Australia vs England, 4th Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1998 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
4th Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 29, 1998, England tour of Australia
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Healy b McGrath | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b MacGill | 107 | 160 | 212 | 16 | 0 | 66.87 | |||
| c Langer b McGrath | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Healy b Nicholson | 19 | 56 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 33.92 | |||
| c McGrath b SR Waugh | 63 | 92 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 68.47 | |||
| c Fleming b MacGill | 39 | 67 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 58.20 | |||
| c †Healy b SR Waugh | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| c Taylor b McGrath | 14 | 49 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| b MacGill | 11 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 78.57 | |||
| not out | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b MacGill | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 6, w 1) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 76 Ov (RR: 3.55) | 270 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mike Atherton, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Mark Butcher, 2.5 ov), 3-81 (Nasser Hussain, 22.5 ov), 4-200 (Alec Stewart, 51.4 ov), 5-202 (Mark Ramprakash, 52.5 ov), 6-206 (Warren Hegg, 56.1 ov), 7-244 (Dean Headley, 70.5 ov), 8-266 (Graeme Hick, 73.5 ov), 9-270 (Darren Gough, 75.1 ov), 10-270 (Alan Mullally, 75.6 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 2.90 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
| 19 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 3.73 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 5.90 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 3.21 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Hick b Gough | 7 | 29 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 24.13 | |||
| lbw b Gough | 1 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | |||
| c Hussain b Gough | 44 | 103 | 168 | 5 | 0 | 42.71 | |||
| lbw b Fraser | 36 | 67 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 53.73 | |||
| not out | 122 | 198 | 315 | 13 | 0 | 61.61 | |||
| c †Hegg b Gough | 13 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 56.52 | |||
| c Headley b Fraser | 36 | 55 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 65.45 | |||
| c Hick b Mullally | 12 | 30 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| b Gough | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 27.77 | |||
| c †Hegg b Mullally | 43 | 63 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 68.25 | |||
| b Mullally | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, nb 11) | 21 | |||||||
| Total | 98.3 Ov (RR: 3.45) | 340 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Michael Slater, 4.3 ov), 2-26 (Mark Taylor, 10.1 ov), 3-98 (Mark Waugh, 29.4 ov), 4-127 (Justin Langer, 40.4 ov), 5-151 (Darren Lehmann, 46.2 ov), 6-209 (Ian Healy, 61.5 ov), 7-235 (Damien Fleming, 71.3 ov), 8-252 (Matthew Nicholson, 76.6 ov), 9-340 (Stuart MacGill, 98.1 ov), 10-340 (Glenn McGrath, 98.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 7 | 96 | 5 | 3.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 25 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 3.44 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 21.3 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 2.97 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 3.54 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 |
England 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Fleming | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Slater b MacGill | 52 | 98 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 53.06 | |||
| c Slater b MacGill | 14 | 45 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 31.11 | |||
| b McGrath | 1 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |||
| c Slater b Nicholson | 50 | 131 | 157 | 6 | 0 | 38.16 | |||
| b Nicholson | 14 | 43 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 32.55 | |||
| b Fleming | 60 | 82 | 123 | 8 | 0 | 73.17 | |||
| c MacGill b Nicholson | 9 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| c Slater b MacGill | 4 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| not out | 7 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 | |||
| c & b McGrath | 16 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 106.66 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, nb 11) | 17 | |||||||
| Total | 80.2 Ov (RR: 3.03) | 244 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Mike Atherton, 1.5 ov), 2-61 (Mark Butcher, 17.5 ov), 3-66 (Dean Headley, 24.1 ov), 4-78 (Alec Stewart, 29.3 ov), 5-127 (Mark Ramprakash, 46.2 ov), 6-178 (Nasser Hussain, 63.1 ov), 7-202 (Warren Hegg, 69.6 ov), 8-221 (Darren Gough, 74.2 ov), 9-221 (Graeme Hick, 75.1 ov), 10-244 (Alan Mullally, 80.2 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.2 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 2.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | |
| 17 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 2.64 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 3.73 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 3 | 81 | 3 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 175 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Headley | 18 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 78.26 | |||
| c Headley b Mullally | 19 | 33 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 57.57 | |||
| c Ramprakash b Mullally | 30 | 53 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 56.60 | |||
| c Hick b Headley | 43 | 81 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 53.08 | |||
| not out | 30 | 49 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 61.22 | |||
| c †Hegg b Headley | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |||
| c Hick b Headley | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Headley | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Hegg b Headley | 9 | 29 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 31.03 | |||
| b Gough | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Gough | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, nb 4) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 46.4 Ov (RR: 3.47) | 162 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Michael Slater, 5.5 ov), 2-41 (Mark Taylor, 10.5 ov), 3-103 (Justin Langer, 26.5 ov), 4-130 (Mark Waugh, 33.5 ov), 5-140 (Darren Lehmann, 35.6 ov), 6-140 (Ian Healy, 37.2 ov), 7-140 (Damien Fleming, 37.5 ov), 8-161 (Matthew Nicholson, 45.5 ov), 9-162 (Stuart MacGill, 46.2 ov), 10-162 (Glenn McGrath, 46.4 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.4 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 3.44 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 5 | 60 | 6 | 3.52 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Sat, 26 Dec - day 1 - no play
Sun, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 59/2 (Justin Langer 26*, Mark Waugh 12*, 18 ov)
Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 65/2 (Alec Stewart 43*, Dean Headley 0*, 22 ov)
Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 162 (46.4 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
Day 1
Day 4
- Match Notes
- Stuart MacGill's highest score
- Dean Headley's best bowling
- Steve Waugh reaches 7000 test runs
- Darren Gough takes his 50th wicket against Australia
- Mark Waugh 1000th run in a calendar year
- Ian Healy take his 350th catch
- McGrath equalls Australian record of 16 ducks -
- which means he now holds the record with 18, after the 5th Test
Match Details
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1998/99 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia led the 5-match series 2-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 1436 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
| Umpires | |
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| Match Referee | |
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