English cricket team in Australia in 2010–11

English cricket team in Australia in 2010–11

	England	Australia
Dates	25 November 2010 – 6 February 2011
Captains	Andrew Strauss (Tests, ODIs) Paul Collingwood (T20Is)	Ricky Ponting (1st–4th Tests) Michael Clarke (5th Test, 1st–6th ODIs) Cameron White (T20Is, 7th ODI)
Test series
Result	England won the 5-match series 3–1
Most runs	Alastair Cook (766)	Mike Hussey (570)
Most wickets	James Anderson (24)	Mitchell Johnson (15)
Player of the series	Alastair Cook (Eng)
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 7-match series 6–1
Most runs	Jonathan Trott (375)	Shane Watson (306)
Most wickets	James Anderson (7) Chris Woakes (7)	Brett Lee (11)
Player of the series	Shane Watson (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Ian Bell (66)	Shane Watson (76)
Most wickets	Michael Yardy (4)	Shane Watson (6)

The England cricket team toured Australia during the 2010–11 season from 25 November 2010 to 6 February 2011. The series comprised the traditional five Tests for The Ashes, and also featured seven ODIs and two Twenty20s. The Umpire Decision Review System was used for the ODI series.

England won the Ashes 3–1, making it the first time in 24 years that they had won the Ashes in Australia.

First-class matches

Tour matches

England v Western Australia

5–7 November 2010
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Western Australia	v	England XI
242/8d (82 overs) Adam Voges 72 (129) Stuart Broad 3/47 (18 overs)		223/8d (62 overs) Kevin Pietersen 58 (90) Michael Beer 3/108 (24 overs)
223 (69.5 overs) Wes Robinson 54 (122) Graeme Swann 4/101 (28.5 overs)		243/4 (47.4 overs) Andrew Strauss 120* (141) Michael Beer 2/99 (16.4 overs)

England XI won by 6 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Ian Lock (Aus) and John Ward (Aus)

Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

England v South Australia

11–13 November 2010
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England XI	v	South Australia
288/8d (78.3 overs) Paul Collingwood 94 (116) Peter George 3/65 (17 overs)		221 (67.4 overs) Aiden Blizzard 49 (83) Graeme Swann 4/68 (22.4 overs)
240/1d (52 overs) Alastair Cook 111* (162) Aaron O'Brien 1/72 (13 overs)		48/2 (20.5 overs) Daniel Harris 18* (54) James Anderson 2/23 (8 overs)

Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)

England XI won the toss and elected to bat.

England v Australia A

17–20 November 2010
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Australia A	v	England XI
230 (80.1 overs) Steve O'Keefe 66 (116) Chris Tremlett 4/54 (17.1 overs)		523 (141 overs) Ian Bell 192 (275) Steve O'Keefe 4/88 (24 overs)
301 (97 overs) Cameron White 111 (172) Tim Bresnan 4/86 (22 overs)		11/0 (1.3 overs) Andrew Strauss 9* (5)

England XI won by 10 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)

England XI won the toss and elected to field.

England v Victoria

10–12 December 2010
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Victoria	v	England XI
216/2d (74 overs) Michael Hill 105* (251) Monty Panesar 1/53 (15 overs)		184/2d (45 overs) Andrew Strauss 66 (98) Jon Holland 2/53 (12 overs)
278/6d (60 overs) Ryan Carters 68 (135) Paul Collingwood 3/19 (6 overs)		211/6 (54 overs) Matt Prior 102* (145) Clint McKay 4/68 (17 overs)

Match drawn
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Geoff Joshua (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus)

Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
Play on Day 3 was reduced due to rain.

Ashes Test series

Main article: 2010–11 Ashes series

The 2010–11 Ashes series took place from 25 November 2010 to 7 January 2011. Five Tests were played at grounds in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. England won the series 3–1.

Limited overs matches

Tour match

10 January 2011
09:45
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Prime Minister's XI 254/9 (43 overs)	v	England XI 225/3 (33.3 overs)
Daniel Christian 53 (53) Michael Yardy 3/33 (9 overs)		Ian Bell 124* (102) Xavier Doherty 2/38 (7 overs)

England XI won by 7 wickets (D/L)
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Simon Fry and Andrew Shelley
Player of the match: Ian Bell (Eng XI)

Prime Minister's XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Rain first reduced the match to 43 overs per side. England XI's target was then reduced to 223 runs from 35 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.

T20I series

Squads

Following the defeat in the 2010–11 Ashes series, Michael Clarke announced his retirement from Twenty20, to focus on Test and 50-over cricket. Cameron White will take over as captain, with Tim Paine as vice-captain.

Australia	England
Cameron White (c)	Paul Collingwood (c)
Tim Paine (wk and vc)	Ian Bell
Aaron Finch	Tim Bresnan
David Hussey	Steve Davies (wk)
Mitchell Johnson	Steven Finn
Brett Lee	Michael Lumb
Stephen O'Keefe	Eoin Morgan
James Pattinson	Kevin Pietersen
Steve Smith	Ajmal Shahzad
Shaun Tait	Graeme Swann
David Warner	James Tredwell
Shane Watson	Chris Tremlett
	Jonathan Trott
	Chris Woakes
	Luke Wright
	Michael Yardy

1st T20I

12 January 2011
19:05 (D/N)
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Australia 157/4 (20 overs)	v	England 158/9 (20 overs)
Shane Watson 59 (31) Michael Yardy 2/28 (4 overs)		Eoin Morgan 43 (33) Shane Watson 4/15 (4 overs)

England won by 1 wicket
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 32,054
Umpires: Simon Fry and Bruce Oxenford
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Prior to the start of the match, a minute's silence was held for victims of the recent flooding in Queensland. Both teams donated part of their match fees to help the victims and £18,000 (A$28,450) was collected from people in the ground. England's victory was their eighth consecutive win, setting a world record for most consecutive wins in Twenty20 Internationals.

2nd T20I

14 January 2011
19:35 (D/N)
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Australia 147/7 (20 overs)	v	England 143/6 (20 overs)
Aaron Finch 53* (33) Graeme Swann 2/19 (4 overs) Michael Yardy 2/19 (4 overs)		Ian Bell 39 (30) Mitchell Johnson 3/29 (4 overs)

Australia won by 4 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 58,837
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

Squads

Australia	England
Michael Clarke (c)	Andrew Strauss (c)
Cameron White (vc)	James Anderson
Doug Bollinger	Ian Bell
Xavier Doherty	Tim Bresnan
Brad Haddin (wk)	Paul Collingwood
Nathan Hauritz	Steve Davies (wk)
David Hussey	Steven Finn
Michael Hussey	Eoin Morgan
Mitchell Johnson	Kevin Pietersen
Brett Lee	Ajmal Shahzad
Peter Siddle	Graeme Swann
Steve Smith	James Tredwell
Shaun Tait	Chris Tremlett
Shane Watson	Jonathan Trott
	Chris Woakes
	Luke Wright
	Michael Yardy

1st ODI

16 January 2011
14:20 (D/N)
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England 294 (49.4 overs)	v	Australia 297/4 (49.1 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 78 (75) Steve Smith 2/12 (3 overs)		Shane Watson 161* (150) Tim Bresnan 2/71 (10 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 34,845
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

Shane Watson's score of 161 not out was the fifth-highest ODI score by an Australian. The Australian total was the highest successful run chase in ODI matches played at the MCG.

2nd ODI

21 January 2011
14:20 (D/N)
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Australia 230 (48.3 overs)	v	England 184 (45 overs)
Shaun Marsh 110 (114) Chris Tremlett 3/22 (9.2 overs)		Jonathan Trott 32 (58) Doug Bollinger 4/28 (9 overs)

Australia won by 46 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Attendance: 15,125
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

23 January 2011
14:20 (D/N)
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England 214 (48 overs)	v	Australia 215/6 (46 overs)
Jonathan Trott 84* (119) Brett Lee 3/27 (8 overs)		David Hussey 68* (89) Paul Collingwood 2/25 (8 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 36,072
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Brett Lee (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

26 January 2011
13:50 (D/N)
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England 299/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 278/7 (50 overs)
Jonathan Trott 102 (126) David Hussey 4/21 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 64 (72) Jonathan Trott 2/31 (7 overs)

England won by 21 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 34,393
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Fry (Aus)
Player of the match: Jonathan Trott (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

30 January 2011
13:20 (D/N)
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Australia 249 (49.3 overs)	v	England 198 (45.3 overs)
Michael Clarke 54 (74) Chris Woakes 6/45 (10 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 40 (51) Shane Watson 3/25 (4.3 overs)

Australia won by 51 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Chris Woakes (Eng)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI

2 February 2011
14:20 (D/N)
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England 333/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 334/8 (49.2 overs)
Jonathan Trott 137 (126) Shaun Tait 2/59 (10 overs)		Michael Clarke 82 (70) Steven Finn 2/51 (10 overs)

Australia won by 2 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Jonathan Trott (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

England's score of 333 was their highest score against Australia, and the highest ODI total without a six. Australia's score of 334 was their highest ODI score when batting second. This was also the highest successful run chase at the SCG by Australia.

7th ODI

6 February 2011
11:20
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Australia 279/7 (50 overs)	v	England 222 (44 overs)
Adam Voges 80* (72) James Anderson 3/48 (10 overs)		Michael Yardy 60* (76) Mitchell Johnson 3/18 (7 overs)

Australia won by 57 runs.
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Adam Voges (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

References

"Referrals to be used in Australia-England ODI series". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
"England seal Ashes series triumph". 7 January 2011.
^ "Ashes: Michael Clarke quits Australia's Twenty20 side". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
"Clarke quits Twenty20, Cameron White new captain". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN EMEA. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
1st T20 Attendance
^ Brett, Oliver (12 January 2011). "Chris Woakes stars as England seal world record T20 win". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
Summerford, Matt (13 January 2011). "Match fees donation will help victims of Queensland floods". independent.co.uk. Independent Print. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
2nd T20 attendance
1st ODI attendance
"Centurion Watson's mind on floods rather than cricket". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
Brett, Oliver (16 January 2011). "Shane Watson century too much for England in Melbourne". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
2nd ODI attendance
3rd ODI attendance
4th ODI attendance
"ODI Batting Records". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN EMEA. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.

External links

Series site at Cricinfo.com
English cricket team in Australia in 2010–11 at BBC Sport

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008
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India	1947–48 1967–68§ 1977–78 1980–81§ 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
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Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia

v t e International cricket in 2010–11
Preceding season: International cricket in 2010
September 2010	Ireland in Canada Ireland in Zimbabwe
October 2010	Australia in India Women's Cricket Challenge New Zealand in Bangladesh Afghanistan in Kenya Zimbabwe in South Africa South Africa against Pakistan in UAE Sri Lanka in Australia
November 2010	ICC WCL Division Eight Hong Kong Cricket Sixes New Zealand in India Asian Games England women in Sri Lanka West Indies in Sri Lanka England in Australia (The Ashes)
December 2010	Zimbabwe in Bangladesh India in South Africa Pakistan in New Zealand ACC Trophy Challenge
January 2011	West Indies women in India England women in Australia ICC WCL Division Three
February 2011	World Cup Final ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship
Following season: International cricket in 2011

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