Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	c Craig b Inness	46	118	147	5	0	38.98
John Crawley	c †Roach b Williams	8	31	37	1	0	25.80
Nasser Hussain	c Arnberger b Gilbert	5	23	27	0	0	21.73
Alec Stewart (c)†	run out	126	205	243	14	0	61.46
Graham Thorpe	c †Roach b Davison	19	32	44	2	0	59.37
Mark Ramprakash	c †Roach b Bakker	78	186	256	7	0	41.93
Graeme Hick	lbw b Gilbert	67	116	157	7	1	57.75
Ben Hollioake	lbw b Bakker	5	11	12	0	0	45.45
Robert Croft	not out	0	16	33	0	0	0.00
Dean Headley	c Williams b Bakker	3	17	19	0	0	17.64
Angus Fraser	c Williams b Davison	8	14	9	1	0	57.14
Extras	(lb 6, nb 1, w 1)	8
Total	128 Ov (RR: 2.91, 497 Mins)	373
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (John Crawley), 2-33 (Nasser Hussain), 3-95 (Mike Atherton), 4-135 (Graham Thorpe), 5-247 (Alec Stewart), 6-356 (Mark Ramprakash), 7-362 (Graeme Hick), 8-362 (Ben Hollioake), 9-365 (Dean Headley), 10-373 (Angus Fraser)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brad Williams	27	7	84	1	3.11	-	-	-	0	0
Ashley Gilbert	29	7	63	2	2.17	-	-	-	0	0
Mathew Inness	31	10	95	1	3.06	-	-	-	0	1
Jason Bakker	20	6	45	3	2.25	-	-	-	1	0
John Davison	19	3	77	2	4.05	-	-	-	0	0
Shawn Craig	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	-	-	0	0

Victoria 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jason Arnberger	run out	19	50	72	0	0	38.00
Matthew Mott	c †Stewart b Headley	0	5	11	0	0	0.00
Graeme Vimpani	c Thorpe b Headley	11	27	33	1	0	40.74
Brad Hodge (c)	lbw b Hollioake	4	18	28	0	0	22.22
Shawn Craig	not out	83	287	379	8	0	28.91
Jason Bakker	c Headley b Croft	29	61	75	2	0	47.54
Peter Roach †	c Ramprakash b Headley	80	151	195	9	0	52.98
John Davison	c Ramprakash b Croft	42	39	75	5	1	107.69
Brad Williams	c Headley b Croft	1	9	9	0	0	11.11
Ashley Gilbert	lbw b Headley	1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Mathew Inness	c Hick b Headley	3	19	15	0	0	15.78
Extras	(lb 6, nb 21)	27
Total	106.2 Ov (RR: 2.82, 452 Mins)	300
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Matthew Mott), 2-24 (Graeme Vimpani), 3-43 (Jason Arnberger), 4-43 (Brad Hodge), 5-87 (Jason Bakker), 6-217 (Peter Roach), 7-281 (John Davison), 8-283 (Brad Williams), 9-294 (Ashley Gilbert), 10-300 (Mathew Inness)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dean Headley	27.2	3	58	5	2.12	-	-	-	9
Angus Fraser	22	6	58	0	2.63	-	-	-	2
Ben Hollioake	19	1	72	1	3.78	-	-	-	9
Robert Croft	31	4	79	3	2.54	-	-	-	1
Mark Ramprakash	7	2	27	0	3.85	-	-	-	0

England XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Crawley	b Craig	68	126	164	8	0	53.96
Mike Atherton	c Inness b Williams	14	26	27	2	0	53.84
Nasser Hussain	run out	28	61	80	2	1	45.90
Graham Thorpe	retired hurt	1	29	40	0	0	3.44
Alec Stewart (c)†	b Gilbert	36	44	58	5	0	81.81
Mark Ramprakash	c Arnberger b Gilbert	33	39	35	4	0	84.61
Graeme Hick	not out	15	10	20	3	0	150.00
Ben Hollioake	not out	4	7	12	0	0	57.14
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 1)	8
Total	57 Ov (RR: 3.63, 221 Mins)	207/5d
Did not bat: Robert Croft, Dean Headley, Angus Fraser
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Mike Atherton), 2-82 (Nasser Hussain), 2-106* (Graham Thorpe, retired not out), 3-128 (John Crawley), 4-179 (Alec Stewart), 5-188 (Mark Ramprakash)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Brad Williams	10	5	14	1	1.40	-	-	-	0
Ashley Gilbert	13	5	44	2	3.38	-	-	-	0
Mathew Inness	8	2	22	0	2.75	-	-	-	0
Matthew Mott	1	0	9	0	9.00	-	-	-	0
John Davison	19	3	79	0	4.15	-	-	-	1
Shawn Craig	6	0	32	1	5.33	-	-	-	0

Victoria 2nd Innings (T: 281 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Mott	c Hick b Hollioake	9	49	69	0	0	18.36
Jason Arnberger	c sub (†WK Hegg) b Headley	1	7	11	0	0	14.28
Graeme Vimpani	lbw b Fraser	72	97	136	9	0	74.22
Brad Hodge (c)	c sub (†WK Hegg) b Croft	50	89	126	5	0	56.17
Shawn Craig	c Hick b Headley	45	73	97	5	0	61.64
John Davison	c Hick b Croft	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Jason Bakker	st sub (†WK Hegg) b Ramprakash	33	40	53	3	0	82.50
Peter Roach †	not out	24	27	38	2	0	88.88
Brad Williams	c Fraser b Croft	4	4	11	0	0	100.00
Ashley Gilbert	not out	3	14	18	0	0	21.42
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	66.5 Ov (RR: 3.66, 284 Mins)	245/8
Did not bat: Mathew Inness
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Jason Arnberger), 2-33 (Matthew Mott), 3-111 (Graeme Vimpani), 4-156 (Brad Hodge), 5-156 (John Davison), 6-211 (Jason Bakker), 7-216 (Shawn Craig), 8-232 (Brad Williams)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dean Headley	17.5	6	54	2	3.02	-	-	-	1
Angus Fraser	12	2	33	1	2.75	-	-	-	0
Ben Hollioake	10	1	40	1	4.00	-	-	-	1
Robert Croft	20	3	85	3	4.25	-	-	-	0
Mark Ramprakash	7	0	31	1	4.42	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Sat, 05 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 308/5 (Mark Ramprakash 61*, Graeme Hick 37*, 102 ov)

Sun, 06 Dec - day 2 - Victoria 1st innings 177/5 (Shawn Craig 39*, Peter Roach 54*, 69 ov)

Mon, 07 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 207/5 (Graeme Hick 15*, Ben Hollioake 4*, 57 ov)

Tue, 08 Dec - day 4 - Victoria 2nd innings 245/8 (66.5 ov) - end of match

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Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Victoria, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1998/99
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Geoff Morrow Terry Prue
TV Umpire	Bob Parry

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Victoria Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Headley	17.5	6	54	2	3.02 (1 nb)
ARC Fraser	12	2	33	1	2.75
BC Hollioake	10	1	40	1	4 (1 nb)
RDB Croft	20	3	85	3	4.25
MR Ramprakash	7	0	31	1	4.42

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