Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c †Stewart b Headley	17	37	52	1	0	45.94
Mark Taylor (c)	c Hussain b Such	59	124	186	5	0	47.58
Justin Langer	not out	179	350	491	13	0	51.14
Mark Waugh	c & b Such	7	30	35	0	0	23.33
Steve Waugh	c Hick b Gough	59	109	148	4	1	54.12
Ricky Ponting	c Hick b Gough	5	28	32	0	0	17.85
Ian Healy †	c Ramprakash b Headley	13	27	38	1	0	48.14
Damien Fleming	lbw b Headley	12	23	29	2	0	52.17
Stuart MacGill	b Such	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Colin Miller	lbw b Headley	11	9	14	2	0	122.22
Glenn McGrath	c †Stewart b Gough	10	27	47	1	0	37.03
Extras	(lb 6, nb 13)	19
Total	125.5 Ov (RR: 3.10, 545 Mins)	391
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Michael Slater, 11.4 ov), 2-140 (Mark Taylor, 43.5 ov), 3-156 (Mark Waugh, 51.4 ov), 4-264 (Steve Waugh, 86.4 ov), 5-274 (Ricky Ponting, 94.6 ov), 6-311 (Ian Healy, 103.3 ov), 7-338 (Damien Fleming, 109.6 ov), 8-339 (Stuart MacGill, 110.5 ov), 9-354 (Colin Miller, 113.6 ov), 10-391 (Glenn McGrath, 125.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Darren Gough	29.5	4	103	3	3.45	-	-	-	6
Alan Mullally	26	5	59	0	2.26	-	-	-	0
Dean Headley	23	1	97	4	4.21	-	-	-	6
Peter Such	38	8	99	3	2.60	-	-	-	1
Mark Ramprakash	9	1	27	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	lbw b Miller	6	35	47	0	0	17.14
Mike Atherton	c Taylor b MacGill	41	92	108	2	0	44.56
Nasser Hussain	not out	89	204	263	8	0	43.62
Alec Stewart (c)†	c Slater b Miller	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Mark Ramprakash	c ME Waugh b McGrath	61	120	134	6	2	50.83
John Crawley	b McGrath	5	20	25	1	0	25.00
Graeme Hick	c Taylor b MacGill	8	16	18	2	0	50.00
Dean Headley	lbw b MacGill	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough	c †Healy b MacGill	7	5	8	1	0	140.00
Alan Mullally	b Fleming	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Peter Such	lbw b Fleming	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 5, w 1)	10
Total	82.5 Ov (RR: 2.74, 311 Mins)	227
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Mark Butcher, 11.5 ov), 2-83 (Mike Atherton, 28.4 ov), 3-84 (Alec Stewart, 29.2 ov), 4-187 (Mark Ramprakash, 68.6 ov), 5-195 (John Crawley, 74.5 ov), 6-210 (Graeme Hick, 79.3 ov), 7-210 (Dean Headley, 79.4 ov), 8-226 (Darren Gough, 81.4 ov), 9-227 (Alan Mullally, 82.4 ov), 10-227 (Peter Such, 82.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	18	4	48	2	2.66	-	-	-	1	5
Damien Fleming	10.5	2	34	2	3.13	-	-	-	0	0
Colin Miller	23	6	71	2	3.08	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	28	6	53	4	1.89	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Waugh	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	lbw b Such	29	71	89	3	0	40.84
Michael Slater	lbw b Gough	103	191	276	8	1	53.92
Justin Langer	c sub (BC Hollioake) b Such	52	183	227	2	0	28.41
Mark Waugh	not out	51	83	126	5	0	61.44
Steve Waugh	c Hick b Headley	7	22	21	0	0	31.81
Ricky Ponting	b Gough	10	30	42	1	0	33.33
Ian Healy †	not out	7	13	20	0	0	53.84
Extras	(lb 12, nb 6, w 1)	19
Total	98 Ov (RR: 2.83, 403 Mins)	278/5d
Did not bat: Damien Fleming, Stuart MacGill, Colin Miller, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Mark Taylor, 21.4 ov), 2-188 (Michael Slater, 68.3 ov), 3-216 (Justin Langer, 77.3 ov), 4-230 (Steve Waugh, 82.4 ov), 5-268 (Ricky Ponting, 92.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	22	2	76	2	3.45	-	-	-	0	0
Alan Mullally	16	6	18	0	1.12	-	-	-	0	0
Dean Headley	18	1	78	1	4.33	-	-	-	0	5
Peter Such	29	5	66	2	2.27	-	-	-	1	0
Mark Ramprakash	12	1	27	0	2.25	-	-	-	0	0
Graeme Hick	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings (T: 443 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	c †Healy b Fleming	19	39	50	0	0	48.71
Mike Atherton	c ME Waugh b Miller	5	43	57	0	0	11.62
Nasser Hussain	lbw b Miller	41	97	132	4	0	42.26
Mark Ramprakash	b Fleming	57	173	185	2	0	32.94
Dean Headley	c ME Waugh b Miller	2	4	3	0	0	50.00
Alec Stewart (c)†	not out	63	122	148	6	0	51.63
John Crawley	c ME Waugh b McGrath	13	53	68	1	0	24.52
Graeme Hick	c Ponting b McGrath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough	c †Healy b McGrath	3	9	9	0	0	33.33
Alan Mullally	c †Healy b Fleming	4	3	6	1	0	133.33
Peter Such	lbw b McGrath	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 9, nb 14)	30
Total	89 Ov (RR: 2.66, 336 Mins)	237
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Mark Butcher, 12.2 ov), 2-31 (Mike Atherton, 13.5 ov), 3-120 (Nasser Hussain, 49.2 ov), 4-122 (Dean Headley, 49.6 ov), 5-163 (Mark Ramprakash, 66.5 ov), 6-221 (John Crawley, 84.4 ov), 7-221 (Graeme Hick, 84.5 ov), 8-231 (Darren Gough, 86.4 ov), 9-236 (Alan Mullally, 87.4 ov), 10-237 (Peter Such, 88.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	17	0	50	4	2.94	-	-	-	11
Damien Fleming	21	3	56	3	2.66	-	-	-	3
Colin Miller	24	1	57	3	2.37	-	-	-	0
Stuart MacGill	25	8	55	0	2.20	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	2	1	3	0	1.50	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 11 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 266/4 (Justin Langer 108*, Ricky Ponting 0*, 90 ov)

Sat, 12 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 160/3 (Nasser Hussain 58*, Mark Ramprakash 45*, 52 ov)

Sun, 13 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 150/1 (Michael Slater 74*, Justin Langer 34*, 60 ov)

Mon, 14 Dec - day 4 - England 2nd innings 122/4 (Mark Ramprakash 43*, Alec Stewart 0*, 51 ov)

Tue, 15 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 237 (89 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Lunch: Australia 78/1 (Taylor 30*, Langer 23*, 28 overs)
Tea: Australia 173/3 (Langer 67*, SR Waugh 10*, 56 overs)
On 2, Taylor passed 1000 runs for the 1998 calendar year
On 16, Taylor became Australia's 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket (passing DC Boon, 7422 runs)
Australia 100 off 31.0 overs, brought up with a four by Taylor off Gough
MA Taylor 50 off 107 balls, 5x4, 40th Test 50
JL Langer 50 off 98 balls, 4x4
Australia 200 off 64.2 overs
JL Langer 100 off 197 balls, 7x4, 2nd Test 100
SR Waugh 50 off 100 balls, 3x4, 1x6, 39th Test 50
4th wicket partnership (Langer/SR Waugh) 100 off 194 balls
Attendance: 13 600

Day 2

Lunch: Australia 361/9 (Langer 157*, McGrath 3*, 116 overs)
Tea: Australia 391, England 40/1 (Hussain 11*, Atherton 16*, 18 overs)
Australia 300 off 102.0 overs, brought up with a four by Healy off Mullally
JL Langer 150 off 299 balls, 10x4
On 1, Atherton passed 6000 Test career runs
England 100 off 33.1 overs
N Hussain 50 off 95 balls, 6x4, brought up his 50 with a four off McGrath, 8th Test 50
Attendance 16 372

Day 3

Lunch: England 227
Tea: Australia 73/1 (Langer 7*, Slater 28*, 30 overs)
MR Ramprakash 50 off 82 balls, 6x4, 1x6, brought up his 50 with a six off Miller, 7th Test 50
4th wicket partnership (Hussain/Ramprakash) 100 off 212 balls
England 200 off 75.5 overs, brought up with a four by Hick off MacGill
Light rain delayed the start of the 3rd session by 10 minutes
Australia 100 off 43.1 overs, brought up with a four by Langer off Ramprakash
MJ Slater 50 off 127 balls, 3x4, 1x6
Attendance: 19 720

Day 4

Lunch: Australia 253/4 (ME Waugh 35*, Ponting 8*, 88 overs)
Tea: Australia 278/5d, England 47/2 (Hussain 11*, Ramprakash 7*, 18 overs)
2nd wicket partnership (Slater/Langer) 100 off 233 balls, brought up with a four by Slater off Gough
MJ Slater 100 in 272 mins, off 184 balls, 8x4, 1x6, 10th Test 100
Australia 200 off 72.4 overs
JL Langer 50 off 181 balls, 2x4, brought up his 100 with a four off Headley, 6th Test 50
Attendance: 14 817

Day 5

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1998/99
Player Of The Match	Justin Langer
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1434
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Steve Bucknor Steve Davis
TV Umpire	Paul Angley
Match Referee	John Reid

Match Coverage

Australia v England 1998-99

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	17	0	50	4	2.94 (11 nb)
DW Fleming	21	3	56	3	2.66 (3 nb)
CR Miller	24	1	57	3	2.37
SCG MacGill	25	8	55	0	2.2
SR Waugh	2	1	3	0	1.5

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