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Australia First innings
J L Langer c Pietersen b Flintoff 82
(136min, 98 balls, 13 fours)
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M L Hayden c Collingwood b Flintoff 21
(88min, 47 balls, 2 fours)
*R T Ponting lbw b Hoggard 196
(464min, 319 balls, 24 fours)
D R Martyn c Collingwood b Giles 29
(79min, 62 balls, 2 fours)
M E K Hussey b Flintoff 86
(257min, 187 balls, 8 fours)
M J Clarke c Strauss b Anderson 56
(153min, 94 balls, 1 six, 5 fours)
†A C Gilchrist lbw b Hoggard 0
(3min, 3 balls)
S K Warne c Jones b Harmison 17
(42min, 26 balls, 1 four)
B Lee not out 43
(90min, 61 balls, 6 fours)
S R Clark b Flintoff 39
(34min, 23 balls, 2 sixes, 3 fours)
G D McGrath not out 8
(26min, 17 balls)
Extras (2 b, 8 lb, 8 w, 7 nb) 25
Total (9 wickets dec, 155 overs, 690min) 602
Fall of wickets 1-79 (18.3; Langer 50); 2-141 (28.5; Ponting 28); 3-198 (47.2; Ponting 54); 4-407 (108.4; Ponting 168); 5-467 (126.3; Clarke 31); 6-467 (127.0; Clarke 31); 7-500 (135.3; Clarke 46); 8-528 (141.3; Lee 16); 9-578 (149.1; Lee 27).
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Bowling: Harmison 30-4-123-1 (nb 1, w 6; 13 fours; 2-0-17-0, 4-0-20-0, 6-2-15-0, 4-0-13-0, 2-0-6-0, 5-0-21-1, 7-2-31-0); Hoggard 31-5-98-2 (nb 1; 11 fours; 5-2-17-0, 1-0-10-0, 3-0-15-0, 5-0-17-0, 2-0-3-0/stumps/3-0-8-0, 4-0-14-0, 8-3-14-2); Anderson 29-6-141-1 (w 1, 2 sixes, 20 fours; 6-2-22-0, 5-1-33-0, 4-0-23-0, 3-1-10-0/stumps/6-2-17-0, 1-0-1-0, 1.3-0-6-1/tea/2.3-0-29-0); Flintoff 30-4-99-4 (nb 3, w 1; 9 fours; 2-0-10-0, 4-0-8-1, 4-2-12-1, 3-0-10-0, 2-0-7-0, 1-0-1-0, 5-1-16-1, 5-0-21-0, 4-1-14-1); Giles 25-2-91-1 (1 six, 8 fours; 1-0-1-0, 6-2-22-1/tea/7-0-19-0, 4-0-9-0, 1-0-3-0/lunch/6-0-37-0); Bell 1-0-12-0 (nb 2; 2 fours); Pietersen 9-1-28-0 (1 four; one spell).
Scoring notes: First day: Lunch 109-1 (25 overs, 118min; Langer 68, Ponting 11). Tea 217-3 (52 overs; 238min; Ponting 63, Hussey 10). Second new ball taken at 5.06pm - 332-2 (84.0 overs). Close 346-3 (90 overs, 389min; Ponting 137, Hussey 63). Second day: Lunch 427-4 (116 overs, 509min; Ponting 177, Clarke 10). Tea 528-8 (141.3 overs, 629min; Lee 16). Declaration at 4.01pm - 23 overs left.
England First innings
A J Strauss c Hussey b McGrath 12
(25min, 21 balls, 2 fours)
A N Cook c Warne b McGrath 11
(27min, 15 balls, 1 four)
I R Bell c Ponting b Clark 50
(228min, 162 balls, 5 fours)
P D Collingwood c Gilchrist b Clark 5
(24min, 13 balls, 1 four)
K P Pietersen lbw b McGrath 16
(72min, 44 balls, 1 four)
*A Flintoff c Gilchrist b Lee 0
(4min, 3 balls)
†G O Jones lbw b McGrath 19
(90min, 57 balls, 2 fours)
A F Giles c Hayden b McGrath 24
(61min, 39 balls, 4 fours)
M J Hoggard c Gilchrist b Clark 0
(12min, 6 balls)
S J Harmison c Gilchrist b McGrath 0
(5min, 5 balls)
J M Anderson not out 2
(9min, 8 balls)
Extras (2 b, 8 lb, 2 w, 6 nb) 18
Total (61.1 overs, 283min) 157
Fall of wickets 1-28 (5.4; Cook 11); 2-28 (5.5; Bell 0); 3-42 (11.0; Bell 8); 4-78 (27.4; Bell 22); 5-79 (28.3; Bell 23); 6-126 (49.2; Bell 48); 7-149 (56.2; Giles 18); 8-153 (58.2; Giles 22); 9-154 (59.2; Giles 23).
Bowling: Lee 15-3-51-1 (nb 5, w 2; 5 fours; 3-1-11-0, 1-0-2-0, 6-1-19-1, 5-1-19-0); McGrath 23.1-8-50-6 (nb 1; 6 fours; 6-0-25-2, 7-5-7-1, 2-1-1-0/lunch/8.1-2-17-3); Clark 14-5-21-3 (2 fours; 6-2-9-1, 5-1-11-0, 3-2-1-2); Warne 9-0-25-0 (3 fours; 1-0-2-0, 8-0-23-0.
Scoring notes: Second day Play ended at 5.31pm - 6 overs unbowled and lost). Close 53-3 (17 overs, 79min; Bell 13, Pietersen 6). Third day: Lunch 118-5 (45 overs, 202min; Bell 41, Jones 19). All out at 2.03pm - 445 behind. Follow-on not enforced. 43 overs left.
Australia Second innings
J L Langer not out100
(199min, 146 balls, 9 fours)
M L Hayden run out (Anderson/Jones)37
(67min, 41 balls, 6 fours)
*R T Ponting not out60
(131min, 85 balls, 4 fours)
Extras (4 lb, 1 nb)5
Total (1 wkt dec, 45.1 overs, 199min)202
Fall of wicket 1-68 (15.3; Langer 27).
Bowling: Hoggard 11-2-43-0 (7 fours; 4-1-8-0, 1-0-9-0, 1-0-8-0, 2-0-6-0, 3-1-12-0); Anderson 9-1-54-0 (6 fours; 3-1-24-0/tea/1-0-6-0, 5-0-24-0); Flintoff 5-2-11-0 (nb 1; 1 four; 5-2-11-0); Harmison 12.1-1-54-0 (3 fours; 7-1-24-0, 3-0-21-0, 2.1-0-9-0); Giles 5-0-22-0 (2 fours); Pietersen 3-0-14-0.
Scoring notes: Third day: Tea 33-0 (7 overs, 29min; Langer 7, Hayden 25). Play ended at 5.30pm - 3 overs unbowled and lost). Close 181-1 (40 overs, 176min; Langer 88, Ponting 51). Fourth day Declaration at 10.23am setting England 648 runs to win off 172 overs minimum at 3.7 runs per over.
England Second innings
A J Strauss c sub (R A Broad) b Clark 11
(51min, 31 balls, 1 four)
A N Cook c Hussey b Warne 43
(128min, 94 balls, 4 fours)
I R Bell lbw b Warne 0
(11min, 4 balls)
P D Collingwood st Gilchrist b Warne 96
(216min, 155 balls, 2 sixes, 13 fours)
K P Pietersen c Martyn b Lee 92
(227min, 155 balls, 14 fours)
*A Flintoff c Langer b Warne 16
(37min, 26 balls, 4 fours)
†G O Jones b McGrath 33
(68 min, 48 balls, 5 fours)
A F Giles c Warne b Clark 23
(55min, 38 balls, 3 fours)
M J Hoggard c Warne b Clark 8
(49min, 35 balls, 1 four)
S J Harmison c McGrath b Clark 13
(31min, 18 balls, 2 fours)
J M Anderson not out 4
(7min, 8 balls, 1 four)
Extras (8 b, 10 lb, 2 w, 11 nb) 31
Total (100.1 overs, 445min) 370
Fall of wickets 1-29 (10.4; Cook 14); 2-36 (13.2; Cook 21); 3-91 (29.2; Collingwood 33); 4-244 (63.3; Pietersen 74); 5-271 (71.4; Pietersen 83); 6-293 (80.4; Jones 12); 7-326 (87.1; Giles 9); 8-346 (92.5; Hoggard 2); 9-361 (98.2; Harmison 8).
Bowling: Lee 22-1-98-1 (nb 7, w 1; 1 six, 12 fours; 5-0-22-0, 8-0-37-0, 4-0-22-0, 5-1-17-1); McGrath 19-3-53-1 (nb 3; 8 fours; 3-1-5-0, 5-0-10-0, 4-1-15-0, 7-1-23-1); Clark 24.1-6-72-4 (10 fours; 1-0-1-0, 5-3-5-1/lunch/4-0-22-0, 6-1-23-0, 3-1-5-0, 5.1-1-16-3); Warne 34-7-124-4 (nb 1, w 1; 1 six, 17 fours; 5-2-9-1/lunch/8-2-23-1, 1-0-4-0/tea/17-3-72-2, 3-0-16-0); Hussey 1-0-5-0 (1 four).
Scoring notes: Fourth day: Lunch 43-2 (19 overs, 87min; Cook 25, Collingwood 3). Tea 150-3 (46 overs, 205min; Collingwood 56, Pietersen 25). Close 293-5 (80 overs, 354 min; Pietersen 92, Jones 12). Final day Second new ball taken at 10.00am - 293-5 (80.1 overs). All out at 11.31am after adding 77 runs for 5 wickets off 20.1 overs in 91 minutes. Australia won by 277 runs.
Match award R T Ponting.
Umpires B F Bowden (New Zealand, 38th Test) and S A Bucknor (West Indies, 114th Test).
Replay umpire P D Parker.
Fourth umpire B N J Oxenford.
Match referee J J Crowe (New Zealand).
Tests to come: Second (Adelaide) December 1-5. Third (Perth) December 14-18. Fourth (Melbourne) December 26-30. Fifth (Sydney) January 2-6.
Numbers game
370
The fifth-highest total in the fourth innings in Australia. England had also scored 370 in the final innings at Adelaide in 1921, a match which Australia won by 119 runs. The three highest fourth-innings totals Down Under have all been in lost Test matches.
277
The fourth-highest margin of defeat in terms of runs at the Gabba (excluding innings defeats). The highest margin is 384, in the first Test of the 2002-03 Ashes, when Nasser Hussain famously asked Australia to bat.
0
The number of Tests that Australia have lost at the Gabba since 1990. Of the 17 Tests played, Australia have won 13 and drawn four.
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