2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Australia resumed play on the second day with the ball only six overs old, while England's Collingwood required two runs to make a century. Collingwood made his runs in the second over of the morning, off the second ball he faced. Pietersen made his own century later in the morning. England again scored relatively slowly, but survived the first session without losing a wicket to be 347/3 at lunch. The two batsmen continued after lunch in a session that would go on to break several previous partnership records for English batting.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Collingwood increased his score to a personal best innings of 206, becoming only the third Englishman to score a double-century in Australia, and the first in 70 years. He was out caught behind by Gilchrist from an outswinging Clark delivery on the final ball before tea. After the interval, Pietersen went on to make 158 before being run out. Collingwood, and particularly Pietersen, consistently attacked the Australian bowlers, forcing them to take up defensive fielding positions for the first time in the series. Noticeably, Warne bowled defensively outside leg stump from around the wicket to Pietersen, having exhausted all other methods of containment. Flintoff and Ashley Giles added 60 runs for the sixth wicket before the innings was declared at 551/6.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
The Australian bowling was generally ineffective during the England innings, despite keeping the run rate low. McGrath conceded his first analysis of 0/100 or worse in Test cricket, and was targeted by Pietersen in particular, who took three fours off his first over of the second day. It was speculated that while McGrath had declared himself fit for the game, he was still struggling with his sore heel. Despite his defensive bowling, Warne conceded his worst innings figures of 1/167.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Australia had to face nine overs before the close of play. Flintoff, who opened the bowling with Matthew Hoggard, took the wicket of Justin Langer during this short period. The Australian score at stumps was 28/1, making day two the first day of the series which clearly belonged to England. However, the question remained as to whether England's bowling attack would perform any better than Australia's on a good batting pitch in the days ahead.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
England started the day strongly, their bowling attack testing the Australians as Hoggard claimed two wickets before lunch. The first came in the 13th over of the innings as Matthew Hayden edged a delivery to the gloves of Geraint Jones. The second was in the 23rd over when Bell took a comfortable slip catch off Martyn. This left Australia on 65/3. Anderson and Steve Harmison also bowled well, proving to be much more accurate and economical in their bowling than they had in the first Test at Brisbane.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
At times England's fielding was inept, however. In the morning session, Ricky Ponting survived a dropped catch by Giles and a run out chance missed by Collingwood when on 35 and 43 respectively. Ponting reached his half-century just before lunch, taking his side to 3/105 at the interval.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Following the lunch break, Ponting returned to build a solid partnership with Michael Hussey. The Australian batsmen remained at the crease throughout the afternoon session. Ponting reached his 33rd Test century in the 62nd over, just before tea. This score saw him become Australia's leading century-scorer in Test history and took the home side to 3/185.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
After tea, Australia continued to settle into their batting rhythm as Hussey reached his 50 in the 64th over. England began to lose the advantage they had established early in the day, with runs coming more easily to Australia. In the 73rd over Hussey survived a dramatic run out chance which had to be referred to the third umpire as he slid his bat back into his crease a fraction of a second before Jones broke the stumps off an Anderson throw.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
It was not until after the new ball had been taken in the 83rd over that England got a breakthrough. Hoggard was again the successful bowler, claiming Ponting for 142 and later Hussey for 91 in the 91st over. After the fall of Hussey's wicket, Michael Clarke and Gilchrist established themselves at the crease to end the day on 30 and 13 respectively. The Australian score was 312/5, 40 runs short of the follow-on target.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
The Australian batsmen started well and by mid-session had started to dominate the England bowling and increase the run rate. The Australians passed the follow-on target after drinks, and shortly after this Gilchrist and Clarke made their half-centuries. Just as Gilchrist was beginning to look dangerous and starting to score quickly, Giles had him caught attempting a six. He had made 64 runs off 79 balls, and the score was 384/6. Warne joined Clarke at the crease, and the pair negotiated through to lunch, taking the score to 417/6.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Clarke and Warne put on 100 runs between them in the afternoon session, with Clarke making a century. It was late in the afternoon before England finally made some inroads, with Hoggard striking either side of the tea interval. Warne was out leg before wicket just prior to the break. Clarke was caught by Giles after tea, having made 124 runs, and with the score at 505/8. Hoggard and Anderson took a wicket each to clean up the tail within eight overs, so that Australia were all out for 513 runs off 165.3 overs.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Hoggard bowled very well to take 7/109 on an unresponsive pitch. His figures were his third best in Test cricket and his best against Australia. Meanwhile, Clarke's third Test century had helped Australia pass the follow-on target and put the game into a position in which the draw was the most likely result.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
In their second innings, England passed 19 overs to reach the close on 59/1. Cook was the man to lose his wicket, caught by Gilchrist off the bowling of Clark for nine.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Australia started the fifth day needing early wickets to try to force a result. They were successful in this quest, as England's second innings stumbled to 73/4 after the overnight batsmen scored at approximately one run per over. Strauss was caught by Hussey off the bowling of Warne for 34, although replay analysis appeared to show that the ball did not make contact with bat or gloves, an audible nick was heard after the ball was played and missed, which led to the subsequent decision. In Warne's next over, Bell was run out on 26.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Collingwood called for a run and set off, but Bell did not respond until it was too late. The ball went to Clarke's left hand, his dominant side, and he was able to get the ball to Warne who threw down the stumps with an underarm throw, ending Bell's innings. Warne struck again in his next over as Pietersen was clean bowled behind his legs as he attempted a sweep. Four overs later, England lost Flintoff, who edged Lee through to the wicket-keeper, leaving the score on 77/5. England scored only 30 runs in the session for the loss of four wickets, making the score at lunch 89/5, a lead of just 127.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
England continued to lose wickets after the break. Jones swung his bat at a wide delivery and edged to Hayden in the gully in the second over after lunch. Giles made an eight ball duck, edging to Hayden, this time at slip. Hoggard was able to block for a while, but was eventually bowled off the inside edge by Warne. Harmison and Anderson each held up an end for periods before tea, but both were trapped leg before wicket by McGrath, Anderson's wicket ending the innings.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Collingwood was the not out batsman, scoring only 22 runs, but crucially occupying the crease for 119 balls and approximately three hours. England lost their last nine wickets for 60 runs. Tea was taken at the change of innings with the result of the game finely in the balance. Australia required 168 runs to win the game, while England could only hope to prevent this from happening in the remaining 36 overs and obtain a draw.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
With a target to chase, Australia started their final innings aggressively, taking 13 off the first two overs. England hit back, as Langer was caught in the gully off Hoggard in the third over. Hayden was caught by Collingwood after top-edging Flintoff. Hussey was promoted up the batting order to join Ponting, putting Australia's two in-form batsmen at the crease. The pair steadied the innings while continuing to score runs above the required rate. Again, progress stuttered in the 22nd and 23rd overs, as Ponting was caught off Giles at short extra cover for 49, and Martyn was caught off Flintoff at point for five. However, Hussey and Clarke were able to continue Australia's progress.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1–5 December, Adelaide
Hussey saw his team home, scoring 61 not out and hitting the winning runs with three overs to spare. This set off jubilant celebrations among the Australian players and the crowd, who had poured into the Adelaide Oval during the afternoon, as news spread of England's second innings demise, and the chance of an Australian victory in the afternoon/evening session. Australia won the Test by six wickets, and led in the series by two matches to none. The official attendance over the five days was announced as 136,731. Members of the Nine Network commentary team noted that it was indeed a remarkable victory, perhaps one of the greatest in Test history. Simon Barnes argues that "a match that should have been drawn was won by Warne's overwhelming nature; by the powerful outpouring of his chi or life force."


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Australia made one change to the side that won in Adelaide as Andrew Symonds came into the team following the shock retirement of Damien Martyn. England dropped Ashley Giles and James Anderson, replacing them with Monty Panesar and Sajid Mahmood respectively. Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. Panesar justified his selection taking five wickets, the best figures by an English spinner in Perth. Steve Harmison took four wickets, relieving the pressure that had been growing on him after taking 1/288 in the first two Tests. Harmison and Panesar combined to bowl Australia out for 244.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Michael Hussey finished 74 not out, the only player of six top-eight batsmen to convert a 20-plus score into a long stay at the crease. England lost 2/51 after an aggressive start by openers Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss. Strauss and Paul Collingwood were the overnight batsmen, the latter having been reprieved by a dropped catch from the bowling of Stuart Clark.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
England lost four wickets in the first session on day two with only Kevin Pietersen of the recognised batsmen remaining at lunch. Strauss suffered another contentious decision after being adjudged caught behind off Clark when replays suggested he had missed the ball despite a nick being heard. Collingwood had already been dismissed, caught in the gully off the bowling of Glenn McGrath, and the wickets of the out of form Andrew Flintoff and Geraint Jones to Symonds soon followed. Australia bowled England out for 215 on the stroke of tea, giving the Australians a first innings lead of 29 runs despite lower order resistance from Panesar and Harmison as well as a 70 from Pietersen.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
In reply, Australia's second innings began shakily with Justin Langer bowled on the very first ball by Matthew Hoggard. Australia recovered well though through Matthew Hayden and captain Ponting, who were each on an unbeaten 57 at stumps with Australia at 119/1.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Australia resumed at 119/1. With the Ashes series on the line and 42-degree heat, Ponting and Hayden improved on their overnight scores, but fell short of centuries, scoring 75 and 92 respectively after lunch. Michael Clarke and Hussey both recorded centuries, with Clarke's being his second in as many Tests. Hussey got out rather cheaply, being caught behind by Jones. Adam Gilchrist made a quickfire 50 off only 40 balls. After that, he hit 3 sixes and a four from one Panesar over, with the over ultimately costing 24 runs.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Subsequent overs cost 10 and 18, with Gilchrist recording his century in just 57 balls, the fastest century in Ashes history and the second-fastest in all Tests to date behind Viv Richards. In an interview after the day's play, Gilchrist explained that he was unaware of how close he was to the record until after he had scored his century until Ian Healy mentioned it to him during that interview, but was not disappointed to be behind a player regarded as one of the most damaging hitters to play the game. Soon after, Ponting declared the innings and sent England in to bat. Brett Lee took Strauss' wicket with an inswinging ball, which Strauss left and it thundered into the pads and was given out, this left England at 0/1. By stumps, the score had progressed to 19/1.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
England resumed their innings under immense pressure, needing a further 538 runs to win with nine wickets in hand or needing to bat for two days to draw the game and keep the series alive. With the pitch looking good for batting and no real movement off the seam, this seemed possible with some sensible batting.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Ian Bell started aggressively against the Australian pace bowlers while Cook took his time, and when Shane Warne came on he found himself being battered for a 4 and a 6 by Bell off his first over. Bell continued to bat positively and posted his 10th half-century. England managed to add 80 runs for no loss, going into lunch at 99/1. Coming into the afternoon session, Bell and Cook played positively, attacking the Australian bowlers. Cook managed to post his half-century and soon England were starting to think about a victory.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
However, Warne got Bell caught by Justin Langer for a well composed 87. That left England on 170/2 with Collingwood coming in, looking to continue the good work. There was a period where Collingwood seemed so intent on staying in, he forgot to score. England went into tea at 170/2, having scored 81 runs for 1 wicket in the session.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
England came out to the evening session hoping to bat through losing one wicket maximum. Just a few overs in, Collingwood edged one through to the keeper, out for 5 off 36 balls. After that partnership in which 15 runs were scored for 75 balls, England had to bat more aggressively and Pietersen seemed the perfect man to do that for the team. Cook started looking much more confident against Warne and soon he was one run away from his maiden Ashes century, not made easy by Warne but eventually, Cook got the run to bring up a 257-ball 100.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
The day had belonged firmly to England, but with just three overs left, McGrath took the wicket of Cook, edging behind to Gilchrist, and bowled nightwatchman Hoggard for a second-ball duck. McGrath proceeded to beat Flintoff with the remaining two balls, including an unsuccessful appeal for caught-behind. Flintoff and Pietersen, saw out the remaining overs, leaving England on 265/5.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
England started the fifth and final day of the match in an aggressive fashion, which many found surprising. Flintoff, in particular, took the Australian bowlers to task, including striking Clark for three consecutive fours and striking a Lee delivery for six, just inches out of the reach of Hussey, who was fielding at deep mid-wicket.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Pietersen was unusually reserved and was almost run out by some quick reaction fielding from Hussey in the first hour, but was given the benefit of the doubt by the third umpire who eventually gave it not out, much to the delight of the Barmy Army.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
After that huge scare for England, Pietersen charged down the pitch and smacked Warne through mid wicket for four, bringing up yet another half-century. Soon after that, Flintoff brought up his half-century with an inside edge and Ponting was starting to look nervous, perhaps considering England could pull off the impossible.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Australia finally broke through when Flintoff misjudged the length of a straighter ball from Warne and was bowled. He was quickly followed by Jones; his dismal tour continued when he was run out in astounding fashion. Having failed in an attempt to sweep Warne, Jones was struck on the pad, resulting in an unsuccessful appeal for lbw from the Australians. Jones, however, was too preoccupied waiting for the umpire's verdict to notice that his back foot was out of his batting crease. This fact did not escape an alert Ponting, however, who swooped in from silly point and underarmed the ball into the stumps. Jones was out for a duck – his second of the match.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
The remaining English batsmen, Harmison, Mahmood and Panesar, offered the Australian bowlers no trouble, with the last man, Panesar, being dismissed by Warne two balls after the lunch break, leaving Warne with 699 career Test wickets leading into the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pietersen continued a fine tour with relatively subdued 60 not out.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
Attendance for the five days was 103,440, breaking the 1970 record of 84,142.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14–18 December, Perth
The victory gave Australia an unbeatable 3–0 lead in the best-of-five series.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26–28 December, Melbourne
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 green, damp and unpredictable with a lot of seam movement. Although England managed to survive through to lunch at 1/36, Ian Bell fell shortly after the lunch interval to a Stuart Clark lbw. Paul Collingwood and Andrew Strauss appeared to have embarked on a good partnership and brought the score to 2/101. Brett Lee then removed Collingwood with a catch by Ricky Ponting in the slips. Two balls later, Shane Warne took his 700th Test wicket by clean bowling Strauss, who had just reached 50.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26–28 December, Melbourne
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 Justin Langer and Matthew 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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26–28 December, Melbourne
The morning session was completely dominated by England, who collected the prize wickets of Ponting, Michael Hussey and Michael 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 Andrew 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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26–28 December, Melbourne
Although Hayden fell late in the day for 153, swiftly followed by Adam Gilchrist (for one run), the match appeared close to irretrievable for England. At the 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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26–28 December, Melbourne
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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26–28 December, Melbourne
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, in what was clearly England's poorest performance of the series thus far. Lee recorded his best bowling figures of the series with 4/87. 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 Steve Harmison was also his 999th international wicket (combining Test and ODI figures), leaving him one shy of becoming only the second player in history to reach the 1,000 milestone (after Muttiah Muralitharan).


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26–28 December, Melbourne
This was the 100th test match to be played at the MCG. Attendance over the three days 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).


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
The fifth Test at the SCG was the 300th Ashes Test. England made one change to their side from the fourth Test, with James Anderson coming in for Matthew Hoggard, who had suffered a side-strain. Australia named the same side that won in Melbourne. To recognise the careers of retiring Australia 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 logos. When Justin Langer also announced his retirement during the match, a "Thx Justin" sign was painted on the ground also.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
As in Melbourne, rain delayed the start in Sydney. When the toss finally came at 11:10 local time (00:10 UTC), England won and captain Andrew Flintoff elected to bat first. Play commenced at 11:40 local time (00:40 UTC). Andrew Strauss was dropped on 21 by Justin Langer, but was out eight runs later to an easy Adam Gilchrist catch off a miscued cut shot against Brett Lee. England reached lunch on 58/1, but Alastair Cook departed for 20 shortly after the restart when he edged a Stuart Clark delivery to Gilchrist.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
Play started 11 minutes earlier than normal (10:19 local time) to recover some of the time lost on the first day.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
Less than a half-hour in, shortly after Flintoff got his half-century, McGrath took Collingwood's wicket off an edge to Gilchrist. Within 20 minutes, Lee took the wickets of Chris Read for two and Sajid Mahmood for a duck off consecutive balls, reducing England to 257/7. 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 Warne was able to pick up his 1,000th international wicket to end the England innings on 291, trapping Monty Panesar lbw for a duck.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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 the series, Australia retaliated in a fearsome manner.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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 third umpire. Flintoff's dismissal would later prove to be the final wicket of Warne's illustrious Test career. Panesar was then sent in as nightwatchman, and survived to the end of the day.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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.


2006–07 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2–5 January, Sydney
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.


2006–07 Ashes series, 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 along with McGrath 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 Test series as coach.


2006–07 Ashes series, Post-series
Major concern was raised in England after a dramatic capitulation just 15 months after winning the coveted urn. As a result, many criticised Andrew Flintoff's captaincy and the resultant pressure placed on him following Michael Vaughan's injury and his own performances in 2005.


2006–07 Ashes series, Media coverage
Coverage of the 2006–07 Ashes series was broadcast as follows:


2006–07 Asia League Ice Hockey season
The 2006–07 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the fourth season of Asia League Ice Hockey. Eight teams participated in the league, and the Nippon Paper Cranes won the championship.


2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season
During the 2006–07 English football season, Aston Villa F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was Villa's first season under the management of Northern Irishman Martin O'Neill, who was appointed as manager following the sacking of David O'Leary at the end of the previous season.


2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season
Villa started life under Martin O'Neill strongly and were the last team in the Premier League to be beaten, going nine matches without defeat and taking points against the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea away before a 3–1 loss at Liverpool. A run of 11 games without victory during the middle of the season dragged Villa down to 14th place, putting paid to their early-season hopes of Champions League qualification, but Villa rallied and only lost 3 of their last 15 games to finish comfortably in 11th.


2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
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2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
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2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
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2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Youth squad
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2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Other players
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2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season, Transfers
The season saw Villa break its transfer record when they signed Ashley Young for £8 million from Watford, heralding a new era and a strategy of signing young players with experience from the British game. The signing of Bulgarian international Stiliyan Petrov was another important manoeuvre from Martin O'Neill, who was given larger resource in comparison to his predecessors by new American owner Randy Lerner.


2006–07 Athletic Bilbao season
The 2006–07 season was the 106th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 76th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.


2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season
The 2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's 57th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 39th in Atlanta. The Hawks had the fifth overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, and selected Shelden Williams out of Duke University. During the offseason, the team signed free agent Speedy Claxton and re-signed former Hawks center Lorenzen Wright. The Hawks got off to a strong start winning four of their first five games.


2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season
However, the lack of talent on the court continued to weigh down the Hawks as they entered the New Year with a 9–20 record, including an 8-game losing streak. In January, they posted a winning record as they won 8 of their 15 games during the month. Joe Johnson averaged 25.0 points per game and was selected for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. However, after the All-Star break, Johnson would miss the remainder of the season due to calf injuries after 57 games.


2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season
At midseason, the team re-signed free agent, and former Hawks guard Anthony Johnson, who would play in his third stint with the Hawks, who finished last place in the Southeast Division with a 30–52 record, missing the playoffs for the eighth straight season. Josh Smith showed improvement averaging 16.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game, while second-year forward Marvin Williams provided the team with 13.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. This would be the final season the Hawks missed the playoffs until 2018.


2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season
The 2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season began with the highest expectations in franchise history, even with the off-season loss of their second-leading scorer, Marc Savard, to the Boston Bruins. Veteran centers Steve Rucchin, Niko Kapanen and Jon Sim were acquired in hopes help fill the loss of Savard. With NHL superstars Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk and a healthy goaltender, Kari Lehtonen, the Thrashers clinched the first playoff berth in franchise history following the Toronto Maple Leafs' 7–2 loss to the New York Rangers on April 1. The Thrashers had a highly disappointing playoff series against the New York Rangers, as they were swept with losses of 4–3, 2–1, 7–0, and 4–2.


2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season, Season standings
P –  Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y –  Clinched Division; X –  Clinched Playoff spot


2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season, Playoffs
The Thrashers qualified for the post-season for the first time in franchise history, while also capturing their first Southeast Division championship. Atlanta headed into the playoffs as the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs on April 18, being swept by the New York Rangers in four straight games in the Quarter-finals.


2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season, Transactions, Draft picks
Atlanta's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Atlanta had the 12th overall draft pick in the 2005–06 NHL season.


2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
The 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Season began on November 7, 2006 in College Park, Maryland, USA. It started when Maryland played Hampton in a non-conference game. The conference schedule began on December 3, 2006 in Charlottesville, Virginia where Virginia defeated NC State 67–62. Following the season the 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Tampa, Florida with North Carolina claiming the crown.


2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Players of the week
Throughout the conference season, the ACC offices name a player and rookie of the week. The MVP of the ACC Tournament is the automatic winner of the final ACC player of the week of each season.


2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors
ACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season.


2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors, All-Atlantic Coast Conference
Honorable Mention:Ben McCauley, So., NCSU; James Mays, Jr., Clem. ; DeMarcus Nelson, Jr., Duke; James Gist, Jr., MD;  Ekene Ibekwe, Sr., MD


2006–07 Atlético Madrid season
Atlético Madrid opened a new chapter in its history with the appointment of Mexican coach Javier Aguirre, who had been successful managing Osasuna. With the club-record signing of superstarlet Sergio Agüero as well as Mariano Pernía and Raúl García, Atlético emulated at repeating Aguirre's recent feat of taking Osasuna to UEFA Champions League. The end result was 60 points, the best points haul in its five-season La Liga return, although this was not enough even for UEFA Cup qualification, which resulted in captain Fernando Torres departing for Liverpool, the transfer causing fury among the support. It was the sole season that he and Sergio Agüero played together.


2006–07 Atlético Madrid season, Kit
In March 2006, Nike announced that the home kit for the forthcoming season will leave the usual stripes and feature halves instead, with the home kit consisting of halves in red and white and the away kit consisting of halves in navy blue and white. However, due to a massive negative reception from the fans, the club refused to use the red and white kit as their home choice. Finally, Nike decided to bring back the 2005–06 kit as their home choice, while both new kits will serve as away choices, depending on the color combinations used by the opposing team.


2006–07 Australian Athletics Championships
The 2006–07 Australian Athletics Championships was the 85th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 9–11 March 2007 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Long-distance events took place separately: the 10,000 metres events was held at the Zatopek 10K on 14 December 2006 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne while the 5000 metres events were held at the Melbourne Track Classic on 2 March 2007.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget
The 2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget for the financial year 2006–2007 was presented to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Jon Stanhope on 6 June 2006. Stanhope is also the Treasurer, with this budget being the first he has presented as Treasurer. Among the most-discussed elements of the budget were its planned closure of 39 schools in the Territory as part of its "Towards 2020: Renewing Our Schools" vision for education in the Territory.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget
Stanhope asserted in a Letter to the People of the ACT, that this is the "first time in 17 years that any ACT Government has embarked on strategic and structural reform of this magnitude." He asserts that demographic shifts have led to 18,000 empty desks in ACT government schools and that it costs up to $10,000 more per year to educate children in schools with low enrolments, compared with a child at a school which is at or near capacity.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget
Quoting figures from the Commonwealth Grants Commission, Stanhope argues that "it costs some 20% more, across the board, to deliver basic services like health and education in the ACT than the national average.". The budget announcements have provoked strong criticism from the ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Australian Education Union ACT branch, the ACT Opposition and members of the public.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Revenue
Changes affecting revenue are designed to expand the revenue base, achieve parity with other jurisdictions where appropriate, and recover costs incurred in delivering services.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Expenditure
Total expenses in 2006/07 are planned to be $2,886.7m. Major areas of government expenditure are:


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Expenditure
$337 million will be spent on Capital Works Projects in 2006–07: $112.3 million for New Works announced in the 2006/07 budget and $224.7 million for Works-in-Progress, i.e. previously announced measures.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Net operating balance
The budget for 2006/07 includes a projected operating balance in $million per year over the next four years as:


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Education
In 2006/07 the Government will spend $719.2 million on education:


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Education
The Government proposes to make capital improvements in schools ($90m) and to spend more on school maintenance. New schools will be built in Belconnen and Gungahlin ($66m) and there will be a feasibility study for a combined college and CIT campus at Gungahlin. A further $20 million has been provided over fouryears for Information Technology services across the school system.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Education
The Government also proposes to close significant numbers of schools over the next three years.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health
In 2006/07 the Government will spend $765.1 million on health:


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health
There will be $41 million more spent on health, but the Government plans to slow the rate of growth in this budget from 10 per cent a year to around 6 per cent.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health
An extra $10 million will be spent to reduce elective surgery waiting lists over four years.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health
Canberra Hospital will become the major tertiary referral hospital, while Calvary Public Hospital will provide more specialised services.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public housing
Criteria for allocation of Public housing has been made more stringent. Single people earning more than 60% of the average wage and couples earning more than 75% of the average wage will not be eligible.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public housing
500 dwellings will be sold and the money reinvested in other public housing.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Police & emergency services
The ACT police force will be increased by 60 more police.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Police & emergency services
Surveillance in the territory will increase with a network of Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in public places and on ACTION buses.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Police & emergency services
The ACT Emergency Services Authority (ESA) will be re-absorbed into the ACT Department of Justice & Community Safety. A new emergency services headquarters at Fairbairn will be built at a cost of $17.3 million.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public service
New recruits will have employer superannuation contributions curbed at 9 per cent; compared with 15.4% for existing employees and 29% contributions towards the Chief Minister's superannuation.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public service
The ACT public service will be cut by 500 jobs. A new department will absorb several agencies including Environment ACT and sport and recreation.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Increases in taxes and charges
Despite the cuts in services and school closures, the average ACT household will pay around $400 more each year: rates will rise by 6 per cent and households will be charged a new fire and emergency services levy of $84.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Increases in taxes and charges
Household water bills will increase in the order of $100 per year. There will be a new water fee of 30 cents per kilolitre. This fee will be added to water abstraction charges nearly doubling them to 55 cents per kilolitre.


2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget, Accounting changes
The Government has changed its accounting system so the Budget does not include fluctuating amounts like superannuation returns.


2006–07 Australian Figure Skating Championships
The 2006–07 Australian Figure Skating Championships was held in Brisbane from 19 through 26 August 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing, and synchronized skating across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of primary and intermediate.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season
One of the most extensive bushfire seasons in Australia's history. Victoria experienced the longest continuously burning bushfire complex in Australia's history, with fires in the Victorian Alps and Gippsland burning over 1 million hectares of land over the course of 69 days. See Bushfires in Australia for an explanation of regional seasons.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season
The 2006–07 season included the Victorian Alpine Fire Complex which was the longest running collection of bushfires in Victoria's history. On 1 December 2006, more than 70 fires were caused by lightning strikes in the Victorian Alps, many of which eventually merged to become the Great Divide Complex, which burned for 69 days across about a million hectares.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season
Despite the length of the season and amount of land burnt, the fires were contained to mostly unoccupied regions such as the Victorian Alps, national parks and remnant bushland. Evacuation plans were implemented in many small towns in these areas, a combination of these factors resulted in only one fatality as a result of the fires.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2006
Three deaths and multimillion-dollar livestock and property losses in ten days of bushfires in Victoria. Fires occurred in the Stawell (Deep Lead) area in early January, and in the Yea, Moondarra,Grampians, Kinglake and Anakie regions in mid-late January.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, September 2006
On 24 September 2006, bushfires began burning in various places in the Southern Highlands, Shoalhaven, Hawkesbury River and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, September 2006
Declarations under Section 44 of the Rural Fires Act, 1997 were issued by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service for the Newcastle, Hawkesbury/Baulkham, Redhead (Lake Macquarie), Shoalhaven and Wollondilly bushfires, enabling the "Commissioner is to take charge of bush fire fighting operations and bush fire prevention measures and to take such measures as the Commissioner considers necessary to control or suppress any bush fire in any part of the State...." Seven (7) houses were burned out, four at Picton, and also Thirlmere, and Oakdale. The wind was from the west and north-west and fed the fire conditions, hampering firefighting by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, October 2006
On 12 October 2006, bushfires burned through parts of Hobart's eastern shore, encouraged by strong winds and unusually high temperatures. No lives or homes were lost.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, November 2006
In late November Sydney was covered in smoke after raging fires in the Blue Mountains. One of the major fires was lit by a lightning strike near Burra Korain Head inside the Blue Mountains National Park on 13 November. Some people have suggested that the Blue Gum Forest in the Grose River valley was severely damaged by backburning, though this remains to be ascertained scientifically.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, November 2006
On 28 November 2006, lightning strikes started 15 fires in the Riverina with the major fires west of Narrandera at Morundah and Tubbo Station were about 10 km2 of private property was burnt and Northeast of Narrandera at Colinroobie Ranges over 12 km2 of private property and bush land was burnt.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, November 2006
Large bushfires burnt across the Pilbara for over a week forcing the closure of Karijini National Park. Over 150,000 hectares (370,658 acres) were burned out close to the National Park, the Auski Roadhouse and around Mulga Downs Station.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
On 1 December 2006, over 70 fires were caused by lightning strikes in the Victorian Alps, many of which eventually merged to become the Great Divide Fire Complex, which burned from December 2006 to February 2007 (69 days) across approximately 1 million hectares. Fifty-one houses were ultimately lost in the fires. One man died in a vehicle accident while assisting a property owner to prepare for fire impact.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
By 7 February, more than 1,400 firefighters had been injured (including bruises, cuts, blisters, burns, dehydration, broken limbs and spider bites). More than 400 St John Ambulance volunteers, including doctors, nurses and first aid officers provided first aid. On 16 December, eleven New Zealand firefighters were injured while fighting the fire in the Howqua Valley in north-east Victoria.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
On the week end of 9 and 10 December, 3,000 firefighters fought the blazes. Settlements at Gaffneys Creek, A1 Mine Settlement, Burns Bridge, Mount Beauty, Bright, Wandiligong and Tawonga were threatened with the fires. On 11 December 4,000 firefighters fought 13 blazes. The fire has destroyed Craig's Hut, an alpine hut that featured in the film The Man from Snowy River. In Gippsland on 14 December, eighteen homes were destroyed in the Heyfield–Walhalla area in blazes believed to have been deliberately lit. A 48-year-old man was killed falling off the back of a trailer while fighting the Gippsland fires.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
In South Australia, nearly 1,200 km2 was burnt at Bookmark, near Waikerie in South Australia's Riverland region.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
In Tasmania, fires burnt at St Marys on the east coast, Zeehan in the west and in the state's south at Bream Creek and Deep Bay. Fires destroyed at least 18 houses near Scamander where in excess of 175 km2 were burnt. A further four homes were lost at Four Mile Creek on 14 December.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
In New South Wales, a fire near Tumut has burned over 130 km2 of pine plantation in the Bondo, Billapaloola and Buccleuch State Forests.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
On 3 December, up to 4,000 people were evacuated from Whiteman Park near Perth after a bushfire burnt through about 1 km2 of the park.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006
On 12 December, a man in Western Australia was charged with lighting a fire in the Perth Hills. A home in Kalamunda was completely gutted and several were damaged by flying embers.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007
In January 2007, several new bushfires were burning in the Gippsland region of Victoria. By 18 January, the fires had been burning across Victoria for 48 days and over 10,000 km2 had been burnt. Homes and other property and stock was lost.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007
There was a significant fire in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, near the towns of Kangarilla and Echunga, the Mount Bold Reservoir, and in parts of Kuitpo Forest. See  : Mount Bold Fire.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007
An arsonist lit at least thirteen fires in the eastern hills near Harrogate, but most were contained with minimal damage to property.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007
On the 16th a bushfire burning out of control near the town of Benalla in Victoria's North East caused power to be cut to much of the state when ash and smoke severed major transmission powerlines connecting Victoria to the national power grid. The 40 °C temperature caused a huge demand for power which, when paired with the severing of the line, forced power company's to impose rolling blackouts across the state, including power loss to parts of Melbourne which resulted in traffic problems across the city. Full power was restored at approximately 12:30 am the following day.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007
On 17 January, fires crossed the Murray River into New South Wales and threatened Thredbo. With the fire 12 km from the town, 700 tourists were evacuated.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007
On 21 January, a large fire began near the F3 Freeway (Freeway which connects Central Coast to Sydney), this resulted in its closure due to the intensity of the flames and smoke levels.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007
On 22 January, the fire broke containment lines and headed north thanks to wind levels and hot conditions, the fire also caused the closure of the Pacific Highway and train line. The suburb of Berowra also came under direct threat with residents urged at the time to prepare their properties. The railway station and a train that had stopped there came perilously close to being consumed by the bushfire. Later on 22 January, the fire front was slowly contained, allowing all three avenues to re-open by nightfall.


2006–07 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, February 2007
By the morning of 7 February, the fire complex in eastern Victoria was declared contained. Lasting 69 days and having merged to burn a total of 1,154,828 hectares, the bushfires were the longest in Victoria's history.


2006–07 Australian cricket season
The 2006–07 Australian cricket season is made up of three domestic competitions for the men; the first-class Pura Cup, the List A Ford Ranger One Day Cup and the Twenty20 competition KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The women compete in the Women's National Cricket League, although Tasmania does not have a first-class women's team. The season started on 11 October 2006 with a domestic Ford Ranger One Day Cup match between Queensland and Tasmania, and culminated with the World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka on 28 April 2007.


2006–07 Australian cricket season
The international season started with the Champions Trophy in October and November, followed by the 5-Test match Ashes series and a single Twenty20 match against England until early January. The English tour was followed by the 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series, an ODI triangular series against England and New Zealand which lasted until mid February. Later in the summer, Australia toured New Zealand, playing for the 2006–07 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, and competed in the World Cup in March and April.


2006–07 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, Ashes
The 2006–07 cricket series between Australia and England for the Ashes was played in Australia between 23 November 2006 and 5 January 2007. The five Test matches were at Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Australia won the series 5–0, the first  whitewash victory in 86 years, and regained the ashes that were held by England after its win in 2005. Australia also won the Twenty20 International.


2006–07 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, Commonwealth Bank Series
Australia was a clear winner in the round robin stage, with 7 wins and only 1 loss, but lost against England in the best-of-3 series final.


2006–07 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
3 ODI matches between Australia and New Zealand to be held in New Zealand.


2006–07 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, World Cup
The premier One Day International tournament was held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April. Australia topped their group in the competition, defeating Scotland, the Netherlands and South Africa along the way. They remained undefeated throughout the Super 8 stage of the competition and again topped the group table. They defeated South Africa in the semi-final and went on to complete an unbeaten tournament with victory over Sri Lanka in a rain-affected final.


2006–07 Australian cricket season, Domestic competitions, Tables
For an explanation of the points system for the Pura Cup, please see Pura Cup#Points system.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season
The 2006–07 Australian region cyclone season was a below average tropical cyclone season. It began on 1 November 2006 and ended on 30 April 2007; however, Tropical Cyclone Pierre formed on 17 May, after the official end date. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season, which runs from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season
Tropical cyclones in this area are monitored by four Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane; and TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Isobel
An area of increased thunderstorm activity south of Indonesia was first spotted on 29 December 2006, when the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) noted that a weak tropical low could develop in the area. Late on 31 December, the BOM began issuing advisories on the tropical low. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system early on 2 January 2007, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth upgraded it to a tropical cyclone later that morning, naming it Isobel. The JTWC followed suit and designated the system Tropical Cyclone 07S.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Isobel
Isobel was downgraded to a tropical low shortly after landfall over the Eighty Mile Beach on 3 January and advisories were stopped at 0600 UTC that morning. The remnants of Isobel merged with a deep low-pressure system near the southern coast of Western Australia, dumping 100 mm of torrential rain, in what was dubbed a "perfect storm". The extratropical system halted mining operations and unleashed winds of up to 120 km/h.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Isobel
After the system dissipated, the BOM de-classified Isobel as a tropical cyclone as post-storm analysis showed that it did not have a well enough defined center to qualify as a tropical cyclone.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Nelson
On 30 January, a tropical low was identified by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Darwin. It deepened as it moved east just north of the Northern Territory coastline and a cyclone watch was declared for eastern parts of the Northern Territory on 31 January. Cyclone warnings were issued on 1 February in the same area, while cyclone watches extended to most areas surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on the developing low on 1 February.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Nelson
However, this was cancelled on 3 February after the low showed no signs of developing. The low tracked to the southwest and approached the southern coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, before moving eastwards towards Queensland. On 5 February, the JTWC reissued their TCFA on the system, while the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane upgraded the system to tropical cyclone status, naming it Nelson, as well as issuing cyclone warnings for the Queensland coast surrounding the Gulf.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Nelson
The cyclone intensified to a Category 2 on the Australian scale late on 6 February and peaked while crossing the coast with gusts reaching 140 km/h (85 mph). Nelson was once forecast to reintensify in the Coral Sea and the east Queensland coast faced a cyclone watch for the first time this season. However, Nelson was later declared dissipated over southwestern Cape York Peninsula while a new low was detected just off Cairns on 6 February.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, TCWC Brisbane Tropical Low
Just east of the remnants of Nelson, a tropical low was detected on 6 February. The low absorbed the moisture from Nelson as it moved slowly away from the coast. On 7 February, the TCWC in Brisbane issued their last tropical cyclone advisory. In that advisory they noted that low would gradually intensify over the next 24 to 48 hours, however it was not expected to develop into a tropical cyclone until it was well away from the coast of Australia. On 8 February, the low continued to move to the east southeast but was in an unfavourable environment for intensification. The TCWC in Brisbane stopped issuing ocean wind warnings on the system on 9 February.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Odette
On 2 March, the TCWC in Brisbane, Queensland started issuing tropical cyclone advisories on a tropical low east of 150°E, which had formed in a monsoon trough. With the first advice, a cyclone watch was immediately declared for the Queensland coast between Ayr and St Lawrence, and TCWC Brisbane upgraded the low to Tropical Cyclone Odette on 3 March. Cyclone advisories were discontinued later that day when Odette remained near stationary in the Coral Sea. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center on that day issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing cyclone.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Odette
Early on 4 March, the JTWC cancelled the TCFA as Odette encountered high vertical wind shear in the Coral Sea. However, the system was still causing rough seas and swells along the coast of Queensland. Later that day, the BOM reported that there were no more ship observations of gales near the centre of the storm, and downgraded Odette to a tropical low noting that redevelopment was unlikely. On 6 March, the TCWC in Brisbane, Queensland noted the potential for redevelopment, and the remnants of Odette passed into the area of responsibility of RSMC Nadi early the next day. However, redevelopment did not occur, and tropical disturbance advisories were discontinued.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Odette
Odette was subsequently downgraded below tropical cyclone intensity by the warning agency in Brisbane.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George
A tropical low that had been centered over land in the Northern Territory's Top End since 27 February started showing signs of development, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Darwin initiated tropical cyclone advisories on 2 March while the low was still inland. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system later that day, and designated it Tropical Cyclone 17S the next day as it emerged into water.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George
Later on 3 March, TCWC Darwin upgraded the low to a tropical cyclone, naming it George, the first name used from the Darwin list since Fay in March 2004. George continued to strengthen, and was upgraded to a Category 2 tropical cyclone. It made landfall on 4 March in the Kimberley region of Western Australia on the western coast of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. The tropical cyclone weakened and the BOM downgraded it to a tropical low after it moved over land, but this weakening was short lived however, as it almost immediately reintensified into a Category 1 tropical cyclone when it started to move off the Kimberley coast.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George
The Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth began monitoring the re-developed cyclone as it moved westward. Initially, poor organisation inhibited any strengthening, but George moved into more favourable conditions and quickly reorganised itself, becoming a severe tropical cyclone on 7 March. The severe cyclone turned abruptly to the south later that day, moving closer to the Pilbara coast, while growing significantly in size. As George continued to move southwards towards Bedout Island on 8 March, George was upgraded a Category 4 cyclone with 10-min sustained winds of 105 knots.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George
Post analysis, however, lifted George's peak intensity to 110 knots just before it made landfall, and George was upgraded to a Category 5 cyclone. Cyclone George made landfall just east of Port Hedland at around 10 pm WDT (1300 UTC) on that day while it was still at its peak intensity and a minimum pressure of 902 hPa.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George
The JTWC issued its final warning on George early the next day as it was barely hanging on to Category 3 tropical cyclone status. George weakened slowly while over land and it was downgraded to a Category 2 late on 9 March. The next day TCWC in Perth issued its final warning.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George
Cyclone George was the most powerful cyclone to hit Port Hedland since Cyclone Joan in 1975. Three people were killed and twenty-eight others were injured as a result of the severe cyclone.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob
A tropical low formed in the Timor Sea off the Kimberley coast on 2 March and moved slowly in a westerly direction. It intensified slowly and was not expected to develop to a tropical cyclone. However, on early 7 March, convection improved slightly around the system, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth named it Jacob as it intensified to tropical cyclone status. A cyclone watch was immediately issued for Christmas Island, as Jacob moved to the west northwest closer to the island. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated the system Tropical Cyclone 18S on the same day.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob
Jacob was also upgraded to a Category 2 tropical cyclone by the TCWC in Perth. Jacob continued to strengthen into a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone on 8 March, but weakened shortly after back to a Category 2. Jacob slowed down its movement during the day and began to move eastward away from Christmas Island, therefore, cyclone warnings were cancelled. Jacob restrengthened to a Category 3 on 9 March and accelerated to the southeast towards the Australian mainland.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob
After just being hit by Severe Tropical Cyclone George the night before, TCWC Perth began issuing cyclone watches for Cyclone Jacob for the entire Pilbara coast later that day. The next day, Jacob once again weakened to a Category 2 tropical cyclone. The Bureau of Meteorology forecast Jacob to intensify to a Category 3 cyclone again before landfall, but this did not materialise and Jacob instead weakened further to a Category 1 cyclone on 11 March. Jacob weakened into a tropical low shortly after making landfall east of Port Hedland, Western Australia on 12 March.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Kara
On 24 March, TCWC Perth started issuing tropical cyclone advisories on a developing tropical low that had moved off land into waters off the Kimberley coast. It gained sizeable organisation, and the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert early on 25 March. Several hours later, it was named Tropical Cyclone Kara, with scatterometer readings of 40 knots to the south of the system. Kara intensified quickly, and the BOM upgraded it to Category 2 on the Australian scale later that day, then to a severe tropical cyclone early on 26 March. It then underwent rapid development, due to its small size and a favourable environment, and reached Category 3 severe tropical cyclone strength.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Kara
At this point, the Bureau of Meteorology had high uncertainty regarding the cyclone's future track, which generally pointed Kara to move southwards towards the Western Australian coast. Therefore, cyclone watches and warnings were issued for the entire Pilbara coast, extending as far east as Broome. The cyclone reached peak intensity late on 26 March, and began to rapidly weaken the next day due to increasing wind shear. The JTWC issued its last advisory on the evening of 27 March, and TCWC Perth followed suit early on 28 March as Kara dissipated near Eighty Mile Beach in Australia.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Pierre
Early on 16 May, slightly more than two weeks after the official end to the Australian cyclone season, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane identified a tropical low east-southeast of Papua New Guinea. The low organised quickly in the Soloman Sea, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on it several hours later. TCWC Brisbane named the system Tropical Cyclone Pierre early the next day. The JTWC issued its first advisory on Tropical Cyclone 24P several hours later, as the cyclone moved westward.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Pierre
Later that day, Pierre encountered increased wind shear and dry air, disrupting the system and inhibiting its development. These unfavourable conditions eventually caused the system to lose its convection and degenerate into a tropical low shortly before making landfall in Papua New Guinea. After that, Ex-Tropical Cyclone Pierre entered the northern part of the Coral Sea and threatened to produce heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts across Cape York Peninsula.


2006–07 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
During 25 March, TCWC Brisbane started monitoring a tropical low that was located about 390 km (240 mi) to the south-west of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Over the next day the system moved south-eastwards in an area of low vertical wind shear and moved into the South Pacific basin where the Fiji Meteorological Service started monitoring it as Tropical Depression 13F.


2006–07 Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup 2006–07 was the seventy-third season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It started on July 28, 2006 with the first game of the Preliminary Round. The final was held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna on 1 May 2007.


2006–07 Austrian Cup
The teams representing Austria in European competitions (Austria Wien, Red Bull Salzburg, FC Pasching and SV Mattersburg) received a bye to the third round of the tournament.


2006–07 Austrian Cup
The competition was won by Austria Vienna after beating SV Mattersburg 2–1. It was the 26th Austrian Cup title for the team from Vienna and the third in a row. Austria Vienna also qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2007–08 in the process.


2006–07 Austrian Cup, Preliminary round
The Preliminary Round involved 60 amateur clubs from all regional federations, divided into smaller groups according to the Austrian federal states. Thirty games were played between July 28 and August 15, 2006, with the winners advancing to the First Round.


2006–07 Austrian Cup, First round
The first round games were played on September 12 – 13, 2006.


2006–07 Austrian Cup, Second round
The second round games were played on October 17 – 24, 2006.


2006–07 Austrian Cup, Third round
The third round games were played on November 14 – 21, 2006.


2006–07 Austrian Cup, Semi final
The games were played on 3 and 4 April 2007.


2006–07 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2006–07 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 95th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called T-Mobile Bundesliga, named after the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season started on 18 July 2006, and the 36th and last round of matches took place on 20 May 2007.


2006–07 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Results
Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.


2006–07 Austrian Football First League
The 2006–07 Austrian First League (known as the Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 33rd Second division season. In this season, the league was expanded to 12 teams from the previous season's number of 10 teams. This meant that the previous Promotion/Relegation Play-off system no longer existed and all three Regionalliga Champions would now be automatically promoted while the bottom three finishers in the First League would now be relegated directly as well. Games for this season began on the 1 August 2006 and concluded on the 25 May 2007 with the Champions LASK Linz winning the League by a comfortable 13 points over second placed, SC Schwanenstadt.


2006–07 Austrian Hockey League season
The 2006–07 Austrian Hockey League season was the 77th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Eight teams participated in the league, and EC Red Bull Salzburg won the championship.


2006–07 Azadegan League, Promotion playoffs, Second Legs
Pegah Gilan and Shirin Faraz advance to the Persian Gulf Cup


2006–07 Azadegan League, 2nd stage promotion playoffs, Second Legs June 16
Foolad and Rah Ahan play each other for final Persian Gulf Cup spot


2006–07 Azadegan League, 2nd stage promotion playoffs, Final Leg
Rah Ahan FC remains in the Persian Gulf Cup while Foolad FC is relegated to the Azadegan League.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup 2006–07 was the 15th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan with the final taking place on 27 May 2007. Sixteen teams competed in this year's competition. Qarabağ were the defending champions.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Cup, Preliminary round
The first legs were played on the 6 September with the seconds leg taking place on 9 September 2006.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Cup, First round
The first legs were played on September 11 and 12 while the second legs were played on October 16 and 17, 2006.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Cup, Round of 16
The first legs were played on November 19 and 20 while the second legs were played on December 1 and 2, 2006.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on February 25 and 26 while the second legs were played on March 3, 2007.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Cup, Semifinals
The first legs were played on April 11 and 12, 2007. The second legs were played on April 21 and 22, 2007.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League
2006–07 Azerbaijan Premier League was the fifteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. The season started with 14 teams, but ended with 13 after FK Gäncä were excluded. FK Baku were the defending champions with the season began on 5 August 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007. At the end of the season the league was dissolved and replaced by the Azerbaijan Premier League.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League, Teams
MOIK Baku and Göyazan Qazax were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th and 14th place. They were replaced by Gilan Qäbälä and Simurq Zaqatala from the Azerbaijan First Division.


2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League, Teams, Stadia and locations
1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.


2006–07 B Group
The 2006–07 B Group was the 52nd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 12 August 2006 and finished on 2 June 2007 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.


2006–07 Bahraini Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Muharraq Club won the championship.


2006–07 Bangladeshi cricket season
The 2006–07 Bangladeshi cricket season featured a Test series between Bangladesh and India.


2006–07 Bangladeshi cricket season, Test series
India played 2 Test matches and 3 limited overs internationals, winning one Test and two internationals. The remaining Test was drawn and the third international was abandoned due to torrential rain. For information about this tour, see: Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007.


2006–07 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
The 2006–07 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2006–07 Barangay Ginebra Kings season, Key dates
August 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.


2006–07 Barnsley F.C. season
During the 2006–07 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.


2006–07 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary
During the early stages of the season, Ritchie was approached by Sheffield Wednesday about their vacant manager's position, following the sacking of Paul Sturrock in October 2006. However, the request was turned down by the club. Ritchie was sacked by Barnsley on 21 November 2006, with the team in the relegation zone of the League Championship.


2006–07 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary
Simon Davey was then appointed caretaker manager following Ritchie's dismissal. After a successful start he was given the job on a permanent basis at the end of the year, and later led the club to a successful fight against relegation at the end of the season.


2006–07 Barnsley F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Barnsley F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Barys Astana season
The 2006–07 Barys Astana season was the 8th season in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship and the 3rd season in the First League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship, in parallel.


2006–07 Basketball League of Serbia
The 2006–07 Basketball League of Serbia season was the 1st season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It was also 63rd national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.


2006–07 Basketball League of Serbia, Regular season, Super League standings
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference, Pts=Points


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season
The Bavarian ice hockey league season 2006-07 started on 20 October 2006 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 23 March 2007 with the third league final. It saw the EHF Passau take out the Bavarian title. The EHF, along with the runner-up Deggendorfer SC were accepted into the Oberliga for the 2007-08 season.


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season
No team remained undefeated all season or managed to suffer only one loss. Three clubs hold the joint record of two defeats only, those being the VER Selb, Wanderers Germaring and ESV Gebensbach. Also, three clubs remained winless all season, those being the EV Bruckberg, TSV Trostberg II and EC Pfaffenhofen II.


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Champions
The three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bayernliga, Play-Offs
All rounds of the play-offs were carried out in a best-of-three modus. The winner of the final was crowned Bayrischer Meister (English:Bavarian champions).


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bayernliga, Play-Downs
Both rounds were played in a best-of-three modus. The losing semi-finalists are relegated to the Landesligas.


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga
The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the top four clubs who entered the promotion round. The promotion round groups were mixed, with one club each from the four divisions. The bottom four entered a relegation round with the last club from there being relegated to the Bezirksliga.


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga
The winner of each of the four promotion rounds entered the Landesliga finals. The two winners of the semi finals were promoted to the Bayernliga. Because two teams from the Bayernliga were promoted to the Oberliga and none relegated, an additional two promotion spots became available and in the end all four finalists were promoted.


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga, Relegation round
The bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga.


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bezirksliga
The four regional division played out a home-and-away round to determined the league winner. The four league champions are nominally promoted to the Landesliga and also are qualified for the Bezirksliga championship round.


2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bezirksliga, Championship round
The Bezirksliga championship was decided in a home-and-away round with the club with the best aggregate score taking out the series. Nominally, all four teams are already promoted to the Landesliga, however, the VfL Denklingen was not.


2006–07 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
During the 2006–07 German football season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the Bundesliga.


2006–07 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season summary
Leverkusen repeated the previous season's fifth-placed finish, qualifying again for the UEFA Cup.


2006–07 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Belarusian Cup
2006–07 Belarusian Cup was the 16th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus.


2006–07 Belarusian Cup, First round
15 teams from the Second League (out of 17, excluding two teams which were reserve squads for Premier and First League teams), 10 teams from the First League (out of 14) and 3 amateur clubs started in this round. The games were played on 2 and 5 July 2006.


2006–07 Belarusian Cup, First round
4 First League clubs received a bye to the Round of 32: Zvezda-BGU Minsk (relegated from the Premier League after 2005 season), Mozyr-ZLiN (a merger of Slavia Mozyr who relegated from Premier League and ZLiN Gomel, who finished 4th in 2005 First League), Smorgon (3rd place in 2005 First League) and Minsk, a new club which took over the licence from Smena Minsk (5th in 2005 First League).


2006–07 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32
14 winners of previous round were joined by 14 clubs from Premier League and four First League clubs who received a bye to this round. The games were played on 10 and 13 August 2006.


2006–07 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16
The games were played as two-legged ties. The first legs were played on 20 September 2006. The second legs were played on 4 October 2006.


2006–07 Belarusian Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on April 1, 2007. The second legs were played on April 5, 2007.


2006–07 Belarusian Cup, Semifinals
The first legs were played on April 10, 2007. The second legs were played on May 2, 2007.


2006–07 Belarusian Extraliga season
The 2006–07 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 15th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. 11 teams participated in the league, and HC Dinamo Minsk won the championship.


2006–07 Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup 2006–07 was the 52nd staging of the Belgian Cup which is the main knock-out football competition in Belgium, won by Club Brugge.


2006–07 Belgian Cup, Matches, Round 6
Teams from the first division enter the competition at this stage except for the newly promoted team, Mons, who had to start in round four and immediately lost against U.R.S. du Centre. The teams from the first division that enter at this stage are seeded and can't meet each other, except for the team that ended in 17th position last season, Lierse. Apart from the 17 teams directly qualified, 15 other teams had qualified through winning in the fifth round:


2006–07 Belgian First Division
The 2006–07 season of the Belgian First Division began on July 28, 2006, and concluded on May 19, 2007. The championship was decided in the penultimate round on May 12, 2007, when Anderlecht moved five points clear of runners-up Genk to retain the title and win their 29th League Championship. At the other end of the table, the struggle to avoid automatic relegation went on until the final round, and it was Lierse who eventually prevailed.


2006–07 Belgian First Division
Having spent the entire season at the bottom of the standings and only just managing to close an eleven-point gap up to 17th, the Lier side won their last game to climb past Beveren and send the latter down to the Second Division. However, Lierse went on to lose the playoffs and was relegated anyway.


2006–07 Belgian First Division, Clubs
Eighteen teams played in the 2006-07 first division. Twelve teams were from Flanders, four clubs from Wallonia and just two clubs from the Brussels-Capital Region.


2006–07 Belgian First Division, Clubs, New teams
La Louvière had been relegated at the end of the previous season with Mons replacing them as they won the Belgian Second Division. Lierse had managed to win the promotion playoff and thus they remained in the first division.


2006–07 Belgian Hockey League season
The 2006–07 Belgian Hockey League season was the 87th season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Seven teams participated in the league, and the White Caps Turnhout won the championship.


2006–07 Beşiktaş J.K. season
The 2006–07 season was Beşiktaş' 49th season in the top-flight of the Turkish football league and their 104th year in existence. They finished 2nd place in the Turkish Super League behind Fenerbahçe, earning a berth in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. They won their 7th Turkish Cup by defeating Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–0 in extra time. They also defeated Galatasaray 1–0 to win the Turkish Super Cup. They were eliminated in the group stage in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup by finishing 4th.


2006–07 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Turkish Cup
After finishing in the top four of the previous season's Süper Lig, Beşiktaş qualified for the group stages. Beşiktaş was placed in Group D, along with MKE Ankaragücü, Bucaspor, Çaykur Rizespor and Gençlerbirliği. Beşiktaş finished second.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup
The 2006–07 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season lasted from 29 November 2006 to 18 March 2007.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup
This article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC 1–9), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2007 World Championships (held between WC 6 and 7, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar
Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2006–07 season.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup, Retirements
Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2006–07 season:


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics
The 2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics gives a detailed tabular account of the accumulating Biathlon World Cup scores and related rankings of the top 30 biathletes in the Total (Overall) World Cup, and the top 15 in each of the Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start Cups, as well as the top 10 nations in the Relay Cup and top 15 in the Nation Cup, for the duration of the 2006-07 World Cup season, including the 2007 Biathlon World Championships, which counted as usual in the World Cup scores.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics
For top 10 result listings and short summaries of all the season's World Cup races, please see the parent article.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Total
24 of 27 races count towards the final standings. The top 30 are listed, along with those who finished top six in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Individual
3 of 4 races count towards the final standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Sprint
9 of 10 races count towards the final standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single races


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Pursuit
7 of 8 races count towards the final standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who finished top six in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Mass start
4 of 5 races count towards the final total. The top 15 are listed, along with those who finished top six in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Relay
Four of the five relays counted towards the aggregate total.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Nations
Only sprint, individual and relay events count towards the Nations Cup.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Nations
The top three of five relays and the top 12 of 14 individual or sprint races count towards the final standings.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Total
24 of 27 races count in the overall standings. The top 30 are listed, along with those with a top-six placing in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Individual
Three of four races count towards the overall standings. The list includes the top 15 skiers and those with a top-six placing at an individual event.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Sprint
9 of 10 races count towards the overall standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top-six in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Pursuit
7 of 8 races count towards the individual standings. The top 15 skiers are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Mass start
4 of 5 races count towards the final total. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single race.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Relay
Four of five relays counted in the overall standings. The top ten teams are listed, as well as those who achieved a top-six placing this season.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Nations
Only sprint, individual and relay events count towards the Nations Cup. Thus the numbers along the top row in this table do not correspond to the numbers on the total standings.


2006–07 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Nations
The top three of five relays and the top 12 of 14 individual or sprint races count towards the final standings.


2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
The 2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season began with the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The season marked the 102nd season of Big Ten play. Ohio State won the Big Ten Conference regular season championship by two games over Wisconsin. Wisconsin's Alando Tucker was named Big Ten Player of the Year.


2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
Ohio State also won the Big Ten Tournament by defeating Wisconsin. As a result of the win, Ohio State received the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Six Big Ten teams (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin) were invited to the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State advanced to the National Championship game before losing to Florida.


2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
Michigan received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament and lost in the second round.


2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors
Two sets of conference award winners are recognized by the Big Ten – one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.


2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2007 NBA Draft
The following Big Ten players were selected in the 2007 NBA Draft:


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 2006–07 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 104th consecutive season played in the English football league system, their 46th in the second tier of English football, and their first season at that level under the name of the Football League Championship. Managed by Steve Bruce, Birmingham were promoted back to the Premier League after just one season in the Championship. They reached the fourth round of both the 2006–07 FA Cup and League Cup. The 2006–07 season also marked the 100th anniversary of the first match held at their St Andrew's stadium.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season
Gary McSheffrey was top scorer with 16 goals, of which 13 were scored in the league.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review
Birmingham returned straight back to the Premier League by finishing second in The Championship thereby gaining automatic promotion. The team had started the season inconsistently leaving them in ninth position after the 0–1 defeat to Norwich City on 17 November. This led to supporters calling for the sacking of manager Steve Bruce, but the board held firm and the team pulled themselves around. The year finished with Birmingham topping the table by nine points after dropping only seven points in 15 games since the defeat against Norwich.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review
Boxing Day saw the centenary of the opening of St Andrew's. Queens Park Rangers were the team to visit on the historic day, and Birmingham marked the occasion by defeating their rivals 2–1. Many fans also hoped that the 'curse of the gypsies' would finally be dispelled from the stadium, and at last the team could make their mark on English football.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review
The FA Cup saw Birmingham overturn Newcastle United away from home that was undoubtedly the result of the season. Goals from Gary McSheffrey, Bruno Ngotty, Sebastian Larsson, DJ Campbell, and an own goal by former Aston Villa midfielder Nolberto Solano gave Birmingham a 5–1 victory at St James' Park. Blues went on to lose in the next round to Reading.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review
Birmingham once again returned to some inconsistent form, but a run of good results after the Easter games against Burnley and Barnsley saw them climb back to the top of the table with one game to go, and after Crystal Palace beat Derby County, promotion was secured. The only thing left to be sorted out was who would win the league, Birmingham or Sunderland? Blues had a one-point lead, but after a defeat to Preston North End and a victory for Sunderland, Blues were confined to finishing second. But promotion back to the big time was secured.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review
The end of season awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, saw Stephen Clemence win the player of the season and players' player of the season awards. Fabrice Muamba was chosen young player of the season, and Krystian Pearce was the Academy player of the season. Sebastian Larsson's goal against Sheffield Wednesday on 28 April was chosen goal of the season, and the breakthrough award, sponsored by the local radio station, went to goalkeeper Colin Doyle, whose penalty save against Wolverhampton Wanderers in April earned him the "magic moment" award.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
Birmingham reached the fourth round of the 2006–07 FA Cup before losing to Reading of the Premier League.


2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, League Cup
Birmingham reached the fourth round of the 2006–07 League Cup before losing to Liverpool of the Premier League.


2006–07 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
During the 2006–07 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.