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The Ashes - 3rd Test

England v Australia

England won by 18 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
J Dyson b Dilley 102 294 234 14 0 43.58
GM Wood lbw b Botham 34 71 55 4 0 61.81
TM Chappell c †Taylor b Willey 27 161 135 2 0 20.00
KJ Hughes* c & b Botham 89 270 208 8 0 42.78
RJ Bright b Dilley 7 48 36 1 0 19.44
GN Yallop c †Taylor b Botham 58 208 167 5 0 34.73
AR Border lbw b Botham 8 35 20 1 0 40.00
RW Marsh† b Botham 28 65 50 5 0 56.00
GF Lawson c †Taylor b Botham 13 45 35 2 0 37.14
DK Lillee not out 3 8 6 0 0 50.00
TM Alderman not out 0 0 0 0 0 -
Extras (b 4, lb 13, w 3, nb 12) 32
Total (9 wickets dec; 155.2 overs) 401 (2.58 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-55 (Wood), 2-149 (Chappell), 3-196 (Dyson), 4-220 (Bright), 5-332 (Hughes), 6-354 (Border), 7-357 (Yallop), 8-396 (Lawson), 9-401 (Marsh)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RGD Willis 30 8 72 0 2.40
CM Old 43 14 91 0 2.11
GR Dilley 27 4 78 2 2.88
IT Botham 39.2 11 95 6 2.41
P Willey 13 2 31 1 2.38
G Boycott 3 2 2 0 0.66
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch lbw b Alderman 2 17 7 0 0 28.57
G Boycott b Lawson 12 89 58 0 0 20.68
JM Brearley* c †Marsh b Alderman 10 64 53 0 0 18.86
DI Gower c †Marsh b Lawson 24 58 50 3 0 48.00
MW Gatting lbw b Lillee 15 58 29 2 0 51.72
P Willey b Lawson 8 29 22 0 0 36.36
IT Botham c †Marsh b Lillee 50 80 54 8 0 92.59
RW Taylor† c †Marsh b Lillee 5 36 23 1 0 21.73
GR Dilley c & b Lillee 13 30 17 2 0 76.47
CM Old c Border b Alderman 0 4 4 0 0 0.00
RGD Willis not out 1 5 4 0 0 25.00
Extras (b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 11) 34
Total (all out; 50.5 overs) 174 (3.42 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-12 (Gooch), 2-40 (Brearley), 3-42 (Boycott), 4-84 (Gower), 5-87 (Gatting), 6-112 (Willey), 7-148 (Taylor), 8-166 (Botham), 9-167 (Old), 10-174 (Dilley)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 18.5 7 49 4 2.60
TM Alderman 19 4 59 3 3.10
GF Lawson 13 3 32 3 2.46
England 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch c Alderman b Lillee 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
G Boycott lbw b Alderman 46 215 141 1 0 32.62
JM Brearley* c Alderman b Lillee 14 33 29 3 0 48.27
DI Gower c Border b Alderman 9 36 22 1 0 40.90
MW Gatting lbw b Alderman 1 10 10 0 0 10.00
P Willey c Dyson b Lillee 33 84 56 6 0 58.92
IT Botham not out 149 219 148 27 1 100.67
RW Taylor† c Bright b Alderman 1 9 9 0 0 11.11
GR Dilley b Alderman 56 80 75 9 0 74.66
CM Old b Lawson 29 54 31 6 0 93.54
RGD Willis c Border b Alderman 2 31 9 0 0 22.22
Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 3, nb 5) 16
Total (all out; 87.3 overs) 356 (4.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-0 (Gooch), 2-18 (Brearley), 3-37 (Gower), 4-41 (Gatting), 5-105 (Willey), 6-133 (Boycott), 7-135 (Taylor), 8-252 (Dilley), 9-319 (Old), 10-356 (Willis)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 25 6 94 3 3.76
TM Alderman 35.3 6 135 6 3.80
GF Lawson 23 4 96 1 4.17
RJ Bright 4 0 15 0 3.75
Australia 2nd innings (target: 130 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
J Dyson c †Taylor b Willis 34 119 83 3 0 40.96
GM Wood c †Taylor b Botham 10 9 10 2 0 100.00
TM Chappell c †Taylor b Willis 8 68 56 0 0 14.28
KJ Hughes* c Botham b Willis 0 14 9 0 0 0.00
GN Yallop c Gatting b Willis 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
AR Border b Old 0 13 8 0 0 0.00
RW Marsh† c Dilley b Willis 4 18 9 0 0 44.44
RJ Bright b Willis 19 49 32 2 0 59.37
GF Lawson c †Taylor b Willis 1 2 2 0 0 50.00
DK Lillee c Gatting b Willis 17 22 15 3 0 113.33
TM Alderman not out 0 6 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 14) 18
Total (all out; 36.1 overs) 111 (3.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-13 (Wood), 2-56 (Chappell), 3-58 (Hughes), 4-58 (Yallop), 5-65 (Border), 6-68 (Dyson), 7-74 (Marsh), 8-75 (Lawson), 9-110 (Lillee), 10-111 (Bright)
Bowling O M R W Econ
IT Botham 7 3 14 1 2.00
GR Dilley 2 0 11 0 5.50
RGD Willis 15.1 3 43 8 2.83
CM Old 9 1 21 1 2.33
P Willey 3 1 4 0 1.33
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series 6-match series level 1-1
Player of the match IT Botham (England)
Umpires DGL Evans and BJ Meyer
Close of play
16 Jul day 1 - Australia 1st innings 203/3 (KJ Hughes 24*, RJ Bright 1*)
17 Jul day 2 - England 1st innings 7/0 (GA Gooch 2*, G Boycott 0*)
18 Jul day 3 - England 2nd innings 6/1 (G Boycott 0*, JM Brearley 4*)
19 Jul rest day
20 Jul day 4 - England 2nd innings 351/9 (IT Botham 145*, RGD Willis 1*)
21 Jul day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 111 (36.1 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • Only the second time in Test match history that the side following on has won.
 
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Photos

Jul 20, 1981

Bob Willis walks back to his mark, England v Australia, Headingley, July 20, 1981

Bob Willis walks back to his mark

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Jul 18, 1981

Rod Marsh of Australia breaks the world record for Test catches as he dismisses Ian Botham off Dennis Lillee during the third test at Headingley

Rod Marsh catches Ian Botham off Dennis Lillee at Headingley in 1981

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