- Test no. 906 | 1981 season
- Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham
- 30,31 July, 1,2 August 1981 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | c †Marsh b Alderman | 13 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 30.95 | |
| JM Brearley* | c Border b Lillee | 48 | 166 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 44.03 | |
| DI Gower | c Hogg b Alderman | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GA Gooch | c †Marsh b Bright | 21 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 48.83 | |
| MW Gatting | c Alderman b Lillee | 21 | 89 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 45.65 | |
| P Willey | b Bright | 16 | 66 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 27.11 | |
| IT Botham | b Alderman | 26 | 58 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 60.46 | |
| JE Emburey | b Hogg | 3 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| RW Taylor† | b Alderman | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CM Old | not out | 11 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 47.82 | |
| RGD Willis | c †Marsh b Alderman | 13 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 86.66 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 10) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 69.1 overs) | 189 | (2.73 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Boycott), 2-29 (Gower), 3-60 (Gooch), 4-101 (Brearley), 5-126 (Gatting), 6-145 (Willey), 7-161 (Botham), 8-161 (Taylor), 9-165 (Emburey), 10-189 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 18 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 3.38 | |||
| TM Alderman | 23.1 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 1.81 | |||
| RM Hogg | 16 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 3.06 | |||
| RJ Bright | 12 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1.66 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GM Wood | run out (Old) | 38 | 174 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 27.33 | |
| J Dyson | b Old | 1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| AR Border | c †Taylor b Old | 2 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| RJ Bright | lbw b Botham | 27 | 63 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| KJ Hughes* | lbw b Old | 47 | 112 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 46.53 | |
| GN Yallop | b Emburey | 30 | 98 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| MF Kent | c Willis b Emburey | 46 | 109 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 56.79 | |
| RW Marsh† | b Emburey | 2 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| DK Lillee | b Emburey | 18 | 40 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 41.86 | |
| RM Hogg | run out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| TM Alderman | not out | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 19, nb 21) | 44 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 86.5 overs) | 258 | (2.97 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Dyson), 2-14 (Border), 3-62 (Bright), 4-115 (Wood), 5-166 (Hughes), 6-203 (Yallop), 7-220 (Marsh), 8-253 (Kent), 9-253 (Hogg), 10-258 (Lillee) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 19 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 3.31 | |||
| CM Old | 21 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 2.09 | |||
| JE Emburey | 26.5 | 12 | 43 | 4 | 1.60 | |||
| IT Botham | 20 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 3.20 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | c †Marsh b Bright | 29 | 190 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 21.32 | |
| JM Brearley* | lbw b Lillee | 13 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 76.47 | |
| DI Gower | c Border b Bright | 23 | 70 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 38.98 | |
| GA Gooch | b Bright | 21 | 116 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 22.58 | |
| MW Gatting | b Bright | 39 | 103 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 54.92 | |
| P Willey | b Bright | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 22.72 | |
| IT Botham | c †Marsh b Lillee | 3 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| CM Old | c †Marsh b Alderman | 23 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 95.83 | |
| JE Emburey | not out | 37 | 92 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 46.83 | |
| RW Taylor† | lbw b Alderman | 8 | 70 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 17.02 | |
| RGD Willis | c †Marsh b Alderman | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 1, nb 9) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 92 overs) | 219 | (2.38 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-18 (Brearley), 2-52 (Gower), 3-89 (Boycott), 4-98 (Gooch), 5-110 (Willey), 6-115 (Botham), 7-154 (Old), 8-167 (Gatting), 9-217 (Taylor), 10-219 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 26 | 9 | 51 | 2 | 1.96 | |||
| TM Alderman | 22 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 2.95 | |||
| RM Hogg | 10 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1.90 | |||
| RJ Bright | 34 | 17 | 68 | 5 | 2.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 151 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GM Wood | lbw b Old | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| J Dyson | lbw b Willis | 13 | 62 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 28.26 | |
| AR Border | c Gatting b Emburey | 40 | 213 | 175 | 4 | 0 | 22.85 | |
| KJ Hughes* | c Emburey b Willis | 5 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| GN Yallop | c Botham b Emburey | 30 | 114 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| MF Kent | b Botham | 10 | 68 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| RW Marsh† | b Botham | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| RJ Bright | lbw b Botham | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DK Lillee | c †Taylor b Botham | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15.78 | |
| RM Hogg | not out | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TM Alderman | b Botham | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 11) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 67 overs) | 121 | (1.80 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-2 (Wood), 2-19 (Dyson), 3-29 (Hughes), 4-87 (Yallop), 5-105 (Border), 6-114 (Marsh), 7-114 (Bright), 8-120 (Lillee), 9-121 (Kent), 10-121 (Alderman) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 20 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 1.85 | |||
| CM Old | 11 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1.72 | |||
| JE Emburey | 22 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 1.81 | |||
| IT Botham | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0.78 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 6-match series 2-1 |
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Test debut
MF Kent
(Australia) Player of the match IT Botham (England) |
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Umpires
HD Bird and DO Oslear |
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Close of play 30 Jul day 1 - Australia 1st innings 19/2 (GM Wood 6*, RJ Bright 0*) 31 Jul day 2 - England 2nd innings 49/1 (G Boycott 9*, DI Gower 20*) 1 Aug day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 9/1 (J Dyson 5*, AR Border 2*) 2 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 121 (67 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 2, 1981 
Ian Botham bowls Terry Alderman to win the Edgbaston Test © Getty Images |
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