- Test no. 1377 | 1997 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 21,22,23 August 1997 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Butcher | b McGrath | 5 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20.83 | |
| MA Atherton* | c †Healy b McGrath | 8 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| AJ Stewart† | lbw b McGrath | 36 | 104 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 49.31 | |
| N Hussain | c Elliott b McGrath | 35 | 139 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 30.70 | |
| GP Thorpe | b McGrath | 27 | 51 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 79.41 | |
| MR Ramprakash | c Blewett b McGrath | 4 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| AJ Hollioake | b Warne | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AR Caddick | not out | 26 | 54 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 74.28 | |
| PJ Martin | b McGrath | 20 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 105.26 | |
| PCR Tufnell | c Blewett b Warne | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| DE Malcolm | lbw b Kasprowicz | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 6, nb 10) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 56.4 overs) | 180 | (3.17 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-18 (Butcher), 2-24 (Atherton), 3-97 (Stewart), 4-128 (Hussain), 5-131 (Thorpe), 6-132 (Hollioake), 7-132 (Ramprakash), 8-158 (Martin), 9-175 (Tufnell), 10-180 (Malcolm) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 21 | 4 | 76 | 7 | 3.61 | (4nb) | ||
| MS Kasprowicz | 11.4 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 4.80 | (8nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 17 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 1.88 | (1nb) | ||
| S Young | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.14 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MTG Elliott | b Tufnell | 12 | 52 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| MA Taylor* | c Hollioake b Tufnell | 38 | 60 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 90.47 | |
| GS Blewett | c †Stewart b Tufnell | 47 | 157 | 132 | 3 | 1 | 35.60 | |
| ME Waugh | c Butcher b Tufnell | 19 | 78 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 27.53 | |
| SR Waugh | lbw b Caddick | 22 | 51 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 64.70 | |
| RT Ponting | c Hussain b Tufnell | 40 | 134 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 41.66 | |
| IA Healy† | c †Stewart b Tufnell | 2 | 50 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 | |
| S Young | c †Stewart b Tufnell | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SK Warne | b Caddick | 30 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 88.23 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | lbw b Caddick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1, nb 5) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 79.3 overs) | 220 | (2.76 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-49 (Elliott), 2-54 (Taylor), 3-94 (ME Waugh), 4-140 (SR Waugh), 5-150 (Blewett), 6-164 (Healy), 7-164 (Young), 8-205 (Warne), 9-205 (Kasprowicz), 10-220 (Ponting) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DE Malcolm | 11 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 3.36 | (1nb) | ||
| PJ Martin | 15 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 2.53 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| AR Caddick | 19 | 4 | 76 | 3 | 4.00 | (1nb) | ||
| PCR Tufnell | 34.3 | 16 | 66 | 7 | 1.91 | (2nb) |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Butcher | lbw b ME Waugh | 13 | 69 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 27.08 | |
| MA Atherton* | c SR Waugh b Kasprowicz | 8 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| AJ Stewart† | lbw b Kasprowicz | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| N Hussain | c Elliott b Warne | 2 | 64 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| GP Thorpe | c Taylor b Kasprowicz | 62 | 131 | 115 | 9 | 0 | 53.91 | |
| MR Ramprakash | st †Healy b Warne | 48 | 148 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 43.63 | |
| AJ Hollioake | lbw b Kasprowicz | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| AR Caddick | not out | 0 | 50 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PJ Martin | c & b Kasprowicz | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| PCR Tufnell | c †Healy b Kasprowicz | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DE Malcolm | b Kasprowicz | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 10, nb 4) | 20 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 66.5 overs) | 163 | (2.43 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Atherton), 2-24 (Stewart), 3-26 (Butcher), 4-52 (Hussain), 5-131 (Thorpe), 6-138 (Hollioake), 7-160 (Ramprakash), 8-163 (Martin), 9-163 (Tufnell), 10-163 (Malcolm) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 17 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 1.94 | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 15.5 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 2.27 | (3nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 26 | 9 | 57 | 2 | 2.19 | (2nb) | ||
| ME Waugh | 7 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2.28 | |||
| S Young | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 124 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | lbw b Caddick | 18 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| MTG Elliott | lbw b Malcolm | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| GS Blewett | c †Stewart b Caddick | 19 | 57 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 52.77 | |
| ME Waugh | c Hussain b Tufnell | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| SR Waugh | c Thorpe b Caddick | 6 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.57 | |
| RT Ponting | lbw b Tufnell | 20 | 47 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| IA Healy† | c & b Caddick | 14 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 82.35 | |
| S Young | not out | 4 | 42 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| SK Warne | c Martin b Tufnell | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Hollioake b Caddick | 4 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| GD McGrath | c Thorpe b Tufnell | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 32.1 overs) | 104 | (3.23 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Elliott), 2-36 (Taylor), 3-42 (ME Waugh), 4-49 (Blewett), 5-54 (SR Waugh), 6-88 (Ponting), 7-92 (Healy), 8-95 (Warne), 9-99 (Kasprowicz), 10-104 (McGrath) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DE Malcolm | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 | |||
| PJ Martin | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | (1w) | ||
| PCR Tufnell | 13.1 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 2.05 | (2nb) | ||
| AR Caddick | 12 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 3.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 6-match series 3-2 |
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Test debut
S Young
(Australia) Player of the match PCR Tufnell (England) Players of the series GD McGrath (Australia) and GP Thorpe (England) |
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Umpires
LH Barker (West Indies) and P Willey TV umpire KE Palmer Match referee CW Smith (West Indies) |
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Close of play 21 Aug day 1 - Australia 1st innings 77/2 (GS Blewett 10*, ME Waugh 13*) 22 Aug day 2 - England 2nd innings 52/3 (N Hussain 2*, GP Thorpe 22*) 23 Aug day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 104 (32.1 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
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Aug 23, 1997 
Phil Tufnell leaps in delight on his way to 6 for 77 © Getty Images |
Aug 22, 1997 
Phil Tufnell leaps in delight on his way to 6 for 77 © Getty Images |
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