- Test no. 1436 | 1998/99 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 26,27,28,29 December 1998 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Atherton | c †Healy b McGrath | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AJ Stewart* | b MacGill | 107 | 212 | 160 | 16 | 0 | 66.87 | |
| MA Butcher | c Langer b McGrath | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| N Hussain | c †Healy b Nicholson | 19 | 83 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 33.92 | |
| MR Ramprakash | c McGrath b SR Waugh | 63 | 120 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 68.47 | |
| GA Hick | c Fleming b MacGill | 39 | 84 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 58.20 | |
| WK Hegg† | c †Healy b SR Waugh | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| DW Headley | c Taylor b McGrath | 14 | 52 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| D Gough | b MacGill | 11 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 78.57 | |
| ARC Fraser | not out | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AD Mullally | lbw b MacGill | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 1, nb 6) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 76 overs) | 270 | (3.55 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 22 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 2.90 | (5nb) | ||
| DW Fleming | 19 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 3.73 | (1nb) | ||
| MJ Nicholson | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 5.90 | |||
| SCG MacGill | 19 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 3.21 | (1w) | ||
| SR Waugh | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1.33 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | c Hick b Gough | 7 | 44 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 24.13 | |
| MJ Slater | lbw b Gough | 1 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | |
| JL Langer | c Hussain b Gough | 44 | 168 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 42.71 | |
| ME Waugh | lbw b Fraser | 36 | 93 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 53.73 | |
| SR Waugh | not out | 122 | 315 | 198 | 13 | 0 | 61.61 | |
| DS Lehmann | c †Hegg b Gough | 13 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 56.52 | |
| IA Healy† | c Headley b Fraser | 36 | 68 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 65.45 | |
| DW Fleming | c Hick b Mullally | 12 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| MJ Nicholson | b Gough | 5 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27.77 | |
| SCG MacGill | c †Hegg b Mullally | 43 | 98 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 68.25 | |
| GD McGrath | b Mullally | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, nb 11) | 21 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 98.3 overs) | 340 | (3.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Gough | 28 | 7 | 96 | 5 | 3.42 | (4nb) | ||
| DW Headley | 25 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 3.44 | (3nb) | ||
| AD Mullally | 21.3 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 2.97 | |||
| MR Ramprakash | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| ARC Fraser | 22 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 3.54 | (4nb) |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Atherton | b Fleming | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AJ Stewart* | c Slater b MacGill | 52 | 120 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 53.06 | |
| MA Butcher | c Slater b MacGill | 14 | 67 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 31.11 | |
| DW Headley | b McGrath | 1 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| N Hussain | c Slater b Nicholson | 50 | 157 | 131 | 6 | 0 | 38.16 | |
| MR Ramprakash | b Nicholson | 14 | 66 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 32.55 | |
| GA Hick | b Fleming | 60 | 123 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 73.17 | |
| WK Hegg† | c MacGill b Nicholson | 9 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| D Gough | c Slater b MacGill | 4 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| ARC Fraser | not out | 7 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 | |
| AD Mullally | c & b McGrath | 16 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 106.66 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, nb 11) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 80.2 overs) | 244 | (3.03 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 20.2 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 2.75 | (6nb) | ||
| DW Fleming | 17 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 2.64 | (1nb) | ||
| MJ Nicholson | 15 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 3.73 | |||
| SCG MacGill | 27 | 3 | 81 | 3 | 3.00 | (4nb) | ||
| ME Waugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 175 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Slater | lbw b Headley | 18 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 78.26 | |
| MA Taylor* | c Headley b Mullally | 19 | 50 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 57.57 | |
| JL Langer | c Ramprakash b Mullally | 30 | 105 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 56.60 | |
| ME Waugh | c Hick b Headley | 43 | 116 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 53.08 | |
| SR Waugh | not out | 30 | 108 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 61.22 | |
| DS Lehmann | c †Hegg b Headley | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| IA Healy† | c Hick b Headley | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DW Fleming | lbw b Headley | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MJ Nicholson | c †Hegg b Headley | 9 | 41 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 31.03 | |
| SCG MacGill | b Gough | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GD McGrath | lbw b Gough | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, nb 4) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 46.4 overs) | 162 | (3.47 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Gough | 15.4 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 3.44 | (1nb) | ||
| DW Headley | 17 | 5 | 60 | 6 | 3.52 | (3nb) | ||
| AD Mullally | 10 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 2.00 | |||
| ARC Fraser | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to field Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-1 |
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Test debuts
MJ Nicholson
(Australia);
WK Hegg
(England) Player of the match DW Headley (England) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and DJ Harper TV umpire GTD Morrow Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand) |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - no play 27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 59/2 (JL Langer 26*, ME Waugh 12*, 18 ov) 28 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 65/2 (AJ Stewart 43*, DW Headley 0*, 22 ov) 29 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 162 (46.4 ov) - end of match |
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