Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 3rd Test 1990/91 - Score Report

result

3rd Test, Sydney, Jan 4 - 8 1991, England tour of Australia

Australia

518 & 205

England

(25 ov, target 255)469/8d & 113/4

Match drawn

player of the match

Mike Atherton

England

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Marsh	c Larkins b Malcolm	13	41	55	2	0	31.70

Mark Taylor	c †Russell b Malcolm	11	47	79	2	0	23.40

David Boon	c Atherton b Gooch	97	174	201	17	0	55.74

Allan Border (c)	b Hemmings	78	184	251	10	0	42.39

Dean Jones	st †Russell b Small	60	120	200	7	0	50.00

Steve Waugh	c Stewart b Malcolm	48	61	66	8	0	78.68

Greg Matthews	c Hemmings b Tufnell	128	175	242	17	0	73.14

Ian Healy †	c Small b Hemmings	35	61	93	2	0	57.37

Carl Rackemann	b Hemmings	1	8	15	0	0	12.50

Terry Alderman	not out	26	73	86	1	0	35.61

Bruce Reid	c Smith b Malcolm	0	7	15	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 5, lb 8, nb 8)	21
TOTAL	(157 Ov, RR: 3.29, 657 Mts)	518
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Geoff Marsh), 2-38 (Mark Taylor), 3-185 (David Boon), 4-226 (Allan Border), 5-292 (Steve Waugh), 6-347 (Dean Jones), 7-442 (Ian Healy), 8-457 (Carl Rackemann), 9-512 (Greg Matthews), 10-518 (Bruce Reid)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Devon Malcolm	45	12	128	4	2.84	-	-	-	7
Gladstone Small	31	5	103	1	3.32	-	-	-	1
Eddie Hemmings	32	7	105	3	3.28	-	-	-	0
Phil Tufnell	30	6	95	1	3.16	-	-	-	0
Graham Gooch	14	3	46	1	3.28	-	-	-	0
Mike Atherton	5	0	28	0	5.60	-	-	-	0

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch (c)	c †Healy b Reid	59	127	148	5	0	46.45

Mike Atherton	c Boon b Matthews	105	349	451	8	0	30.08

Wayne Larkins	run out (Border)	11	33	44	2	0	33.33

Robin Smith	c †Healy b Reid	18	50	67	3	0	36.00

David Gower	c Marsh b Reid	123	236	312	15	0	52.11

Alec Stewart	lbw b Alderman	91	146	157	12	0	62.32

Jack Russell †	not out	30	64	90	3	0	46.87

Gladstone Small	lbw b Alderman	10	21	28	1	0	47.61

Eddie Hemmings	b Alderman	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Phil Tufnell	not out	5	15	22	1	0	33.33

Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 8)	17
TOTAL	(172.1 Ov, RR: 2.72, 665 Mts)	469/8d
Did not bat: Devon Malcolm
Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Graham Gooch), 2-116 (Wayne Larkins), 3-156 (Robin Smith), 4-295 (Mike Atherton), 5-394 (David Gower), 6-426 (Alec Stewart), 7-444 (Gladstone Small), 8-444 (Eddie Hemmings)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Terry Alderman	20.1	4	62	3	3.07	-	-	-	2
Bruce Reid	35.1	9	79	3	2.24	-	-	-	4
Carl Rackemann	25.5	5	89	0	3.44	-	-	-	0
Greg Matthews	58	16	145	1	2.50	-	-	-	2
Allan Border	19	5	45	0	2.36	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	14	3	40	0	2.85	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor	lbw b Hemmings	19	31	39	2	0	61.29

Geoff Marsh	c Stewart b Malcolm	4	13	26	0	0	30.76

Ian Healy †	c Smith b Tufnell	69	160	165	6	0	43.12

David Boon	c Gooch b Tufnell	29	72	73	3	0	40.27

Allan Border (c)	c Gooch b Tufnell	20	29	34	3	0	68.96

Dean Jones	c & b Tufnell	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Steve Waugh	c †Russell b Hemmings	14	28	32	2	0	50.00

Greg Matthews	b Hemmings	19	56	72	0	0	33.92

Carl Rackemann	b Malcolm	9	102	107	0	0	8.82

Terry Alderman	c Gower b Tufnell	1	10	10	0	0	10.00

Bruce Reid	not out	5	32	28	0	0	15.62

Extras	(lb 16)	16
TOTAL	(89 Ov, RR: 2.30, 300 Mts)	205
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Geoff Marsh), 2-29 (Mark Taylor), 3-81 (David Boon), 4-129 (Allan Border), 5-129 (Dean Jones), 6-166 (Steve Waugh), 7-166 (Ian Healy), 8-189 (Greg Matthews), 9-192 (Terry Alderman), 10-205 (Carl Rackemann)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Devon Malcolm	6	1	19	2	3.16	-	-	-
Gladstone Small	2	1	6	0	3.00	-	-	-
Eddie Hemmings	41	9	94	3	2.29	-	-	-
Phil Tufnell	37	18	61	5	1.64	-	-	-
Mike Atherton	3	1	9	0	3.00	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS (target: 255 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch (c)	c Border b Matthews	54	42	68	7	0	128.57

David Gower	c Taylor b Matthews	36	38	53	3	0	94.73

Wayne Larkins	lbw b Border	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Alec Stewart	run out (Alderman/Matthews)	7	10	10	0	0	70.00

Robin Smith	not out	10	27	31	1	0	37.03

Mike Atherton	not out	3	32	28	0	0	9.37

Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3
TOTAL	(25 Ov, RR: 4.51)	113/4
Did not bat: Jack Russell †, Gladstone Small, Eddie Hemmings, Phil Tufnell, Devon Malcolm
Fall of wickets: 1-84 (David Gower), 2-84 (Wayne Larkins), 3-100 (Graham Gooch), 4-100 (Alec Stewart)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Terry Alderman	4	0	29	0	7.25	-	-	-	2
Carl Rackemann	3	0	20	0	6.66	-	-	-	0
Greg Matthews	9	2	26	2	2.88	-	-	-	0
Allan Border	9	1	37	1	4.11	-	-	-	0

MATCH DETAILS

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1990/91
Player Of The Match	Mike Atherton
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1160
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Peter McConnell Tony Crafter

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 04 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 259/4 (Dean Jones 27*, Steve Waugh 22*)

Sat, 05 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 1/0 (Graham Gooch 1*, Mike Atherton 0*)

Sun, 06 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 227/3 (Mike Atherton 94*, David Gower 33*)

Mon, 07 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 38/2 (Ian Healy 9*, David Boon 3*)

Tue, 08 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 113/4 (25 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Scorers: EW Cosgrove and CF Driver
12th men: MG Hughes (Australia) and PAJ DeFreitas (England)

Day 1

Lunch: Australia 68/2 (Boon 22*, Border 17*)
Tea: Australia 158/2 (Boon 82*, Border 43*)
Border became the first player to score 50 half centuries in Test cricket
Boon/Border 3rd wicket partership 147 in 177 mins from 297 balls
Attendance: 27,302

Day 2

Lunch: Australia 377/6 (Matthews 44*, Healy 9*)
Matthews 100 in 185 mins form 137 balls, 13x4
Tea: Australia 483/8 (Matthews 110*, Alderman 9*)
Bad light ended play at 5.05pm (55 mins lost)
Attendance: 26,529

Day 3

Gooch completed 6000 Test runs when he read 12 in the 1st innings
Lunch: England 83/0 (Gooch 50*, Atheron 30*)
Tea: England 150/2 (Atherton 58*, Smith 17*)
Attendnace: 25,461

Day 4

Reid was unable to complete his 27th over (calloused right heel). Rackemann completed the over. Reid later returned and bowled an addition 9 overs
Atherton 100 in 424 mins from 326 balls, 8x4
Atherton scored the slowest hundred in the history of Ashes Tests
Atherton/Gower 4th wicket partership 139 in 190 mins from 284 balls
Gower 100 in 222 mins from 171 balls, 15x4
Lunch: England 323/4 (Gower 103*, Stewart 14*)
Tea: England 426/5 (Stewart 91*, Russel 3*)
Taylor completed 1000 Test runs agaist England when he reached 7 in the 2nd innings
Attendnace: 18,010

Day 5

Border completed 3000 Test runs against England when he reached 17 in the 2nd innings
Tufnell narrowly missed a hat-trick when Gower dropped Waugh at silly point (difficult chance) after dismissing Border (caugh at square leg) and Jones (simple pop back) with successive balls in his 17th over.
Lunch: Australia 152/5 (Healy 64*, Waugh 7*)
Tea: Australia 205 all out
England were set a target of 255 runs from 28 overs
Gower completed 8000 Test runs when he reached 15 in the 2nd innings
Match called off at 5.45pm
Attendance: 9,002 (Total: 106,304)

England Innings

Player Name		R	B
GA Gooch	caught	54	42
DI Gower	caught	36	38
W Larkins	lbw	0	3
AJ Stewart	run out	7	10
RA Smith	not out	10	27
MA Atherton	not out	3	32
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)
Total	113(4 wkts; 25 ovs)