# English cricket team in Australia in 2006–07

The England cricket team toured Australia from November 2006 to February 2007 for a five-match Test series that formed The Ashes, a triangular One Day International series with Australia and New Zealand, one Twenty20 International against Australia, and tour matches against Australian domestic sides and select XIs.
Australia regained the Ashes fifteen months after relinquishing them by winning the first three Test matches, sealing the series with a 206-run victory in the third Test at the WACA Ground. Australia went on to win the series 5-0, the first such Ashes whitewash since 1920-21. Australia were winners in a one-off Twenty20 International at Sydney Cricket Ground, the hosts prevailing by 77 runs. England were triumphant, however, in the Commonwealth Bank Series, beating Australia 2-0 in a best-of-three final.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | ODIs |
| Australia | England | Australia | England | New Zealand |
| Ricky Ponting (c) Adam Gilchrist (vc) & (wk) Stuart Clark Michael Clarke Matthew Hayden Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Justin Langer Brett Lee Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Andrew Symonds Shaun Tait Adam Voges Shane Warne Shane Watson | Andrew Flintoff (c) Andrew Strauss (vc) James Anderson Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Jamie Dalrymple Ashley Giles Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones (wk) Ed Joyce Sajid Mahmood Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Liam Plunkett Chris Read (wk) Marcus Trescothick | Ricky Ponting (c) Adam Gilchrist (vc) & (wk) Nathan Bracken Stuart Clark Michael Clarke Matthew Hayden Ben Hilfenhaus Brad Hogg Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Andrew Symonds Shaun Tait Shane Watson Cameron White | Michael Vaughan (c) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Jamie Dalrymple Andrew Flintoff Ed Joyce Jon Lewis Mal Loye Sajid Mahmood Paul Nixon (wk) Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Liam Plunkett Chris Read (wk) Andrew Strauss Chris Tremlett | Stephen Fleming (c) Andre Adams Nathan Astle Shane Bond James Franklin Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Hamish Marshall Michael Mason Brendon McCullum (wk) Craig McMillan Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Scott Styris Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori Lou Vincent |
On 14 November, Marcus Trescothick left the tour due to a “recurrence of a stress-related illness”, with Ed Joyce named as his replacement. On 16 December, Ashley Giles returned home for personal reasons; Jamie Dalrymple was called up in his place.
On 18 November, Michael Clarke was brought into the Australia squad as injury cover for Shane Watson. On 8 December, Damien Martyn announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. Andrew Symonds and Adam Voges were brought into the team as replacements.

## Tour matches

* 10 November 2006 Scorecard
| Prime Minister's XI 347/5 (50 overs) | v | England 181 (38.4 overs) |
| PA Jaques 112 (110) AF Giles 1/53 [8] | | AJ Strauss 67 (67) SW Tait 3/21 [8] |
* Prime Minister's XI won by 166 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: WF Ruse and RJ Tucker Player of the match: PA Jaques (Prime Minister's XI)
* 12–14 November 2006 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RD Goodger and DL Orchard
* 17–19 November 2006 Scorecard
* Match drawn Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: AR Collins and SJ Davis
* 8 December 2006 Scorecard
| England XI 8/259 (50 overs) | v | Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 3/260 (40.1 overs) |
| AJ Stewart 69 (69) CD Matthews 3/38 [7] | | L Ronchi 89 (49) MS Panesar 2/63 [10] |
* Cricket Australia Chairman's XI won by 7 wickets Lilac Hill, Perth Umpires: PJ Loader and DG Weser Player of the match: L Ronchi (Cricket Australia Chairman's XI)
* 9–10 December 2006 Scorecard
* Match drawn WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: B Bennett and JK Brookes

## Twenty20 International

* 9 January 2007 Scorecard
| Australia 5/221 (20 overs) | v | England 9/144 (20 overs) |
| AC Gilchrist 48 (29) MS Panesar 2/40 [4] | | JWM Dalrymple 32 (27) BW Hilfenhaus 2/16 [4] |
* Australia won by 77 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: PD Parker and RL Parry Player of the match: CL White (Aus)