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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1990 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | AR Crafter, PJ McConnell |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 239/4 (Gower 73*, Stewart 42*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 109/1 (Taylor 42*, Boon 18*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 306 all out |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 28/2 (Marsh 11*, Boon 8*) |
| Player of the Match | BA Reid |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GA Gooch | lbw b Alderman | 20 | 33 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| MA Atherton | c Boon b Reid | 0 | 11 | 15 | - | - | |
| W Larkins | c Healy b Reid | 64 | 145 | 218 | 5 | - | |
| RA Smith | c Healy b Hughes | 30 | 86 | 121 | 3 | - | |
| DI Gower | c and b Reid | 100 | 170 | 254 | 8 | - | |
| AJ Stewart | c Healy b Reid | 79 | 211 | 279 | 4 | - | |
| +RC Russell | c Healy b Hughes | 15 | 55 | 69 | 1 | - | |
| PAJ DeFreitas | c Healy b Reid | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| ARC Fraser | c Jones b Alderman | 24 | 55 | 69 | 3 | - | |
| DE Malcolm | c Taylor b Reid | 6 | 19 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| PCR Tufnell | not out | 0 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 9 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 561 minutes, 131.4 overs) | 352 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Atherton), 2-30 (Gooch), 3-109 (Smith), 4-152 (Larkins), 5-274 (Gower), 6-303 (Russell), 7-307 (DeFreitas), 8-324 (Stewart), 9-344 (Malcolm), 10-352 (Fraser) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alderman | 30.4 | 7 | 86 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Reid | 39 | 8 | 97 | 6 | - | 1 | |
| Hughes | 29 | 7 | 83 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Matthews | 27 | 8 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waugh | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Marsh | c Russell b DeFreitas | 36 | 62 | 85 | 5 | - | |
| MA Taylor | c Russell b DeFreitas | 61 | 177 | 256 | 4 | - | |
| DC Boon | c Russell b Malcolm | 28 | 82 | 119 | 1 | - | |
| *AR Border | c Russell b Fraser | 62 | 164 | 239 | 5 | - | |
| DM Jones | c Russell b Fraser | 44 | 57 | 86 | 6 | - | |
| SR Waugh | b Fraser | 19 | 47 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| GRJ Matthews | lbw b Fraser | 12 | 54 | 79 | - | - | |
| +IA Healy | c Russell b Fraser | 5 | 10 | 21 | - | - | |
| MG Hughes | lbw b Malcolm | 4 | 15 | 46 | - | - | |
| TM Alderman | b Fraser | 0 | 10 | 9 | - | - | |
| BA Reid | not out | 3 | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 12 lb, 16 nb) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 514 minutes, 112.5 overs) | 306 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63 (Marsh), 2-133 (Boon), 3-149 (Taylor), 4-224 (Jones), 5-264 (Waugh), 6-281 (Border), 7-289 (Healy), 8-298 (Matthews), 9-302 (Alderman), 10-306 (Hughes) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Malcolm | 25.5 | 4 | 74 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Fraser | 39 | 10 | 82 | 6 | - | 9 | |
| Tufnell | 21 | 5 | 62 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| DeFreitas | 25 | 5 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Atherton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GA Gooch | c Alderman b Reid | 58 | 116 | 147 | 9 | - | |
| MA Atherton | c Healy b Reid | 4 | 20 | 26 | - | - | |
| W Larkins | c Healy b Reid | 54 | 171 | 232 | 6 | - | |
| RA Smith | c Taylor b Reid | 8 | 15 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| DI Gower | c Border b Matthews | 0 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| AJ Stewart | c Marsh b Reid | 8 | 60 | 70 | - | - | |
| +RC Russell | c Jones b Matthews | 1 | 33 | 46 | - | - | |
| PAJ DeFreitas | lbw b Reid | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| ARC Fraser | c Taylor b Reid | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| DE Malcolm | lbw b Matthews | 1 | 14 | 21 | - | - | |
| PCR Tufnell | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 6 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 294 minutes, 73 overs) | 150 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Atherton), 2-103 (Gooch), 3-115 (Smith), 4-122 (Gower), 5-147 (Stewart), 6-148 (Larkins), 7-148 (DeFreitas), 8-148 (Fraser), 9-150 (Russell), 10-150 (Malcolm) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alderman | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | 4 | |
| Reid | 22 | 12 | 51 | 7 | - | 1 | |
| Hughes | 9 | 4 | 26 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Matthews | 25 | 9 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Waugh | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Marsh | not out | 79 | 257 | 363 | 7 | - | |
| MA Taylor | c Atherton b Malcolm | 5 | 24 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| +IA Healy | c Atherton b Fraser | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| DC Boon | not out | 94 | 234 | 321 | 8 | - | |
| *AR Border | did not bat | ||||||
| DM Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Waugh | did not bat | ||||||
| GRJ Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Hughes | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Alderman | did not bat | ||||||
| BA Reid | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 12 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 363 minutes, 86 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Taylor), 2-10 (Healy) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Malcolm | 23 | 7 | 52 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Fraser | 20 | 4 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tufnell | 24 | 12 | 36 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| DeFreitas | 16 | 3 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Atherton | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 89/2 (Larkins 40*, Smith 23*)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 155/4 (Gower 32*, Stewart 3*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 303/6 (Stewart 63*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 21/0 (Marsh 15*, Taylor 4*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 169/3 (Border 15*, Jones 7*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 259/4 (Border 50*, Waugh 14*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: England (2) 78/1 (Gooch 44*, Larkins 20*)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 147/4 (Larkins 53*, Stewart 8*)
--> Day 5 Lunch: Australia (2) 81/2 (Marsh 31*, Boon 32*)
--> Day 5 Tea: Australia (2) 141/2 (Marsh 67*, Boon 51*)
--> PCR Tufnell made his debut in Test matches
--> W Larkins (1) 50 in 89 balls, 133 minutes with 4 fours
--> W Larkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Test matches
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 77 balls, 124 minutes with 2 fours
--> DI Gower (1) 100 in 168 balls, 251 minutes with 8 fours
--> AJ Stewart (1) 50 in 139 balls, 177 minutes with 2 fours
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Test matches
--> ARC Fraser (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> MA Taylor (1) 50 in 123 balls, 173 minutes with 4 fours
--> AR Border (1) 50 in 129 balls, 185 minutes with 2 fours
--> SR Waugh (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 16
--> GA Gooch (2) 50 in 108 balls, 132 minutes with 8 fours
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 31500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> W Larkins (2) 50 in 146 balls, 199 minutes with 6 fours
--> AJ Stewart (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GR Marsh (2) 50 in 189 balls, 262 minutes with 3 fours
--> DC Boon (2) 50 in 167 balls, 237 minutes
--> PCR Tufnell made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> BA Reid achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AJ Stewart in the England first innings (previous best was 4-53)
--> BA Reid achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> ARC Fraser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed TM Alderman in the Australia first innings (previous best was 5-28)
--> BA Reid achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed ARC Fraser in the England second innings (previous best was 6-54)
--> BA Reid achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed ARC Fraser in the England second innings (previous best was 6-97)
Twelfth men: C.G.Rackemann (A) and C.C.Lewis (E)
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