Alastair Cook Alastair Cook Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003...	LHB, Slow	Essex Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
Andrew Strauss Andrew Strauss Andrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...	LHB, LM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Middlesex Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
Middle Order Batsmen
Ian Bell	RHB, RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Warwickshire Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Paul Collingwood Paul Collingwood Paul David Collingwood MBE is an English cricketer. He has been a regular member of the England Test side, was captain of the One Day International team 2007–2008. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting...	RHB, RMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Durham Durham County Cricket Club Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
Ed Joyce Ed Joyce Edmund Christopher Joyce is an Irish cricketer who has played for both the Irish and English national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the...	LHB, RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Middlesex Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
Kevin Pietersen Kevin Pietersen Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...	RHB, OB Off spin Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side...	Hampshire Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
Spin Bowlers
Ashley Giles Ashley Giles Ashley Fraser Giles MBE is a retired English cricketer. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club where he is now employed as Director of Cricket...	RHB, SLA	Warwickshire Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Monty Panesar Monty Panesar Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar played Test and one-day cricket for England until 2009. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009...	LHB, SLA	Northamptonshire Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
Fast Bowlers
James Anderson James Anderson (cricketer) James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day...	LHB, RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Lancashire Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Steve Harmison Steve Harmison Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....	RHB, RF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Durham Durham County Cricket Club Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
Matthew Hoggard Matthew Hoggard Matthew James Hoggard MBE is an English cricketer. The 6' 2" Hoggard is a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000-2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day International cricket. He is currently the captain of...	RHB, RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Yorkshire Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Sajid Mahmood Sajid Mahmood Sajid "Saj" Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani descent...	RHB, RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Lancashire Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Liam Plunkett Liam Plunkett Liam Edward Plunkett is an English cricketer, who plays for Durham and England. In the 2005 season he was Durham's leading first-class wicket-taker, with 51 wickets at a bowling average of 30.84, including eight for 88 in his first game of the season against Leicestershire.-Test cricket:Plunkett...	RHB, RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Durham Durham County Cricket Club Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...

Prime Minister's XI v England: 10 November, Canberra

In the opening match of England's tour of Australia, English captain Andrew Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff

Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top...

won the toss and chose to field. The tourists struck early, with Flintoff removing opener Tim Paine

Tim Paine

Timothy David Paine is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and for the University of Tasmania Cricket Club in club cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, as well as a right arm bowler at junior level...

for 6 in his first over. But fellow opener Phil Jaques

Phil Jaques

Philip Anthony Jaques is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire, as well as international cricket for Australia...

built a strong innings with support from captain Mark Cosgrove

Mark Cosgrove

Mark James Cosgrove is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler, who is contracted with the Tasmania for the 2010–11 season after previously playing for South Australia. In 2005 Cosgrove was named the Bradman Young Player of the Year...

(24) - dismissed by Ashley Giles

Ashley Giles

Ashley Fraser Giles MBE is a retired English cricketer. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club where he is now employed as Director of Cricket...

in his first over in a year - Travis Birt

Travis Birt

Travis Rodney Birt is an Australian cricketer, who currently plays Australian state cricket for Western Australia, and in the Indian Premier League for Delhi Daredevils...

(40) and Shaun Marsh

Shaun Marsh

Shaun Edward Marsh is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australia at One Day International and Twenty20 International levels...

. When Jacques finally departed, caught Cook

Alastair Cook

Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003...

, bowled Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

Paul David Collingwood MBE is an English cricketer. He has been a regular member of the England Test side, was captain of the One Day International team 2007–2008. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting...

for 112 (off 110 balls), the Prime Minister's XI were 214 for four. Marsh continued with support from Adam Voges

Adam Voges

Adam Charles Voges is an Australian cricketer. In domestic cricket, he plays for the Western Warriors. He is a right-hand batsman and part-time left-arm orthodox bowler.-Early career:...

(39) and Cameron White

Cameron White

Cameron Leon White is an Australian cricketer and current Australian Twenty20 captain. A powerful middle order batsman and right-arm leg-spin bowler, White made his first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the 2000–01 season for the Victorian Bushrangers as a bowling all-rounder...

(30 off 13 balls) to finish not out

Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

with 78. The Prime Ministers XI finishing on 347 for five.

In reply, England lost Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. A left-handed opening batsman, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993 and quickly established...

early, dismissed for 2 by Shaun Tait

Shaun Tait

Shaun William Tait is a professional Australian cricketer, who currently plays only in the Twenty20 format. Tait plays domestic cricket for South Australia and is also a representative for Australia at Twenty20 International level; he has also represented his country in One Day Internationals and...

. Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

was soon to follow, but opener Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss

Andrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...

put on 83 with Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

. Both were to depart in quick succession though, for 67 and 35 respectively. The rest of the English batting line-up offered little resistance, with big names Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

(7) and Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff

(1) departing cheaply. Ashley Giles

Ashley Giles

and Sajid Mahmood

Sajid Mahmood

Sajid "Saj" Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani descent...

put 31 for the eighth wicket, put England were to be bowled out for 181 in 38.4 overs. Phil Jaques

Phil Jaques

was named man of the match.

New South Wales v England: 12-14 November, Sydney

The match was played with 14 players on each side, 11 batting and bowling. New South Wales batted first, making five for 325 on the first day with Phil Jaques

Phil Jaques

scoring a hundred before getting out caught off Ashley Giles

Ashley Giles

' bowling. Giles also had Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

caught for 68, but Steve Harmison

Steve Harmison

Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....

took two wickets on the second morning to end with the most wickets for England. The hosts declared on nine down for 355, and England replied with 349, Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

making most of the runs with 122. Stuart Clark

Stuart Clark

Stuart Rupert Clark is an Australian International cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler...

took three for 50, including two wickets in three balls, Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss

and Ian Bell. On the final day, James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day...

picked up the wickets of New South Wales' No. 5, 6 and 7 to end with three for 40, while Ashley Giles

Ashley Giles

had Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke (cricketer)

Michael John Clarke is an Australian cricketer. He was appointed captain of the Test and ODI teams on 30 March 2011. Nicknamed 'Pup', he is a right-handed batsman, and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler...

bowled as New South Wales

New South Wales Blues

The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...

made six for 194 in their 51 overs.

South Australia v England: 17-19 November, Adelaide

South Australia won the toss and chose to bat first. They soon fell to twenty-five for four as James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

removed opener Matthew Elliott and Matthew Hoggard

Matthew Hoggard

Matthew James Hoggard MBE is an English cricketer. The 6' 2" Hoggard is a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000-2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day International cricket. He is currently the captain of...

took three quick wickets. Darren Lehmann

Darren Lehmann

Darren Scott Lehmann is a former Australian cricketer, who made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005...

helped South Australia to recover, but was run out on 99. He was supported by Cameron Borgas, who made 73. South Australia declared their first innings with the score 247 for seven. England lost opener Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss

for a duck

Duck (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a duck refers to a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.-Origin of the term:The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began...

early in the reply, and closed with the score twenty-four for one. They batted through the next day, closing at 303 for six. Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

were the key batsmen, scoring 132 and 80 respectively. England ended their first innings on the third day with a score of 415 all out. South Australia replied with 164 for 2 by the close, and hence the match ended as a draw.

Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v England XI: 8 December, Lilac Hill, Perth

The traditional Lilac Hill

Lilac Hill

Lilac Hill is a picturesque cricket ground in Western Australia in the Perth suburb of Guildford, where the Swan River wraps itself around its southern and eastern sides. The ends of the ground are known as the river end and the pavilion end....

carnival match was played on a grey Perth day with every one of the English team who played in the Adelaide Test, resting. The English lineup included all of the tour reserves as well as several academy players and veterans. Liam Plunkett

Liam Plunkett

Liam Edward Plunkett is an English cricketer, who plays for Durham and England. In the 2005 season he was Durham's leading first-class wicket-taker, with 51 wickets at a bowling average of 30.84, including eight for 88 in his first game of the season against Leicestershire.-Test cricket:Plunkett...

, Sajid Mahmood

Sajid Mahmood

Sajid "Saj" Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani descent...

and Monty Panesar

Monty Panesar

Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar played Test and one-day cricket for England until 2009. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009...

were the only England players from the Test series thus far; Justin Langer

Justin Langer

Justin Lee Langer AM is a former international cricketer who represented Australia in 105 Test matches and the current Assistant Coach and Batting Coach of the Australian cricket team. A left-handed batsman, his opening partnership with Matthew Hayden was one of the most successful of all time...

was the only Australian team member who played.

England Invitational XI: Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart

Alec James Stewart OBE is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the England cricket team...

(captain), Chris Read

Chris Read

Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper who is the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...

, Ed Joyce

Ed Joyce

Edmund Christopher Joyce is an Irish cricketer who has played for both the Irish and English national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the...

, Sajid Mahmood

Sajid Mahmood

Sajid "Saj" Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani descent...

, Liam Plunkett

Liam Plunkett

, Monty Panesar

Monty Panesar

, Adam Hollioake

Adam Hollioake

Adam John Hollioake is a cricketing all-rounder who played for Surrey and England. He captained Surrey from 1997 until 2003, winning three County Championships, and led the England cricket team in One Day Internationals...

, Robin Smith

Robin Smith (cricketer)

Robin Arnold Smith is a former cricketer for Hampshire and England.Smith was nicknamed Judge or Judgie for his resemblance to a judge when he grew his hair long...

, Jon Lewis

Jon Lewis

Jonathan "Jon" Lewis is an English cricketer. He was brought up in Swindon where he went to Churchfields School and Swindon College. He played for Swindon CC and, in Minor Counties cricket, for Wiltshire County Cricket Club in 1993. He joined Northamptonshire in 1994 and played for its Second XI...

, Owais Shah

Owais Shah

Owais Alam Shah is an English cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex between 1996-2010, before joining Essex CCC in the winter of 2010. He has represented England in all forms of the games.Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71 ODIs and 17 Twenty20 Internationals...

, James Dalrymple

Jamie Dalrymple

James William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....

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ACB Chairman's XI: Justin Langer

Justin Langer

(captain), Luke Ronchi

Luke Ronchi

Luke Ronchi is an Australian professional cricketer who currently plays for Australia and Western Australia...

(wk), Chris Rogers

Chris Rogers (cricketer)

Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers is an Australian cricketer.Rogers is a left-handed opening batsman and a left-handed leg-break bowler...

, Luke Pomersbach

Luke Pomersbach

Luke Anthony Pomersbach is an Australian cricketer who is currently listed with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League...

, Marcus North

Marcus North

Marcus James North is an Australian cricketer, who scored centuries on both his Test and Ashes debuts. He has also played for the Australian Cricket Academy, Western Australia, Australia A, Durham, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Hampshire.He is a left-handed batsman and right arm...

, Adam Voges

Adam Voges

Adam Charles Voges is an Australian cricketer. In domestic cricket, he plays for the Western Warriors. He is a right-hand batsman and part-time left-arm orthodox bowler.-Early career:...

, Brett Dorey

Brett Dorey

Brett Raymond Dorey is an Australian cricketer. He played four One Day Internationals for the Australia national cricket team in 2006, picking up two wickets. He played domestic first-class and one-day cricket for the Western Warriors from the 2004–05 to 2010–11 seasons.-Life and career:Dorey was...

, Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

, Peter Worthington

Peter Worthington

Peter Worthington is a Canadian journalist. A foreign correspondent with the Toronto Telegram newspaper from 1956, Worthington was an eyewitness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, and can be seen in photographs of the event. He remained with the Telegram until it folded in 1971...

, Ryan Campbell

Ryan Campbell

Ryan John Campbell is a former Australian cricketer who currently plays for ICL's Ahmedabad Rockets. Known as Cambo, he played for the Western Warriors as a wicket-keeper and as a quick-scoring right-handed batsman, often as an opener...

, Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews

Christopher John "Chris" Matthews is an American news anchor and political commentator, known for his nightly hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, which is televised on the American cable television channel MSNBC...

, Jo Angel

Jo Angel

Jo Angel is a former Australian cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1993 to 1995....

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England won the toss and chose to bat. Cricket Australia Chairman's XI (260-3 from 40.1 overs) beat England Invitational XI (259-8 from 50.0 overs) by 7 wickets

Western Australia v England: 9-10 December, Perth

Western Australia

Western Warriors

The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...

squad: Marcus North

Marcus North

(captain), Chris Rogers

Chris Rogers (cricketer)

Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers is an Australian cricketer.Rogers is a left-handed opening batsman and a left-handed leg-break bowler...

, Mike Hussey, Shaun Marsh

Shaun Marsh

, Adam Voges

Adam Voges

Adam Charles Voges is an Australian cricketer. In domestic cricket, he plays for the Western Warriors. He is a right-hand batsman and part-time left-arm orthodox bowler.-Early career:...

, Luke Pomersbach

Luke Pomersbach

Luke Anthony Pomersbach is an Australian cricketer who is currently listed with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League...

, Luke Ronchi

Luke Ronchi

Luke Ronchi is an Australian professional cricketer who currently plays for Australia and Western Australia...

, David Bandy

David Bandy

David Charles Bandy is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is an allrounder who bats right-handed and is a right-arm medium bowler....

, Aaron Heal

Aaron Heal

Aaron Keith Heal is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is a slow left arm orthodox bowler. He was a member of the Western Warriors 2004 ING Cup Winning Side...

, Brett Dorey

Brett Dorey

, Tim MacDonald

Tim MacDonald

Timothy Peter MacDonald is an Australian cricket player. MacDonald is a good fast bowler who generates swing and seam movement...

, Steve Magoffin

Steve Magoffin

Steven James "Steve" Magoffin is an Australian cricketer currently playing with the Queensland cricket team...

, Ben Edmondson

Ben Edmondson

Ben Matthew Edmondson is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Western Warriors, Southern Redbacks and Gloucestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler....

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England squad: Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss

(captain), Alistair Cook

Alastair Cook

, Geraint Jones

Geraint Jones

Geraint Owen Jones MBE is an England cricketer of Welsh extraction but raised in Australia. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose...

, Ed Joyce

Ed Joyce

, Chris Read

Chris Read

Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper who is the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...

, Ashley Giles

Ashley Giles

, Sajid Mahmood

Sajid Mahmood

Sajid "Saj" Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani descent...

, Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughan

Michael Paul Vaughan OBE is a retired cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England. A classically elegant right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner, Vaughan was ranked one of the best batsmen in the world following the 2002/3 Ashes, in which he scored 633 runs, including three centuries...

, Monty Panesar

Monty Panesar

, Liam Plunkett

Liam Plunkett

, James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

, Steve Harmison

Steve Harmison

Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....

Australia v England Twenty20: 9 January, Sydney

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground

Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

as a day/night 20-over match, under the rules of Twenty20 cricket

Twenty20

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Australian squad: Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...

, Matthew Hayden

Matthew Hayden

Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...

, Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting , nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very...

(captain), Michael Hussey

Michael Hussey

Michael Edward Killeen Hussey is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective...

, Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....

, Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke (cricketer)

, Cameron White

Cameron White

, Brad Hogg

Brad Hogg

George Bradley "Brad" Hogg , is an Australian cricketer currently listed with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and a capable lower-order left-handed batsman, as well as an excellent fielder....

, Nathan Bracken

Nathan Bracken

Nathan Wade Bracken is a former Australian cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler, Bracken is capable of swinging the ball both ways. He has represented Australia in all forms of the game...

, Ben Hilfenhaus

Ben Hilfenhaus

Benjamin William Hilfenhaus is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket. Hilfenhaus plays club cricket for Tasmania University Cricket Club. Prior to turning fully professional, he worked as a bricklayer as well as playing cricket...

, Shane Harwood

Shane Harwood

Shane Michael Harwood is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers. He bowls right-arm fast-medium and has represented Australia in three Twenty20 Internationals....

England squad: Ed Joyce

Ed Joyce

, Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughan

(captain), Andrew Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff

, Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

, Paul Nixon

Paul Nixon

Paul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman...

, Jamie Dalrymple

Jamie Dalrymple

James William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....

, Jon Lewis

Jon Lewis

, Monty Panesar

Monty Panesar

, James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

Batting first Australia hit 221 for 5 (including 4 extras), with Gilchrist making 48 including 5 sixes (three consecutively off Anderson's bowling) and Cameron White, batting seventh in the order, hitting 40 not out including 4 sixes. In bowling terms, Anderson ended the session for England going for an average of 16 runs an over. Australia's score set a new record for runs scored in the fledgling international Twenty20 game.

In reply England could only manage 144 for 9 in the 20 overs. The only highlights of the innings for England being a classy (if short-lived) return to the crease from Vaughan and a dogged stand of 32 not out by the 36-year old Paul Nixon on his debut. Under-fire Test captain Flintoff was dismissed for a duck after just two balls.

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