RESULT
5th Test, Sydney, January 02 - 07, 1983, England tour of Australia
Australia 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler Wessels | c Willis b Botham | 19 | 47 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 40.42 | ||
| John Dyson | c †Taylor b Hemmings | 79 | 188 | 301 | 7 | 0 | 42.02 | ||
| Greg Chappell (c) | lbw b Willis | 35 | 52 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 67.30 | ||
| Kim Hughes | c Cowans b Botham | 29 | 68 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 42.64 | ||
| David Hookes | c Botham b Hemmings | 17 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 80.95 | ||
| Allan Border | c Miller b Hemmings | 89 | 198 | 211 | 12 | 0 | 44.94 | ||
| Rod Marsh † | c & b Miller | 3 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13.04 | ||
| Bruce Yardley | b Cowans | 24 | 48 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Geoff Lawson | c & b Botham | 6 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Jeff Thomson | c Lamb b Botham | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Rodney Hogg | not out | 0 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 8, w 2) | 13 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 115 Ov (RR: 2.73) | 314 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Kepler Wessels), 2-96 (Greg Chappell), 3-150 (Kim Hughes), 4-173 (David Hookes), 5-210 (John Dyson), 6-219 (Rod Marsh), 7-262 (Bruce Yardley), 8-283 (Geoff Lawson), 9-291 (Jeff Thomson), 10-314 (Allan Border) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 20 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 2.85 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Cowans | 21 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 3.19 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 30 | 8 | 75 | 4 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Hemmings | 27 | 10 | 68 | 3 | 2.51 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 17 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Cook | c Chappell b Hogg | 8 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | ||
| Chris Tavaré | b Lawson | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| David Gower | c Chappell b Lawson | 70 | 125 | 207 | 7 | 0 | 56.00 | ||
| Allan Lamb | b Lawson | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Derek Randall | b Thomson | 70 | 90 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 77.77 | ||
| Ian Botham | c Wessels b Thomson | 5 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 29.41 | ||
| Geoff Miller | lbw b Thomson | 34 | 79 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 43.03 | ||
| Bob Taylor † | lbw b Thomson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Eddie Hemmings | c Border b Yardley | 29 | 39 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 74.35 | ||
| Bob Willis (c) | c Border b Thomson | 1 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5.26 | ||
| Norman Cowans | not out | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, nb 12) | 20 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 64.5 Ov (RR: 3.65) | 237 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Chris Tavaré), 2-23 (Geoff Cook), 3-24 (Allan Lamb), 4-146 (Derek Randall), 5-163 (Ian Botham), 6-169 (David Gower), 7-170 (Bob Taylor), 8-220 (Eddie Hemmings), 9-232 (Bob Willis), 10-237 (Geoff Miller) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Lawson | 20 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Hogg | 16 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 3.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Thomson | 14.5 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 3.37 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Yardley | 14 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 3.35 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler Wessels | lbw b Botham | 53 | 89 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 59.55 | ||
| John Dyson | c Gower b Willis | 2 | 24 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | ||
| Greg Chappell (c) | c Randall b Hemmings | 11 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 78.57 | ||
| Kim Hughes | c Botham b Hemmings | 137 | 316 | 379 | 12 | 3 | 43.35 | ||
| David Hookes | lbw b Miller | 19 | 52 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 36.53 | ||
| Allan Border | c Botham b Cowans | 83 | 148 | 163 | 9 | 0 | 56.08 | ||
| Rod Marsh † | c †Taylor b Miller | 41 | 70 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 58.57 | ||
| Bruce Yardley | c Botham b Hemmings | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Geoff Lawson | not out | 13 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 43.33 | ||
| Jeff Thomson | c Gower b Miller | 12 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 | ||
| Rodney Hogg | run out | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 4) | 11 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 131.3 Ov (RR: 2.90) | 382 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (John Dyson), 2-38 (Greg Chappell), 3-82 (Kepler Wessels), 4-113 (David Hookes), 5-262 (Allan Border), 6-350 (Rod Marsh), 7-357 (Bruce Yardley), 8-358 (Kim Hughes), 9-382 (Jeff Thomson), 10-382 (Rodney Hogg) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 10 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Cowans | 13 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 3.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Hemmings | 47 | 16 | 116 | 3 | 2.46 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 49.3 | 12 | 133 | 3 | 2.68 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Cook | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd INNINGS (Target: 460 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Cook | lbw b Lawson | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Chris Tavaré | lbw b Yardley | 16 | 26 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 61.53 | ||
| Eddie Hemmings | c †Marsh b Yardley | 95 | 195 | 223 | 6 | 0 | 48.71 | ||
| David Gower | c Hookes b Yardley | 24 | 39 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 61.53 | ||
| Allan Lamb | c & b Yardley | 29 | 66 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 43.93 | ||
| Derek Randall | b Thomson | 44 | 95 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 46.31 | ||
| Ian Botham | lbw b Thomson | 32 | 56 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 57.14 | ||
| Geoff Miller | not out | 21 | 84 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Bob Taylor † | not out | 28 | 53 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 52.83 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 10, nb 11, w 1) | 23 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 96 Ov (RR: 3.27) | 314/7 | |||||||
Did not bat: Bob Willis (c), Norman Cowans | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Geoff Cook), 2-55 (Chris Tavaré), 3-104 (David Gower), 4-155 (Allan Lamb), 5-196 (Eddie Hemmings), 6-260 (Derek Randall), 7-261 (Ian Botham) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Lawson | 15 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 3.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Hogg | 13 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1.92 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Thomson | 12 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Yardley | 37 | 6 | 139 | 4 | 3.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Border | 16 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 2.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| David Hookes | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Chappell | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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MATCH DETAILS
| Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1982/83 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | Australia won the 5-match series 2-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 944 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Umpires | |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Sun, 02 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 138/2 (John Dyson 58*, Kim Hughes 20*)
Mon, 03 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 76/3 (David Gower 38*, Derek Randall 21*)
Tue, 04 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 90/3 (Kim Hughes 17*, David Hookes 5*)
Wed, 05 Jan - rest day
Thu, 06 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 8/1 (Chris Tavaré 1*, Eddie Hemmings 4*)
Fri, 07 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 314/7 (96 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
General
- Australia regains the Ashes, which they lost in 1977
- Aus 1st innings
- RW Taylor: 150 Test dismissals (Dyson)
- Eng 2nd innings
- EE Hemmings was 5 runs from becoming the 4th 'night-watchman' to score a century at Test level.
- RW Taylor passes 1000 runs (completeing the keeper's double)
- This match was only the 4th drawn Test at Sydney between the 2 countries (out of 46)
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