Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c †Marsh b Alderman	13	42	44	1	0	30.95
Mike Brearley (c)	c Border b Lillee	48	109	166	6	0	44.03
David Gower	c Hogg b Alderman	0	10	10	0	0	0.00
Graham Gooch	c †Marsh b Bright	21	43	50	3	0	48.83
Mike Gatting	c Alderman b Lillee	21	46	89	2	0	45.65
Peter Willey	b Bright	16	59	66	2	0	27.11
Ian Botham	b Alderman	26	43	58	3	0	60.46
John Emburey	b Hogg	3	33	39	0	0	9.09
Bob Taylor †	b Alderman	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Chris Old	not out	11	23	35	0	0	47.82
Bob Willis	c †Marsh b Alderman	13	15	11	2	0	86.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 10, w 1)	17
Total	69.1 Ov (RR: 2.73)	189
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Geoff Boycott), 2-29 (David Gower), 3-60 (Graham Gooch), 4-101 (Mike Brearley), 5-126 (Mike Gatting), 6-145 (Peter Willey), 7-161 (Ian Botham), 8-161 (Bob Taylor), 9-165 (John Emburey), 10-189 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	18	4	61	2	3.38	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	23.1	8	42	5	1.81	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	16	3	49	1	3.06	-	-	-
Ray Bright	12	4	20	2	1.66	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	run out (Old)	38	139	174	2	0	27.33
John Dyson	b Old	1	11	14	0	0	9.09
Allan Border	c †Taylor b Old	2	24	25	0	0	8.33
Ray Bright	lbw b Botham	27	51	63	4	0	52.94
Kim Hughes (c)	lbw b Old	47	101	112	7	0	46.53
Graham Yallop	b Emburey	30	70	98	3	0	42.85
Martin Kent	c Willis b Emburey	46	81	109	6	0	56.79
Rod Marsh †	b Emburey	2	24	25	0	0	8.33
Dennis Lillee	b Emburey	18	43	40	3	0	41.86
Rodney Hogg	run out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Terry Alderman	not out	3	3	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 19, nb 21)	44
Total	86.5 Ov (RR: 2.97)	258
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (John Dyson), 2-14 (Allan Border), 3-62 (Ray Bright), 4-115 (Graeme Wood), 5-166 (Kim Hughes), 6-203 (Graham Yallop), 7-220 (Rod Marsh), 8-253 (Martin Kent), 9-253 (Rodney Hogg), 10-258 (Dennis Lillee)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	19	3	63	0	3.31	-	-	-
Chris Old	21	8	44	3	2.09	-	-	-
John Emburey	26.5	12	43	4	1.60	-	-	-
Ian Botham	20	1	64	1	3.20	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c †Marsh b Bright	29	136	190	3	0	21.32
Mike Brearley (c)	lbw b Lillee	13	17	17	2	0	76.47
David Gower	c Border b Bright	23	59	70	2	0	38.98
Graham Gooch	b Bright	21	93	116	3	0	22.58
Mike Gatting	b Bright	39	71	103	3	0	54.92
Peter Willey	b Bright	5	22	23	1	0	22.72
Ian Botham	c †Marsh b Lillee	3	11	15	0	0	27.27
Chris Old	c †Marsh b Alderman	23	24	27	3	0	95.83
John Emburey	not out	37	79	92	5	0	46.83
Bob Taylor †	lbw b Alderman	8	47	70	0	0	17.02
Bob Willis	c †Marsh b Alderman	2	5	3	0	0	40.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 9, w 1)	16
Total	92 Ov (RR: 2.38)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Mike Brearley), 2-52 (David Gower), 3-89 (Geoff Boycott), 4-98 (Graham Gooch), 5-110 (Peter Willey), 6-115 (Ian Botham), 7-154 (Chris Old), 8-167 (Mike Gatting), 9-217 (Bob Taylor), 10-219 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	26	9	51	2	1.96	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	22	5	65	3	2.95	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	10	3	19	0	1.90	-	-	-
Ray Bright	34	17	68	5	2.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 151 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw b Old	2	5	7	0	0	40.00
John Dyson	lbw b Willis	13	46	62	1	0	28.26
Allan Border	c Gatting b Emburey	40	175	213	4	0	22.85
Kim Hughes (c)	c Emburey b Willis	5	11	16	0	0	45.45
Graham Yallop	c Botham b Emburey	30	96	114	5	0	31.25
Martin Kent	b Botham	10	45	68	1	0	22.22
Rod Marsh †	b Botham	4	8	9	1	0	50.00
Ray Bright	lbw b Botham	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	c †Taylor b Botham	3	19	19	0	0	15.78
Rodney Hogg	not out	0	6	11	0	0	0.00
Terry Alderman	b Botham	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 11)	14
Total	67 Ov (RR: 1.80)	121
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Graeme Wood), 2-19 (John Dyson), 3-29 (Kim Hughes), 4-87 (Graham Yallop), 5-105 (Allan Border), 6-114 (Rod Marsh), 7-114 (Ray Bright), 8-120 (Dennis Lillee), 9-121 (Martin Kent), 10-121 (Terry Alderman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	20	6	37	2	1.85	-	-	-
Chris Old	11	4	19	1	1.72	-	-	-
John Emburey	22	10	40	2	1.81	-	-	-
Ian Botham	14	9	11	5	0.78	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 30 Jul - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 19/2 (Graeme Wood 6*, Ray Bright 0*)

Fri, 31 Jul - day 2 - England 2nd innings 49/1 (Geoff Boycott 9*, David Gower 20*)

Sat, 01 Aug - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 9/1 (John Dyson 5*, Allan Border 2*)

Sun, 02 Aug - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 121 (67 ov) - end of match

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	20	6	37	2	1.85
CM Old	11	4	19	1	1.72
JE Emburey	22	10	40	2	1.81
IT Botham	14	9	11	5	0.78

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