Matches (18)

IRE vs WI (1)

WTC (1)

Scotland T20 Tri-Series (1)

TNPL (2)

MLC (2)

Vitality Blast Men (4)

Vitality Blast Women (3)

Blast Women League 2 (4)

Innings break • 3rd T20I • Bready

(20 ov) 256/5

IRE

Ireland chose to field.

Schedule Series

RESULT • Final • WTC • Test • Lord's

AUS

212 & 207

(T:282) 138 & 282/5

South Africa won by 5 wickets

Schedule Table Report Videos

England vs Australia, 4th Test at Birmingham, Jul 30 1981 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

4th Test, Birmingham, July 30 - August 02, 1981, Australia tour of England

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England

189 & 219

Australia

(T:151) 258 & 121

England won by 29 runs

Player Of The Match

Ian Botham

, ENG

26, 1/64 & 5/11

Ian Botham bowls Terry Alderman to win the Edgbaston Test•Aug 02, 1981•Getty Images

Ian Botham holds a pint of beer while celebrating the Ashes victory at Edgbaston, England v Australia, 4th Test, Edgbaston, 4th day, August 2, 1981

Ian Botham holds a pint of beer while celebrating the Ashes victory at Edgbaston•Aug 02, 1981•PA Photos/Getty Images

Allan Border sweeps, England v Australia, 4th Test, Edgbaston, August 1981

Allan Border sweeps•Aug, 1981•Getty Images

Ian Botham hooks Rodney Hogg for a boundary, England v Australia, 4th Test, Edgbaston, 1st day, July 30, 1981

Ian Botham hooks Rodney Hogg for a boundary•Jul 30, 1981•PA Photos

Ian Botham takes a catch off John Emburey's bowling to dismiss Graham Yallop, England v Australia, 4th Test, Edgbaston, 4th day, August 2, 1981

Ian Botham takes a catch off John Emburey's bowling to dismiss Graham Yallop•Aug 02, 1981•Getty Images

Ian Botham races back to the pavilion with a souvenir stump, England v Australia, 4th Test, Edgbaston, 4th day, August 2, 1981

Ian Botham races back to the pavilion with a souvenir stump•Aug 02, 1981•PA Photos

Mike Brearley and Ian Botham discuss the field, England v Australia, 4th Test, Edgbaston, 1st day, July 30, 1981

Mike Brearley and Ian Botham discuss the field•Jul 30, 1981•Getty Images

Match Coverage

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Botham, Willis, Brearley, magic: let's cast our minds back to 1981

To be an up-and-coming English cricketer that summer was to get a glimpse of the stuff myths are made of

Beefy's 28-ball Ashes broadside

Ian Botham had had a quiet match at Edgbaston in 1981, until he was summoned into the attack for one last burst at the Australians

'I hit Mark Taylor on the head'

Dean Headley spoke to Cricinfo about his Ashes memories from 1997

'I played in two of the greatest Tests of all time'

Peter Willey is now better known as an international umpire, but for 22 Tests in the early 1980s, he was a doughty presence in England's middle order.

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1981

Toss: England

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
GM Wood	lbw	2	5
J Dyson	lbw	13	46
AR Border	caught	40	175
KJ Hughes	caught	5	11
GN Yallop	caught	30	96
MF Kent	bowled	10	45
RW Marsh	bowled	4	8
RJ Bright	lbw	0	1
DK Lillee	caught	3	19
RM Hogg	not out	0	6
TM Alderman	bowled	0	3
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 11)
Total	121(10 wkts; 67 ovs)

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

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	John Dyson	Graeme Wood
2nd	17	John Dyson	Allan Border
3rd	10	Kim Hughes	Allan Border
4th	58	Graham Yallop	Allan Border
5th	18	Allan Border	Martin Kent
6th	9	Rod Marsh	Martin Kent
7th	0	Ray Bright	Martin Kent
8th	6	Dennis Lillee	Martin Kent
9th	1	Rodney Hogg	Martin Kent
10th	0	Rodney Hogg	Terry Alderman

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