Australia vs England, 3rd Test at Adelaide, Dec 10 1982 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Test, Adelaide, December 10 - 15, 1982, England tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Taylor b Botham | 44 | 89 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 49.43 | |||
| c †Taylor b Botham | 44 | 125 | 179 | 3 | 0 | 35.20 | |||
| c Gower b Willis | 115 | 201 | 239 | 18 | 0 | 57.21 | |||
| run out | 88 | 232 | 277 | 6 | 2 | 37.93 | |||
| c Botham b Willis | 2 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| c †Taylor b Pringle | 26 | 95 | 135 | 1 | 1 | 27.36 | |||
| c Botham b Hemmings | 37 | 69 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 53.62 | |||
| c Hemmings b Pringle | 3 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |||
| c Gower b Botham | 38 | 66 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 57.57 | |||
| not out | 14 | 45 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 31.11 | |||
| c & b Botham | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 18) | 24 | |||||||
| Total | 156.5 Ov (RR: 2.79) | 438 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-76 (Kepler Wessels), 2-138 (John Dyson), 3-264 (Greg Chappell), 4-270 (Geoff Lawson), 5-315 (Kim Hughes), 6-355 (Allan Border), 7-359 (Rod Marsh), 8-391 (David Hookes), 9-430 (Bruce Yardley), 10-438 (Jeff Thomson) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 8 | 76 | 2 | 3.04 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 36.5 | 5 | 112 | 4 | 3.04 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 5 | 97 | 2 | 2.93 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 2.35 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | 17 | 96 | 1 | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Marsh b Hogg | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lawson | 11 | 18 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 61.11 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lawson | 60 | 133 | 209 | 5 | 0 | 45.11 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lawson | 82 | 156 | 221 | 10 | 0 | 52.56 | |||
| c Wessels b Thomson | 35 | 66 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 53.03 | |||
| b Lawson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Yardley b Hogg | 7 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 53.84 | |||
| c Chappell b Yardley | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| not out | 1 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |||
| b Thomson | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Thomson | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 11) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 67.5 Ov (RR: 3.18) | 216 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Chris Tavaré), 2-21 (Graeme Fowler), 3-140 (David Gower), 4-181 (Allan Lamb), 5-181 (Derek Randall), 6-194 (Geoff Miller), 7-199 (Bob Taylor), 8-213 (Ian Botham), 9-213 (Eddie Hemmings), 10-216 (Bob Willis) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 3.11 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 2.92 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14.5 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 3.43 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 2.47 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (Following on)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Wessels b Thomson | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lawson | 37 | 99 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 37.37 | |||
| b Hogg | 114 | 259 | 370 | 16 | 0 | 44.01 | |||
| c Chappell b Yardley | 8 | 30 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 | |||
| c Dyson b Yardley | 58 | 140 | 176 | 9 | 0 | 41.42 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lawson | 17 | 38 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 44.73 | |||
| lbw b Lawson | 17 | 25 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 68.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 9 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| not out | 3 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c Wessels b Lawson | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lawson | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 111.11 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 6, nb 15, w 3) | 31 | |||||||
| Total | 104 Ov (RR: 2.92) | 304 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Chris Tavaré), 2-90 (Graeme Fowler), 3-118 (Allan Lamb), 4-236 (Ian Botham), 5-247 (David Gower), 6-272 (Derek Randall), 7-277 (Geoff Miller), 8-289 (Derek Pringle), 9-290 (Eddie Hemmings), 10-304 (Bob Willis) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 6 | 66 | 5 | 2.75 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 2.78 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 3.15 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 12 | 90 | 2 | 2.43 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1.75 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 83 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Taylor b Botham | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| not out | 37 | 76 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 48.68 | |||
| c Randall b Willis | 14 | 33 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 42.42 | |||
| not out | 26 | 34 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 76.47 | |||
| Extras | (nb 5) | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 23.5 Ov (RR: 3.48) | 83/2 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Kepler Wessels), 2-37 (Geoff Lawson) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2.12 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1.5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.25 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Fri, 10 Dec
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 265/3 (Kim Hughes 51*, Geoff Lawson 0*)Sat, 11 Dec
day 2 - England 1st innings 66/2 (David Gower 26*, Allan Lamb 23*)Sun, 12 Dec
day 3 - England 2nd innings 90/1 (Graeme Fowler 37*, David Gower 43*)Mon, 13 Dec
rest dayTue, 14 Dec
day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 3/1 (John Dyson 1*, Geoff Lawson 0*)Wed, 15 Dec
day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 83/2 (23.5 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
Aus 1st innings
RW Taylor's 50th dismissal against Australia (Wessels)
GS Chappell's first century in his birthplace.
Eng 1st innings
IT Botham scores 1000 runs against Australia
Match Details
GroundAdelaide Oval
TossEngland, elected to field first
Season1982/83
Player Of The Match
Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match numberTest no. 940
Match daysday (5-day match)
Umpires