RESULT

77 & 266/4d

Australia

213/7d

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

8/38 & 1/65

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	c Blewett b McGrath	5	26	27	1	0	19.23
Mike Atherton (c)	c Taylor b McGrath	1	24	37	0	0	4.16
Alec Stewart †	b McGrath	1	13	19	0	0	7.69
Nasser Hussain	lbw b McGrath	19	73	108	2	0	26.02
Graham Thorpe	c Blewett b Reiffel	21	49	60	4	0	42.85
John Crawley	c †Healy b McGrath	1	17	22	0	0	5.88
Mark Ealham	c Elliott b Reiffel	7	30	51	1	0	23.33
Robert Croft	c †Healy b McGrath	2	13	18	0	0	15.38
Darren Gough	c †Healy b McGrath	10	10	12	2	0	100.00
Andy Caddick	lbw b McGrath	1	5	8	0	0	20.00
Devon Malcolm	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, nb 5)	9
TOTAL	42.3 Ov (RR: 1.81)	77
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mark Butcher), 2-12 (Mike Atherton), 3-13 (Alec Stewart), 4-47 (Graham Thorpe), 5-56 (John Crawley), 6-62 (Nasser Hussain), 7-66 (Robert Croft), 8-76 (Darren Gough), 9-77 (Mark Ealham), 10-77 (Andy Caddick)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	20.3	8	38	8	1.85	-	-	-	0
Paul Reiffel	15	9	17	2	1.13	-	-	-	3
Michael Kasprowicz	5	1	9	0	1.80	-	-	-	2
Shane Warne	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-	0

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	b Gough	1	15	16	0	0	6.66
Matthew Elliott	c Crawley b Caddick	112	180	240	20	0	62.22
Greg Blewett	c Hussain b Croft	45	70	83	7	0	64.28
Mark Waugh	c Malcolm b Caddick	33	60	82	1	0	55.00
Shane Warne	c Hussain b Gough	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh	lbw b Caddick	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Michael Bevan	c †Stewart b Caddick	4	7	8	1	0	57.14
Ian Healy †	not out	13	23	44	2	0	56.52
Paul Reiffel	not out	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 3)	4
TOTAL	61 Ov (RR: 3.49)	213/7d
Did not bat: Michael Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Mark Taylor), 2-73 (Greg Blewett), 3-147 (Mark Waugh), 4-147 (Shane Warne), 5-147 (Steve Waugh), 6-159 (Michael Bevan), 7-212 (Matthew Elliott)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Darren Gough	20	4	82	2	4.10	-	-	-
Andy Caddick	22	6	71	4	3.22	-	-	-
Devon Malcolm	7	1	26	0	3.71	-	-	-
Robert Croft	12	5	30	1	2.50	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	b Warne	87	210	266	14	0	41.42
Mike Atherton (c)	hit wicket b Kasprowicz	77	159	220	10	0	48.42
Alec Stewart †	c Kasprowicz b McGrath	13	24	29	2	0	54.16
Nasser Hussain	c & b Warne	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Graham Thorpe	not out	30	39	61	4	0	76.92
John Crawley	not out	29	45	51	4	0	64.44
Extras	(b 8, lb 14, nb 7, w 1)	30
TOTAL	79 Ov (RR: 3.36)	266/4d
Did not bat: Mark Ealham, Robert Croft, Darren Gough, Andy Caddick, Devon Malcolm
Fall of wickets: 1-162 (Mike Atherton), 2-189 (Alec Stewart), 3-197 (Nasser Hussain), 4-202 (Mark Butcher)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	20	5	65	1	3.25	-	-	-	0	2
Paul Reiffel	13	5	29	0	2.23	-	-	-	0	2
Michael Kasprowicz	15	3	54	1	3.60	-	-	-	0	4
Shane Warne	19	4	47	2	2.47	-	-	-	1	0
Michael Bevan	8	1	29	0	3.62	-	-	-	0	0
Steve Waugh	4	0	20	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

Lord's, London
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1997
Player Of The Match	Glenn McGrath
Series result	England led the 6-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1370
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	David Shepherd Srinivas Venkataraghavan
TV Umpire	David Constant
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 19 Jun - day 1 - no play

Fri, 20 Jun - day 2 - England 1st innings 38/3 (Nasser Hussain 10*, Graham Thorpe 13*)

Sat, 21 Jun - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 131/2 (Matthew Elliott 55*, Mark Waugh 26*)

Sun, 22 Jun - day 4 - Australia 1st innings 213/7 (Ian Healy 13*, Paul Reiffel 1*)

Mon, 23 Jun - day 5 - England 2nd innings 266/4d (79 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

Day 1

Day 2

Rain stopped play after 21 overs. England 38/3 (Hussain 10*, Thorpe 13*).
England's total of 77 is their lowest at Lord's since 1888, their lowest against Australia since 1948, and their lowest in any Test innings since 1993-94.
GD McGrath 8-38:
* His personal best bowling in Test and first-class cricket;
* The 23rd best individual bowling by any player in Test cricket;
* The 3rd best innings performance by an Australian in a Test. (Best since Arthur Mailey took 9-121 v England at Melbourne, 1920-21);
* The best individual bowling by an Australian in an innings at Lord's (previously 8-53 by Bob Massie, 1972);
* The best individual bowling for either side in an Ashes Test at Lord's (previously Hedley Verity, 1934);
* The second-best bowling in an innings of a Lord's Test (best 8-34 by Ian Botham v Pakistan, 1978).
Australia 1st Innings: Crawley kept wicket while Stewart was off the field at the start of the innings (back spasms).

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	20	5	65	1	3.25 (2 nb)
PR Reiffel	13	5	29	0	2.23 (2 nb)
MS Kasprowicz	15	3	54	1	3.6 (4 nb)
SK Warne	19	4	47	2	2.47
MG Bevan	8	1	29	0	3.62
SR Waugh	4	0	20	0	5

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