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Australia vs England, 5th Test at Sydney, Jan 10 1987 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, Sydney, January 10 - 15, 1987, England tour of Australia

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Australia

343 & 251

England

(T:320) 275 & 264

Australia won by 55 runs

Player Of The Match

Peter Taylor

, AUS

6/78, 42 & 2/76

Player Of The Series

Chris Broad

, ENG

487 runs

Australia 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Marsh	c Gatting b Small	24	57	86	2	0	42.10
Greg Ritchie	lbw b Dilley	6	12	20	1	0	50.00
Dean Jones	not out	184	421	540	12	1	43.70
Allan Border (c)	c Botham b Edmonds	34	112	137	3	0	30.35
Dirk Wellham	c †Richards b Small	17	49	49	2	0	34.69
Steve Waugh	c †Richards b Small	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Peter Sleep	c †Richards b Small	9	15	16	1	0	60.00
Tim Zoehrer †	c Gatting b Small	12	38	56	0	0	31.57
Peter Taylor	c Emburey b Edmonds	11	64	84	1	0	17.18
Merv Hughes	c Botham b Edmonds	16	108	116	1	0	14.81
Bruce Reid	b Dilley	4	3	5	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 12, lb 4, nb 8, w 2)	26
Total	144.5 Ov (RR: 2.36)	343
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Greg Ritchie), 2-58 (Geoff Marsh), 3-149 (Allan Border), 4-184 (Dirk Wellham), 5-184 (Steve Waugh), 6-200 (Peter Sleep), 7-232 (Tim Zoehrer), 8-271 (Peter Taylor), 9-338 (Merv Hughes), 10-343 (Bruce Reid)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham Dilley	23.5	5	67	2	2.81	-	-	-
Gladstone Small	33	11	75	5	2.27	-	-	-
Ian Botham	23	10	42	0	1.82	-	-	-
John Emburey	30	4	62	0	2.06	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	34	5	79	3	2.32	-	-	-
Mike Gatting	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Broad	lbw b Hughes	6	19	22	1	0	31.57
Bill Athey	c †Zoehrer b Hughes	5	7	12	1	0	71.42
Mike Gatting (c)	lbw b Reid	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Allan Lamb	c †Zoehrer b Taylor	24	60	92	4	0	40.00
David Gower	c Wellham b Taylor	72	144	133	12	0	50.00
Ian Botham	c Marsh b Taylor	16	13	15	2	1	123.07
Jack Richards †	c Wellham b Reid	46	136	162	7	0	33.82
John Emburey	b Taylor	69	168	210	8	0	41.07
Phil Edmonds	c Marsh b Taylor	3	14	15	0	0	21.42
Gladstone Small	b Taylor	14	31	55	1	0	45.16
Graham Dilley	not out	4	4	10	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	16
Total	94 Ov (RR: 2.92)	275
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Bill Athey), 2-17 (Mike Gatting), 3-17 (Chris Broad), 4-89 (Allan Lamb), 5-119 (Ian Botham), 6-142 (David Gower), 7-213 (Jack Richards), 8-219 (Phil Edmonds), 9-270 (Gladstone Small), 10-275 (John Emburey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Merv Hughes	16	3	58	2	3.62	-	-	-
Bruce Reid	25	7	74	2	2.96	-	-	-
Steve Waugh	6	4	6	0	1.00	-	-	-
Peter Taylor	26	7	78	6	3.00	-	-	-
Peter Sleep	21	6	47	0	2.23	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Marsh	c Emburey b Dilley	14	39	52	2	0	35.89
Greg Ritchie	c Botham b Edmonds	13	46	67	0	0	28.26
Dean Jones	c †Richards b Emburey	30	109	146	2	0	27.52
Allan Border (c)	b Edmonds	49	95	113	8	0	51.57
Dirk Wellham	c Lamb b Emburey	1	17	26	0	0	5.88
Steve Waugh	c Athey b Emburey	73	172	185	5	0	42.44
Peter Sleep	c Lamb b Emburey	10	25	22	2	0	40.00
Tim Zoehrer †	lbw b Emburey	1	14	11	0	0	7.14
Peter Taylor	c Lamb b Emburey	42	154	160	1	0	27.27
Merv Hughes	b Emburey	5	27	31	0	0	18.51
Bruce Reid	not out	1	5	7	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 7)	12
Total	117 Ov (RR: 2.14)	251
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Geoff Marsh), 2-31 (Greg Ritchie), 3-106 (Allan Border), 4-110 (Dean Jones), 5-115 (Dirk Wellham), 6-141 (Peter Sleep), 7-145 (Tim Zoehrer), 8-243 (Steve Waugh), 9-248 (Peter Taylor), 10-251 (Merv Hughes)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham Dilley	15	4	48	1	3.20	-	-	-
Gladstone Small	8	2	17	0	2.12	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	43	16	79	2	1.83	-	-	-
John Emburey	46	15	78	7	1.69	-	-	-
Ian Botham	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-
Mike Gatting	2	2	0	0	0.00	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 320 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Broad	c & b Sleep	17	31	39	1	0	54.83
Bill Athey	b Sleep	31	134	164	3	0	23.13
David Gower	c Marsh b Border	37	92	119	5	0	40.21
Allan Lamb	c Waugh b Taylor	3	25	26	0	0	12.00
Mike Gatting (c)	c & b Waugh	96	161	210	10	1	59.62
Ian Botham	c Wellham b Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Jack Richards †	b Sleep	38	166	218	2	0	22.89
John Emburey	b Sleep	22	56	68	4	0	39.28
Phil Edmonds	lbw b Sleep	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Gladstone Small	c Border b Reid	0	19	27	0	0	0.00
Graham Dilley	not out	2	2	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 3, w 1)	18
Total	114 Ov (RR: 2.31)	264
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Chris Broad), 2-91 (David Gower), 3-91 (Bill Athey), 4-102 (Allan Lamb), 5-102 (Ian Botham), 6-233 (Mike Gatting), 7-257 (Jack Richards), 8-257 (Phil Edmonds), 9-262 (Gladstone Small), 10-264 (John Emburey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Merv Hughes	12	3	32	0	2.66	-	-	-
Bruce Reid	19	8	32	1	1.68	-	-	-
Peter Sleep	35	14	72	5	2.05	-	-	-
Peter Taylor	29	10	76	2	2.62	-	-	-
Allan Border	13	6	25	1	1.92	-	-	-
Steve Waugh	6	2	13	1	2.16	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 10 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 236/7 (Dean Jones 119*, Peter Taylor 0*)

Sun, 11 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 132/5 (David Gower 62*, Jack Richards 8*)

Mon, 12 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 74/2 (Dean Jones 6*, Allan Border 38*)

Tue, 13 Jan - rest day

Wed, 14 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 39/1 (Bill Athey 11*, David Gower 7*)

Thu, 15 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 264 (114 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1986/87
Player Of The Match	Peter Taylor
Player Of The Series	Chris Broad
Series result	England won the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1065
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Peter Taylor
Umpires	Peter McConnell Steve Randell

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
BC Broad	caught	17	31
CWJ Athey	bowled	31	134
DI Gower	caught	37	92
AJ Lamb	caught	3	25
MW Gatting	caught	96	161
IT Botham	caught	0	1
CJ Richards	bowled	38	166
JE Emburey	bowled	22	56
PH Edmonds	lbw	0	1
GC Small	caught	0	19
GR Dilley	not out	2	2
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 3, w 1)
Total	264(10 wkts; 114 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Hughes	12	3	32	0	2.66
BA Reid	19	8	32	1	1.68
PR Sleep	35	14	72	5	2.05
PL Taylor	29	10	76	2	2.62
AR Border	13	6	25	1	1.92
SR Waugh	6	2	13	1	2.16

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	Bill Athey	Chris Broad
2nd	67	David Gower	Bill Athey
3rd	0	Bill Athey	Allan Lamb
4th	11	Mike Gatting	Allan Lamb
5th	0	Ian Botham	Mike Gatting
6th	131	Mike Gatting	Jack Richards
7th	24	John Emburey	Jack Richards
8th	0	Phil Edmonds	John Emburey
9th	5	John Emburey	Gladstone Small
10th	2	John Emburey	Graham Dilley

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