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The Ashes - 1st Test

Australia v England

Match drawn

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Taylor* c Hussain b Cork 46 191 135 6 0 34.07
MJ Slater c Butcher b Mullally 16 67 40 2 0 40.00
JL Langer lbw b Gough 8 55 43 0 0 18.60
ME Waugh c †Stewart b Mullally 31 65 50 3 0 62.00
SR Waugh c †Stewart b Mullally 112 330 232 13 0 48.27
RT Ponting c Butcher b Cork 21 94 61 1 0 34.42
IA Healy† c Mullally b Fraser 134 303 229 14 0 58.51
MS Kasprowicz c †Stewart b Mullally 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
DW Fleming not out 71 133 107 11 0 66.35
SCG MacGill c †Stewart b Mullally 20 30 30 4 0 66.66
GD McGrath c Atherton b Croft 5 35 24 0 0 20.83
Extras (lb 14, w 1, nb 6) 21
Total (all out; 158 overs; 657 mins) 485 (3.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-30 (Slater, 16.1 ov), 2-59 (Langer, 30.1 ov), 3-106 (ME Waugh, 43.6 ov), 4-106 (Taylor, 44.2 ov), 5-178 (Ponting, 66.3 ov), 6-365 (SR Waugh, 125.1 ov), 7-365 (Kasprowicz, 125.4 ov), 8-420 (Healy, 141.2 ov), 9-445 (MacGill, 149.1 ov), 10-485 (McGrath, 157.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
D Gough 34 4 135 1 3.97 (1nb, 1w)
DG Cork 31 6 98 2 3.16 (1nb)
AD Mullally 40 10 105 5 2.62 (3nb)
RDB Croft 23 6 55 1 2.39 (1nb)
ARC Fraser 28 7 76 1 2.71
MR Ramprakash 2 1 2 0 1.00
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Butcher c & b ME Waugh 116 278 236 16 0 49.15
MA Atherton c ME Waugh b McGrath 0 17 14 0 0 0.00
N Hussain c †Healy b Kasprowicz 59 141 99 10 0 59.59
AJ Stewart*† c Kasprowicz b MacGill 8 17 9 1 0 88.88
GP Thorpe c Langer b McGrath 77 231 168 7 0 45.83
MR Ramprakash not out 69 234 166 6 0 41.56
DG Cork c MacGill b McGrath 0 16 11 0 0 0.00
RDB Croft b Kasprowicz 23 51 48 3 0 47.91
D Gough lbw b McGrath 0 24 23 0 0 0.00
AD Mullally c Kasprowicz b McGrath 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
ARC Fraser c ME Waugh b McGrath 1 7 7 0 0 14.28
Extras (b 1, lb 9, nb 12) 22
Total (all out; 128.2 overs; 513 mins) 375 (2.92 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-11 (Atherton, 4.3 ov), 2-145 (Hussain, 38.6 ov), 3-168 (Stewart, 43.1 ov), 4-240 (Butcher, 69.5 ov), 5-315 (Thorpe, 103.4 ov), 6-319 (Cork, 107.3 ov), 7-360 (Croft, 120.1 ov), 8-373 (Gough, 126.3 ov), 9-373 (Mullally, 126.4 ov), 10-375 (Fraser, 128.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 34.2 11 85 6 2.47 (3nb)
DW Fleming 27 5 83 0 3.07
MS Kasprowicz 29 7 82 2 2.82 (6nb)
SCG MacGill 24 4 70 1 2.91 (2nb)
SR Waugh 3 0 17 0 5.66
RT Ponting 3 0 10 0 3.33
ME Waugh 8 1 18 1 2.25 (1nb)
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Slater c & b Fraser 113 190 139 13 1 81.29
MA Taylor* b Cork 0 12 5 0 0 0.00
JL Langer c Mullally b Croft 74 202 149 8 0 49.66
ME Waugh not out 27 76 54 1 0 50.00
SR Waugh not out 16 51 31 0 0 51.61
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 5) 7
Total (3 wickets dec; 62 overs; 267 mins) 237 (3.82 runs per over)
Did not bat RT Ponting, IA Healy†, MS Kasprowicz, DW Fleming, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath
Fall of wickets1-20 (Taylor, 3.2 ov), 2-182 (Slater, 45.3 ov), 3-199 (Langer, 50.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
D Gough 6 0 50 0 8.33 (1nb)
DG Cork 5 0 18 1 3.60
AD Mullally 14 4 38 0 2.71 (2nb)
ARC Fraser 15 1 52 1 3.46 (2nb)
RDB Croft 20 2 71 1 3.55
MR Ramprakash 2 0 6 0 3.00
England 2nd innings (target: 348 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Butcher lbw b MacGill 40 139 98 4 0 40.81
MA Atherton c Fleming b McGrath 28 65 55 4 0 50.90
N Hussain b MacGill 47 149 122 1 2 38.52
AJ Stewart*† c Ponting b ME Waugh 3 9 8 0 0 37.50
GP Thorpe c Langer b ME Waugh 9 41 27 0 0 33.33
MR Ramprakash st †Healy b MacGill 14 39 45 1 0 31.11
DG Cork not out 21 39 37 3 0 56.75
RDB Croft not out 4 23 25 0 0 16.00
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 9) 13
Total (6 wickets; 68 overs; 255 mins) 179 (2.63 runs per over)
Did not bat D Gough, AD Mullally, ARC Fraser
Fall of wickets1-46 (Atherton, 16.3 ov), 2-96 (Butcher, 34.5 ov), 3-103 (Stewart, 37.4 ov), 4-133 (Thorpe, 49.1 ov), 5-148 (Hussain, 56.1 ov), 6-161 (Ramprakash, 60.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 16 6 30 1 1.87
MS Kasprowicz 8 3 28 0 3.50 (1w)
DW Fleming 7 2 12 0 1.71 (2nb)
SCG MacGill 22 3 51 3 2.31
ME Waugh 14 0 55 2 3.92 (7nb)
RT Ponting 1 1 0 0 0.00
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series 5-match series level 0-0
Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia)
Umpires KT Francis (Sri Lanka) and DB Hair
TV umpire PD Parker
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)
Close of play
20 Nov day 1 - Australia 1st innings 246/5 (SR Waugh 69*, IA Healy 46*, 89 ov)
21 Nov day 2 - England 1st innings 53/1 (MA Butcher 23*, N Hussain 23*, 19 ov)
22 Nov day 3 - England 1st innings 299/4 (GP Thorpe 70*, MR Ramprakash 29*, 94.2 ov)
23 Nov day 4 - England 2nd innings 26/0 (MA Butcher 7*, MA Atherton 18*, 7 ov)
24 Nov day 5 - England 2nd innings 179/6 (68 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • MA Taylor 100th Test
  • Twelfth Men: JN Gillespie (Australia) and JP Crawley (England)
  • Day 1:
  • Lunch: Australia 58/1 (Taylor 30*, Langer 8*, 29 overs)
  • Tea: Australia 141/4 (SR Waugh 26*, Ponting 7*, 56 overs)
  • Australia 100 off 42.3 overs
  • Bad light interupted play early in the 3rd session from 3:06pm to 3:41pm
  • SR Waugh 50 in 114 mins, off 80 balls, 7x4
  • On 50, SR Waugh passed 17 000 First Class career runs
  • Australia 200 off 74.4 overs
  • Play extended by 55 minutes beyond scheduled stumps time to 5:55pm, in order to get through the 90 overs required in a day. Stumps called 1 over early due to bad light.
  • Attendance: 14 000 approx
  • Day 2:
  • Lunch: Australia 348/5 (SR Waugh 107*, Healy 105*, 120 overs)
  • Tea: Australia 445/8 (Fleming 37*, MacGill 20*, 149 overs)
  • IA Healy 50 in 101 mins, off 88 balls, 7x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Cork
  • 6th wicket partnership (SR Waugh/Healy) 100 in 121 mins, off 180 balls, brought up with a four by Healy off Gough
  • Australia 300 off 103.4 overs
  • SR Waugh 100 in 286 mins, off 201 balls, 12x4, 16th Test 100
  • IA Healy 100 in 196 mins, off 160 balls, 13x4, 4th Test 100
  • Australia 400 off 132.5 overs
  • AD Mullally 1st Test 5 wicket haul
  • DW Fleming 50 in 106 mins, off 87 balls, 7x4
  • Attendance: 13 000 approx
  • Day 3:
  • Lunch: England 179/3 (Thorpe 6*, Butcher 93*, 47 overs)
  • Tea: England 262/4 (Thorpe 50*, Ramprakash 13*, 82 overs)
  • N Hussain 50 in 93 mins, off 68 balls, 9x4, brought up his 50 with a four off McGrath, 7th Test 50
  • England 100 off 30.2 overs
  • MA Butcher 50 in 125 mins, off 101 balls, 9x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Fleming
  • 2nd wicket partnership (Butcher/Hussain) 100 off 166 balls, brought up with a four by Butcher off Fleming
  • England 200 off 53.3 overs
  • MA Butcher 100 in 219 mins, off 179 balls, 16x4, brought up his 100 with a four off MacGill, 2nd Test 100
  • GP Thorpe 50 in 134 mins, off 98 balls, 4x4, 24th Test 50
  • A combination of bad light and thunderstorms ended play at 3:55pm
  • Day 4:
  • Lunch: England 375
  • Tea: Australia 111/1 (Slater 75*, Langer 35*, 30 overs)
  • England 300 off 94.5 overs, brought up with a four by Ramprakash off Kasprowicz
  • MR Ramprakash 50 off 135 balls, 4x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Fleming, 6th Test 50
  • GD McGrath 11th Test 5 wicket haul
  • MJ Slater 50 off 57 balls, 7x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Mullally
  • Australia 100 off 25.3 overs, brought up with a four by Langer off Fraser
  • 2nd wicket partnership (Slater/Langer) 100 off 185 balls, brought up with a four by Slater Mullally
  • JL Langer 50 off 105 balls, 6x4, 5th Test 50
  • MJ Slater 100 off 129 balls, 10x4, 1x6, 9th Test 100
  • Australia 200 off 50.5 overs, brought up with a four by ME Waugh off Croft
  • Day 5:
  • Lunch: England 108/3 (Hussain 28*, Thorpe 0*, 39 overs)
  • Play ended at shortly before tea due to thunderstorms. The ground was later soaked with rain. Play officially called to an end at 4:25pm.
 
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Nov 24, 1998

A violent electrical storm stops play at Brisbane, Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, November 24, 1998

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Nov 24, 1998

An England supporter looks out over the flooded Gabba The Ashes, 1998/99, 1st Test Australia v England Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane 24 November 1998

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