| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch | c & b McDermott | 196 | 423 | 310 | 27 | 0 | 63.22 | |
| RT Robinson | b McDermott | 3 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| DI Gower* | c Bennett b McDermott | 157 | 335 | 216 | 20 | 0 | 72.68 | |
| MW Gatting | c Border b Bennett | 4 | 25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14.81 | |
| JE Emburey | c Wellham b Lawson | 9 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| AJ Lamb | c McDermott b Lawson | 1 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| IT Botham | c †Phillips b Lawson | 12 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 52.17 | |
| PR Downton† | b McDermott | 16 | 75 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 34.78 | |
| RM Ellison | c †Phillips b Gilbert | 3 | 43 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 9.37 | |
| PH Edmonds | lbw b Lawson | 12 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| LB Taylor | not out | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| Extras | (b 13, lb 11, nb 26) | 50 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 118.2 overs) | 464 | (3.92 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Robinson), 2-371 (Gower), 3-376 (Gatting), 4-403 (Gooch), 5-405 (Emburey), 6-418 (Lamb), 7-425 (Botham), 8-447 (Ellison), 9-452 (Downton), 10-464 (Edmonds) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GF Lawson | 29.2 | 6 | 101 | 4 | 3.44 | |||
| CJ McDermott | 31 | 2 | 108 | 4 | 3.48 | |||
| DR Gilbert | 21 | 2 | 96 | 1 | 4.57 | |||
| MJ Bennett | 32 | 8 | 111 | 1 | 3.46 | |||
| AR Border | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| KC Wessels | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GM Wood | lbw b Botham | 22 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 81.48 | |
| AMJ Hilditch | c Gooch b Botham | 17 | 60 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 53.12 | |
| KC Wessels | b Emburey | 12 | 56 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 23.52 | |
| AR Border* | b Edmonds | 38 | 105 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 56.71 | |
| DM Wellham | c †Downton b Ellison | 13 | 52 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 31.70 | |
| GM Ritchie | not out | 64 | 195 | 156 | 5 | 0 | 41.02 | |
| WB Phillips† | b Edmonds | 18 | 38 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 62.06 | |
| MJ Bennett | c Robinson b Ellison | 12 | 49 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 26.08 | |
| GF Lawson | c Botham b Taylor | 14 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| CJ McDermott | run out | 25 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 108.69 | |
| DR Gilbert | b Botham | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 2) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 84 overs) | 241 | (2.86 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-35 (Wood), 2-52 (Hilditch), 3-56 (Wessels), 4-101 (Wellham), 5-109 (Border), 6-144 (Phillips), 7-171 (Bennett), 8-192 (Lawson), 9-235 (McDermott), 10-241 (Gilbert) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IT Botham | 20 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 3.20 | |||
| LB Taylor | 13 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
| RM Ellison | 18 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 1.94 | |||
| JE Emburey | 19 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 2.52 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 14 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 3.71 |
| Australia 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GM Wood | b Botham | 6 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| AMJ Hilditch | c Gower b Taylor | 9 | 36 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| KC Wessels | c †Downton b Botham | 7 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| AR Border* | c Botham b Ellison | 58 | 157 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 63.04 | |
| DM Wellham | lbw b Ellison | 5 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| GM Ritchie | c †Downton b Ellison | 6 | 58 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| WB Phillips† | c †Downton b Botham | 10 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| MJ Bennett | c & b Taylor | 11 | 43 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 37.93 | |
| GF Lawson | c †Downton b Ellison | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| CJ McDermott | c Botham b Ellison | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DR Gilbert | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 4, nb 4) | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 46.3 overs) | 129 | (2.77 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-13 (Wood), 2-16 (Hilditch), 3-37 (Wessels), 4-51 (Wellham), 5-71 (Ritchie), 6-96 (Phillips), 7-114 (Border), 8-127 (Lawson), 9-129 (McDermott), 10-129 (Bennett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IT Botham | 17 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 2.58 | |||
| LB Taylor | 11.3 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 2.95 | |||
| RM Ellison | 17 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 2.70 | |||
| JE Emburey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England won the 6-match series 3-1 |
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Test debut
DR Gilbert
(Australia) Player of the match GA Gooch (England) Player of the series DI Gower (England) |
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Umpires
HD Bird and KE Palmer |
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Close of play 29 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 376/3 (GA Gooch 179*, JE Emburey 0*) 30 Aug day 2 - Australia 1st innings 145/6 (GM Ritchie 20*, MJ Bennett 0*) 31 Aug day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 62/4 (AR Border 26*, GM Ritchie 6*) 1 Sep rest day 2 Sep day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 129 (46.3 ov) - end of match |
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