f36707 t1062	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1986/87 (4th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1986 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by an innings and 14 runs
Umpires	AR Crafter, RA French
Scorers	SP Austin (England), KV O'Neill (Australia)
Close of play day 1	England (1) 95/1 (Broad 56*, Gatting 8*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 349 all out
Player of the Match	GC Small

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Marsh	c Richards b Botham	17	47	69	2	-
DC Boon	c Botham b Small	7	11	20	1	-
DM Jones	c Gower b Small	59	136	154	6	-
*AR Border	c Richards b Botham	15	26	43	2	-
SR Waugh	c Botham b Small	10	30	43	-	-
GRJ Matthews	c Botham b Small	14	50	76	1	-
PR Sleep	c Richards b Small	0	8	12	-	-
+TJ Zoehrer	b Botham	5	7	14	1	-
CJ McDermott	c Richards b Botham	0	4	7	-	-
MG Hughes	c Richards b Botham	2	15	15	-	-
BA Reid	not out	2	3	6	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 234 minutes, 54.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Boon), 2-44 (Marsh), 3-80 (Border), 4-108 (Waugh), 5-118 (Jones), 6-118 (Sleep), 7-129 (Zoehrer), 8-133 (McDermott), 9-137 (Hughes), 10-141 (Matthews, 54.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Small	22.4	7	48	5	1	7
DeFreitas	11	1	30	0	-	-
Emburey	4	0	16	0	-	-
Botham	16	4	41	5	-	-
Gatting	1	0	4	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Broad	c Zoehrer b Hughes	112	255	328	9	-
CWJ Athey	lbw b Reid	21	58	74	1	-
*MW Gatting	c Hughes b Reid	40	118	173	2	-
AJ Lamb	c Zoehrer b Reid	43	92	140	5	-
DI Gower	c Matthews b Sleep	7	17	22	1	-
IT Botham	c Zoehrer b McDermott	29	54	66	4	-
+CJ Richards	c Marsh b Reid	3	14	32	-	-
PAJ DeFreitas	c Matthews b McDermott	7	14	21	1	-
JE Emburey	c and b McDermott	22	30	42	2	-
PH Edmonds	lbw b McDermott	19	49	67	1	-
GC Small	not out	21	36	42	2	-
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 508 minutes, 120.5 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Athey), 2-163 (Gatting), 3-198 (Broad), 4-219 (Gower), 5-251 (Lamb), 6-273 (Botham), 7-277 (Richards), 8-289 (DeFreitas), 9-319 (Emburey), 10-349 (Edmonds, 120.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDermott	26.5	4	83	4	-	3
Hughes	30	3	94	1	1	-
Reid	28	5	78	4	-	8
Waugh	8	4	16	0	-	-
Sleep	28	4	65	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Boon	c Gatting b Small	8	21	21	-	-
GR Marsh	run out (Edmonds->Richards)	60	142	213	6	-
DM Jones	c Gatting b DeFreitas	21	33	45	3	-
*AR Border	c Emburey b Small	34	82	85	4	-
SR Waugh	b Edmonds	49	103	115	3	-
GRJ Matthews	b Emburey	0	7	8	-	-
PR Sleep	run out (Gower->Edmonds)	6	25	25	1	-
+TJ Zoehrer	c Athey b Edmonds	1	8	9	-	-
CJ McDermott	b Emburey	1	14	16	-	-
MG Hughes	c Small b Edmonds	8	8	11	2	-
BA Reid	not out	0	4	5	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 281 minutes, 73.4 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Boon), 2-48 (Jones), 3-113 (Border), 4-153 (Marsh), 5-153 (Matthews), 6-175 (Sleep), 7-180 (Zoehrer), 8-185 (Waugh), 9-189 (McDermott), 10-194 (Hughes, 73.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DeFreitas	12	1	44	1	-	-
Small	15	3	40	2	-	1
Botham	7	1	19	0	1	-
Edmonds	19.4	5	45	3	-	-
Emburey	20	5	43	2	-	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 83/3 (Jones 38*, Waugh 2*)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 141 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 163/1 (Broad 87*, Gatting 40*)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) ?/4 (Lamb ?*, Botham ?*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (2) 87/2 (Marsh 35*, Border 20*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 169/5 (Waugh 37*, Sleep 5*)
--> DM Jones (1) 50 in 114 balls, 119 minutes
--> BC Broad (1) 50 in 84 balls, 112 minutes
--> BC Broad (1) 100 in 232 balls, 278 minutes with 9 fours
--> CWJ Athey (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 21
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 18
--> GC Small (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> GR Marsh (2) 50 in 112 balls, 167 minutes
--> GC Small made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> GC Small achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed PR Sleep in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-88)
--> GC Small achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> IT Botham reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GR Marsh, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> CJ McDermott reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed IT Botham, his 1st wicket in the England first innings

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12th men: G.M.Ritchie (Australia) & N.A.Foster (England).

 

 

 

 

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