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England vs Australia, 4th Test at Birmingham, Jul 30 1981 - Full Scorecard

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

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c †Marsh b Alderman	13	42	44	1	0	30.95
Mike Brearley (c)	c Border b Lillee	48	109	166	6	0	44.03
David Gower	c Hogg b Alderman	0	10	10	0	0	0.00
Graham Gooch	c †Marsh b Bright	21	43	50	3	0	48.83
Mike Gatting	c Alderman b Lillee	21	46	89	2	0	45.65
Peter Willey	b Bright	16	59	66	2	0	27.11
Ian Botham	b Alderman	26	43	58	3	0	60.46
John Emburey	b Hogg	3	33	39	0	0	9.09
Bob Taylor †	b Alderman	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Chris Old	not out	11	23	35	0	0	47.82
Bob Willis	c †Marsh b Alderman	13	15	11	2	0	86.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 10, w 1)	17
Total	69.1 Ov (RR: 2.73)	189
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Geoff Boycott), 2-29 (David Gower), 3-60 (Graham Gooch), 4-101 (Mike Brearley), 5-126 (Mike Gatting), 6-145 (Peter Willey), 7-161 (Ian Botham), 8-161 (Bob Taylor), 9-165 (John Emburey), 10-189 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	18	4	61	2	3.38	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	23.1	8	42	5	1.81	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	16	3	49	1	3.06	-	-	-
Ray Bright	12	4	20	2	1.66	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	run out (Old)	38	139	174	2	0	27.33
John Dyson	b Old	1	11	14	0	0	9.09
Allan Border	c †Taylor b Old	2	24	25	0	0	8.33
Ray Bright	lbw b Botham	27	51	63	4	0	52.94
Kim Hughes (c)	lbw b Old	47	101	112	7	0	46.53
Graham Yallop	b Emburey	30	70	98	3	0	42.85
Martin Kent	c Willis b Emburey	46	81	109	6	0	56.79
Rod Marsh †	b Emburey	2	24	25	0	0	8.33
Dennis Lillee	b Emburey	18	43	40	3	0	41.86
Rodney Hogg	run out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Terry Alderman	not out	3	3	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 19, nb 21)	44
Total	86.5 Ov (RR: 2.97)	258
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (John Dyson), 2-14 (Allan Border), 3-62 (Ray Bright), 4-115 (Graeme Wood), 5-166 (Kim Hughes), 6-203 (Graham Yallop), 7-220 (Rod Marsh), 8-253 (Martin Kent), 9-253 (Rodney Hogg), 10-258 (Dennis Lillee)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	19	3	63	0	3.31	-	-	-
Chris Old	21	8	44	3	2.09	-	-	-
John Emburey	26.5	12	43	4	1.60	-	-	-
Ian Botham	20	1	64	1	3.20	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c †Marsh b Bright	29	136	190	3	0	21.32
Mike Brearley (c)	lbw b Lillee	13	17	17	2	0	76.47
David Gower	c Border b Bright	23	59	70	2	0	38.98
Graham Gooch	b Bright	21	93	116	3	0	22.58
Mike Gatting	b Bright	39	71	103	3	0	54.92
Peter Willey	b Bright	5	22	23	1	0	22.72
Ian Botham	c †Marsh b Lillee	3	11	15	0	0	27.27
Chris Old	c †Marsh b Alderman	23	24	27	3	0	95.83
John Emburey	not out	37	79	92	5	0	46.83
Bob Taylor †	lbw b Alderman	8	47	70	0	0	17.02
Bob Willis	c †Marsh b Alderman	2	5	3	0	0	40.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 9, w 1)	16
Total	92 Ov (RR: 2.38)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Mike Brearley), 2-52 (David Gower), 3-89 (Geoff Boycott), 4-98 (Graham Gooch), 5-110 (Peter Willey), 6-115 (Ian Botham), 7-154 (Chris Old), 8-167 (Mike Gatting), 9-217 (Bob Taylor), 10-219 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	26	9	51	2	1.96	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	22	5	65	3	2.95	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	10	3	19	0	1.90	-	-	-
Ray Bright	34	17	68	5	2.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 151 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw b Old	2	5	7	0	0	40.00
John Dyson	lbw b Willis	13	46	62	1	0	28.26
Allan Border	c Gatting b Emburey	40	175	213	4	0	22.85
Kim Hughes (c)	c Emburey b Willis	5	11	16	0	0	45.45
Graham Yallop	c Botham b Emburey	30	96	114	5	0	31.25
Martin Kent	b Botham	10	45	68	1	0	22.22
Rod Marsh †	b Botham	4	8	9	1	0	50.00
Ray Bright	lbw b Botham	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	c †Taylor b Botham	3	19	19	0	0	15.78
Rodney Hogg	not out	0	6	11	0	0	0.00
Terry Alderman	b Botham	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 11)	14
Total	67 Ov (RR: 1.80)	121
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Graeme Wood), 2-19 (John Dyson), 3-29 (Kim Hughes), 4-87 (Graham Yallop), 5-105 (Allan Border), 6-114 (Rod Marsh), 7-114 (Ray Bright), 8-120 (Dennis Lillee), 9-121 (Martin Kent), 10-121 (Terry Alderman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	20	6	37	2	1.85	-	-	-
Chris Old	11	4	19	1	1.72	-	-	-
John Emburey	22	10	40	2	1.81	-	-	-
Ian Botham	14	9	11	5	0.78	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 30 Jul - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 19/2 (Graeme Wood 6*, Ray Bright 0*)

Fri, 31 Jul - day 2 - England 2nd innings 49/1 (Geoff Boycott 9*, David Gower 20*)

Sat, 01 Aug - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 9/1 (John Dyson 5*, Allan Border 2*)

Sun, 02 Aug - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 121 (67 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Aus 2nd innings
Botham took 5 wickets for 1 run in 28 balls.

Match Details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1981
Player Of The Match	Ian Botham
Series result	England led the 6-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 906
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Martin Kent
Umpires	Dickie Bird Don Oslear

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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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