MATCH SCORECARD

Australia v England

1981-07-30 · Test · Men · Edgbaston

Australia25886.5 ov & 12167 ov

England18969.1 ov & 21992 ov

England won by 29 runs

Edgbaston

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · England

Fours76 · 44.2%

Other runs96 · 55.8%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours100 · 46.7%

Other runs114 · 53.3%

Scoring mix · England

Fours88 · 43.3%

Other runs115 · 56.7%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours48 · 44.9%

Other runs59 · 55.1%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Terry Alderman

5/42 · 1.81

Ray Bright

2/20 · 1.66

Dennis Lillee

2/61 · 3.38

Rodney Hogg

1/49 · 3.06

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

John Emburey

4/43 · 1.60

Chris Old

3/44 · 2.09

Ian Botham

1/64 · 3.20

Bob Willis

0/63 · 3.31

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Ray Bright

5/68 · 2.00

Terry Alderman

3/65 · 2.95

Dennis Lillee

2/51 · 1.96

Rodney Hogg

0/19 · 1.90

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Ian Botham

5/11 · 0.78

Bob Willis

2/37 · 1.85

John Emburey

2/40 · 1.81

Chris Old

1/19 · 1.72

INNINGS 1

England

69.1 overs · run rate 2.73 · all out

189

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught Rod Marsh	13	42	1	30.95
Mike Brearley	caught Allan Border	48	109	6	44.03
David Gower	caught Rodney Hogg	0	10	0	0.00
Graham Gooch	caught Rod Marsh	21	43	3	48.83
Mike Gatting	caught Terry Alderman	21	46	2	45.65
Peter Willey	bowled	16	59	2	27.11
Ian Botham	bowled	26	43	3	60.46
John Emburey	bowled	3	33	0	9.09
Bob Taylor	bowled	0	3	0	0.00
Chris Old	not out	11*	23	0	47.82
Bob Willis	caught Rod Marsh	13	15	2	86.66

Extras 17 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 17)Total 189 (69.1 ov)Run rate 2.73

Fall of wickets1-29 (Geoff Boycott)2-29 (David Gower)3-60 (Graham Gooch)4-101 (Mike Brearley)5-126 (Mike Gatting)6-145 (Peter Willey)7-161 (Ian Botham)8-161 (Bob Taylor)9-165 (John Emburey)10-189 (Bob Willis)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	18	4	61	2	3.38
Terry Alderman	23.1	8	42	5	1.81
Rodney Hogg	16	3	49	1	3.06
Ray Bright	12	4	20	2	1.66

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Mike Brearley

2nd wicket · Mike Brearley & David Gower

3rd wicket · Mike Brearley & Graham Gooch

4th wicket · Mike Brearley & Mike Gatting

5th wicket · Mike Gatting & Peter Willey

6th wicket · Peter Willey & Ian Botham

7th wicket · Ian Botham & John Emburey

8th wicket · John Emburey & Bob Taylor

9th wicket · John Emburey & Chris Old

10th wicket · Chris Old & Bob Willis

INNINGS 2

Australia

86.5 overs · run rate 2.97 · all out

258

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Graeme Wood	run out Chris Old	38	139	2	27.33
John Dyson	bowled	1	11	0	9.09
Allan Border	caught Bob Taylor	2	24	0	8.33
Ray Bright	lbw	27	51	4	52.94
Kim Hughes	lbw	47	101	7	46.53
Graham Yallop	bowled	30	70	3	42.85
Martin Kent	caught Bob Willis	46	81	6	56.79
Rod Marsh	bowled	2	24	0	8.33
Dennis Lillee	bowled	18	43	3	41.86
Rodney Hogg	run out	0	0	0	0.00
Terry Alderman	not out	3*	3	0	100.00

Extras 44 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 44)Total 258 (86.5 ov)Run rate 2.97

Fall of wickets1-5 (John Dyson)2-14 (Allan Border)3-62 (Ray Bright)4-115 (Graeme Wood)5-166 (Kim Hughes)6-203 (Graham Yallop)7-220 (Rod Marsh)8-253 (Martin Kent)9-253 (Rodney Hogg)10-258 (Dennis Lillee)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	19	3	63	0	3.31
Chris Old	21	8	44	3	2.09
John Emburey	26.5	12	43	4	1.60
Ian Botham	20	1	64	1	3.20

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Graeme Wood & John Dyson

2nd wicket · Graeme Wood & Allan Border

3rd wicket · Graeme Wood & Ray Bright

4th wicket · Graeme Wood & Kim Hughes

5th wicket · Kim Hughes & Graham Yallop

6th wicket · Graham Yallop & Martin Kent

7th wicket · Martin Kent & Rod Marsh

8th wicket · Martin Kent & Dennis Lillee

9th wicket · Dennis Lillee & Rodney Hogg

10th wicket · Dennis Lillee & Terry Alderman

INNINGS 3

England

92 overs · run rate 2.38 · all out

219

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught Rod Marsh	29	136	3	21.32
Mike Brearley	lbw	13	17	2	76.47
David Gower	caught Allan Border	23	59	2	38.98
Graham Gooch	bowled	21	93	3	22.58
Mike Gatting	bowled	39	71	3	54.92
Peter Willey	bowled	5	22	1	22.72
Ian Botham	caught Rod Marsh	3	11	0	27.27
Chris Old	caught Rod Marsh	23	24	3	95.83
John Emburey	not out	37*	79	5	46.83
Bob Taylor	lbw	8	47	0	17.02
Bob Willis	caught Rod Marsh	2	5	0	40.00

Extras 16 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 16)Total 219 (92 ov)Run rate 2.38

Fall of wickets1-18 (Mike Brearley)2-52 (David Gower)3-89 (Geoff Boycott)4-98 (Graham Gooch)5-110 (Peter Willey)6-115 (Ian Botham)7-154 (Chris Old)8-167 (Mike Gatting)9-217 (Bob Taylor)10-219 (Bob Willis)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	26	9	51	2	1.96
Terry Alderman	22	5	65	3	2.95
Rodney Hogg	10	3	19	0	1.90
Ray Bright	34	17	68	5	2.00

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Mike Brearley

2nd wicket · Geoff Boycott & David Gower

3rd wicket · Geoff Boycott & Graham Gooch

4th wicket · Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting

5th wicket · Mike Gatting & Peter Willey

6th wicket · Mike Gatting & Ian Botham

7th wicket · Mike Gatting & Chris Old

8th wicket · Mike Gatting & John Emburey

9th wicket · John Emburey & Bob Taylor

10th wicket · John Emburey & Bob Willis

INNINGS 4

Australia

67 overs · run rate 1.80 · all out

121

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw	2	5	0	40.00
John Dyson	lbw	13	46	1	28.26
Allan Border	caught Mike Gatting	40	175	4	22.85
Kim Hughes	caught John Emburey	5	11	0	45.45
Graham Yallop	caught Ian Botham	30	96	5	31.25
Martin Kent	bowled	10	45	1	22.22
Rod Marsh	bowled	4	8	1	50.00
Ray Bright	lbw	0	1	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	caught Bob Taylor	3	19	0	15.78
Rodney Hogg	not out	0*	6	0	0.00
Terry Alderman	bowled	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 14 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 14)Total 121 (67 ov)Run rate 1.80

Fall of wickets1-2 (Graeme Wood)2-19 (John Dyson)3-29 (Kim Hughes)4-87 (Graham Yallop)5-105 (Allan Border)6-114 (Rod Marsh)7-114 (Ray Bright)8-120 (Dennis Lillee)9-121 (Martin Kent)10-121 (Terry Alderman)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	20	6	37	2	1.85
Chris Old	11	4	19	1	1.72
John Emburey	22	10	40	2	1.81
Ian Botham	14	9	11	5	0.78

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Graeme Wood & John Dyson

2nd wicket · John Dyson & Allan Border

3rd wicket · Allan Border & Kim Hughes

4th wicket · Allan Border & Graham Yallop

5th wicket · Allan Border & Martin Kent

6th wicket · Martin Kent & Rod Marsh

7th wicket · Martin Kent & Ray Bright

8th wicket · Martin Kent & Dennis Lillee

9th wicket · Martin Kent & Rodney Hogg

10th wicket · Rodney Hogg & Terry Alderman

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