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Australia vs England, 4th Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1998 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

4th Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 29, 1998, England tour of Australia

270 & 244

(T:175) 340 & 162

England won by 12 runs

Player Of The Match

, ENG

6/60

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	c †Healy b McGrath	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart (c)	b MacGill	107	160	212	16	0	66.87
Mark Butcher	c Langer b McGrath	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Nasser Hussain	c †Healy b Nicholson	19	56	83	2	0	33.92
Mark Ramprakash	c McGrath b SR Waugh	63	92	120	5	0	68.47
Graeme Hick	c Fleming b MacGill	39	67	84	3	1	58.20
Warren Hegg †	c †Healy b SR Waugh	3	5	11	0	0	60.00
Dean Headley	c Taylor b McGrath	14	49	52	0	0	28.57
Darren Gough	b MacGill	11	14	21	2	0	78.57
Angus Fraser	not out	0	2	11	0	0	0.00
Alan Mullally	lbw b MacGill	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 6, w 1)	14
Total	76 Ov (RR: 3.55)	270
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Mike Atherton, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Mark Butcher, 2.5 ov), 3-81 (Nasser Hussain, 22.5 ov), 4-200 (Alec Stewart, 51.4 ov), 5-202 (Mark Ramprakash, 52.5 ov), 6-206 (Warren Hegg, 56.1 ov), 7-244 (Dean Headley, 70.5 ov), 8-266 (Graeme Hick, 73.5 ov), 9-270 (Darren Gough, 75.1 ov), 10-270 (Alan Mullally, 75.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	22	5	64	3	2.90	-	0	5
Damien Fleming	19	3	71	0	3.73	-	0	1
Matthew Nicholson	10	0	59	1	5.90	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	19	2	61	4	3.21	-	1	0
Steve Waugh	6	2	8	2	1.33	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Hick b Gough	7	29	44	0	0	24.13
Michael Slater	lbw b Gough	1	14	18	0	0	7.14
Justin Langer	c Hussain b Gough	44	103	168	5	0	42.71
Mark Waugh	lbw b Fraser	36	67	93	3	0	53.73
Steve Waugh	not out	122	198	315	13	0	61.61
Darren Lehmann	c †Hegg b Gough	13	23	28	2	0	56.52
Ian Healy †	c Headley b Fraser	36	55	68	3	0	65.45
Damien Fleming	c Hick b Mullally	12	30	41	2	0	40.00
Matthew Nicholson	b Gough	5	18	23	0	0	27.77
Stuart MacGill	c †Hegg b Mullally	43	63	98	3	0	68.25
Glenn McGrath	b Mullally	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 11)	21
Total	98.3 Ov (RR: 3.45)	340
Fall of wickets 1-13 (Michael Slater, 4.3 ov), 2-26 (Mark Taylor, 10.1 ov), 3-98 (Mark Waugh, 29.4 ov), 4-127 (Justin Langer, 40.4 ov), 5-151 (Darren Lehmann, 46.2 ov), 6-209 (Ian Healy, 61.5 ov), 7-235 (Damien Fleming, 71.3 ov), 8-252 (Matthew Nicholson, 76.6 ov), 9-340 (Stuart MacGill, 98.1 ov), 10-340 (Glenn McGrath, 98.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	28	7	96	5	3.42	-	0	4
Dean Headley	25	3	86	0	3.44	-	0	3
Alan Mullally	21.3	5	64	3	2.97	-	0	0
Mark Ramprakash	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	0	0
Angus Fraser	22	0	78	2	3.54	-	0	4

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	b Fleming	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart (c)	c Slater b MacGill	52	98	120	4	0	53.06
Mark Butcher	c Slater b MacGill	14	45	67	0	0	31.11
Dean Headley	b McGrath	1	15	22	0	0	6.66
Nasser Hussain	c Slater b Nicholson	50	131	157	6	0	38.16
Mark Ramprakash	b Nicholson	14	43	66	0	0	32.55
Graeme Hick	b Fleming	60	82	123	8	0	73.17
Warren Hegg †	c MacGill b Nicholson	9	21	28	1	0	42.85
Darren Gough	c Slater b MacGill	4	14	20	0	0	28.57
Angus Fraser	not out	7	20	27	0	0	35.00
Alan Mullally	c & b McGrath	16	15	21	3	0	106.66
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 11)	17
Total	80.2 Ov (RR: 3.03)	244
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Mike Atherton, 1.5 ov), 2-61 (Mark Butcher, 17.5 ov), 3-66 (Dean Headley, 24.1 ov), 4-78 (Alec Stewart, 29.3 ov), 5-127 (Mark Ramprakash, 46.2 ov), 6-178 (Nasser Hussain, 63.1 ov), 7-202 (Warren Hegg, 69.6 ov), 8-221 (Darren Gough, 74.2 ov), 9-221 (Graeme Hick, 75.1 ov), 10-244 (Alan Mullally, 80.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	20.2	5	56	2	2.75	-	0	6
Damien Fleming	17	4	45	2	2.64	-	0	1
Matthew Nicholson	15	4	56	3	3.73	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	27	3	81	3	3.00	-	0	4
Mark Waugh	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 175 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	lbw b Headley	18	23	26	3	0	78.26
Mark Taylor (c)	c Headley b Mullally	19	33	50	1	0	57.57
Justin Langer	c Ramprakash b Mullally	30	53	105	3	0	56.60
Mark Waugh	c Hick b Headley	43	81	116	2	0	53.08
Steve Waugh	not out	30	49	108	2	0	61.22
Darren Lehmann	c †Hegg b Headley	4	7	11	0	0	57.14
Ian Healy †	c Hick b Headley	0	2	8	0	0	0.00
Damien Fleming	lbw b Headley	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Matthew Nicholson	c †Hegg b Headley	9	29	41	0	0	31.03
Stuart MacGill	b Gough	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	lbw b Gough	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9
Total	46.4 Ov (RR: 3.47)	162
Fall of wickets 1-31 (Michael Slater, 5.5 ov), 2-41 (Mark Taylor, 10.5 ov), 3-103 (Justin Langer, 26.5 ov), 4-130 (Mark Waugh, 33.5 ov), 5-140 (Darren Lehmann, 35.6 ov), 6-140 (Ian Healy, 37.2 ov), 7-140 (Damien Fleming, 37.5 ov), 8-161 (Matthew Nicholson, 45.5 ov), 9-162 (Stuart MacGill, 46.2 ov), 10-162 (Glenn McGrath, 46.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	15.4	2	54	2	3.44	-	0	1
Dean Headley	17	5	60	6	3.52	-	0	3
Alan Mullally	10	4	20	2	2.00	-	0	0
Angus Fraser	4	0	23	0	5.75	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 26 Dec

day 1 - no play

Sun, 27 Dec

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 59/2 (Justin Langer 26*, Mark Waugh 12*, 18 ov)

Mon, 28 Dec

day 3 - England 2nd innings 65/2 (Alec Stewart 43*, Dean Headley 0*, 22 ov)

Tue, 29 Dec

day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 162 (46.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 4

Match Notes

Stuart MacGill's highest score

Dean Headley's best bowling

Steve Waugh reaches 7000 test runs

Darren Gough takes his 50th wicket against Australia

Mark Waugh 1000th run in a calendar year

Ian Healy take his 350th catch

McGrath equalls Australian record of 16 ducks -

which means he now holds the record with 18, after the 5th Test

Match Details

GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground

TossAustralia, elected to field first

Series

England tour of Australia

Player Of The Match

Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 2-1

Match numberTest no. 1436

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

Matthew Nicholson

Umpires

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