f33655	Worcestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1981
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 25th, 26th, 27th July 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by 7 wickets
Umpires	R Aspinall, D Shackleton
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 97/3 (Border 43*, Kent 37*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 69/3 (Neale 6*, Fisher 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Weston	lbw b Alderman	2
MS Scott	b Hogg	3
*PA Neale	lbw b Hogg	28
Younis Ahmed	c Border b Hogg	36
DN Patel	lbw b Beard	28
SP Henderson	c Alderman b Beard	4
J Birkenshaw	b Bright	32
+PB Fisher	c Bright b Beard	3
N Gifford	not out	11
AP Pridgeon	b Bright	9
J Cumbes	c Border b Bright	2
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 17 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-16, 3-83, 4-86, 5-102, 6-142, 7-158, 8-164, 9-182, 10-189 (75 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	16	6	42	3	-	-
Alderman	7	2	17	1	-	-
Bright	25	8	48	3	-	-
Beard	27	10	51	3	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	b Cumbes	9
GM Wood	c Birkenshaw b Cumbes	1
AR Border	b Patel	115
*KJ Hughes	lbw b Cumbes	5
MF Kent	b Patel	92
DM Wellham	lbw b Patel	8
+SJ Rixon	c and b Birkenshaw	2
GR Beard	lbw b Pridgeon	36
RJ Bright	c Patel b Pridgeon	12
RM Hogg	c Birkenshaw b Cumbes	2
TM Alderman	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 105.5 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-11, 3-17, 4-184, 5-234, 6-237, 7-237, 8-288, 9-289, 10-293 (105.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	17	5	30	2	-	-
Cumbes	20.5	7	62	4	-	-
Gifford	23	5	59	0	-	-
Patel	28	6	81	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	2	52	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MS Scott	c Alderman b Hogg	29
MJ Weston	c Wood b Bright	11
*PA Neale	not out	145
Younis Ahmed	c Hughes b Bright	14
+PB Fisher	c Rixon b Hogg	11
DN Patel	c Kent b Bright	39
SP Henderson	c Bright b Beard	0
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Alderman	54
N Gifford	retired hurt	5
AP Pridgeon	c Wellham b Hogg	1
J Cumbes	not out	5
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 15 nb)	30
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.5 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-47, 3-69, 4-89, 5-155, 6-160, 7-282, 8-327

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	21	1	64	3	-	-
Alderman	12.5	2	49	1	-	-
Bright	35	12	117	3	-	-
Beard	26	8	61	1	-	-
Border	3	0	12	0	-	-
Hughes	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KJ Hughes	c Fisher b Patel	36
GM Wood	b Gifford	59
MF Kent	c Weston b Gifford	16
AR Border	not out	70
DM Wellham	not out	54
J Dyson	did not bat
+SJ Rixon	did not bat
GR Beard	did not bat
RJ Bright	did not bat
RM Hogg	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 33.4 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-104, 3-113

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	4	0	25	0	-	-
Cumbes	3	0	26	0	-	-
Gifford	13	0	86	2	-	-
Patel	10	0	66	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	3	0	28	0	-	-
Weston	0.4	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PB Fisher made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Bright reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> TM Alderman reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> N Gifford retired hurt in the Worcestershire second innings having scored 5 (team had lost 7 wickets)

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