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Stumps • Starts 4:30 AM • 1st TEST • Multan

PAK

(41.3 ov) 143/4

Day 1 - Pakistan chose to bat.

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RESULT • 11th Match • SA20 • T20 • Durban

SEC

165/5

DSG

(18.1/20 ov, T:166) 107

Eastern Cape won by 58 runs

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Australia vs England, 4th Test at Melbourne, , Dec 26 1998 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

4th Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 29, 1998, England tour of Australia

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England

270 & 244

Australia

(T:175) 340 & 162

England won by 12 runs

Player Of The Match

Dean Headley

, ENG

6/60

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
Mike Atherton	c †Healy b McGrath	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart (c)	b MacGill	107	160	212	16	0	66.87
Mark Butcher	c Langer b McGrath	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Nasser Hussain	c †Healy b Nicholson	19	56	83	2	0	33.92
Mark Ramprakash	c McGrath b SR Waugh	63	92	120	5	0	68.47
Graeme Hick	c Fleming b MacGill	39	67	84	3	1	58.20
Warren Hegg †	c †Healy b SR Waugh	3	5	11	0	0	60.00
Dean Headley	c Taylor b McGrath	14	49	52	0	0	28.57
Darren Gough	b MacGill	11	14	21	2	0	78.57
Angus Fraser	not out	0	2	11	0	0	0.00
Alan Mullally	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
Glenn McGrath	22	5	64	3	2.90	-	-	-	0	5
Damien Fleming	19	3	71	0	3.73	-	-	-	0	1
Matthew Nicholson	10	0	59	1	5.90	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	19	2	61	4	3.21	-	-	-	1	0
Steve Waugh	6	2	8	2	1.33	-	-	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Hick b Gough	7	29	44	0	0	24.13
Michael Slater	lbw b Gough	1	14	18	0	0	7.14
Justin Langer	c Hussain b Gough	44	103	168	5	0	42.71
Mark Waugh	lbw b Fraser	36	67	93	3	0	53.73
Steve Waugh	not out	122	198	315	13	0	61.61
Darren Lehmann	c †Hegg b Gough	13	23	28	2	0	56.52
Ian Healy †	c Headley b Fraser	36	55	68	3	0	65.45
Damien Fleming	c Hick b Mullally	12	30	41	2	0	40.00
Matthew Nicholson	b Gough	5	18	23	0	0	27.77
Stuart MacGill	c †Hegg b Mullally	43	63	98	3	0	68.25
Glenn McGrath	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	NB
Darren Gough	28	7	96	5	3.42	-	-	-	4
Dean Headley	25	3	86	0	3.44	-	-	-	3
Alan Mullally	21.3	5	64	3	2.97	-	-	-	0
Mark Ramprakash	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Angus Fraser	22	0	78	2	3.54	-	-	-	4

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	b Fleming	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart (c)	c Slater b MacGill	52	98	120	4	0	53.06
Mark Butcher	c Slater b MacGill	14	45	67	0	0	31.11
Dean Headley	b McGrath	1	15	22	0	0	6.66
Nasser Hussain	c Slater b Nicholson	50	131	157	6	0	38.16
Mark Ramprakash	b Nicholson	14	43	66	0	0	32.55
Graeme Hick	b Fleming	60	82	123	8	0	73.17
Warren Hegg †	c MacGill b Nicholson	9	21	28	1	0	42.85
Darren Gough	c Slater b MacGill	4	14	20	0	0	28.57
Angus Fraser	not out	7	20	27	0	0	35.00
Alan Mullally	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	NB
Glenn McGrath	20.2	5	56	2	2.75	-	-	-	6
Damien Fleming	17	4	45	2	2.64	-	-	-	1
Matthew Nicholson	15	4	56	3	3.73	-	-	-	0
Stuart MacGill	27	3	81	3	3.00	-	-	-	4
Mark Waugh	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 175 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	lbw b Headley	18	23	26	3	0	78.26
Mark Taylor (c)	c Headley b Mullally	19	33	50	1	0	57.57
Justin Langer	c Ramprakash b Mullally	30	53	105	3	0	56.60
Mark Waugh	c Hick b Headley	43	81	116	2	0	53.08
Steve Waugh	not out	30	49	108	2	0	61.22
Darren Lehmann	c †Hegg b Headley	4	7	11	0	0	57.14
Ian Healy †	c Hick b Headley	0	2	8	0	0	0.00
Damien Fleming	lbw b Headley	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Matthew Nicholson	c †Hegg b Headley	9	29	41	0	0	31.03
Stuart MacGill	b Gough	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	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	NB
Darren Gough	15.4	2	54	2	3.44	-	-	-	1
Dean Headley	17	5	60	6	3.52	-	-	-	3
Alan Mullally	10	4	20	2	2.00	-	-	-	0
Angus Fraser	4	0	23	0	5.75	-	-	-	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	England tour of Australia
Season	1998/99
Player Of The Match	Dean Headley
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1436
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Matthew Nicholson Warren Hegg
Umpires	Daryl Harper Steve Bucknor
TV Umpire	Geoff Morrow
Match Referee	John Reid

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
MJ Slater	lbw	18	23
MA Taylor	caught	19	33
JL Langer	caught	30	53
ME Waugh	caught	43	81
SR Waugh	not out	30	49
DS Lehmann	caught	4	7
IA Healy	caught	0	2
DW Fleming	lbw	0	3
MJ Nicholson	caught	9	29
SCG MacGill	bowled	0	2
GD McGrath	lbw	0	2
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)
Total	162(10 wkts; 46.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	15.4	2	54	2	3.44 (1 nb)
DW Headley	17	5	60	6	3.52 (3 nb)
AD Mullally	10	4	20	2	2
ARC Fraser	4	0	23	0	5.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	31	Mark Taylor	Michael Slater
2nd	10	Mark Taylor	Justin Langer
3rd	62	Mark Waugh	Justin Langer
4th	27	Steve Waugh	Mark Waugh
5th	10	Steve Waugh	Darren Lehmann
6th	0	Steve Waugh	Ian Healy
7th	0	Steve Waugh	Damien Fleming
8th	21	Steve Waugh	Matthew Nicholson
9th	1	Steve Waugh	Stuart MacGill
10th	0	Steve Waugh	Glenn McGrath

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