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(28.2/50 ov) 135/1

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England vs Australia, 6th Test at London, Aug 21 1997 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

6th Test, The Oval, August 21 - 23, 1997, Australia tour of England and Scotland

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England

180 & 163

Australia

(T:124) 220 & 104

England won by 19 runs

Player Of The Match

Phil Tufnell

, ENG

7/66 & 4/27

Player Of The Series

Graham Thorpe

, ENG

453 runs

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
Mark Butcher	b McGrath	5	24	22	0	0	20.83
Mike Atherton (c)	c †Healy b McGrath	8	17	31	0	0	47.05
Alec Stewart †	lbw b McGrath	36	73	104	4	0	49.31
Nasser Hussain	c Elliott b McGrath	35	114	139	4	0	30.70
Graham Thorpe	b McGrath	27	34	51	3	0	79.41
Mark Ramprakash	c Blewett b McGrath	4	8	19	0	0	50.00
Adam Hollioake	b Warne	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Andy Caddick	not out	26	35	54	4	1	74.28
Peter Martin	b McGrath	20	19	23	1	1	105.26
Phil Tufnell	c Blewett b Warne	1	20	20	0	0	5.00
Devon Malcolm	lbw b Kasprowicz	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, nb 10)	18
Total	56.4 Ov (RR: 3.17)	180
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Mark Butcher), 2-24 (Mike Atherton), 3-97 (Alec Stewart), 4-128 (Nasser Hussain), 5-131 (Graham Thorpe), 6-132 (Adam Hollioake), 7-132 (Mark Ramprakash), 8-158 (Peter Martin), 9-175 (Phil Tufnell), 10-180 (Devon Malcolm)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	21	4	76	7	3.61	-	-	-	4
Michael Kasprowicz	11.4	2	56	1	4.80	-	-	-	8
Shane Warne	17	8	32	2	1.88	-	-	-	1
Shaun Young	7	3	8	0	1.14	-	-	-	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	b Tufnell	12	33	52	1	0	36.36
Mark Taylor (c)	c Hollioake b Tufnell	38	42	60	7	0	90.47
Greg Blewett	c †Stewart b Tufnell	47	132	157	3	1	35.60
Mark Waugh	c Butcher b Tufnell	19	69	78	2	0	27.53
Steve Waugh	lbw b Caddick	22	34	51	2	0	64.70
Ricky Ponting	c Hussain b Tufnell	40	96	134	3	1	41.66
Ian Healy †	c †Stewart b Tufnell	2	34	50	0	0	5.88
Shaun Young	c †Stewart b Tufnell	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne	b Caddick	30	34	39	3	1	88.23
Michael Kasprowicz	lbw b Caddick	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	not out	1	5	14	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 5, w 1)	9
Total	79.3 Ov (RR: 2.76)	220
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Matthew Elliott), 2-54 (Mark Taylor), 3-94 (Mark Waugh), 4-140 (Steve Waugh), 5-150 (Greg Blewett), 6-164 (Ian Healy), 7-164 (Shaun Young), 8-205 (Shane Warne), 9-205 (Michael Kasprowicz), 10-220 (Ricky Ponting)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Devon Malcolm	11	2	37	0	3.36	-	-	-	0	1
Peter Martin	15	5	38	0	2.53	-	-	-	1	2
Andy Caddick	19	4	76	3	4.00	-	-	-	0	1
Phil Tufnell	34.3	16	66	7	1.91	-	-	-	0	2

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	lbw b ME Waugh	13	48	69	2	0	27.08
Mike Atherton (c)	c SR Waugh b Kasprowicz	8	21	29	1	0	38.09
Alec Stewart †	lbw b Kasprowicz	3	9	11	0	0	33.33
Nasser Hussain	c Elliott b Warne	2	50	64	0	0	4.00
Graham Thorpe	c Taylor b Kasprowicz	62	115	131	9	0	53.91
Mark Ramprakash	st †Healy b Warne	48	110	148	6	0	43.63
Adam Hollioake	lbw b Kasprowicz	4	10	13	0	0	40.00
Andy Caddick	not out	0	37	50	0	0	0.00
Peter Martin	c & b Kasprowicz	3	2	4	0	0	150.00
Phil Tufnell	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Devon Malcolm	b Kasprowicz	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 10, nb 4)	20
Total	66.5 Ov (RR: 2.43)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mike Atherton), 2-24 (Alec Stewart), 3-26 (Mark Butcher), 4-52 (Nasser Hussain), 5-131 (Graham Thorpe), 6-138 (Adam Hollioake), 7-160 (Mark Ramprakash), 8-163 (Peter Martin), 9-163 (Phil Tufnell), 10-163 (Devon Malcolm)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	17	5	33	0	1.94	-	-	-	0
Michael Kasprowicz	15.5	5	36	7	2.27	-	-	-	3
Shane Warne	26	9	57	2	2.19	-	-	-	2
Mark Waugh	7	3	16	1	2.28	-	-	-	0
Shaun Young	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 124 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	lbw b Caddick	18	34	47	2	0	52.94
Matthew Elliott	lbw b Malcolm	4	3	3	1	0	133.33
Greg Blewett	c †Stewart b Caddick	19	36	57	3	0	52.77
Mark Waugh	c Hussain b Tufnell	1	7	8	0	0	14.28
Steve Waugh	c Thorpe b Caddick	6	19	20	0	0	31.57
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Tufnell	20	35	47	3	0	57.14
Ian Healy †	c & b Caddick	14	17	36	2	0	82.35
Shaun Young	not out	4	24	42	1	0	16.66
Shane Warne	c Martin b Tufnell	3	5	8	0	0	60.00
Michael Kasprowicz	c Hollioake b Caddick	4	13	22	0	0	30.76
Glenn McGrath	c Thorpe b Tufnell	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 2, w 1)	10
Total	32.1 Ov (RR: 3.23)	104
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Matthew Elliott), 2-36 (Mark Taylor), 3-42 (Mark Waugh), 4-49 (Greg Blewett), 5-54 (Steve Waugh), 6-88 (Ricky Ponting), 7-92 (Ian Healy), 8-95 (Shane Warne), 9-99 (Michael Kasprowicz), 10-104 (Glenn McGrath)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Devon Malcolm	3	0	15	1	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Peter Martin	4	0	13	0	3.25	-	-	-	1	0
Phil Tufnell	13.1	6	27	4	2.05	-	-	-	0	2
Andy Caddick	12	2	42	5	3.50	-	-	-	0	0

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Thu, 21 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 77/2 (Greg Blewett 10*, Mark Waugh 13*)

Fri, 22 Aug - day 2 - England 2nd innings 52/3 (Nasser Hussain 2*, Graham Thorpe 22*)

Sat, 23 Aug - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 104 (32.1 ov) - end of match

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General

In Australia's 1st innings, a boundary by Blewett was changed from a 4 to a 6 after overnight review.

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1997
Player Of The Match	Phil Tufnell
Player Of The Series	Graham Thorpe Glenn McGrath
Series result	Australia won the 6-match series 3-2
Match number	Test no. 1377
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Shaun Young
Umpires	Lloyd Barker Peter Willey
TV Umpire	Ken Palmer
Match Referee	Cammie Smith

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
MA Taylor	lbw	18	34
MTG Elliott	lbw	4	3
GS Blewett	caught	19	36
ME Waugh	caught	1	7
SR Waugh	caught	6	19
RT Ponting	lbw	20	35
IA Healy	caught	14	17
S Young	not out	4	24
SK Warne	caught	3	5
MS Kasprowicz	caught	4	13
GD McGrath	caught	1	2
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 2, w 1)
Total	104(10 wkts; 32.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DE Malcolm	3	0	15	1	5
PJ Martin	4	0	13	0	3.25
PCR Tufnell	13.1	6	27	4	2.05 (2 nb)
AR Caddick	12	2	42	5	3.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	Mark Taylor	Matthew Elliott
2nd	31	Mark Taylor	Greg Blewett
3rd	6	Mark Waugh	Greg Blewett
4th	7	Steve Waugh	Greg Blewett
5th	5	Steve Waugh	Ricky Ponting
6th	34	Ian Healy	Ricky Ponting
7th	4	Ian Healy	Shaun Young
8th	3	Shane Warne	Shaun Young
9th	4	Michael Kasprowicz	Shaun Young
10th	5	Glenn McGrath	Shaun Young

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