Matches (7)

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Men's Under-19 World Cup (1)

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IND-A

USA

(19.4/20 ov, T:239) 200

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ITA

CAN

(20 ov, T:157) 146/6

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England vs Australia, 1st Test at Nottingham, Jun 18 1981 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Nottingham, June 18 - 21, 1981, Australia tour of England

185 & 125

(T:132) 179 & 132/6

Australia won by 4 wickets

Player Of The Match

, AUS

3/34 & 5/46

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
Graham Gooch	c Wood b Lillee	10	18	18	2	0	55.55
Geoff Boycott	c Border b Alderman	27	53	82	1	0	50.94
Bob Woolmer	c Wood b Lillee	0	9	9	0	0	0.00
David Gower	c Yallop b Lillee	26	39	65	4	0	66.66
Mike Gatting	lbw b Hogg	52	117	154	6	0	44.44
Peter Willey	c Border b Alderman	10	22	35	1	0	45.45
Ian Botham (c)	b Alderman	1	8	15	0	0	12.50
Paul Downton †	c Yallop b Alderman	8	23	35	0	0	34.78
Graham Dilley	b Hogg	34	49	71	6	0	69.38
Bob Willis	c †Marsh b Hogg	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	6	8	19	1	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 4, w 1)	11
Total	56.4 Ov (RR: 3.26)	185
Fall of wickets 1-13 (Graham Gooch), 2-13 (Bob Woolmer), 3-57 (Geoff Boycott), 4-67 (David Gower), 5-92 (Peter Willey), 6-96 (Ian Botham), 7-116 (Paul Downton), 8-159 (Mike Gatting), 9-159 (Bob Willis), 10-185 (Graham Dilley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	13	3	34	3	2.61	-	0	0
Terry Alderman	24	7	68	4	2.83	-	0	0
Rodney Hogg	11.4	1	47	3	4.02	-	0	0
Geoff Lawson	8	3	25	0	3.12	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw b Dilley	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
John Dyson	c Woolmer b Willis	5	45	61	0	0	11.11
Graham Yallop	b Hendrick	13	47	64	0	0	27.65
Kim Hughes (c)	lbw b Willis	7	34	42	1	0	20.58
Trevor Chappell	b Hendrick	17	80	122	1	0	21.25
Allan Border	c & b Botham	63	204	266	7	0	30.88
Rod Marsh †	c Boycott b Willis	19	13	21	3	0	146.15
Geoff Lawson	c Gower b Botham	14	18	30	1	0	77.77
Dennis Lillee	c †Downton b Dilley	12	48	57	1	0	25.00
Rodney Hogg	c Boycott b Dilley	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Terry Alderman	not out	12	31	51	0	0	38.70
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 4, w 1)	17
Total	86.5 Ov (RR: 2.06)	179
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Graeme Wood), 2-21 (John Dyson), 3-21 (Graham Yallop), 4-33 (Kim Hughes), 5-64 (Trevor Chappell), 6-89 (Rod Marsh), 7-110 (Geoff Lawson), 8-147 (Dennis Lillee), 9-153 (Rodney Hogg), 10-179 (Allan Border)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Graham Dilley	20	7	38	3	1.90	-	0	0
Bob Willis	30	14	47	3	1.56	-	0	0
Mike Hendrick	20	7	43	2	2.15	-	0	0
Ian Botham	16.5	6	34	2	2.01	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	c Yallop b Lillee	6	9	10	1	0	66.66
Geoff Boycott	c †Marsh b Alderman	4	9	16	1	0	44.44
Bob Woolmer	c †Marsh b Alderman	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
David Gower	c sub (MF Kent) b Lillee	28	72	117	3	0	38.88
Mike Gatting	lbw b Alderman	15	34	42	2	0	44.11
Peter Willey	lbw b Lillee	13	27	30	2	0	48.14
Ian Botham (c)	c Border b Lillee	33	38	65	4	0	86.84
Paul Downton †	lbw b Alderman	3	12	19	0	0	25.00
Graham Dilley	c †Marsh b Alderman	13	18	20	2	0	72.22
Bob Willis	c Chappell b Lillee	1	10	20	0	0	10.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1)	9
Total	38.4 Ov (RR: 3.23)	125
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Graham Gooch), 2-12 (Geoff Boycott), 3-13 (Bob Woolmer), 4-39 (Mike Gatting), 5-61 (Peter Willey), 6-94 (David Gower), 7-109 (Paul Downton), 8-113 (Ian Botham), 9-125 (Graham Dilley), 10-125 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	16.4	2	46	5	2.76	-	0	0
Terry Alderman	19	3	62	5	3.26	-	0	0
Rodney Hogg	3	1	8	0	2.66	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 132 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Woolmer b Willis	8	28	31	1	0	28.57
John Dyson	c †Downton b Dilley	38	89	145	1	0	42.69
Graham Yallop	c Gatting b Botham	6	34	42	0	0	17.64
Kim Hughes (c)	lbw b Dilley	22	53	58	3	0	41.50
Trevor Chappell	not out	20	65	94	0	0	30.76
Allan Border	b Dilley	20	49	65	2	0	40.81
Rod Marsh †	lbw b Dilley	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Geoff Lawson	not out	5	11	15	1	0	45.45
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 6)	13
Total	54.1 Ov (RR: 2.43)	132/6
Did not bat Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Terry Alderman
Fall of wickets 1-20 (Graeme Wood), 2-40 (Graham Yallop), 3-77 (Kim Hughes), 4-80 (John Dyson), 5-122 (Allan Border), 6-122 (Rod Marsh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Graham Dilley	11.1	4	24	4	2.14	-	0	0
Bob Willis	13	2	28	1	2.15	-	0	0
Mike Hendrick	20	7	33	0	1.65	-	0	0
Ian Botham	10	1	34	1	3.40	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 18 Jun

day 1 - Australia 1st innings 33/4 (Trevor Chappell 5*)

Fri, 19 Jun

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 166/9 (Allan Border 57*, Terry Alderman 7*)

Sat, 20 Jun

day 3 - England 2nd innings 94/6 (Ian Botham 21*, Paul Downton 0*)

Sun, 21 Jun

day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 132/6 (54.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Australia's first win at Trent Bridge since 1948.

Match Details

GroundTrent Bridge, Nottingham

TossAustralia, elected to field first

Series

Australia tour of England

Season1981

Player Of The Match

Series resultAustralia led the 6-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 903

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

Trevor Chappell

Umpires

Match CoverageSee all

Shootout at Trent Bridge

Shootout at Trent Bridge

So nearly Botham's annus horribilis

So nearly Botham's annus horribilis

Cheer up, mate

Cheer up, mate

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1981

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1981

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