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England vs Australia, 3rd Test at Leeds, Jul 16 1981 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

3rd Test, Leeds, July 16 - 21, 1981, Australia tour of England

(T:130) 401/9d & 111

(fo) 174 & 356

England won by 18 runs

Player Of The Match

, ENG

6/95, 50, 149* & 1/14

Australia 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	b Dilley	102	234	294	14	0	43.58
Graeme Wood	lbw b Botham	34	55	71	4	0	61.81
Trevor Chappell	c †Taylor b Willey	27	135	161	2	0	20.00
Kim Hughes (c)	c & b Botham	89	208	270	8	0	42.78
Ray Bright	b Dilley	7	36	48	1	0	19.44
Graham Yallop	c †Taylor b Botham	58	167	208	5	0	34.73
Allan Border	lbw b Botham	8	20	35	1	0	40.00
Rod Marsh †	b Botham	28	50	65	5	0	56.00
Geoff Lawson	c †Taylor b Botham	13	35	45	2	0	37.14
Dennis Lillee	not out	3	6	8	0	0	50.00
Terry Alderman	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 13, nb 12, w 3)	32
Total	155.2 Ov (RR: 2.58)	401/9d
Fall of wickets 1-55 (Graeme Wood), 2-149 (Trevor Chappell), 3-196 (John Dyson), 4-220 (Ray Bright), 5-332 (Kim Hughes), 6-354 (Allan Border), 7-357 (Graham Yallop), 8-396 (Geoff Lawson), 9-401 (Rod Marsh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Bob Willis	30	8	72	0	2.40	-	0	0
Chris Old	43	14	91	0	2.11	-	0	0
Graham Dilley	27	4	78	2	2.88	-	0	0
Ian Botham	39.2	11	95	6	2.41	-	0	0
Peter Willey	13	2	31	1	2.38	-	0	0
Geoff Boycott	3	2	2	0	0.66	-	0	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	lbw b Alderman	2	7	17	0	0	28.57
Geoff Boycott	b Lawson	12	58	89	0	0	20.68
Mike Brearley (c)	c †Marsh b Alderman	10	53	64	0	0	18.86
David Gower	c †Marsh b Lawson	24	50	58	3	0	48.00
Mike Gatting	lbw b Lillee	15	29	58	2	0	51.72
Peter Willey	b Lawson	8	22	29	0	0	36.36
Ian Botham	c †Marsh b Lillee	50	54	80	8	0	92.59
Bob Taylor †	c †Marsh b Lillee	5	23	36	1	0	21.73
Graham Dilley	c & b Lillee	13	17	30	2	0	76.47
Chris Old	c Border b Alderman	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	not out	1	4	5	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 11, nb 11, w 6)	34
Total	50.5 Ov (RR: 3.42)	174
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Graham Gooch), 2-40 (Mike Brearley), 3-42 (Geoff Boycott), 4-84 (David Gower), 5-87 (Mike Gatting), 6-112 (Peter Willey), 7-148 (Bob Taylor), 8-166 (Ian Botham), 9-167 (Chris Old), 10-174 (Graham Dilley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	18.5	7	49	4	2.60	-	0	0
Terry Alderman	19	4	59	3	3.10	-	0	0
Geoff Lawson	13	3	32	3	2.46	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	c Alderman b Lillee	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Alderman	46	141	215	1	0	32.62
Mike Brearley (c)	c Alderman b Lillee	14	29	33	3	0	48.27
David Gower	c Border b Alderman	9	22	36	1	0	40.90
Mike Gatting	lbw b Alderman	1	10	10	0	0	10.00
Peter Willey	c Dyson b Lillee	33	56	84	6	0	58.92
Ian Botham	not out	149	148	219	27	1	100.67
Bob Taylor †	c Bright b Alderman	1	9	9	0	0	11.11
Graham Dilley	b Alderman	56	75	80	9	0	74.66
Chris Old	b Lawson	29	31	54	6	0	93.54
Bob Willis	c Border b Alderman	2	9	31	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 5, w 3)	16
Total	87.3 Ov (RR: 4.06)	356
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Graham Gooch), 2-18 (Mike Brearley), 3-37 (David Gower), 4-41 (Mike Gatting), 5-105 (Peter Willey), 6-133 (Geoff Boycott), 7-135 (Bob Taylor), 8-252 (Graham Dilley), 9-319 (Chris Old), 10-356 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	25	6	94	3	3.76	-	0	0
Terry Alderman	35.3	6	135	6	3.80	-	0	0
Geoff Lawson	23	4	96	1	4.17	-	0	0
Ray Bright	4	0	15	0	3.75	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 130 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	c †Taylor b Willis	34	83	119	3	0	40.96
Graeme Wood	c †Taylor b Botham	10	10	9	2	0	100.00
Trevor Chappell	c †Taylor b Willis	8	56	68	0	0	14.28
Kim Hughes (c)	c Botham b Willis	0	9	14	0	0	0.00
Graham Yallop	c Gatting b Willis	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Allan Border	b Old	0	8	13	0	0	0.00
Rod Marsh †	c Dilley b Willis	4	9	18	0	0	44.44
Ray Bright	b Willis	19	32	49	2	0	59.37
Geoff Lawson	c †Taylor b Willis	1	2	2	0	0	50.00
Dennis Lillee	c Gatting b Willis	17	15	22	3	0	113.33
Terry Alderman	not out	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 14, w 1)	18
Total	36.1 Ov (RR: 3.06)	111
Fall of wickets 1-13 (Graeme Wood), 2-56 (Trevor Chappell), 3-58 (Kim Hughes), 4-58 (Graham Yallop), 5-65 (Allan Border), 6-68 (John Dyson), 7-74 (Rod Marsh), 8-75 (Geoff Lawson), 9-110 (Dennis Lillee), 10-111 (Ray Bright)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ian Botham	7	3	14	1	2.00	-	0	0
Graham Dilley	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	0	0
Bob Willis	15.1	3	43	8	2.83	-	0	0
Chris Old	9	1	21	1	2.33	-	0	0
Peter Willey	3	1	4	0	1.33	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 16 Jul

day 1 - Australia 1st innings 203/3 (Kim Hughes 24*, Ray Bright 1*)

Fri, 17 Jul

day 2 - England 1st innings 7/0 (Graham Gooch 2*, Geoff Boycott 0*)

Sat, 18 Jul

day 3 - England 2nd innings 6/1 (Geoff Boycott 0*, Mike Brearley 4*)

Sun, 19 Jul

rest day

Mon, 20 Jul

day 4 - England 2nd innings 351/9 (Ian Botham 145*, Bob Willis 1*)

Tue, 21 Jul

day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 111 (36.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Only the second time in Test match history that the side following on has won.

Match Details

GroundHeadingley, Leeds

TossAustralia, elected to bat first

Series

Australia tour of England

Season1981

Player Of The Match

Series result6-match series level 1-1

Match numberTest no. 905

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