- Test no. 1062 | 1986/87 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 26,27,28 December 1986 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GR Marsh | c †Richards b Botham | 17 | 69 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 36.17 | |
| DC Boon | c Botham b Small | 7 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| DM Jones | c Gower b Small | 59 | 154 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 43.38 | |
| AR Border* | c †Richards b Botham | 15 | 43 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 57.69 | |
| SR Waugh | c Botham b Small | 10 | 43 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| GRJ Matthews | c Botham b Small | 14 | 76 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 28.00 | |
| PR Sleep | c †Richards b Small | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TJ Zoehrer† | b Botham | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| CJ McDermott | c †Richards b Botham | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MG Hughes | c †Richards b Botham | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 | |
| BA Reid | not out | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 7) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 54.4 overs) | 141 | (2.57 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-16 (Boon), 2-44 (Marsh), 3-80 (Border), 4-108 (Waugh), 5-118 (Jones), 6-118 (Sleep), 7-129 (Zoehrer), 8-133 (McDermott), 9-137 (Hughes), 10-141 (Matthews) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GC Small | 22.4 | 7 | 48 | 5 | 2.11 | |||
| PAJ DeFreitas | 11 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 2.72 | |||
| JE Emburey | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| IT Botham | 16 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 2.56 | |||
| MW Gatting | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| BC Broad | c †Zoehrer b Hughes | 112 | 329 | 255 | 9 | 0 | 43.92 | |
| CWJ Athey | lbw b Reid | 21 | 74 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 36.20 | |
| MW Gatting* | c Hughes b Reid | 40 | 173 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 33.89 | |
| AJ Lamb | c †Zoehrer b Reid | 43 | 140 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 46.73 | |
| DI Gower | c Matthews b Sleep | 7 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 41.17 | |
| IT Botham | c †Zoehrer b McDermott | 29 | 66 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 53.70 | |
| CJ Richards† | c Marsh b Reid | 3 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| PAJ DeFreitas | c Matthews b McDermott | 7 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JE Emburey | c & b McDermott | 22 | 42 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 73.33 | |
| PH Edmonds | lbw b McDermott | 19 | 67 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 38.77 | |
| GC Small | not out | 21 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 11) | 25 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 120.5 overs) | 349 | (2.88 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-58 (Athey), 2-163 (Gatting), 3-198 (Broad), 4-219 (Gower), 5-251 (Lamb), 6-273 (Botham), 7-277 (Richards), 8-289 (DeFreitas), 9-319 (Emburey), 10-349 (Edmonds) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CJ McDermott | 26.5 | 4 | 83 | 4 | 3.09 | |||
| MG Hughes | 30 | 3 | 94 | 1 | 3.13 | |||
| BA Reid | 28 | 5 | 78 | 4 | 2.78 | |||
| SR Waugh | 8 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| PR Sleep | 28 | 4 | 65 | 1 | 2.32 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GR Marsh | run out | 60 | 214 | 142 | 11 | 0 | 42.25 | |
| DC Boon | c Gatting b Small | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| DM Jones | c Gatting b DeFreitas | 21 | 45 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| AR Border* | c Emburey b Small | 34 | 85 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 41.46 | |
| SR Waugh | b Edmonds | 49 | 115 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 47.57 | |
| GRJ Matthews | b Emburey | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PR Sleep | run out | 6 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24.00 | |
| TJ Zoehrer† | c Athey b Edmonds | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| CJ McDermott | b Emburey | 1 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | |
| MG Hughes | c Small b Edmonds | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| BA Reid | not out | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1, nb 2) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 73.4 overs) | 194 | (2.63 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-13 (Boon), 2-48 (Jones), 3-113 (Border), 4-153 (Marsh), 5-153 (Matthews), 6-175 (Sleep), 7-180 (Zoehrer), 8-185 (Waugh), 9-189 (McDermott), 10-194 (Hughes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| PAJ DeFreitas | 12 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3.66 | |||
| GC Small | 15 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 2.66 | |||
| IT Botham | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2.71 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 19.4 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 2.28 | |||
| JE Emburey | 20 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 2.15 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to field Series England led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Player of the match
GC Small (England) |
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Umpires
AR Crafter and RA French |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 95/1 (BC Broad 56*, MW Gatting 8*) 27 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 349 28 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 194 (73.4 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 28, 1986 
Gladstone Small and Mike Gatting celebrate England's win over Australia © Getty Images |
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