Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	c Richards b Law	25	52	14	3	0	48.07
Mike Atherton (c)	not out	210	350	362	26	0	60.00
John Crawley	c †Gilchrist b Blewett	27	89	95	2	0	30.33
Mark Ramprakash	b Bevan	65	127	142	5	1	51.18
Graeme Hick	c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan	125	130	153	14	4	96.15
Ben Hollioake	c †Gilchrist b Julian	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Warren Hegg †	c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan	4	14	12	0	0	28.57
Extras	(lb 5, nb 6, w 2)	13
Total	126.1 Ov (RR: 3.71, 483 Mins)	469/6d
Did not bat: Dominic Cork, Alex Tudor, Angus Fraser, Peter Such
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Mark Butcher, 17.1 ov), 2-125 (John Crawley, 44.3 ov), 3-265 (Mark Ramprakash, 83.6 ov), 4-460 (Graeme Hick), 5-460 (Ben Hollioake), 6-469 (Warren Hegg)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	18.3	2	67	0	3.62	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Reiffel	1.3	0	4	0	2.66	-	-	-	0	3
Brendon Julian	32	6	98	1	3.06	-	-	-	0	3
Greg Blewett	24	2	73	1	3.04	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart Law	21	4	84	1	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Bevan	23.1	3	94	3	4.05	-	-	-	2	0
Matthew Elliott	5	0	34	0	6.80	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Lehmann	1	0	10	0	10.00	-	-	-	0	0

Australian XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c Tudor b Hollioake	81	160	249	7	0	50.62
Greg Blewett	not out	169	259	333	15	0	65.25
Corey Richards	lbw b Hollioake	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Darren Lehmann (c)	c Atherton b Cork	4	6	8	1	0	66.66
Stuart Law	c Butcher b Ramprakash	21	39	63	1	0	53.84
Michael Bevan	not out	0	10	18	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 14)	18
Total	77 Ov (RR: 3.80, 334 Mins)	293/4d
Did not bat: Adam Gilchrist †, Brendon Julian, Paul Reiffel, Michael Kasprowicz, Gavin Robertson
Fall of wickets: 1-206 (Matthew Elliott), 2-207 (Corey Richards), 3-212 (Darren Lehmann), 4-278 (Stuart Law)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Alex Tudor	14	3	54	0	3.85	-	-	-	4
Angus Fraser	20	3	53	0	2.65	-	-	-	3
Peter Such	15	1	62	0	4.13	-	-	-	0
Dominic Cork	11	3	33	1	3.00	-	-	-	2
Ben Hollioake	10	1	55	2	5.50	-	-	-	5
Mark Ramprakash	6	0	29	1	4.83	-	-	-	0
Graeme Hick	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

England XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	not out	103	136	155	9	1	75.73
John Crawley	lbw b Lehmann	63	52	73	11	0	121.15
Ben Hollioake	c Blewett b Elliott	17	52	40	2	0	32.69
Dominic Cork	run out (Richards)	10	24	28	2	0	41.66
Warren Hegg †	not out	5	17	11	1	0	29.41
Extras	(nb 1)	1
Total	46.5 Ov (RR: 4.24, 156 Mins)	199/3d
Did not bat: Mike Atherton (c), Mark Ramprakash, Graeme Hick, Alex Tudor, Angus Fraser, Peter Such
Fall of wickets: 1-118 (John Crawley), 2-164 (Ben Hollioake), 3-190 (Dominic Cork)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Brendon Julian	11	2	43	0	3.90	-	-	-	1
Stuart Law	8	1	36	0	4.50	-	-	-	0
Darren Lehmann	7.5	1	48	1	6.12	-	-	-	0
Michael Bevan	15	1	57	0	3.80	-	-	-	0
Matthew Elliott	5	0	15	1	3.00	-	-	-	0

Australian XI 2nd Innings (T: 376 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Blewett	not out	213	180	228	20	4	118.33
Matthew Elliott	b Tudor	8	14	21	1	0	57.14
Corey Richards	not out	138	143	205	10	0	96.50
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 5, w 3)	17
Total	55.2 Ov (RR: 6.79, 228 Mins)	376/1
Did not bat: Darren Lehmann (c), Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Adam Gilchrist †, Brendon Julian, Paul Reiffel, Michael Kasprowicz, Gavin Robertson
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Matthew Elliott)

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alex Tudor	9	49	1	5.44	-	-	-	0	0
Angus Fraser	11	72	0	6.54	-	-	-	0	1
Peter Such	11	86	0	7.81	-	-	-	0	0
Dominic Cork	12.2	76	0	6.16	-	-	-	3	0
Graeme Hick	3	22	0	7.33	-	-	-	0	0
Ben Hollioake	5	45	0	9.00	-	-	-	0	4
Mark Ramprakash	4	17	0	4.25	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Sat, 19 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 298/3 (Mike Atherton 154*, Graeme Hick 14*, 95 ov)

Sun, 20 Dec - day 2 - Aust XI 1st innings 30/0 (Matthew Elliott 14*, Greg Blewett 11*, 11 ov)

Mon, 21 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 166/2 (Mark Butcher 85*, Dominic Cork 0*, 37 ov)

Tue, 22 Dec - day 4 - Aust XI 2nd innings 376/1 (55.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

GR Robertson did not take his place in the field (back spasm on morning of the game). Although chosen in the XI he took no part in the match.
PR Reiffel failed to complete his second over (groin), completed by BP Julian.
MS Kasprowicz failed to complete his nineteenth over (hamstring), completed by BP Julian.
Five substitute fielders were used by Australian XI during the England 1st innings: official 12th man JA Dykes (Queensland), AR Border (Australian XI coach and national selector), and Hobart club players S Fingas, ? Costello and NG Webb.

Day 2

Day 4

Australian XI set 376 for victory in 78 overs.
On 38 Blewett reached 1000 fc runs in the 1998-99 Australian season, the sixth person of all-time to do so before December 31.
Blewett 213*: Fourth consecutive FC century

Match Details

Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Toss	England XI, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1998/99
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Peter Parker Steve Davis