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The Ashes - 3rd Test

Australia v England

Australia won by 205 runs

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)
Fall of wickets1-28 (Slater, 11.4 ov), 2-140 (Taylor, 43.5 ov), 3-156 (ME Waugh, 51.4 ov), 4-264 (SR Waugh, 86.4 ov), 5-274 (Ponting, 94.6 ov), 6-311 (Healy, 103.3 ov), 7-338 (Fleming, 109.6 ov), 8-339 (MacGill, 110.5 ov), 9-354 (Miller, 113.6 ov), 10-391 (McGrath, 125.5 ov)
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)
Fall of wickets1-18 (Butcher, 11.5 ov), 2-83 (Atherton, 28.4 ov), 3-84 (Stewart, 29.2 ov), 4-187 (Ramprakash, 68.6 ov), 5-195 (Crawley, 74.5 ov), 6-210 (Hick, 79.3 ov), 7-210 (Headley, 79.4 ov), 8-226 (Gough, 81.4 ov), 9-227 (Mullally, 82.4 ov), 10-227 (Such, 82.5 ov)
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)
Fall of wickets1-27 (Butcher, 12.2 ov), 2-31 (Atherton, 13.5 ov), 3-120 (Hussain, 49.2 ov), 4-122 (Headley, 49.6 ov), 5-163 (Ramprakash, 66.5 ov), 6-221 (Crawley, 84.4 ov), 7-221 (Hick, 84.5 ov), 8-231 (Gough, 86.4 ov), 9-236 (Mullally, 87.4 ov), 10-237 (Such, 88.6 ov)
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
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Player of the match JL Langer (Australia)
Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and SJ Davis
TV umpire PM Angley
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)
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
Match notes
  • Twelfth Men: JN Gillespie (Australia) and BC Hollioake (England)
  • Day 1:
  • Lunch: Australia 78/1 (Taylor 30*, Langer 23*, 28 overs)
  • Tea: Australia 173/3 (Langer 67*, SR Waugh 10*, 56 overs)
  • On 2, Taylor passed 1000 runs for the 1998 calendar year
  • On 16, Taylor became Australia's 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket (passing DC Boon, 7422 runs)
  • Australia 100 off 31.0 overs, brought up with a four by Taylor off Gough
  • MA Taylor 50 off 107 balls, 5x4, 40th Test 50
  • JL Langer 50 off 98 balls, 4x4
  • Australia 200 off 64.2 overs
  • JL Langer 100 off 197 balls, 7x4, 2nd Test 100
  • SR Waugh 50 off 100 balls, 3x4, 1x6, 39th Test 50
  • 4th wicket partnership (Langer/SR Waugh) 100 off 194 balls
  • Attendance: 13 600
  • Day 2:
  • Lunch: Australia 361/9 (Langer 157*, McGrath 3*, 116 overs)
  • Tea: Australia 391, England 40/1 (Hussain 11*, Atherton 16*, 18 overs)
  • Australia 300 off 102.0 overs, brought up with a four by Healy off Mullally
  • JL Langer 150 off 299 balls, 10x4
  • On 1, Atherton passed 6000 Test career runs
  • England 100 off 33.1 overs
  • N Hussain 50 off 95 balls, 6x4, brought up his 50 with a four off McGrath, 8th Test 50
  • Attendance 16 372
  • Day 3:
  • Lunch: England 227
  • Tea: Australia 73/1 (Langer 7*, Slater 28*, 30 overs)
  • MR Ramprakash 50 off 82 balls, 6x4, 1x6, brought up his 50 with a six off Miller, 7th Test 50
  • 4th wicket partnership (Hussain/Ramprakash) 100 off 212 balls
  • England 200 off 75.5 overs, brought up with a four by Hick off MacGill
  • Light rain delayed the start of the 3rd session by 10 minutes
  • Australia 100 off 43.1 overs, brought up with a four by Langer off Ramprakash
  • MJ Slater 50 off 127 balls, 3x4, 1x6
  • Attendance: 19 720
  • Day 4:
  • Lunch: Australia 253/4 (ME Waugh 35*, Ponting 8*, 88 overs)
  • Tea: Australia 278/5d, England 47/2 (Hussain 11*, Ramprakash 7*, 18 overs)
  • 2nd wicket partnership (Slater/Langer) 100 off 233 balls, brought up with a four by Slater off Gough
  • MJ Slater 100 in 272 mins, off 184 balls, 8x4, 1x6, 10th Test 100
  • Australia 200 off 72.4 overs
  • JL Langer 50 off 181 balls, 2x4, brought up his 100 with a four off Headley, 6th Test 50
  • Attendance: 14 817
  • Day 5:
  • Lunch: England 221/6 (Stewart 56*, 84.4 overs)
  • MR Ramprakash 50 off 159 balls, 2x4, 8th Test 50
  • AJ Stewart 50 off 102 balls, 5x4, brought up his 50 with a four off MacGill
 
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Dec 15, 1998

Taylor raises his arms as Mark Waugh catches Crawley The Ashes, 1998/99, 3rd Test Australia v England Adelaide Oval 11,12,13,14,15 December 1998

Taylor raises his arms as Mark Waugh catches Crawley

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Dec 15, 1998

The Australian team celebrate the retention of the Ashes The Ashes, 1998/99, 3rd Test Australia v England Adelaide Oval 11,12,13,14,15 December 1998

The Australian team celebrate the retention of the Ashes

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