MATCH SCORECARD

Australia v England

1982-12-26 · Test · Men · Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia28779 ov & 28896.1 ov

England28481.3 ov & 29480.4 ov

England won by 3 runs

Melbourne Cricket Ground

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · England

Fours140 · 53.8%

Other runs120 · 46.2%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours128 · 49.2%

Other runs132 · 50.8%

Scoring mix · England

Fours152 · 54.9%

Other runs125 · 45.1%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours124 · 45.9%

Other runs146 · 54.1%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Rodney Hogg

4/69 · 2.93

Bruce Yardley

4/89 · 3.29

Jeff Thomson

2/49 · 3.76

Greg Chappell

0/5 · 5.00

Geoff Lawson

0/48 · 2.82

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Bob Willis

3/38 · 2.53

Geoff Miller

3/44 · 2.93

Norman Cowans

2/69 · 4.31

Derek Pringle

1/40 · 2.66

Ian Botham

1/69 · 3.83

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Geoff Lawson

4/66 · 3.04

Rodney Hogg

3/64 · 2.90

Jeff Thomson

3/74 · 3.52

Greg Chappell

0/6 · 6.00

Bruce Yardley

0/67 · 4.46

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Norman Cowans

6/77 · 2.96

Ian Botham

2/80 · 3.17

Derek Pringle

1/26 · 2.16

Geoff Miller

1/30 · 1.87

Bob Willis

0/57 · 3.35

INNINGS 1

England

81.3 overs · run rate 3.48 · all out

284

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Cook	caught Greg Chappell	10	53	0	18.86
Graeme Fowler	caught Greg Chappell	4	15	0	26.66
Chris Tavaré	caught Bruce Yardley	89	165	15	53.93
David Gower	caught Rod Marsh	18	26	1	69.23
Allan Lamb	caught John Dyson	83	115	13	72.17
Ian Botham	caught Kepler Wessels	27	23	5	117.39
Geoff Miller	caught Allan Border	10	15	0	66.66
Derek Pringle	caught Kepler Wessels	9	48	1	18.75
Bob Taylor	caught Rod Marsh	1	13	0	7.69
Bob Willis	not out	6*	21	0	28.57
Norman Cowans	caught Geoff Lawson	3	12	0	25.00

Extras 24 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 24)Total 284 (81.3 ov)Run rate 3.48

Fall of wickets1-11 (Graeme Fowler)2-25 (Geoff Cook)3-56 (David Gower)4-217 (Chris Tavaré)5-227 (Allan Lamb)6-259 (Ian Botham)7-262 (Geoff Miller)8-268 (Bob Taylor)9-278 (Derek Pringle)10-284 (Norman Cowans)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geoff Lawson	17	6	48	0	2.82
Rodney Hogg	23.3	6	69	4	2.93
Bruce Yardley	27	9	89	4	3.29
Jeff Thomson	13	2	49	2	3.76
Greg Chappell	1	0	5	0	5.00

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Cook & Graeme Fowler

2nd wicket · Geoff Cook & Chris Tavaré

3rd wicket · Chris Tavaré & David Gower

4th wicket · Chris Tavaré & Allan Lamb

161

5th wicket · Allan Lamb & Ian Botham

6th wicket · Ian Botham & Geoff Miller

7th wicket · Geoff Miller & Derek Pringle

8th wicket · Derek Pringle & Bob Taylor

9th wicket · Derek Pringle & Bob Willis

10th wicket · Bob Willis & Norman Cowans

INNINGS 2

Australia

79 overs · run rate 3.63 · all out

287

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Kepler Wessels	bowled	47	64	4	73.43
John Dyson	lbw	21	40	3	52.50
Greg Chappell	caught Allan Lamb	0	1	0	0.00
Kim Hughes	bowled	66	172	9	38.37
Allan Border	bowled	2	10	0	20.00
David Hookes	caught Bob Taylor	53	69	7	76.81
Rod Marsh	bowled	53	98	6	54.08
Bruce Yardley	bowled	9	17	2	52.94
Geoff Lawson	caught Graeme Fowler	0	2	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg	not out	8*	12	1	66.66
Jeff Thomson	bowled	1	9	0	11.11

Extras 27 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 27)Total 287 (79 ov)Run rate 3.63

Fall of wickets1-55 (John Dyson)2-55 (Greg Chappell)3-83 (Kepler Wessels)4-89 (Allan Border)5-180 (David Hookes)6-261 (Kim Hughes)7-276 (Rod Marsh)8-276 (Bruce Yardley)9-278 (Geoff Lawson)10-287 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	15	2	38	3	2.53
Ian Botham	18	3	69	1	3.83
Norman Cowans	16	0	69	2	4.31
Derek Pringle	15	2	40	1	2.66
Geoff Miller	15	5	44	3	2.93

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Kepler Wessels & John Dyson

2nd wicket · Kepler Wessels & Greg Chappell

3rd wicket · Kepler Wessels & Kim Hughes

4th wicket · Kim Hughes & Allan Border

5th wicket · Kim Hughes & David Hookes

6th wicket · Kim Hughes & Rod Marsh

7th wicket · Rod Marsh & Bruce Yardley

8th wicket · Bruce Yardley & Geoff Lawson

9th wicket · Geoff Lawson & Rodney Hogg

10th wicket · Rodney Hogg & Jeff Thomson

INNINGS 3

England

80.4 overs · run rate 3.64 · all out

294

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Cook	caught Bruce Yardley	26	44	2	59.09
Graeme Fowler	bowled	65	99	8	65.65
Chris Tavaré	bowled	0	8	0	0.00
David Gower	caught Rod Marsh	3	9	0	33.33
Allan Lamb	caught Rod Marsh	26	46	5	56.52
Ian Botham	caught Greg Chappell	46	46	8	100.00
Geoff Miller	lbw	14	29	2	48.27
Derek Pringle	caught Rod Marsh	42	118	6	35.59
Bob Taylor	lbw	37	54	5	68.51
Bob Willis	not out	8*	32	0	25.00
Norman Cowans	bowled	10	9	2	111.11

Extras 17 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 17)Total 294 (80.4 ov)Run rate 3.64

Fall of wickets1-40 (Geoff Cook)2-41 (Chris Tavaré)3-45 (David Gower)4-128 (Graeme Fowler)5-129 (Allan Lamb)6-160 (Geoff Miller)7-201 (Ian Botham)8-262 (Bob Taylor)9-280 (Derek Pringle)10-294 (Norman Cowans)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geoff Lawson	21.4	6	66	4	3.04
Rodney Hogg	22	5	64	3	2.90
Bruce Yardley	15	2	67	0	4.46
Jeff Thomson	21	3	74	3	3.52
Greg Chappell	1	0	6	0	6.00

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Cook & Graeme Fowler

2nd wicket · Graeme Fowler & Chris Tavaré

3rd wicket · Graeme Fowler & David Gower

4th wicket · Graeme Fowler & Allan Lamb

5th wicket · Allan Lamb & Ian Botham

6th wicket · Ian Botham & Geoff Miller

7th wicket · Ian Botham & Derek Pringle

8th wicket · Derek Pringle & Bob Taylor

9th wicket · Derek Pringle & Bob Willis

10th wicket · Bob Willis & Norman Cowans

INNINGS 4

Australia

96.1 overs · run rate 2.99 · all out

288

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Kepler Wessels	bowled	14	30	3	46.66
John Dyson	caught Chris Tavaré	31	77	5	40.25
Greg Chappell	caught Ian Gould	2	8	0	25.00
Kim Hughes	caught Bob Taylor	48	116	4	41.37
David Hookes	caught Bob Willis	68	87	9	78.16
Allan Border	not out	62*	165	7	37.57
Rod Marsh	lbw	13	28	1	46.42
Bruce Yardley	bowled	0	5	0	0.00
Geoff Lawson	caught Norman Cowans	7	16	0	43.75
Rodney Hogg	lbw	4	8	1	50.00
Jeff Thomson	caught Geoff Miller	21	62	1	33.87

Extras 18 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 18)Total 288 (96.1 ov)Run rate 2.99

Fall of wickets1-37 (Kepler Wessels)2-39 (Greg Chappell)3-71 (John Dyson)4-171 (Kim Hughes)5-173 (David Hookes)6-190 (Rod Marsh)7-190 (Bruce Yardley)8-202 (Geoff Lawson)9-218 (Rodney Hogg)10-288 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	17	0	57	0	3.35
Ian Botham	25.1	4	80	2	3.17
Norman Cowans	26	6	77	6	2.96
Derek Pringle	12	4	26	1	2.16
Geoff Miller	16	6	30	1	1.87

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Kepler Wessels & John Dyson

2nd wicket · John Dyson & Greg Chappell

3rd wicket · John Dyson & Kim Hughes

4th wicket · Kim Hughes & David Hookes

100

5th wicket · David Hookes & Allan Border

6th wicket · Allan Border & Rod Marsh

7th wicket · Allan Border & Bruce Yardley

8th wicket · Allan Border & Geoff Lawson

9th wicket · Allan Border & Rodney Hogg

10th wicket · Allan Border & Jeff Thomson

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