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England vs Australia, 6th Test at London, Aug 27 1981 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

6th Test, The Oval, August 27 - September 01, 1981, Australia tour of England

352 & 344/9d

(T:383) 314 & 261/7

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

, AUS

7/89 & 4/70

Player Of The Series

, ENG

399 runs • 34 wkts

Australia 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Brearley b Botham	66	129	168	6	0	51.16
Martin Kent	c Gatting b Botham	54	129	179	7	0	41.86
Kim Hughes (c)	hit wicket b Botham	31	67	101	1	0	46.26
Graham Yallop	c Botham b Willis	26	50	59	1	0	52.00
Allan Border	not out	106	230	290	13	0	46.08
Dirk Wellham	b Willis	24	93	112	1	0	25.80
Rod Marsh †	c Botham b Willis	12	18	18	2	0	66.66
Ray Bright	c Brearley b Botham	3	40	41	0	0	7.50
Dennis Lillee	b Willis	11	36	36	1	0	30.55
Terry Alderman	b Botham	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Mike Whitney	b Botham	4	13	38	1	0	30.76
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 4, w 1)	15
Total	132 Ov (RR: 2.66)	352
Fall of wickets 1-120 (Graeme Wood), 2-125 (Martin Kent), 3-169 (Graham Yallop), 4-199 (Kim Hughes), 5-260 (Dirk Wellham), 6-280 (Rod Marsh), 7-303 (Ray Bright), 8-319 (Dennis Lillee), 9-320 (Terry Alderman), 10-352 (Mike Whitney)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Bob Willis	31	6	91	4	2.93	-	0	0
Mike Hendrick	31	8	63	0	2.03	-	0	0
Ian Botham	47	13	125	6	2.65	-	0	0
John Emburey	23	2	58	0	2.52	-	0	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Yallop b Lillee	137	321	441	7	0	42.67
Wayne Larkins	c Alderman b Lillee	34	75	93	4	0	45.33
Chris Tavaré	c †Marsh b Lillee	24	91	127	2	0	26.37
Mike Gatting	b Lillee	53	114	157	5	0	46.49
Mike Brearley (c)	c Bright b Alderman	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Paul Parker	c Kent b Alderman	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Ian Botham	c Yallop b Lillee	3	5	11	0	0	60.00
Alan Knott †	b Lillee	36	49	68	4	0	73.46
John Emburey	lbw b Lillee	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	b Alderman	3	7	13	0	0	42.85
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	6	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 9, nb 12, w 3)	24
Total	110.4 Ov (RR: 2.83)	314
Fall of wickets 1-61 (Wayne Larkins), 2-131 (Chris Tavaré), 3-246 (Mike Gatting), 4-248 (Mike Brearley), 5-248 (Paul Parker), 6-256 (Ian Botham), 7-293 (Geoff Boycott), 8-293 (John Emburey), 9-302 (Bob Willis), 10-314 (Alan Knott)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	31.4	4	89	7	2.81	-	0	0
Terry Alderman	35	4	84	3	2.40	-	0	0
Mike Whitney	23	3	76	0	3.30	-	0	0
Ray Bright	21	6	41	0	1.95	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c †Knott b Hendrick	21	46	62	1	0	45.65
Martin Kent	c Brearley b Botham	7	17	33	1	0	41.17
Kim Hughes (c)	lbw b Hendrick	6	24	22	1	0	25.00
Graham Yallop	b Hendrick	35	62	85	3	0	56.45
Allan Border	c Tavare b Emburey	84	152	192	8	0	55.26
Dirk Wellham	lbw b Botham	103	221	266	12	0	46.60
Rod Marsh †	c Gatting b Botham	52	83	96	7	0	62.65
Ray Bright	b Botham	11	14	30	2	0	78.57
Dennis Lillee	not out	8	36	36	1	0	22.22
Mike Whitney	c Botham b Hendrick	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 7, w 1)	17
Total	104.2 Ov (RR: 3.29)	344/9d
Did not bat Terry Alderman
Fall of wickets 1-26 (Martin Kent), 2-36 (Kim Hughes), 3-41 (Graeme Wood), 4-104 (Graham Yallop), 5-205 (Allan Border), 6-291 (Rod Marsh), 7-332 (Ray Bright), 8-343 (Dirk Wellham), 9-344 (Mike Whitney)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Bob Willis	10	0	41	0	4.10	-	0	0
Mike Hendrick	29.2	6	82	4	2.79	-	0	0
Ian Botham	42	9	128	4	3.04	-	0	0
John Emburey	23	3	76	1	3.30	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings (T: 383 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Lillee	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Wayne Larkins	c Alderman b Lillee	24	78	119	4	0	30.76
Chris Tavaré	c Kent b Whitney	8	36	44	0	0	22.22
Mike Gatting	c Kent b Lillee	56	70	85	7	0	80.00
Paul Parker	c Kent b Alderman	13	46	55	2	0	28.26
Mike Brearley (c)	c †Marsh b Lillee	51	160	166	7	0	31.87
Ian Botham	lbw b Alderman	16	14	10	2	0	114.28
Alan Knott †	not out	70	138	167	11	0	50.72
John Emburey	not out	5	33	52	0	0	15.15
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 9, w 2)	18
Total	95 Ov (RR: 2.74)	261/7
Did not bat Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Geoff Boycott), 2-18 (Chris Tavaré), 3-88 (Wayne Larkins), 4-101 (Mike Gatting), 5-127 (Paul Parker), 6-144 (Ian Botham), 7-237 (Mike Brearley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	30	10	70	4	2.33	-	0	0
Terry Alderman	19	6	60	2	3.15	-	0	0
Mike Whitney	11	4	46	1	4.18	-	0	0
Ray Bright	27	12	50	0	1.85	-	0	0
Graham Yallop	8	2	17	0	2.12	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 27 Aug

day 1 - Australia 1st innings 251/4 (Allan Border 51*, Dirk Wellham 19*)

Fri, 28 Aug

day 2 - England 1st innings 100/1 (Geoff Boycott 47*, Chris Tavaré 8*)

Sat, 29 Aug

day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 36/2 (Graeme Wood 20*)

Sun, 30 Aug

rest day

Mon, 31 Aug

day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 344/9 (Dennis Lillee 8*)

Tue, 01 Sep

day 5 - England 2nd innings 261/7 (95 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Brearley undefeated as captain in 19 home tests.

Match Details

GroundKennington Oval, London

TossEngland, elected to field first

Series

Australia tour of England

Season1981

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series resultEngland won the 6-match series 3-1

Match numberTest no. 908

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

Umpires

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