2006–07 Ashes series

Infobox cricket series
series= 2006-07 Ashes Series
partof= the English cricket team in Australia in 2006-07


caption= The logo for the 2006-07 Ashes Series
date= 23 November 2006 – 5 January 2007
place= Australia
result= Australia won the 5-Test series 5-0
team1= Cr|Australia
team2= Cr|England
captain1=Ricky Ponting
captain2=Andrew Flintoff
runs1= Ricky Ponting (576) Michael Hussey (458) Matthew Hayden (413)
runs2= Kevin Pietersen (490) Paul Collingwood (433) Ian Bell (331)
wickets1= Stuart Clark (26) Shane Warne (23) Glenn McGrath (21)
wickets2= Matthew Hoggard (13) Andrew Flintoff (11) Monty Panesar (10)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. The five Tests of the series were played at Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.

In winning the series, Australia completed a 5–0 "whitewash", precisely as Glenn McGrath had predicted, and the first time this had happened in an Ashes series since 1920–21. The series was also notable for the retirement of several significant Australian players, namely Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, and Shane Warne.

Ricky Ponting was named Player of the Series. [cite web | url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ashes/engine/match/249226.html |title = Cricinfo - 5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 2-5, 2007 |publisher = Cricinfo |date = 2007-01-05 |accessdate = 2007-01-08]

Trophy

During lunch on the third day of the First Test in Brisbane, The Cricket Show on Channel 9 in Australia revealed that the winner of the Ashes would lift a larger, crystal model of the Ashes urn at the end of the series, rather than a replica of the small Ashes urn.

Lead up

Ricky Ponting found himself criticised by journalists on his captaincy and performances in the 2005 series during the run-up to the first Test. When questioned in a press conference on this subject, he said "We didn't perform the way we would have liked and probably I didn't score the runs I would have liked to during the Ashes...It's important for us to move on, to move forward from that; that is me as a player, me as a captain and the rest of the team as well...We have managed to do that very well, we've actually played better cricket as a result of that." [cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6116066.stm |title = Ponting refuses to dwell on Ashes |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-11-04 |accessdate = 2006-11-04]

Andrew Flintoff, England's captain, said about the series that " [it is] the reason we play...we are going over there to play in what could be the biggest series ever so there is an excited group of lads...it is going to be tough. We know that 2005 was something special and whether that can be recreated I am not quite sure...in England each Test match got bigger and bigger and we got a real feeling of what the Ashes was about." [cite news |url = http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=426565&CPID=469&clid=3067&lid=7201&title=Freddie:+It+is+going+to+be+tough |title = Freddie: It is going to be tough |last = Lancaster |first = Rob |publisher = Skysports |date = 2006-11-04 |accessdate = 2006-11-04]

The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper described the series as "the most anticipated Ashes series ever", [cite news |url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/rush-for-ashes-tickets-knocks-site-for-six/2006/06/01/1148956452791.html |title = Rush for Ashes tickets knocks site for six |last = Gibson |first = Jano |publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald |date = 2006-06-01 |accessdate = 2006-09-12] and tickets were sold out within days of being available for all the games.cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/5039844.stm |title = Fans given Ashes ticket warning |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-06-02 |accessdate = 2006-09-12]

Bookmakers were heavily favouring an Australian series victory, with best odds, as at 10 November, being listed on one site as Australia 1-3 to win, England 11-2 to win, and the draw 9-1. [cite web |url = http://www.oddschecker.com/betting/mode/c/card/international-theashes/scard/16392 |title = The Ashes Betting |publisher = OddsChecker |date = 2006-11-10 |accessdate = 2006-11-10]

ale of tickets

Cricket Australia made the first tickets available on 1 June, selling only to the registered members of the "Australian Cricket Family", who were able to register in the months before the ticket sale. 182,000 of 635,500 available tickets were sold on the first day, and a number of buyers immediately put their tickets on eBay at inflated prices. Telephones and internet systems were delayed to such an extent that CA chief executive James Sutherland wrote a letter of apology to the Australian fans, but was still criticised by Brett Judd, the organiser of 1.5 million tickets for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Judd called their approach "farcical". [cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/5045820.stm |title = Aussies look into tickets 'farce' |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-06-04 |accessdate = 2006-09-12]

On 19 June, the remainder of the tickets went for sale to the general public, and were sold within two hours. [cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/5093726.stm |title = Ashes tickets snapped up in hours |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-06-20 |accessdate = 2006-09-12] Cricket Australia later cancelled 1,300 tickets, which they believed had been sold on eBay at inflated prices, as the tickets had "breached conditions of sale". [cite news |url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/ebay-ashes-tickets-ruled-out/2006/08/30/1156816947955.html |title = Furore over eBay Ashes tickets |first = Louisa |last = Hearn |publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald |date = 2006-08-30 |accessdate = 2006-09-12]

On 29 December, Cricket Victoria had announced that an excess of 47,000 pre-purchased tickets for the fourth day of the Boxing Day Test were to be refunded, as a result of the Test reaching its conclusion on the third day. Despite the Test lasting only three days, bumper crowds over the duration of the Test ensured that sales had generated over A$8 million in takings. [cite news |url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20984536-5011460,00.html |title = Ashes tickets money back |publisher = Herald Sun |date = 2006-12-29 |accessdate = 2006-12-29]

quads

Both England and Australia went into the series with concerns about the fitness, form and availability of key players: Michael Vaughan, England's successful captain in the 2005 Ashes series, and Simon Jones, England's lowest-averaging bowler during the 2005 series, [cite web | url = http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/AUS_IN_ENG/STATS/AUS_IN_ENG_JUN-SEP2005_TEST_AVS.html | title = Australia in England, 2005 Test Series Averages | publisher = Cricinfo | date = 2005-09-12 | accessdate 2007-01-08] were unavailable due to injury. Of other 2005 winners, there were concerns about the fitness of Andrew Flintoff and Ashley Giles. Australia selected Glenn McGrath for his first first class match since he left the game in April for personal reasons. Other former Australian players such as Jason Gillespie were not selected.

The England squad for the tour of Australia was announced on 12 September 2006. Andrew Flintoff was selected over Andrew Strauss as the captain, in the absence through injury of Michael Vaughan. Marcus Trescothick left the squad on 14 November due to a "recurrence of a stress-related illness," after making 10 runs in two tour matches. [cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6146688.stm |title = Trescothick to miss Ashes series |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-11-14 |accessdate = 2006-11-14] Ed Joyce was called up as his replacement on 15 November. [cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6149210.stm |title = Uncapped Joyce wins Ashes call-up |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-11-15 |accessdate = 2006-11-15] The Australian 13-man squad for the first Test was announced by Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel on 16 November 2006. Michael Clarke was called up on 18 November 2006 as cover for injury doubt Shane Watson. [cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6156962.stm |title = Clarke called up as Watson cover |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-11-18 |accessdate = 2006-11-18]

On 8 December 2006, a week before the third Test, Damien Martyn announced he was retiring from all forms of cricket. [cite news |url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/current/story/271740.html |title = Martyn announces retirement |publisher = Cricinfo |date = 2006-12-08 |accessdate = 2006-12-09] Adam Voges and Andrew Symonds were called up to the squad to replace him. [cite news |url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/current/story/271761.html |title = Symonds and Voges shoot into Test squad |first = Peter |last = English |publisher = Cricinfo |date = 2006-12-08 |accessdate = 2006-12-09.]

On 16 December Ashley Giles left the tour to be with his wife, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He was replaced by Jamie Dalrymple. [cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6185411.stm |title = Giles returns to comfort ill wife |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2006-12-17 |accessdate = 2006-12-17]

Venues

As with other recent Ashes series in Australia, this series was played at the main cricket grounds in Australia's five largest cities. Day One
Weather conditions were poor with heavily overcast skies and patchy showers. Andrew Flintoff won the toss and elected to bat. The start of the first session of play was delayed by 30 minutes due to rain, commencing at 11:00 local time (00:00 UTC). The pitch was damp and unpredictable with a lot of seam movement. Although England managed to survive through to lunch at 1/36, Bell fell shortly after the luncheon interval to a Clark LBW. Collingwood and Strauss appeared to have embarked on a good partnership and brought the score to 2/101. Lee then removed Collingwood with a Ponting slips catch. Two balls later Warne took his 700th test wicket by clean bowling Strauss, who had just reached 50. England subsequently collapsed and finished all out for 159 with Warne taking a further four wickets. England had lost their final eight wickets for a mere 58 runs. When Australia commenced batting it appeared that Langer and Hayden might run away with the match, and England's frustration was compounded by the rejection of a number of creditable LBW appeals. However Flintoff restored considerable confidence when he had Langer and (nightwatchman) Lee caught behind on successive deliveries in the 10th over. Australia finished the day at 2/48.

Day TwoThe morning session was completely dominated by England, who collected the prized wickets of Ponting, Hussey and Clarke for a combined total of 18 runs. Although Hayden had managed to survive despite several strong appeals, Australia looked in severe trouble at 5/84, with the unproven Symonds coming to the crease. England were, however, unable to capitalise on their advantage, and Hayden and Symonds wrested control of the match back in Australia's favour throughout most of the remaining two sessions. Hayden achieved his century just before tea, and Australia resumed the third session at 5/226. Symonds subsequently achieved his maiden test century with a powerful six to long on. Although Hayden fell late in the day for 153, swiftly followed by Gilchrist (for 1 run), the match appeared close to irretrievable for England. At close of play Australia had recovered from 5/85 to reach 7/372, (a lead of 213), with Symonds and Warne still at the crease.

Day Three
Like the morning session of the previous day, England initially gave themselves some grounds for optimism. The wicket of Symonds fell early and only Warne provided any resistance as the tail was cleaned up, with Australia all out for 419 (a lead of 260). The originally bowler-friendly pitch appeared to have flattened out considerably, and the total did not appear as imposing as it might have otherwise been. Unfortunately for England the four Australia bowlers gave no quarter, and England went from 0/41 to 3/49 as the pacemen ripped through the top order. The pressure did not relent, and ultimately England succumbed midway through the final session to be all out for a mere 161 runs. The victory margin was an innings and 99 runs, giving Ponting his first innings victory in an Ashes test match, in what was clearly England's poorest performance of the series thus far. Brett Lee took his best wicket haul of the series with 4-87. Shane Warne was named Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 5-39 and 2-46, and his resilient 40* with the bat. Warne's dismissal of Harmison was also his 999th International wicket (combining Test and ODI wickets), leaving him one shy of becoming only the second player in history to reach the 1000th International wicket milestone (after Muttiah Muralitharan).

Attendance over the three days at the Melbourne Cricket Ground totalled 244,351 fans, which is the largest test crowd for a match of less than five days duration. This included a crowd of 89,155 fans for day one of the fourth Test, a record for the Ashes and also a record for a Boxing Day match at the ground, just shy of the official all-time mark of 90,800, (set at the MCG when Australia played the West Indies during the 1960-61 season. [cite news |url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/mcg-forecast-raining-records/2006/12/26/1166895269597.html |title = MCG forecast: raining records |first = Ben |last = Doherty |publisher = The Age |date = 2006-12-26 |accessdate = 2006-12-30]

Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney

First Class Matches
batting first

batting first = England
first innings score of first team = 291
overs in first innings of first team = 103.4
Highest scorer for first innings of first team = Andrew Flintoff
Highest scorer for first innings of first team initial form = A Flintoff
Highest score for first innings of first team = 89
Highest score for first innings of first team balls faced = 195
Best bowler in first innings of first team = Stuart Clark
Best bowler in first innings of first team initial form = SR Clark
Best bowler in first innings of first team figures = 3-62

second innings score of first team = 147
overs in second innings of first team = 58
Highest scorer for second innings of first team = Kevin Pietersen
Highest scorer for second innings of first team initial form = KP Pietersen
Highest score for second innings of first team = 29
Highest score for second innings of first team balls faced = 95
Best bowler in second innings of first team = Glenn McGrath
Best bowler in second innings of first team initial form = GD McGrath
Best bowler in second innings of first team figures = 3-38

batting second

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batting second = Australia
first innings score of second team = 393
overs in first innings of second team = 96.3
Highest scorer for first innings of second team = Shane Warne
Highest scorer for first innings of second team initial form = SK Warne
Highest score for first innings of second team = 71
Highest score for first innings of second team balls faced = 65
Best bowler in first innings of second team = James Anderson (cricketer)
Best bowler in first innings of second team initial form = JM Anderson
Best bowler in first innings of second team figures = 3-98

second innings score of second team = 46/0
overs in second innings of second team = 10.5
Highest scorer for second innings of second team = Matthew Hayden
Highest scorer for second innings of second team initial form = ML Hayden
Highest score for second innings of second team = 23
Highest score for second innings of second team balls faced = 22
Best bowler in second innings of second team = James Anderson (cricketer)
Best bowler in second innings of second team initial form = JM Anderson
Best bowler in second innings of second team figures = 0-12

winning team = Australia
win margin = 10 wickets [cite web |url = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/match/249226.html |title = 5nd Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 2-5 Jan 2007 |publisher = Cricinfo |date = 2007-01-05 |accessdate = 2007-01-05]
stadium = Sydney Cricket Ground
city = Sydney
country = Australia
umpire1 = Aleem Dar
umpire1 initial form = AS Dar
umpire1 country = Pakistan cricket team
umpire1 country short form = PAK
umpire2 = Billy Bowden
umpire2 initial form = BF Bowden
umpire2 country = New Zealand cricket team
umpire2 country short form = NZ
MOTM = Stuart Clark
MOTM initial form = SR Clark
MOTM country = Australian cricket team
MOTM ctry short form = AUS
The 5th Test at the SCG marked the 300th Ashes Test. England made one change to their side from the fourth test, with Jimmy Anderson coming in for Matthew Hoggard, who had sustained a side-strain. Australia named the same side that won in Melbourne. To recognise the careers of retiring Australian Players Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, "Thx Glenn" and "Thx Shane" were painted on the ground in place of the "mobile" part of the 3 Mobile logos ("Thx" being SMS language for "thanks"). When Justin Langer also announced his retirement, a "Thx Justin" sign was painted on the ground also.

Day One delivery to Gilchrist.

Kevin Pietersen then joined Ian Bell at the crease and the two batted for nearly all of the middle session, for a partnership of 108 including 70 from Bell. Shortly after tea, with England on 2/166, McGrath took Pietersen's wicket for 41 when he top-edged a pull for a Michael Hussey catch. After Paul Collingwood came to bat, Bell only lasted one more run before McGrath clean bowled him in his next over, leaving England at 4/167. Collingwood (25*) and Flintoff (42*) then steadied matters until bad light forced an early end to the day's affairs.

Day Two
Play started 11 minutes earlier than normal (1019 local time, 2319 UTC 2 January) to recover some of the time lost on the first day.

Less than a half-hour in, shortly after Flintoff got his half-ton, McGrath took Collingwood's wicket off an edge to Gilchrist. Within 20 minutes, Lee took the wickets of Chris Read for 2 and Sajid Mahmood for a duck off consecutive balls, reducing England to 257 for 7. Flintoff and Steve Harmison stayed at the crease for 25 runs before Harmison was given out lbw to Clark. Just before the lunch break, Flintoff fell for 89 after trying to slog Clark but edging to Gilchrist. A clearly out-of-sorts Shane Warne was able to pick up his 1000th international wicket to end the England innings on 291, trapping Monty Panesar lbw for a duck.

The Australian openers Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden started confidently, but Langer faltered on 26, gloving an Anderson ball to Read. Ponting and Hayden found batting easy against a defensive field setting until Hayden played a foolish stroke and top-edged a Harmison ball to Collingwood. Ponting appeared supremely confident against the bowling, but was undone by the fielding when an Anderson throw found him well short of his ground, and he departed for 45. Clarke was then caught behind off a sharply rising Harmison delivery. Symonds and Hussey then batted very defensively during the rain-interrupted remainder of the final session.

Day Three
Hussey fell in only the second over of the day to a Read catch off Anderson. With this England appeared to have made a contest of it with Australia at 5/190, still trailing by over 100 runs. But as on so many previous occasions in this series, Australia retaliated in a fearsome manner.

Symonds and Gilchrist added a steady 70 runs before Symonds saw his stumps tumble to a superb Panesar ball. Warne then joined Gilchrist at the crease and put England's bowling to the sword, with a 58 run partnership in only seven overs, including a four and six off the first two balls Warne faced. Gilchrist was given out caught behind, although replays indicated the decision was a bad one. Lee joined Warne at 7/317 but departed quickly, and Clark then delivered a sparkling tail-ender innings of 35. Warne's fairy-tale dream of a maiden Test century in his final match ended when he was easily stumped after swinging wildly at a Panesar ball, but he had earned the top-scorer mantle with 71, and England found themselves with a deficit of 102.

The English second innings began dismally with Cook edging to Gilchrist off Lee with the score only at 5. Hopes were faintly restored when Strauss and Bell appeared to be settling in, but after Clark trapped Strauss LBW and Bell edged Lee to Gilchrist, England were looking fragile at 3/64. Collingwood soon departed cheaply, and Flintoff was sent to the pavilion after an agonizingly close — but fair — stumping decision by the 3rd umpire. Flintoff's dismissal would later prove to be the final wicket of Shane Warne's illustrious Test career. Panesar was then sent in as nightwatchman, and survived to the end of the day.

At the end of the day, England were facing the grave prospect of a 5-0 Ashes whitewash after closing a mere 12 runs ahead of Australia with only five wickets remaining. [cite news |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2007/01/whitewash_looms_for_deflated_e_1.shtml |title = Whitewash looms for deflated England |first = Jonathan |last = Agnew |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 2007-01-04 |accessdate = 2007-01-04]

Day Four Whatever tiny hope England had of taking the match to a fifth day was quashed on the third ball of the first over when Pietersen edged to Gilchrist off McGrath. Poor judgment led to a Panesar run-out for a duck, and England had lost two wickets in the day without scoring a run. Mahmood and Read followed shortly thereafter, and England were 9/123. Anderson and Harmison combined for a valiant 10th wicket stand of 24, before Anderson skied a McGrath delivery to midwicket. The second innings was over, and England had only managed to set a target of 46 runs.

Australia's brief second innings was paradoxically the time that England delivered some of the finest bowling of the series. Langer was given a guard of honour by the English team as he walked out to his final innings, but he was then clearly tested by a series of superb rising deliveries from Harmison. Regardless, the match outcome was inevitable, and it was Hayden who lofted a six, followed by a single, to conclude the innings, the match and the series 5-0 whitewash, the first since 1920/21.

Records and statistics

The series produced some notable records.

* In the first test, Australia, achieved a first-innings lead of 445 runs on the first innings, after making 602 for 9 declared and then dismissing England for 157. Rather than send England in again, Ponting chose to bat, making the lead of 445 the largest ever in Test history where the follow-on has not been enforced. Australia went on to win the Test.

* In the second test, England batted first and made 551 for 6 declared. However, Australia went on to win the test. The English first innings score thus became the largest ever to be attained by a team batting first and declaring only to lose the match.

* In the third test, Adam Gilchrist's century in the second innings, scored off only 57 balls, became the second fastest century in any Test match (after Viv Richards' century in 56 balls for the West Indies v England at St John's, 1985-86), and the fastest in any Ashes test. Gilchrist scored 24 runs off one over from Monty Panesar (026646), the greatest number of runs taken off one over in Ashes cricket. This took Gilchrist's total number of sixes in his Test career to 97, the greatest number hit by any batsman.

* By losing the third test, England ceded the Ashes to Australia. England's holding the Ashes urn for only 15 months made this the shortest period in Ashes history that a team has held the coveted honour of 'holding the Ashes'.

* In the fourth test, English wicket-keeper Chris Read took six catches in one Australian innings, equalling the greatest number of dismissals by an English keeper in an Ashes test. Read repeated the feat in Australia's innings in the fifth test (this time with five catches and one stumping).

* In the fourth test, Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne snared his 700th wicket, the first bowler in Test history to do so.

* By winning the fifth test, Australia won the series 5-0, only the second team to win a "whitewash" in Ashes history. The feat had previously been achieved only by Warwick Armstrong's Australian team in 1920-21.

Post-Series

The series was notable for the retirement of Australia's Shane Warne, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn and Glenn McGrath. Additionally, the Australian coach John Buchanan had announced prior to the Ashes series that his retirement would be effective after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 series (of one-day internationals), so that the Ashes was his last series of test matches as coach.

Major concern was raised in England after a dramatic capitulation just 15 months after winning the coveted urn. As a result, many have criticised Andrew Flintoff's captaincy in lieu of Michael Vaughan being injured.

The next series will be the 2009 Ashes series, which will take place in England in their northern summer of 2009.

Media coverage

Coverage of the 2006-2007 Ashes Series was broadcast as follows:;Television Networks
*Australia — Nine Network (Live)
*Australia — WIN (Live)
*Australia — NBN (Live)
*Australia — Fox Sports (Highlights)
*England — Sky Sports (Live)
*England — BBC Two (Highlights)
*New Zealand — SKY Sport (Live)
*South Africa — SuperSport

;Radio
*Australia — ABC Radio
*England — BBC Radio 4
*England — BBC Five Live Sports Extra
*New Zealand — Radio Sport

;Internet audio stream
* [http://www2b.abc.net.au/utilitycentral/oziponly.asp?dir=grandstand/streaming&doc=/cricket_stream.htm ABC Sport]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/video_and_audio/help_guide/4304501.stm BBC Five Live Sports Extra]
* [http://www.radiosport.co.nz/ListenLive/ Radio Sport NZ]

;Ball-by-ball web commentary
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausvseng/engine/match/249222.html Cricinfo - 1st Test] , [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/match/249223.html Cricinfo - 2nd Test] , [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com:80/australia/engine/match/249224.html Cricinfo - 3rd Test] , [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/match/249225.html Cricinfo - 4th Test] , [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/current/match/249226.html Cricinfo - 5th Test]
* [http://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/ashes-2006-07/ Yahoo7]
* [http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/ashes/matchresults/0,,3295,00.html Foxsports]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/default.stm BBC Cricket]
* [http://stickcricket.foxsports.com.au/obo.php Stick Cricket]

;Over-by-over web commentary
* [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/ashes2006-07/ The Guardian]
* [http://www.stickcricket.com/obo.php Stick Cricket]

;Internet Video Highlights
* [http://www.cricketaustralia.tv/page/Home/0,,12377,00.html Cricket Australia]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/latest_scorecard/default.stm BBC Cricket]
* [http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid296746336 Sky Sports]
* [http://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/ashes-2006-07/ Yahoo7]

ee also

*List of Ashes series

References and notes