# English cricket team in Australia in 2010–11

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 Scorecard
* 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 Scorecard
* 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 Scorecard
* 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 Scorecard
* 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

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 Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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) Scorecard
| 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 Scorecard
| 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.