Ashes Tour 2006/07

The Ashes Tour 2006/07 was the tour of the English national cricket team in Australia which included the 64th edition of the Ashes and was held between November 23, 2006 and January 9, 2007. The Ashes Series 2006/07 itself was played in the form of five test matches between England and Australia. The tour, which was part of the international cricket season 2006/07 , included a series of other games between the two teams in addition to the test series. The test series was won by Australia with 5–0 and the Twenty20 with 1–0.

prehistory

Both teams previously played in the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 , in which Australia finished second and England were eliminated in the preliminary round. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place at the Ashes Tour 2005 in England. There the English team managed to win the Ashes for the first time in 18 years. Before the event, there were numerous discussions about the allocation of tickets for the five tests. The Australian Association tried to limit the number of tickets that went to English fans and enforced a preferential right for Australian fans. However, this approach favored the fact that tickets were resold at increased prices via Internet platforms, to which the association responded with numerous ticket cancellations.

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth Sydney

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	2nd test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	4th test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	3rd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	5th test

Squad lists

England named their squad on September 12, 2006. Australia named their squad on November 16, 2006.

test		Twenty20
Australia	England	Australia	England
Ricky Ponting (capt) Stuart Clark Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Matthew Hayden Justin Langer Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Andrew Symonds Shane Warne	Andrew Flintoff (c) James Anderson Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Ashley Giles Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones ( wk ) Sajid Mahmood Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Chris Read Andrew Strauss	Ricky Ponting (capt) Nathan Bracken Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Shane Harwood Matthew Hayden Ben Hilfenhaus Brad Hogg James Hopes Michael Hussey Andrew Symonds Cameron White	Michael Vaughan (capt) James Anderson Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Jamie Dalrymple Andrew Flintoff Ed Joyce Jon Lewis Sajid Mahmood Paul Nixon ( wk ) Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Liam Plunkett Chris Read Andrew Strauss Chris Tremlett

Tour matches

November 10th scorecard	Canberra	Prime Minister's XI 347-5 (50)	-	England XI 181 (38.4)
		Prime Minister's XI wins with 166 runs

November 12-14 Scorecard	Sydney	New South Wales 355-9d (101.1) & 194-6 (51)	-	England XI 349 (90.4)
		draw

November 17-19 scorecard	Adelaide	South Australia 247-7d (81.1) & 164-2 (46)	-	England XI 415 (124.1)
		draw

December 8th scorecard	Perth	England XI 259-8 (50)	-	Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 260-3 (40.1)
		Cricket Australia Chairman's XI wins with 7 wickets

December 9-10 scorecard	Perth	Western Australia 322-8d (97.3)	-	England XI 356-5 (88)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 23-27 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 602-9d (155) & 202-1d (45.1)	-	England 157 (61.1) & 370 (100.1)
		Australia wins with 277 runs

Second test in Adelaide

December 1-5 Scorecard	Adelaide	England 551-6d (168) & 129 (73)	-	Australia 513 (165.3) & 168-4 (32.5)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Third test in Perth

December 14-18 scorecard	Perth	Australia 244 (71) & 527-5d (112)	-	England 215 (64.1) & 350 (122.2)
		Australia wins with 206 runs

Fourth test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	England 159 (74.2) & 161 (65.5)	-	Australia 419 (108.3)
		Australia wins with one innings and 99 runs

Fifth test in Sydney

January 2-6 scorecard	Sydney	England 291 (103.4) & 147 (58)	-	Australia 393 (96.3) & 46-0 (10.5)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

After the game, several Australian players announced their retirement from international cricket: Justin Langer , Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath .

Twenty20 International in Sydney

January 9 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 221-5 (20)	-	England 144-9 (20)
		Australia wins with 77 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ricky Ponting	Australia	5	8th	576	82.28	196	2	2
Kevin Pietersen	England	5	10	490	54.44	158	1	3
Michael Hussey	Australia	5	7th	458	91.60	103	1	4th
Paul Collingwood	England	5	10	433	48.11	206	1	1
Matthew Hayden	Australia	5	9	413	51.62	153	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Stuart Clark	Australia	5	194.2	26th	17.03	4/72	0	0
Shane Warne	Australia	5	241.2	23	30.34	5/39	1	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	5	209.1	21st	23.90	6/50	1	0
Brett Lee	Australia	5	196.5	20th	33.20	4/47	0	0
Matthew Hoggard	England	4th	141	13	37.38	7/109	1	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	1	1	48	48.00	48	0	0
Ricky Ponting	Australia	1	1	47	47.00	47	0	0
Cameron White	Australia	1	1	40		40 *	0	0
Andrew Symonds	Australia	1	1	39		39 *	0	0
Jamie Dalrymple	England	1	1	32	32.00	32	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	1	4th	2	8.00	2/16	0	0
Andrew Symonds	Australia	1	4th	2	12.00	2/24	0	0
Monty Panesar	England	1	4th	2	20.00	2/40	0	0
Cameron White	Australia	1	2	1	11.00	1/11	0	0
Nathan Bracken	Australia	1	3	1	20.00	1/20	0	0
Paul Collingwood	England	1	4th	1	36.00	1/36	0	0
Shane Harwood	Australia	1	4th	1	44.00	1/44	0	0
James Anderson	England	1	4th	1	64.00	1/64	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Ricky Ponting

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Ricky Ponting
2nd test	Ricky Ponting
3rd test	Michael Hussey
4th test	Shane Warne
5th test	Stuart Clark
1. T20	Cameron White

Web links

• Tour on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australians get preference for Ashes tickets ( English ) Cricinfo. May 11, 2006. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
2. ↑ Australian board cancels 1300 Ashes tickets ( English ) Cricinfo. August 31, 2006. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
3. ↑ Flintoff named skipper for Ashes ( English ) BBC. September 12, 2006. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
4. ↑ Australia call up young pace duo ( English ) Cricinfo. November 16, 2006. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
5. ↑ Langer joins SCG retirement list ( English ) Cricinfo. January 1, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / England in Australia T20I Match, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / England in Australia T20I Match, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 29, 2016.