- Test no. 1368 | 1997 season
- Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham
- 5,6,7,8 June 1997 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | c Butcher b Malcolm | 7 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 | |
| MTG Elliott | b Gough | 6 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| GS Blewett | c Hussain b Gough | 7 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| ME Waugh | b Gough | 5 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| SR Waugh | c †Stewart b Caddick | 12 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| MG Bevan | c Ealham b Malcolm | 8 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| IA Healy† | c †Stewart b Caddick | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JN Gillespie | lbw b Caddick | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| SK Warne | c Malcolm b Caddick | 47 | 62 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 102.17 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Butcher b Caddick | 17 | 42 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 60.71 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (w 2, nb 2) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 31.5 overs) | 118 | (3.70 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-11 (Elliott), 2-15 (Taylor), 3-26 (ME Waugh), 4-28 (Blewett), 5-48 (SR Waugh), 6-48 (Healy), 7-48 (Bevan), 8-54 (Gillespie), 9-110 (Kasprowicz), 10-118 (Warne) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Gough | 10 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 4.30 | (3nb, 2w) | ||
| DE Malcolm | 10 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2.50 | |||
| AR Caddick | 11.5 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 4.22 | (2nb) |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Butcher | c †Healy b Kasprowicz | 8 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 61.53 | |
| MA Atherton* | c †Healy b McGrath | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| AJ Stewart† | c Elliott b Gillespie | 18 | 52 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| N Hussain | c †Healy b Warne | 207 | 437 | 337 | 38 | 0 | 61.42 | |
| GP Thorpe | c Bevan b McGrath | 138 | 290 | 245 | 19 | 0 | 56.32 | |
| JP Crawley | c †Healy b Kasprowicz | 1 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | |
| MA Ealham | not out | 53 | 171 | 131 | 7 | 0 | 40.45 | |
| RDB Croft | c †Healy b Kasprowicz | 24 | 70 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| D Gough | c †Healy b Kasprowicz | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AR Caddick | lbw b Bevan | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 15) | 27 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets dec; 138.4 overs) | 478 | (3.44 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DE Malcolm |
| Fall of wickets1-8 (Atherton), 2-16 (Butcher), 3-50 (Stewart), 4-338 (Thorpe), 5-345 (Crawley), 6-416 (Hussain), 7-460 (Croft), 8-463 (Gough), 9-478 (Caddick) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 32 | 8 | 107 | 2 | 3.34 | (7nb) | ||
| MS Kasprowicz | 39 | 8 | 113 | 4 | 2.89 | (6nb, 1w) | ||
| JN Gillespie | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 | (1nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 35 | 8 | 110 | 1 | 3.14 | (1nb) | ||
| MG Bevan | 10.4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.12 | |||
| SR Waugh | 12 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 3.75 | (2nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MTG Elliott | b Croft | 66 | 145 | 113 | 12 | 0 | 58.40 | |
| MA Taylor* | c & b Croft | 129 | 396 | 296 | 11 | 1 | 43.58 | |
| GS Blewett | c Butcher b Croft | 125 | 300 | 228 | 19 | 1 | 54.82 | |
| SR Waugh | lbw b Gough | 33 | 135 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 33.00 | |
| MG Bevan | c Hussain b Gough | 24 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 58.53 | |
| ME Waugh | c †Stewart b Gough | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| IA Healy† | c Atherton b Ealham | 30 | 66 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| SK Warne | c & b Ealham | 32 | 51 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 94.11 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Butcher b Ealham | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JN Gillespie | run out (Crawley/Gough) | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 18, lb 12, w 2, nb 5) | 37 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 144.4 overs) | 477 | (3.29 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-133 (Elliott), 2-327 (Taylor), 3-354 (Blewett), 4-393 (Bevan), 5-399 (ME Waugh), 6-431 (SR Waugh), 7-465 (Healy), 8-465 (Kasprowicz), 9-477 (Gillespie), 10-477 (Warne) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Gough | 35 | 7 | 123 | 3 | 3.51 | (4nb) | ||
| DE Malcolm | 21 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 2.47 | |||
| RDB Croft | 43 | 10 | 125 | 3 | 2.90 | (2w) | ||
| AR Caddick | 30 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 2.90 | (3nb) | ||
| MA Ealham | 15.4 | 3 | 60 | 3 | 3.82 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 118 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Butcher | lbw b Kasprowicz | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 140.00 | |
| MA Atherton* | not out | 57 | 87 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 87.69 | |
| AJ Stewart† | not out | 40 | 71 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 74.07 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 21.3 overs) | 119 | (5.53 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat N Hussain, GP Thorpe, JP Crawley, MA Ealham, RDB Croft, D Gough, AR Caddick, DE Malcolm |
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Butcher) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 7 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 7 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 6.00 | |||
| SK Warne | 7.3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series England led the 6-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
MA Butcher
(England) Player of the match N Hussain (England) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and P Willey TV umpire JW Holder Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
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Close of play 5 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 200/3 (N Hussain 80*, GP Thorpe 83*) 6 Jun day 2 - England 1st innings 449/6 (MA Ealham 32*, RDB Croft 18*) 7 Jun day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 256/1 (MA Taylor 108*, GS Blewett 61*) 8 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 119/1 (21.3 ov) - end of match |
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