Australia tour of England, Scotland, Netherlands and Denmark, 1989 / Scorecard

The Ashes - 5th Test

England v Australia

Australia won by an innings and 180 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GR Marsh c Botham b Cook 138 432 382 15 0 36.12
MA Taylor st †Russell b Cook 219 554 461 23 0 47.50
DC Boon st †Russell b Cook 73 211 183 9 0 39.89
AR Border* not out 65 225 143 7 0 45.45
DM Jones c Gower b Fraser 22 51 44 3 0 50.00
SR Waugh c Gower b Malcolm 0 14 8 0 0 0.00
IA Healy b Fraser 5 13 7 0 0 71.42
TV Hohns not out 19 54 45 2 0 42.22
Extras (b 6, lb 23, w 3, nb 29) 61
Total (6 wickets dec; 206.3 overs) 602 (2.91 runs per over)
Did not bat MG Hughes, GF Lawson, TM Alderman
Fall of wickets 1-329 (Marsh), 2-430 (Taylor), 3-502 (Boon), 4-543 (Jones), 5-553 (Waugh), 6-560 (Healy)
Bowling O M R W Econ
ARC Fraser 52.3 18 108 2 2.05
DE Malcolm 44 2 166 1 3.77
IT Botham 30 4 103 0 3.43
EE Hemmings 33 9 81 0 2.45
NGB Cook 40 10 91 3 2.27
MA Atherton 7 0 24 0 3.42
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
TS Curtis lbw b Alderman 2 26 16 0 0 12.50
MD Moxon c Waugh b Alderman 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
MA Atherton lbw b Alderman 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
RA Smith c †Healy b Alderman 101 207 150 16 0 67.33
DI Gower* c †Healy b Lawson 11 33 25 0 0 44.00
RC Russell c †Healy b Lawson 20 92 63 1 0 31.74
EE Hemmings b Alderman 38 102 83 5 0 45.78
ARC Fraser b Hohns 29 86 55 3 0 52.72
IT Botham c Waugh b Hohns 12 54 49 1 0 24.48
NGB Cook not out 2 23 15 0 0 13.33
DE Malcolm c †Healy b Hughes 9 13 15 0 1 60.00
Extras (lb 18, nb 13) 31
Total (all out; 76.5 overs) 255 (3.31 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Moxon), 2-1 (Atherton), 3-14 (Curtis), 4-37 (Gower), 5-119 (Russell), 6-172 (Smith), 7-214 (Hemmings), 8-243 (Fraser), 9-244 (Botham), 10-255 (Malcolm)
Bowling O M R W Econ
TM Alderman 19 2 69 5 3.63
GF Lawson 21 5 57 2 2.71
TV Hohns 18 8 48 2 2.66
MG Hughes 7.5 0 40 1 5.10
SR Waugh 11 4 23 0 2.09
England 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
DI Gower* b Lawson 5 6 5 1 0 100.00
TS Curtis lbw b Alderman 6 21 10 1 0 60.00
MA Atherton c & b Hohns 47 173 127 3 0 37.00
RA Smith b Hughes 26 61 44 4 0 59.09
MD Moxon b Alderman 18 71 48 3 0 37.50
RC Russell b Lawson 1 17 14 0 0 7.14
EE Hemmings lbw b Hughes 35 58 48 5 0 72.91
ARC Fraser b Hohns 1 17 14 0 0 7.14
NGB Cook not out 7 44 27 1 0 25.92
DE Malcolm b Hughes 5 8 9 1 0 55.55
IT Botham absent hurt -
Extras (b 3, lb 6, w 1, nb 6) 16
Total (all out; 55.3 overs) 167 (3.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Gower), 2-13 (Curtis), 3-67 (Smith), 4-106 (Moxon), 5-114 (Russell), 6-120 (Atherton), 7-134 (Fraser), 8-160 (Hemmings), 9-167 (Malcolm)
Bowling O M R W Econ
TM Alderman 16 6 32 2 2.00
GF Lawson 15 3 51 2 3.40
MG Hughes 12.3 1 46 3 3.68
TV Hohns 12 3 29 2 2.41
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 6-match series 4-0
Test debuts MA Atherton and DE Malcolm (England)
Player of the match MA Taylor (Australia)
Umpires NT Plews and DR Shepherd
Close of play
Thu, 10 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 301/0 (GR Marsh 125*, MA Taylor 141*)
Fri, 11 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 560/5 (AR Border 46*, IA Healy 5*)
Sat, 12 Aug - day 3 - England 1st innings 246/9 (NGB Cook 1*, DE Malcolm 1*)
Sun, 13 Aug - rest day
Mon, 14 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 167 (55.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
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Series Results
England v Australia at The Oval - Aug 24-29, 1989
Match drawn
England v Australia at Nottingham - Aug 10-14, 1989
Australia won by an innings and 180 runs
England v Australia at Manchester - Jul 27-Aug 1, 1989
Australia won by 9 wickets
England v Australia at Birmingham - Jul 6-11, 1989
Match drawn
England v Australia at Lord's - Jun 22-27, 1989
Australia won by 6 wickets
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