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1st Test Ends in Thrilling Draw
November 27, Brisbane: The eagerly awaited 2006/07 Ashes series lived up to its hype as England drew out the final day of the opening test against Australia.
Chasing a monumental total of 529, the Pommies resumed at 3/215, requiring a further 314 runs to claim victory. On a day where momentum frequently shifted between the two sides, Australia was unable to claim the last wicket as tailenders Harmison (12 not out) and Hoggard (5 not out) stubbornly held off till the final ball.
Earlier in the morning, Kevin Pietersen (89) continued his sparkling form before being dismissed by Clark (3/87) from an ill-advised cut shot to Hayden at slip.
Owais Shah (82), a surprise pick for the English squad, upped the ante and smashed 14 boundaries. Just when Australia looked in dire trouble, part-time spinner Michael Clarke (2/66) got the breakthrough, breaking the Shah/Vaughn partnership of 117 before things got out of hand.
The new ball did the trick as Clark and Lee (2/108) dismissed Flintoff (12) and Prior (39) as England edged closer to the required total. At 7-452, it was anybody's game with Vaughn (106) looking to take the lead. Unfortunately his partners fell one by one, and he himself was dismissed when a lightning-quick ball from Lee nicked his outer edge to Gilchrist, bringing his six-and-a-half hours innings to a close.
With four overs to go, and 1 wicket needed for Australia to take a 1-0 lead in the series, Lee and Johnson (0/128) failed to penetrate the English defence before the game was brought to its conclusion. England was just 27 runs shy of breaking the highest successful fourth-innings run-chase in Test match history, a record currently held by the West Indies.
"Our bowling was a little sketchy today," Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted. "On a bowler-friendly pitch like this, we should have won that game fairly convincingly."
Ponting did not have kind words for his team's fielding either. "I have never seen so many balls roll between the legs of my men before. That will be an area we will be working on before the next Test in Adelaide."
Man of the match honours went to Matthew Hayden, for his brilliant first-innings and third-innings contributions of 128 and 203 respectively.
November 27, Brisbane: The eagerly awaited 2006/07 Ashes series lived up to its hype as England drew out the final day of the opening test against Australia.
Chasing a monumental total of 529, the Pommies resumed at 3/215, requiring a further 314 runs to claim victory. On a day where momentum frequently shifted between the two sides, Australia was unable to claim the last wicket as tailenders Harmison (12 not out) and Hoggard (5 not out) stubbornly held off till the final ball.
Earlier in the morning, Kevin Pietersen (89) continued his sparkling form before being dismissed by Clark (3/87) from an ill-advised cut shot to Hayden at slip.
Owais Shah (82), a surprise pick for the English squad, upped the ante and smashed 14 boundaries. Just when Australia looked in dire trouble, part-time spinner Michael Clarke (2/66) got the breakthrough, breaking the Shah/Vaughn partnership of 117 before things got out of hand.
The new ball did the trick as Clark and Lee (2/108) dismissed Flintoff (12) and Prior (39) as England edged closer to the required total. At 7-452, it was anybody's game with Vaughn (106) looking to take the lead. Unfortunately his partners fell one by one, and he himself was dismissed when a lightning-quick ball from Lee nicked his outer edge to Gilchrist, bringing his six-and-a-half hours innings to a close.
With four overs to go, and 1 wicket needed for Australia to take a 1-0 lead in the series, Lee and Johnson (0/128) failed to penetrate the English defence before the game was brought to its conclusion. England was just 27 runs shy of breaking the highest successful fourth-innings run-chase in Test match history, a record currently held by the West Indies.
"Our bowling was a little sketchy today," Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted. "On a bowler-friendly pitch like this, we should have won that game fairly convincingly."
Ponting did not have kind words for his team's fielding either. "I have never seen so many balls roll between the legs of my men before. That will be an area we will be working on before the next Test in Adelaide."
Man of the match honours went to Matthew Hayden, for his brilliant first-innings and third-innings contributions of 128 and 203 respectively.
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, just look as the screenshot, with 3 balls left in the final over of the final session of the 5th day Australia needed 3 runs to win with one wicket left, and up spets Len Harkness to get his 5th wicket of the innings to win the game and make it 5-0 to England 
