Australia vs England, 2nd Test at Melbourne, Dec 24 1994 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
2nd Test, Melbourne, December 24 - 29, 1994, England tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| run out (DeFreitas/Gatting) | 3 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15.78 | |||
| lbw b DeFreitas | 9 | 41 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 21.95 | |||
| c Hick b Tufnell | 41 | 100 | 148 | 4 | 0 | 41.00 | |||
| c Thorpe b DeFreitas | 71 | 155 | 221 | 3 | 0 | 45.80 | |||
| c Atherton b Gough | 3 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13.04 | |||
| not out | 94 | 191 | 265 | 5 | 0 | 49.21 | |||
| c †Rhodes b Tufnell | 17 | 42 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 40.47 | |||
| c Hick b Gough | 6 | 25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | |||
| lbw b Gough | 9 | 31 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 29.03 | |||
| b Gough | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Hick b Malcolm | 16 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 84.21 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 3) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 107.3 Ov (RR: 2.59, 471 Mins) | 279 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-10 (Michael Slater), 2-39 (Mark Taylor), 3-91 (David Boon), 4-100 (Michael Bevan), 5-171 (Mark Waugh), 6-208 (Ian Healy), 7-220 (Shane Warne), 8-242 (Tim May), 9-242 (Craig McDermott), 10-279 (Damien Fleming) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.3 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 2.73 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 4 | 66 | 2 | 2.86 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 9 | 60 | 4 | 2.30 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 2.10 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Warne | 44 | 157 | 199 | 4 | 0 | 28.02 | |||
| c & b Warne | 16 | 26 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| c †Healy b McDermott | 23 | 33 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 69.69 | |||
| c ME Waugh b Warne | 51 | 116 | 149 | 5 | 0 | 43.96 | |||
| c & b McDermott | 15 | 52 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 28.84 | |||
| c SR Waugh b Warne | 9 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| c †Healy b McDermott | 20 | 52 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 38.46 | |||
| c ME Waugh b Warne | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| st †Healy b Warne | 14 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 73.68 | |||
| not out | 11 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 84.61 | |||
| run out (Taylor) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 2) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 83.4 Ov (RR: 2.53, 339 Mins) | 212 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 0-10* (Alec Stewart, retired not out), 1-40 (Graeme Hick), 2-119 (Mike Atherton), 3-124 (Graham Thorpe), 4-140 (Mike Gatting), 5-148 (Graham Gooch), 6-151 (Steve Rhodes), 7-185 (Alec Stewart), 8-189 (Darren Gough), 9-207 (Phil DeFreitas), 10-212 (Phil Tufnell) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 6 | 72 | 3 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 2.72 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 27.4 | 8 | 64 | 6 | 2.31 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 1.55 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Gough | 19 | 64 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 29.68 | |||
| st †Rhodes b Tufnell | 44 | 74 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 59.45 | |||
| lbw b DeFreitas | 131 | 277 | 378 | 14 | 0 | 47.29 | |||
| c & b Gough | 29 | 82 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 35.36 | |||
| c sub (JP Crawley) b Tufnell | 35 | 135 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 25.92 | |||
| not out | 26 | 73 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 35.61 | |||
| c Thorpe b Tufnell | 17 | 38 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 44.73 | |||
| c DeFreitas b Gough | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 9, nb 6, w 1) | 17 | |||||||
| Total | 124 Ov (RR: 2.58, 533 Mins) | 320/7d | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-61 (Mark Taylor), 2-81 (Michael Slater), 3-157 (Mark Waugh), 4-269 (Michael Bevan), 5-275 (David Boon), 6-316 (Ian Healy), 7-317 (Shane Warne) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 3.90 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 26 | 2 | 70 | 1 | 2.69 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 48 | 8 | 90 | 3 | 1.87 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | 6 | 59 | 3 | 2.36 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1.66 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 388 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Healy b Fleming | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| c †Healy b McDermott | 25 | 43 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 58.13 | |||
| b Fleming | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c †Healy b McDermott | 9 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 45.00 | |||
| c Taylor b McDermott | 25 | 72 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 34.72 | |||
| c ME Waugh b McDermott | 16 | 72 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |||
| not out | 8 | 29 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 27.58 | |||
| lbw b Warne | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Healy b Warne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Boon b Warne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Healy b McDermott | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 3) | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 42.5 Ov (RR: 2.14, 184 Mins) | 92 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Graham Gooch), 2-10 (Graeme Hick), 3-23 (Graham Thorpe), 4-43 (Mike Atherton), 5-81 (Mike Gatting), 6-88 (Steve Rhodes), 7-91 (Phil DeFreitas), 8-91 (Darren Gough), 9-91 (Devon Malcolm), 10-92 (Phil Tufnell) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.5 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 2.49 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1.23 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Sat, 24 Dec
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 220/7 (Steve Waugh 61*, 89.5 ov)Sun, 25 Dec
rest dayMon, 26 Dec
day 2 - England 1st innings 148/4 (Graham Gooch 15*, Darren Gough 1*, 68 ov)Tue, 27 Dec
day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 170/3 (David Boon 64*, Michael Bevan 3*, 69 ov)Wed, 28 Dec
day 4 - England 2nd innings 79/4 (Mike Gatting 23*, Steve Rhodes 13*, 30 ov)Thu, 29 Dec
day 5 - England 2nd innings 92 (42.5 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
Day 1
Day 2
Fleming had an all run four.
Lunch: England 100 (Atherton 8*, Stewart 1*)
AJ Stewart (1) retired hurt on 1* from 10/0 to 151/6 (Broken finger, struck on index finer from a delivery bowled by McDermott)
Eng 200 (488b)
Gooch was out off the first ball of Day 3 off a full toss.
With Stewart's dismissal, Warne completed 150 wkts (@22.98).
With Gough's dismissal, McDermott took his 249th wicket, passing Benaud to become the 2nd alltime Aus wicket-taker.
Aus 2nd innings
Aus 50 (94b) 150 (344b)
New ball taken at start of the 87th over.
Boon 100 (301m 232b 10x4) Boon 131 (379m 277b 14x4) Boon's 20th century, 14th player to do so, 17th alltime rungetter past Barrington and Vengsarkar.
Boon has three all run fours.
Bevan has an all run four.
Eng 2nd innings
Warne performed the hat-trick in his 13th over dismissing DeFreitas, Gough, Malcolm off his 4th, 5th, 6th deliveries.
Gatting was dismissed off the 2nd ball of Day 5.
Atherton 1x4 all run.
Attendance: 144,492
Match Details
GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground
TossEngland, elected to field first
Season1994/95
Player Of The Match
Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match numberTest no. 1279
Match daysday (5-day match)
Umpires
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Match Referee