Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Cook	c Chappell b Thomson	10	53	79	0	0	18.86
Graeme Fowler	c Chappell b Hogg	4	15	24	0	0	26.66
Chris Tavaré	c Yardley b Thomson	89	165	247	15	0	53.93
David Gower	c †Marsh b Hogg	18	26	42	1	0	69.23
Allan Lamb	c Dyson b Yardley	83	115	160	13	0	72.17
Ian Botham	c Wessels b Yardley	27	23	38	5	0	117.39
Geoff Miller	c Border b Yardley	10	15	36	0	0	66.66
Derek Pringle	c Wessels b Hogg	9	48	59	1	0	18.75
Bob Taylor †	c †Marsh b Yardley	1	13	23	0	0	7.69
Bob Willis (c)	not out	6	21	37	0	0	28.57
Norman Cowans	c Lawson b Hogg	3	12	12	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, nb 12, w 3)	24
Total	81.3 Ov (RR: 3.48)	284
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Graeme Fowler), 2-25 (Geoff Cook), 3-56 (David Gower), 4-217 (Chris Tavaré), 5-227 (Allan Lamb), 6-259 (Ian Botham), 7-262 (Geoff Miller), 8-268 (Bob Taylor), 9-278 (Derek Pringle), 10-284 (Norman Cowans)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Lawson	17	6	48	0	2.82	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	23.3	6	69	4	2.93	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	27	9	89	4	3.29	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	13	2	49	2	3.76	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kepler Wessels	b Willis	47	64	104	4	0	73.43
John Dyson	lbw b Cowans	21	40	60	3	0	52.50
Greg Chappell (c)	c Lamb b Cowans	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Kim Hughes	b Willis	66	172	251	9	0	38.37
Allan Border	b Botham	2	10	15	0	0	20.00
David Hookes	c †Taylor b Pringle	53	69	102	7	0	76.81
Rod Marsh †	b Willis	53	98	121	6	0	54.08
Bruce Yardley	b Miller	9	17	19	2	0	52.94
Geoff Lawson	c Fowler b Miller	0	2	8	0	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg	not out	8	12	16	1	0	66.66
Jeff Thomson	b Miller	1	9	10	0	0	11.11
Extras	(lb 8, nb 19)	27
Total	79 Ov (RR: 3.63)	287
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (John Dyson), 2-55 (Greg Chappell), 3-83 (Kepler Wessels), 4-89 (Allan Border), 5-180 (David Hookes), 6-261 (Kim Hughes), 7-276 (Rod Marsh), 8-276 (Bruce Yardley), 9-278 (Geoff Lawson), 10-287 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	15	2	38	3	2.53	-	-	-
Ian Botham	18	3	69	1	3.83	-	-	-
Norman Cowans	16	0	69	2	4.31	-	-	-
Derek Pringle	15	2	40	1	2.66	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	15	5	44	3	2.93	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Cook	c Yardley b Thomson	26	44	57	2	0	59.09
Graeme Fowler	b Hogg	65	99	160	8	0	65.65
Chris Tavaré	b Hogg	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
David Gower	c †Marsh b Lawson	3	9	10	0	0	33.33
Allan Lamb	c †Marsh b Hogg	26	46	91	5	0	56.52
Ian Botham	c Chappell b Thomson	46	46	89	8	0	100.00
Geoff Miller	lbw b Lawson	14	29	37	2	0	48.27
Derek Pringle	c †Marsh b Lawson	42	118	170	6	0	35.59
Bob Taylor †	lbw b Thomson	37	54	85	5	0	68.51
Bob Willis (c)	not out	8	32	49	0	0	25.00
Norman Cowans	b Lawson	10	9	12	2	0	111.11
Extras	(b 2, lb 9, nb 6)	17
Total	80.4 Ov (RR: 3.64)	294
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Geoff Cook), 2-41 (Chris Tavaré), 3-45 (David Gower), 4-128 (Graeme Fowler), 5-129 (Allan Lamb), 6-160 (Geoff Miller), 7-201 (Ian Botham), 8-262 (Bob Taylor), 9-280 (Derek Pringle), 10-294 (Norman Cowans)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Lawson	21.4	6	66	4	3.04	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	22	5	64	3	2.90	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	15	2	67	0	4.46	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	21	3	74	3	3.52	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 292 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kepler Wessels	b Cowans	14	30	47	3	0	46.66
John Dyson	c Tavare b Botham	31	77	104	5	0	40.25
Greg Chappell (c)	c sub (IJ Gould) b Cowans	2	8	9	0	0	25.00
Kim Hughes	c †Taylor b Miller	48	116	158	4	0	41.37
David Hookes	c Willis b Cowans	68	87	119	9	0	78.16
Allan Border	not out	62	165	230	7	0	37.57
Rod Marsh †	lbw b Cowans	13	28	39	1	0	46.42
Bruce Yardley	b Cowans	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Geoff Lawson	c Cowans b Pringle	7	16	28	0	0	43.75
Rodney Hogg	lbw b Cowans	4	8	18	1	0	50.00
Jeff Thomson	c Miller b Botham	21	62	129	1	0	33.87
Extras	(b 5, lb 9, nb 3, w 1)	18
Total	96.1 Ov (RR: 2.99)	288
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Kepler Wessels), 2-39 (Greg Chappell), 3-71 (John Dyson), 4-171 (Kim Hughes), 5-173 (David Hookes), 6-190 (Rod Marsh), 7-190 (Bruce Yardley), 8-202 (Geoff Lawson), 9-218 (Rodney Hogg), 10-288 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	17	0	57	0	3.35	-	-	-
Ian Botham	25.1	4	80	2	3.17	-	-	-
Norman Cowans	26	6	77	6	2.96	-	-	-
Derek Pringle	12	4	26	1	2.16	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	16	6	30	1	1.87	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sun, 26 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 284

Mon, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 287

Tue, 28 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 294

Wed, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 255/9 (Allan Border 44*, Jeff Thomson 8*)

Thu, 30 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 288 (96.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

MCG the first ground to host 75 Tests.
During the final-wicket partnership (70 in 128 min.), Border and Thomson declined to run 29 comfortable singles.
IT Botham completes the 1000 runs/100 wicket double against Australia (after claiming the final wicket) in only 22 Tests (a record in Eng.-Aust. series)
RW Marsh becomes the first Australian to appear in 90 Tests. His total dismissals in this series reaches 27, which surpasses the record of JHB Waite (S.Afr.), set in 1961-62 against New Zealand (5 matches)
For the first time in any Test in which all 40 wickets fell, all innings totals were within 10 runs of each other.

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1982/83
Player Of The Match	Norman Cowans
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 943
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Rex Whitehead Tony Crafter

Match Coverage

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Jeff Thomson on Melbourne 1982, the one that got away

Instant answers to T20 questions

Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	17	0	57	0	3.35
IT Botham	25.1	4	80	2	3.17
NG Cowans	26	6	77	6	2.96
DR Pringle	12	4	26	1	2.16
G Miller	16	6	30	1	1.87

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