| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Slater | c †Stewart b Headley | 17 | 52 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 45.94 | |
| MA Taylor* | c Hussain b Such | 59 | 186 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 47.58 | |
| JL Langer | not out | 179 | 491 | 350 | 13 | 0 | 51.14 | |
| ME Waugh | c & b Such | 7 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 23.33 | |
| SR Waugh | c Hick b Gough | 59 | 148 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 54.12 | |
| RT Ponting | c Hick b Gough | 5 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 17.85 | |
| IA Healy† | c Ramprakash b Headley | 13 | 38 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 48.14 | |
| DW Fleming | lbw b Headley | 12 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 52.17 | |
| SCG MacGill | b Such | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CR Miller | lbw b Headley | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 122.22 | |
| GD McGrath | c †Stewart b Gough | 10 | 47 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37.03 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 13) | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 125.5 overs; 545 mins) | 391 | (3.10 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Gough | 29.5 | 4 | 103 | 3 | 3.45 | (6nb) | ||
| AD Mullally | 26 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 2.26 | |||
| DW Headley | 23 | 1 | 97 | 4 | 4.21 | (6nb) | ||
| PM Such | 38 | 8 | 99 | 3 | 2.60 | (1nb) | ||
| MR Ramprakash | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Butcher | lbw b Miller | 6 | 47 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.14 | |
| MA Atherton | c Taylor b MacGill | 41 | 108 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 44.56 | |
| N Hussain | not out | 89 | 263 | 204 | 8 | 0 | 43.62 | |
| AJ Stewart*† | c Slater b Miller | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MR Ramprakash | c ME Waugh b McGrath | 61 | 134 | 120 | 6 | 2 | 50.83 | |
| JP Crawley | b McGrath | 5 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| GA Hick | c Taylor b MacGill | 8 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DW Headley | lbw b MacGill | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| D Gough | c †Healy b MacGill | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.00 | |
| AD Mullally | b Fleming | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PM Such | lbw b Fleming | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 5) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 82.5 overs; 311 mins) | 227 | (2.74 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 18 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 2.66 | (5nb, 1w) | ||
| DW Fleming | 10.5 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3.13 | |||
| CR Miller | 23 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 3.08 | |||
| SCG MacGill | 28 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 1.89 | |||
| ME Waugh | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | lbw b Such | 29 | 89 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 40.84 | |
| MJ Slater | lbw b Gough | 103 | 276 | 191 | 8 | 1 | 53.92 | |
| JL Langer | c sub (BC Hollioake) b Such | 52 | 227 | 183 | 2 | 0 | 28.41 | |
| ME Waugh | not out | 51 | 126 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 61.44 | |
| SR Waugh | c Hick b Headley | 7 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 31.81 | |
| RT Ponting | b Gough | 10 | 42 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| IA Healy† | not out | 7 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| Extras | (lb 12, w 1, nb 6) | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets dec; 98 overs; 403 mins) | 278 | (2.83 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DW Fleming, SCG MacGill, CR Miller, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-54 (Taylor, 21.4 ov), 2-188 (Slater, 68.3 ov), 3-216 (Langer, 77.3 ov), 4-230 (SR Waugh, 82.4 ov), 5-268 (Ponting, 92.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Gough | 22 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 3.45 | |||
| AD Mullally | 16 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1.12 | |||
| DW Headley | 18 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 4.33 | (5nb) | ||
| PM Such | 29 | 5 | 66 | 2 | 2.27 | (1w) | ||
| MR Ramprakash | 12 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| GA Hick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 443 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Butcher | c †Healy b Fleming | 19 | 50 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 48.71 | |
| MA Atherton | c ME Waugh b Miller | 5 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 11.62 | |
| N Hussain | lbw b Miller | 41 | 132 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 42.26 | |
| MR Ramprakash | b Fleming | 57 | 185 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 32.94 | |
| DW Headley | c ME Waugh b Miller | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| AJ Stewart*† | not out | 63 | 148 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 51.63 | |
| JP Crawley | c ME Waugh b McGrath | 13 | 68 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 24.52 | |
| GA Hick | c Ponting b McGrath | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| D Gough | c †Healy b McGrath | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| AD Mullally | c †Healy b Fleming | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| PM Such | lbw b McGrath | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 9, nb 14) | 30 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 89 overs; 336 mins) | 237 | (2.66 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 17 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 2.94 | (11nb) | ||
| DW Fleming | 21 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 2.66 | (3nb) | ||
| CR Miller | 24 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2.37 | |||
| SCG MacGill | 25 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 2.20 | |||
| SR Waugh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Player of the match
JL Langer (Australia) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and SJ Davis TV umpire PM Angley Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand) |
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Close of play 11 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 266/4 (JL Langer 108*, RT Ponting 0*, 90 ov) 12 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 160/3 (N Hussain 58*, MR Ramprakash 45*, 52 ov) 13 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 150/1 (MJ Slater 74*, JL Langer 34*, 60 ov) 14 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 122/4 (MR Ramprakash 43*, AJ Stewart 0*, 51 ov) 15 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 237 (89 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 15, 1998 Taylor raises his arms as Mark Waugh catches Crawley © AFP |
Dec 15, 1998 The Australian team celebrate the retention of the Ashes © AFP |
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