England vs Australia, 2nd Test at London, Jun 19 1997 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
2nd Test, Lord's, June 19 - 23, 1997, Australia tour of England and Scotland
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Blewett b McGrath | 5 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 19.23 | |||
| c Taylor b McGrath | 1 | 24 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4.16 | |||
| b McGrath | 1 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 19 | 73 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 26.02 | |||
| c Blewett b Reiffel | 21 | 49 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| c †Healy b McGrath | 1 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 | |||
| c Elliott b Reiffel | 7 | 30 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 23.33 | |||
| c †Healy b McGrath | 2 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |||
| c †Healy b McGrath | 10 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 4, nb 5) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 42.3 Ov (RR: 1.81) | 77 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Mark Butcher), 2-12 (Mike Atherton), 3-13 (Alec Stewart), 4-47 (Graham Thorpe), 5-56 (John Crawley), 6-62 (Nasser Hussain), 7-66 (Robert Croft), 8-76 (Darren Gough), 9-77 (Mark Ealham), 10-77 (Andy Caddick) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.3 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 1.85 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1.13 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.80 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Gough | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |||
| c Crawley b Caddick | 112 | 180 | 240 | 20 | 0 | 62.22 | |||
| c Hussain b Croft | 45 | 70 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 64.28 | |||
| c Malcolm b Caddick | 33 | 60 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 55.00 | |||
| c Hussain b Gough | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Caddick | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Stewart b Caddick | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |||
| not out | 13 | 23 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 56.52 | |||
| not out | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 61 Ov (RR: 3.49) | 213/7d | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Mark Taylor), 2-73 (Greg Blewett), 3-147 (Mark Waugh), 4-147 (Shane Warne), 5-147 (Steve Waugh), 6-159 (Michael Bevan), 7-212 (Matthew Elliott) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 4 | 82 | 2 | 4.10 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 6 | 71 | 4 | 3.22 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 2.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Warne | 87 | 210 | 266 | 14 | 0 | 41.42 | |||
| hit wicket b Kasprowicz | 77 | 159 | 220 | 10 | 0 | 48.42 | |||
| c Kasprowicz b McGrath | 13 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 54.16 | |||
| c & b Warne | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 30 | 39 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 76.92 | |||
| not out | 29 | 45 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 64.44 | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 14, nb 7, w 1) | 30 | |||||||
| Total | 79 Ov (RR: 3.36) | 266/4d | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-162 (Mike Atherton), 2-189 (Alec Stewart), 3-197 (Nasser Hussain), 4-202 (Mark Butcher) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 3.25 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 2.23 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 3.60 | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 19 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 2.47 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3.62 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 19 Jun
day 1 - no playFri, 20 Jun
day 2 - England 1st innings 38/3 (Nasser Hussain 10*, Graham Thorpe 13*)Sat, 21 Jun
day 3 - Australia 1st innings 131/2 (Matthew Elliott 55*, Mark Waugh 26*)Sun, 22 Jun
day 4 - Australia 1st innings 213/7 (Ian Healy 13*, Paul Reiffel 1*)Mon, 23 Jun
day 5 - England 2nd innings 266/4d (79 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
Day 1
Day 2
Rain stopped play after 21 overs. England 38/3 (Hussain 10*, Thorpe 13*).
England's total of 77 is their lowest at Lord's since 1888, their lowest against Australia since 1948, and their lowest in any Test innings since 1993-94.
GD McGrath 8-38:
* His personal best bowling in Test and first-class cricket;
* The 23rd best individual bowling by any player in Test cricket;
* The 3rd best innings performance by an Australian in a Test. (Best since Arthur Mailey took 9-121 v England at Melbourne, 1920-21);
* The best individual bowling by an Australian in an innings at Lord's (previously 8-53 by Bob Massie, 1972);
* The best individual bowling for either side in an Ashes Test at Lord's (previously Hedley Verity, 1934);
* The second-best bowling in an innings of a Lord's Test (best 8-34 by Ian Botham v Pakistan, 1978).
Australia 1st Innings: Crawley kept wicket while Stewart was off the field at the start of the innings (back spasms).
Match Details
GroundLord's, London
TossAustralia, elected to field first
Season1997
Player Of The Match
Series resultEngland led the 6-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 1370
Match daysday (5-day match)
TV Umpire
Match Referee