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Full scorecard - Partnerships - Career averages - Almanack report

Test no. 1439
The Ashes - 5th Test
Australia v England
1998/99 season

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 2,3,4,5 January 1999 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 98 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
captain MA Taylor c Hick b Headley 2 14 8 0 0 25.00
MJ Slater c wicketkeeperHegg b Headley 18 63 35 2 0 51.42
JL Langer c Ramprakash b Tudor 26 53 39 2 0 66.66
ME Waugh c wicketkeeperHegg b Headley 121 293 205 10 0 59.02
SR Waugh b Such 96 202 171 9 0 56.14
DS Lehmann c Hussain b Tudor 32 44 37 5 0 86.48
wicketkeeper IA Healy c wicketkeeperHegg b Gough 14 48 28 1 0 50.00
SK Warne not out 2 14 7 0 0 28.57
SCG MacGill b Gough 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
CR Miller b Gough 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
GD McGrath c Hick b Headley 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
    Extras (lb 2, nb 9) 11
    Total (all out; 87.3 overs) 322 (3.68 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Taylor, 3.1 ov), 2-52 (Slater, 12.4 ov), 3-52 (Langer, 13.1 ov), 4-242 (SR Waugh, 66.2 ov), 5-284 (Lehmann, 76.2 ov), 6-319 (ME Waugh, 85.1 ov), 7-321 (Healy, 86.4 ov), 8-321 (MacGill, 86.5 ov), 9-321 (Miller, 86.6 ov), 10-322 (McGrath, 87.3 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 D Gough 17 4 61 3 3.58
 DW Headley 19.3 3 62 4 3.17 (1nb)
 AJ Tudor 12 1 64 2 5.33 (8nb)
 PM Such 24 6 77 1 3.20
 MR Ramprakash 15 0 56 0 3.73

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Butcher lbw b Warne 36 90 70 4 0 51.42
captain AJ Stewart c Warne b McGrath 3 28 17 0 0 17.64
N Hussain c ME Waugh b Miller 42 174 126 4 0 33.33
MR Ramprakash c MacGill b McGrath 14 52 42 1 0 33.33
GA Hick c Warne b MacGill 23 54 38 3 1 60.52
JP Crawley c Taylor b MacGill 44 118 75 5 0 58.66
wicketkeeper WK Hegg b Miller 15 53 50 0 0 30.00
AJ Tudor b MacGill 14 43 40 2 0 35.00
DW Headley c McGrath b MacGill 8 22 20 1 0 40.00
D Gough lbw b MacGill 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
PM Such not out 0 6 4 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 4) 21
    Total (all out; 80.1 overs) 220 (2.74 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Stewart, 6.5 ov), 2-56 (Butcher, 21.4 ov), 3-88 (Ramprakash, 34.6 ov), 4-137 (Hick, 48.2 ov), 5-139 (Hussain, 49.2 ov), 6-171 (Hegg, 63.4 ov), 7-204 (Tudor, 74.5 ov), 8-213 (Crawley, 78.1 ov), 9-213 (Gough, 78.3 ov), 10-220 (Headley, 80.1 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GD McGrath 17 7 35 2 2.05 (3nb)
 CR Miller 23 6 45 2 1.95
 SCG MacGill 20.1 2 57 5 2.82 (1w)
 SK Warne 20 4 67 1 3.35 (1nb)

Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Slater c wicketkeeperHegg b Headley 123 271 189 11 3 65.07
captain MA Taylor c Stewart b Gough 2 30 25 0 0 8.00
JL Langer lbw b Headley 1 11 5 0 0 20.00
ME Waugh c Ramprakash b Headley 24 79 60 4 0 40.00
DS Lehmann c Crawley b Such 0 12 8 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper IA Healy c Crawley b Such 5 36 26 0 0 19.23
SR Waugh b Headley 8 38 28 1 0 28.57
SK Warne c Ramprakash b Such 8 23 13 0 0 61.53
SCG MacGill c Butcher b Such 6 46 24 0 0 25.00
CR Miller not out 3 15 9 0 0 33.33
GD McGrath c Stewart b Such 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 3, lb 1) 4
    Total (all out; 64.5 overs) 184 (2.83 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Taylor, 7.6 ov), 2-25 (Langer, 10.2 ov), 3-64 (ME Waugh, 27.5 ov), 4-73 (Lehmann, 30.4 ov), 5-91 (Healy, 40.2 ov), 6-110 (SR Waugh, 49.4 ov), 7-141 (Warne, 54.2 ov), 8-180 (Slater, 61.4 ov), 9-184 (MacGill, 64.3 ov), 10-184 (McGrath, 64.5 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DW Headley 19 7 40 4 2.10
 D Gough 15 3 51 1 3.40
 PM Such 25.5 5 81 5 3.13
 AJ Tudor 5 2 8 0 1.60

England 2nd innings (target: 287 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Butcher st wicketkeeperHealy b Warne 27 60 47 3 0 57.44
captain AJ Stewart st wicketkeeperHealy b MacGill 42 83 55 4 0 76.36
N Hussain c & b MacGill 53 170 129 2 0 41.08
MR Ramprakash c Taylor b McGrath 14 60 46 1 0 30.43
GA Hick b MacGill 7 39 25 1 0 28.00
JP Crawley lbw b Miller 5 21 16 0 0 31.25
wicketkeeper WK Hegg c wicketkeeperHealy b MacGill 3 10 10 0 0 30.00
AJ Tudor b MacGill 3 27 21 0 0 14.28
DW Headley c wicketkeeperHealy b MacGill 16 25 24 2 0 66.66
D Gough not out 7 21 15 1 0 46.66
PM Such c & b MacGill 2 11 12 0 0 16.66
    Extras (lb 5, w 1, nb 3) 9
    Total (all out; 66.1 overs) 188 (2.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-57 (Butcher, 13.6 ov), 2-77 (Stewart, 20.2 ov), 3-110 (Ramprakash, 34.4 ov), 4-131 (Hick, 44.3 ov), 5-150 (Crawley, 49.6 ov), 6-157 (Hegg, 52.6 ov), 7-162 (Hussain, 56.4 ov), 8-175 (Tudor, 60.2 ov), 9-180 (Headley, 62.6 ov), 10-188 (Such, 66.1 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GD McGrath 10 0 40 1 4.00 (3nb)
 CR Miller 17 1 50 1 2.94
 SCG MacGill 20.1 4 50 7 2.47 (1w)
 SK Warne 19 3 43 1 2.26

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the 5-match series 3-1

Player of the match SCG MacGill (Australia)
Player of the series SR Waugh (Australia)

Umpires RS Dunne (New Zealand) and DB Hair
TV umpire SJA Taufel
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)

Close of play
2 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 322
3 Jan day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 13/0 (MJ Slater 11*, MA Taylor 2*, 7 ov)
4 Jan day 3 - England 2nd innings 104/2 (N Hussain 17*, MR Ramprakash 14*, 30 ov)
5 Jan day 4 - England 2nd innings 188 (66.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • Day 1:
  • Lunch: Australia 101/3 (ME Waugh 26*, SR Waugh 22*, 26 overs)
  • Tea: Australia 214/3 (ME Waugh 78*, SR Waugh 81*, 58 overs)
  • SR Waugh 96: His 9th Test score in the 90's, breaking the world record (prev. AI Kallicharran, 8)
  • D Gough 3/61 included hat-trick (Healy, MacGill, Miller). 23rd hat-trick in Tests, first at Sydney since 1891-92.
  • Attendance: 42,124 (sellout). Biggest Test crowd at the SCG since January 3, 1976 (53001, Day 1 v WI), and the biggest since ground capacity was reduced in the 1980's.
  • Day 2:
  • Lunch: England 82/2 (Hussain 22*, Ramprakash 12*, 30 overs)
  • Tea: England 161/5 (Crawley 16*, Hegg 8*, 60 overs)
  • England 1st innings 1x5 ball over
  • Stewart was GD McGrath's 200th Test wicket - the 10th Australian to reach that milestone.
  • Hussain was ME Waugh's 100th Test catch - the 14th non-wicketekeeper (and 6th Australian) to reach that milestone.
  • Crawley was MA Taylor's 156th Test catch - equalling AR Border's world record for a non-wicketkeeper.
  • Attendance: 38,912.
  • Day 3:
  • Lunch: Australia 74/4 (Slater 47*, Healy 0*, 34 overs)
  • Tea: Australia 178/7 (Slater 122*, MacGill 5*, 61 overs)
  • Slater scored 123 out of Australia's 184 runs (66.85%) - the second highest percentage of runs by a batsman in a Test innings (record 67.35%, C Bannerman, Aus v Eng 1876-77)
  • England target 287 in approximately 210 overs.
  • Attendance: 33,492.
  • Day 4:
  • Lunch: England 175/7 (Tudor 3*, Headley 12*, 60 overs)
  • Taylor's catch of Ramprakash was his 157th in Tests, passing Border's world record outright.
  • Attendance: 27,754. Match total: 142,282.

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