England vs Australia, 6th Test at London, Aug 24 1989 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
6th Test, The Oval, August 24 - 29, 1989, Australia tour of England, Scotland, Netherlands and Denmark
Australia 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Igglesden b Small | 17 | 62 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 27.41 | |||
| c †Russell b Igglesden | 71 | 125 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 56.80 | |||
| c Atherton b Small | 46 | 90 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 51.11 | |||
| c †Russell b Capel | 76 | 156 | 251 | 11 | 0 | 48.71 | |||
| c Gower b Small | 122 | 180 | 217 | 17 | 0 | 67.77 | |||
| b Igglesden | 14 | 28 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c †Russell b Pringle | 44 | 44 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| c †Russell b Pringle | 30 | 62 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 48.38 | |||
| lbw b Pringle | 21 | 42 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| b Pringle | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| not out | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 9, nb 9) | 19 | |||||||
| Total | 132.3 Ov (RR: 3.53) | 468 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-48 (Geoff Marsh), 2-130 (Mark Taylor), 3-149 (David Boon), 4-345 (Allan Border), 5-347 (Dean Jones), 6-386 (Steve Waugh), 7-409 (Ian Healy), 8-447 (Merv Hughes), 9-453 (Geoff Lawson), 10-468 (Trevor Hohns) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 8 | 141 | 3 | 3.52 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 3.79 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24.3 | 6 | 70 | 4 | 2.85 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 4.12 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 3.12 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Alderman | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Waugh b Alderman | 25 | 66 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 37.87 | |||
| c †Healy b Hughes | 12 | 34 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 35.29 | |||
| b Lawson | 11 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 57.89 | |||
| c †Healy b Alderman | 79 | 120 | 166 | 11 | 0 | 65.83 | |||
| lbw b Alderman | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| c †Healy b Alderman | 12 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 92.30 | |||
| c Taylor b Hohns | 27 | 90 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |||
| c Jones b Lawson | 59 | 97 | 139 | 8 | 0 | 60.82 | |||
| c Jones b Lawson | 31 | 102 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 30.39 | |||
| not out | 2 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 8.69 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 13, w 1) | 23 | |||||||
| Total | 92.1 Ov (RR: 3.09) | 285 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Graham Gooch), 2-28 (Mike Atherton), 3-47 (Robin Smith), 4-80 (John Stephenson), 5-84 (David Capel), 6-98 (Jack Russell), 7-169 (David Gower), 8-201 (Derek Pringle), 9-274 (Gladstone Small), 10-285 (Nick Cook) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 7 | 66 | 5 | 2.44 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 29.1 | 9 | 85 | 3 | 2.91 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 3.65 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Igglesden | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |||
| c †Russell b Small | 48 | 120 | 153 | 7 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| run out | 37 | 107 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 34.57 | |||
| not out | 51 | 74 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 68.91 | |||
| b Capel | 50 | 69 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 72.46 | |||
| not out | 7 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 13) | 22 | |||||||
| Total | 63 Ov (RR: 3.47) | 219/4d | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Geoff Marsh), 2-100 (Mark Taylor), 3-101 (David Boon), 4-189 (Dean Jones) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 2.85 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 4.23 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 4.37 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 3.31 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1.66 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 403 runs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c & b Alderman | 10 | 34 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 29.41 | |||
| lbw b Alderman | 11 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 47.82 | |||
| b Lawson | 14 | 47 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 29.78 | |||
| not out | 77 | 99 | 146 | 11 | 0 | 77.77 | |||
| c Waugh b Lawson | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 29.16 | |||
| c Taylor b Hohns | 17 | 50 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 34.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 5, w 1) | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 46.1 Ov (RR: 3.09) | 143/5 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-20 (John Stephenson), 2-27 (Graham Gooch), 3-51 (Mike Atherton), 4-67 (David Gower), 5-138 (David Capel) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2.30 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15.1 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 2.70 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 4.25 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 3.70 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 24 Aug
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 325/3 (Allan Border 66*, Dean Jones 114*)Fri, 25 Aug
day 2 - England 1st innings 1/1 (John Stephenson 0*, Mike Atherton 0*)Sat, 26 Aug
day 3 - England 1st innings 124/6 (David Gower 43*, Derek Pringle 6*)Sun, 27 Aug
rest dayMon, 28 Aug
day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 87/1 (Mark Taylor 43*, David Boon 29*)Tue, 29 Aug
day 5 - England 2nd innings 143/5 (46.1 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
Attendance: 55,989
A.R.Border becomes the first Australian captain since W.M.Woodful in 1934 to regain the Ashes in England.
Match Details
GroundKennington Oval, London
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Season1989
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultAustralia won the 6-match series 4-0
Match numberTest no. 1126
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires