f34416 t943	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1982/83 (4th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1982 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 3 runs
Umpires	AR Crafter, RV Whitehead
Scorers	GGA Saulez, MK Walsh
Close of play day 1	England (1) 284 all out
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 287 all out
Close of play day 3	England (2) 294 all out
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 255/9 (Border 44*, Thomson 8*)
Player of the Match	NG Cowans

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Chappell b Thomson	10	53	79	-	-
G Fowler	c Chappell b Hogg	4	15	24	-	-
CJ Tavaré	c Yardley b Thomson	89	165	269	15	-
DI Gower	c Marsh b Hogg	18	26	42	1	-
AJ Lamb	c Dyson b Yardley	83	115	160	13	-
IT Botham	c Wessels b Yardley	27	23	38	5	-
G Miller	c Border b Yardley	10	15	36	-	-
DR Pringle	c Wessels b Hogg	9	48	59	1	-
+RW Taylor	c Marsh b Yardley	1	13	23	-	-
*RGD Willis	not out	6	21	37	-	-
NG Cowans	c Lawson b Hogg	3	12	10	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	24
Total	(all out, 382 minutes, 81.3 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Fowler), 2-25 (Cook), 3-56 (Gower), 4-217 (Tavaré), 5-227 (Lamb), 6-259 (Botham), 7-262 (Miller), 8-268 (Taylor), 9-278 (Pringle), 10-284 (Cowans, 81.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	17	6	48	0	-	5
Hogg	23.3	6	69	4	2	3
Yardley	27	9	89	4	-	-
Thomson	13	2	49	2	1	4
Chappell	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	b Willis	47	64	106	4	-
J Dyson	lbw b Cowans	21	40	60	3	-
*GS Chappell	c Lamb b Cowans	0	1	2	-	-
KJ Hughes	b Willis	66	172	257	9	-
AR Border	b Botham	2	10	15	-	-
DW Hookes	c Taylor b Pringle	53	69	101	7	-
+RW Marsh	b Willis	53	98	121	6	-
B Yardley	b Miller	9	17	19	2	-
GF Lawson	c Fowler b Miller	0	2	8	-	-
RM Hogg	not out	8	12	16	1	-
JR Thomson	b Miller	1	9	10	-	-
Extras	(8 lb, 19 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 361 minutes, 79 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Dyson), 2-55 (Chappell), 3-83 (Wessels), 4-89 (Border), 5-180 (Hookes), 6-261 (Hughes), 7-276 (Yardley), 8-276 (Marsh), 9-278 (Lawson), 10-287 (Thomson, 79 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	15	2	38	3	-	9
Botham	18	3	69	1	-	-
Cowans	16	0	69	2	-	2
Pringle	15	2	40	1	-	8
Miller	15	5	44	3	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Yardley b Thomson	26	44	57	2	-
G Fowler	b Hogg	65	99	166	8	-
CJ Tavaré	b Hogg	0	8	9	-	-
DI Gower	c Marsh b Lawson	3	9	10	-	-
AJ Lamb	c Marsh b Hogg	26	46	91	5	-
IT Botham	c Chappell b Thomson	46	46	89	8	-
G Miller	lbw b Lawson	14	29	37	2	-
DR Pringle	c Marsh b Lawson	42	118	170	6	-
+RW Taylor	lbw b Thomson	37	54	85	5	-
*RGD Willis	not out	8	32	69	-	-
NG Cowans	b Lawson	10	9	12	2	-
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 6 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 392 minutes, 80.4 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Cook), 2-41 (Tavaré), 3-45 (Gower), 4-128 (Fowler), 5-129 (Lamb), 6-160 (Miller), 7-201 (Botham), 8-262 (Taylor), 9-280 (Pringle), 10-294 (Cowans, 80.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	21.4	6	66	4	-	3
Hogg	22	5	64	3	-	2
Thomson	21	3	74	3	-	1
Yardley	15	2	67	0	-	-
Chappell	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	c Tavaré b Botham	31	57	106	5	-
KC Wessels	b Cowans	14	30	47	2	-
*GS Chappell	c sub (IJ Gould) b Cowans	2	8	9	-	-
KJ Hughes	c Taylor b Miller	48	116	158	6	-
DW Hookes	c Willis b Cowans	68	87	119	9	-
AR Border	not out	62	165	230	7	-
+RW Marsh	lbw b Cowans	13	28	39	1	-
B Yardley	b Cowans	0	5	4	-	-
GF Lawson	c Cowans b Pringle	7	16	28	1	-
RM Hogg	lbw b Cowans	4	8	18	1	-
JR Thomson	c Miller b Botham	21	62	129	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 447 minutes, 96.1 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Wessels), 2-39 (Chappell), 3-71 (Dyson), 4-171 (Hughes), 5-173 (Hookes), 6-190 (Marsh), 7-190 (Yardley), 8-202 (Lawson), 9-218 (Hogg), 10-288 (Thomson, 96.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	17	0	57	0	-	-
Cowans	26	6	77	6	-	-
Botham	25.1	4	80	2	1	-
Pringle	12	4	26	1	-	3
Miller	16	6	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 56/2 (Tavaré 17*, Gower 18*)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 183/3 (Tavaré 77*, Lamb 57*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 85/3 (Hughes 8*, Border 1*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 180/5 (Hughes 43*, Marsh 0*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: England (2) 85/3 (Fowler 35*, Lamb 13*)
--> Day 3 Tea: England (2) 193/6 (Botham 38*, Pringle 9*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (2) 99/3 (Hughes 27*, Hookes 17*)
--> Day 4 Tea: Australia (2) 176/5 (Border 0*, Marsh 3*)
--> CJ Tavaré (1) 50 in 116 balls, 187 minutes
--> AJ Lamb (1) 50 in 72 balls, 97 minutes
--> KC Wessels (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> KJ Hughes (1) 50 in 120 balls, 190 minutes
--> KJ Hughes (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 36
--> DW Hookes (1) 50 in 54 balls, 83 minutes with 7 fours
--> RW Marsh (1) 50 in 87 balls, 102 minutes with 6 fours
--> RW Marsh (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 52
--> G Fowler (2) 50 in 77 balls, 132 minutes
--> KJ Hughes (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 139 balls, 196 minutes
--> AR Border (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> DW Hookes (2) 50 in 69 balls, 89 minutes
--> JR Thomson reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CJ Tavaré, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> NG Cowans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RM Hogg in the Australia second innings (previous best was 5-28)
--> NG Cowans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DW Hookes in the Australia second innings (previous best was 2-69)
--> NG Cowans achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia second innings
--> IT Botham reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JR Thomson, his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings

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12th men: G.M.Wood (Australia) & E.E.Hemmings (England).
Chappell 111 catches (Cook 1st innings) to set new record for Tests
Hogg 50 wickets v England (Gower 1st innings)
Marsh 27th dismissal of series (Pringle (2nd innings) to set new record in Tests
Botham 100 wicket v Australia (Thomson 2nd innings) to complete 1000 runs/100 wicket double against Australia
Tavare /Lamb 161 4th wicket; Hughes/Hookes 100 4th wicket.

 

 

 

 

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