LIVE SCORE : AUSTRALIA VS ENGLAND 4TH TEST MELBOURNE 26TH DEC 2013 BOXING DAY TEST MATCH

AUSTRALIA DOMINATES ON DAY 1 OF BOXING DAY TEST

AUSTRALIAN TEAM HAVE ONCE AGAIN DOMINATED OVER ENGLAND IN THE FOURTH DAY OF THE BOXING DAY TEST MATCH.AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN WON THE TOSS AND OPTED TO BOWL FIRST AGAINST THE PRESSURISED ENGLAND BATTING LINEUP AND THE BOWLERS DID THERE WORK TOO.

ENGLAND TEAM WAS ONLY ABLE TO SCORE 226 RUNS FOR THE LOSS OF 6 WICKETS.

PIETERSEN SHOWED HIS TEMPERAMENT AND SCORED NOT OUT 67*.

HERE IS THE MATCH REPORT FOR DAY 1.

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Eng 1st Innings - 226/6 (89 overs)

Batting	Out Desc	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook (c)	c Clarke b P Siddle	27	47	3	0	57.4
Michael Carberry	b Watson	38	103	6	0	36.9
Joe Root	c Haddin b R Harris	24	82	2	0	29.3
Kevin Pietersen	batting	67	152	4	1	44.1
Ian Bell	c Haddin b R Harris	27	98	1	0	27.6
Ben Stokes	c Watson b Johnson	14	23	1	1	60.9
Jonathan Bairstow (wk)	b Johnson	10	17	0	1	58.8
Tim Bresnan	batting	1	13	0	0	7.7
Extras		18	(b - 10 w - 1, nb - 1, lb - 6)
Total		226	(89 Overs, 6 Wickets)
Yet To bat:	Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Monty Panesar

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Ryan Harris	20	8	32	2	1.6
Mitchell Johnson	20	2	59	2	2.9
Peter Siddle	22	7	48	1	2.2
Nathan Lyon	20.2	3	60	0	3.0
Shane Watson	6.4	2	11	1	1.7

FOW	Batsman	Score	Over
1	Alastair Cook	48/1	16.5
2	Michael Carberry	96/2	33.6
3	Joe Root	106/3	42.1
4	Ian Bell	173/4	72.6
5	Ben Stokes	202/5	80.3
6	Jonathan Bairstow	216/6	84.4