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England vs Australia, 1st Test at Nottingham, Jun 18 1981 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Nottingham, June 18 - 21, 1981, Australia tour of England

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England

185 & 125

Australia

(T:132) 179 & 132/6

Australia won by 4 wickets

Player Of The Match

Dennis Lillee

, AUS

3/34 & 5/46

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	c Wood b Lillee	10	18	18	2	0	55.55
Geoff Boycott	c Border b Alderman	27	53	82	1	0	50.94
Bob Woolmer	c Wood b Lillee	0	9	9	0	0	0.00
David Gower	c Yallop b Lillee	26	39	65	4	0	66.66
Mike Gatting	lbw b Hogg	52	117	154	6	0	44.44
Peter Willey	c Border b Alderman	10	22	35	1	0	45.45
Ian Botham (c)	b Alderman	1	8	15	0	0	12.50
Paul Downton †	c Yallop b Alderman	8	23	35	0	0	34.78
Graham Dilley	b Hogg	34	49	71	6	0	69.38
Bob Willis	c †Marsh b Hogg	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	6	8	19	1	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 4, w 1)	11
Total	56.4 Ov (RR: 3.26)	185
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Graham Gooch), 2-13 (Bob Woolmer), 3-57 (Geoff Boycott), 4-67 (David Gower), 5-92 (Peter Willey), 6-96 (Ian Botham), 7-116 (Paul Downton), 8-159 (Mike Gatting), 9-159 (Bob Willis), 10-185 (Graham Dilley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	13	3	34	3	2.61	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	24	7	68	4	2.83	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	11.4	1	47	3	4.02	-	-	-
Geoff Lawson	8	3	25	0	3.12	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw b Dilley	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
John Dyson	c Woolmer b Willis	5	45	61	0	0	11.11
Graham Yallop	b Hendrick	13	47	64	0	0	27.65
Kim Hughes (c)	lbw b Willis	7	34	42	1	0	20.58
Trevor Chappell	b Hendrick	17	80	122	1	0	21.25
Allan Border	c & b Botham	63	204	266	7	0	30.88
Rod Marsh †	c Boycott b Willis	19	13	21	3	0	146.15
Geoff Lawson	c Gower b Botham	14	18	30	1	0	77.77
Dennis Lillee	c †Downton b Dilley	12	48	57	1	0	25.00
Rodney Hogg	c Boycott b Dilley	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Terry Alderman	not out	12	31	51	0	0	38.70
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 4, w 1)	17
Total	86.5 Ov (RR: 2.06)	179
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Graeme Wood), 2-21 (John Dyson), 3-21 (Graham Yallop), 4-33 (Kim Hughes), 5-64 (Trevor Chappell), 6-89 (Rod Marsh), 7-110 (Geoff Lawson), 8-147 (Dennis Lillee), 9-153 (Rodney Hogg), 10-179 (Allan Border)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham Dilley	20	7	38	3	1.90	-	-	-
Bob Willis	30	14	47	3	1.56	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	20	7	43	2	2.15	-	-	-
Ian Botham	16.5	6	34	2	2.01	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	c Yallop b Lillee	6	9	10	1	0	66.66
Geoff Boycott	c †Marsh b Alderman	4	9	16	1	0	44.44
Bob Woolmer	c †Marsh b Alderman	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
David Gower	c sub (MF Kent) b Lillee	28	72	117	3	0	38.88
Mike Gatting	lbw b Alderman	15	34	42	2	0	44.11
Peter Willey	lbw b Lillee	13	27	30	2	0	48.14
Ian Botham (c)	c Border b Lillee	33	38	65	4	0	86.84
Paul Downton †	lbw b Alderman	3	12	19	0	0	25.00
Graham Dilley	c †Marsh b Alderman	13	18	20	2	0	72.22
Bob Willis	c Chappell b Lillee	1	10	20	0	0	10.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1)	9
Total	38.4 Ov (RR: 3.23)	125
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Graham Gooch), 2-12 (Geoff Boycott), 3-13 (Bob Woolmer), 4-39 (Mike Gatting), 5-61 (Peter Willey), 6-94 (David Gower), 7-109 (Paul Downton), 8-113 (Ian Botham), 9-125 (Graham Dilley), 10-125 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	16.4	2	46	5	2.76	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	19	3	62	5	3.26	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	3	1	8	0	2.66	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 132 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Woolmer b Willis	8	28	31	1	0	28.57
John Dyson	c †Downton b Dilley	38	89	145	1	0	42.69
Graham Yallop	c Gatting b Botham	6	34	42	0	0	17.64
Kim Hughes (c)	lbw b Dilley	22	53	58	3	0	41.50
Trevor Chappell	not out	20	65	94	0	0	30.76
Allan Border	b Dilley	20	49	65	2	0	40.81
Rod Marsh †	lbw b Dilley	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Geoff Lawson	not out	5	11	15	1	0	45.45
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 6)	13
Total	54.1 Ov (RR: 2.43)	132/6
Did not bat: Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Terry Alderman
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Graeme Wood), 2-40 (Graham Yallop), 3-77 (Kim Hughes), 4-80 (John Dyson), 5-122 (Allan Border), 6-122 (Rod Marsh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham Dilley	11.1	4	24	4	2.14	-	-	-
Bob Willis	13	2	28	1	2.15	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	20	7	33	0	1.65	-	-	-
Ian Botham	10	1	34	1	3.40	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 18 Jun - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 33/4 (Trevor Chappell 5*)

Fri, 19 Jun - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 166/9 (Allan Border 57*, Terry Alderman 7*)

Sat, 20 Jun - day 3 - England 2nd innings 94/6 (Ian Botham 21*, Paul Downton 0*)

Sun, 21 Jun - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 132/6 (54.1 ov) - end of match

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General

Australia's first win at Trent Bridge since 1948.

Match Details

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1981
Player Of The Match	Dennis Lillee
Series result	Australia led the 6-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 903
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Terry Alderman Trevor Chappell
Umpires	Bill Alley David Constant

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At Nottingham, June 18, 19, 20, 21

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
GM Wood	caught	8	28
J Dyson	caught	38	89
GN Yallop	caught	6	34
KJ Hughes	lbw	22	53
TM Chappell	not out	20	65
AR Border	bowled	20	49
RW Marsh	lbw	0	2
GF Lawson	not out	5	11
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 6)
Total	132(6 wkts; 54.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GR Dilley	11.1	4	24	4	2.14
RGD Willis	13	2	28	1	2.15
M Hendrick	20	7	33	0	1.65
IT Botham	10	1	34	1	3.4

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	John Dyson	Graeme Wood
2nd	20	Graham Yallop	John Dyson
3rd	37	Kim Hughes	John Dyson
4th	3	John Dyson	Trevor Chappell
5th	42	Allan Border	Trevor Chappell
6th	0	Rod Marsh	Trevor Chappell
7th	10	Geoff Lawson	Trevor Chappell

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