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England tour of Australia, 1986/87 / Scorecard

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The Ashes - 5th Test

Australia v England

Australia won by 55 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GR Marsh c Gatting b Small 24 86 57 2 0 42.10
GM Ritchie lbw b Dilley 6 20 12 1 0 50.00
DM Jones not out 184 540 421 12 1 43.70
AR Border* c Botham b Edmonds 34 137 112 3 0 30.35
DM Wellham c †Richards b Small 17 49 49 2 0 34.69
SR Waugh c †Richards b Small 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
PR Sleep c †Richards b Small 9 16 15 1 0 60.00
TJ Zoehrer† c Gatting b Small 12 56 38 0 0 31.57
PL Taylor c Emburey b Edmonds 11 84 64 1 0 17.18
MG Hughes c Botham b Edmonds 16 116 108 1 0 14.81
BA Reid b Dilley 4 5 3 1 0 133.33
Extras (b 12, lb 4, w 2, nb 8) 26
Total (all out; 144.5 overs) 343 (2.36 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Ritchie), 2-58 (Marsh), 3-149 (Border), 4-184 (Wellham), 5-184 (Waugh), 6-200 (Sleep), 7-232 (Zoehrer), 8-271 (Taylor), 9-338 (Hughes), 10-343 (Reid)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GR Dilley 23.5 5 67 2 2.81
GC Small 33 11 75 5 2.27
IT Botham 23 10 42 0 1.82
JE Emburey 30 4 62 0 2.06
PH Edmonds 34 5 79 3 2.32
MW Gatting 1 0 2 0 2.00
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
BC Broad lbw b Hughes 6 22 19 1 0 31.57
CWJ Athey c †Zoehrer b Hughes 5 12 7 1 0 71.42
MW Gatting* lbw b Reid 0 5 2 0 0 0.00
AJ Lamb c †Zoehrer b Taylor 24 92 60 4 0 40.00
DI Gower c Wellham b Taylor 72 133 144 12 0 50.00
IT Botham c Marsh b Taylor 16 15 13 2 1 123.07
CJ Richards† c Wellham b Reid 46 162 136 7 0 33.82
JE Emburey b Taylor 69 210 168 8 0 41.07
PH Edmonds c Marsh b Taylor 3 15 14 0 0 21.42
GC Small b Taylor 14 55 31 1 0 45.16
GR Dilley not out 4 10 4 1 0 100.00
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 2, nb 2) 16
Total (all out; 94 overs) 275 (2.92 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-16 (Athey), 2-17 (Gatting), 3-17 (Broad), 4-89 (Lamb), 5-119 (Botham), 6-142 (Gower), 7-213 (Richards), 8-219 (Edmonds), 9-270 (Small), 10-275 (Emburey)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MG Hughes 16 3 58 2 3.62
BA Reid 25 7 74 2 2.96
SR Waugh 6 4 6 0 1.00
PL Taylor 26 7 78 6 3.00
PR Sleep 21 6 47 0 2.23
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GR Marsh c Emburey b Dilley 14 52 39 2 0 35.89
GM Ritchie c Botham b Edmonds 13 67 46 0 0 28.26
DM Jones c †Richards b Emburey 30 146 109 2 0 27.52
AR Border* b Edmonds 49 113 95 8 0 51.57
DM Wellham c Lamb b Emburey 1 26 17 0 0 5.88
SR Waugh c Athey b Emburey 73 185 172 5 0 42.44
PR Sleep c Lamb b Emburey 10 22 25 2 0 40.00
TJ Zoehrer† lbw b Emburey 1 11 14 0 0 7.14
PL Taylor c Lamb b Emburey 42 160 154 1 0 27.27
MG Hughes b Emburey 5 31 27 0 0 18.51
BA Reid not out 1 7 5 0 0 20.00
Extras (b 5, lb 7) 12
Total (all out; 117 overs) 251 (2.14 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-29 (Marsh), 2-31 (Ritchie), 3-106 (Border), 4-110 (Jones), 5-115 (Wellham), 6-141 (Sleep), 7-145 (Zoehrer), 8-243 (Waugh), 9-248 (Taylor), 10-251 (Hughes)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GR Dilley 15 4 48 1 3.20
GC Small 8 2 17 0 2.12
PH Edmonds 43 16 79 2 1.83
JE Emburey 46 15 78 7 1.69
IT Botham 3 0 17 0 5.66
MW Gatting 2 2 0 0 0.00
England 2nd innings (target: 320 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
BC Broad c & b Sleep 17 39 31 1 0 54.83
CWJ Athey b Sleep 31 164 134 3 0 23.13
DI Gower c Marsh b Border 37 119 92 5 0 40.21
AJ Lamb c Waugh b Taylor 3 26 25 0 0 12.00
MW Gatting* c & b Waugh 96 210 161 10 1 59.62
IT Botham c Wellham b Taylor 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
CJ Richards† b Sleep 38 218 166 2 0 22.89
JE Emburey b Sleep 22 68 56 4 0 39.28
PH Edmonds lbw b Sleep 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
GC Small c Border b Reid 0 27 19 0 0 0.00
GR Dilley not out 2 6 2 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 3) 18
Total (all out; 114 overs) 264 (2.31 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Broad), 2-91 (Gower), 3-91 (Athey), 4-102 (Lamb), 5-102 (Botham), 6-233 (Gatting), 7-257 (Richards), 8-257 (Edmonds), 9-262 (Small), 10-264 (Emburey)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MG Hughes 12 3 32 0 2.66
BA Reid 19 8 32 1 1.68
PR Sleep 35 14 72 5 2.05
PL Taylor 29 10 76 2 2.62
AR Border 13 6 25 1 1.92
SR Waugh 6 2 13 1 2.16
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series England won the 5-match series 2-1
Test debut PL Taylor (Australia)
Player of the match PL Taylor (Australia)
Player of the series BC Broad (England)
Umpires PJ McConnell and SG Randell
Close of play
Sat, 10 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 236/7 (DM Jones 119*, PL Taylor 0*)
Sun, 11 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 132/5 (DI Gower 62*, CJ Richards 8*)
Mon, 12 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 74/2 (DM Jones 6*, AR Border 38*)
Tue, 13 Jan - rest day
Wed, 14 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 39/1 (CWJ Athey 11*, DI Gower 7*)
Thu, 15 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 264 (114 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
Australia v England at Sydney - Jan 10-15, 1987
Australia won by 55 runs
Australia v England at Melbourne - Dec 26-28, 1986
England won by an innings and 14 runs
Australia v England at Adelaide - Dec 12-16, 1986
Match drawn
Australia v England at Perth - Nov 28-Dec 3, 1986
Match drawn
Australia v England at Brisbane - Nov 14-19, 1986
England won by 7 wickets
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