England


News

Features

Photos

Fixtures

County fixtures

Pro ARCH Trophy

County Cricket

County C'ship Fantasy

County T20 Fantasy

Statistics

Domestic Teams

Domestic History

Players/Officials

Grounds

Records

Web Links

Ashes 2009



 

Live Scorecards
Fixtures | Results
3D Animation
The Ashes
ICC World Twenty20
ICC Women's World T20
County Cricket
Current and Future Tours
Match/series archive
News
Photos | Wallpapers
IPL Page 2
Cricinfo Magazine
Records
Statsguru
Players/Officials
Grounds
Women's Cricket
ICC
Rankings/Ratings
Wisden Almanack
Games
Fantasy Cricket
Slogout
Daily Newsletter
Toolbar
Widgets



Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 426 (426/170)
The Ashes, 1956, 2nd Test
England v Australia
Lord's, London
21,22,23,25,26 June 1956 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 185 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DE Davies and FS Lee
Test Debuts: WPA Crawford, KD Mackay (Aus).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 180/3 (Burge 18*, Miller 19*)
  • Day 2: Australia 285, England 74/3 (May 23*, Watson 4*)
  • Day 3: England 171, Australia 115/6 (Mackay 9*, Benaud 3*)
  • Day 4: Australia 257, England 72/2 (Cowdrey 21*, Watson 9*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    CC McDonald           c Trueman          b Bailey              78 230   7  0
    JW Burke              st Evans           b Laker               65 250   6  0
    RN Harvey             c Evans            b Bailey               0   2   0  0
    PJP Burge                                b Statham             21  93   0  0
    KR Miller                                b Trueman             28 110   2  0
    KD Mackay             c Bailey           b Laker               38 160   4  0
    RG Archer                                b Wardle              28  91   2  0
    R Benaud                                 b Statham              5   6   1  0
    *IWG Johnson          c Evans            b Trueman              6  65   0  0
    +GRA Langley          c Bailey           b Laker               14  50   0  0
    WPA Crawford          not out                                   0   1   0  0
    Extras                (lb 2)                                    2
    Total                 (all out, 146.1 overs)                  285
    
    FoW: 1-137 (McDonald), 2-137 (Harvey), 3-151 (Burke),
         4-185 (Burge), 5-196 (Miller), 6-249 (Archer),
         7-255 (Benaud), 8-265 (Mackay), 9-285 (Johnson),
         10-285 (Langley).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     35      9     70      2
    Trueman                     28      6     54      2
    Bailey                      34     12     72      2
    Laker                       29.1   10     47      3
    Wardle                      20      7     40      1
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    PE Richardson         c Langley          b Miller               9  41   0  0
    MC Cowdrey            c Benaud           b Mackay              23  97   5  0
    TW Graveney                              b Miller               5  12   0  0
    *PBH May                                 b Benaud              63 150   8  0
    W Watson              c Benaud           b Miller               6  49   0  0
    TE Bailey                                b Miller              32 135   2  0
    +TG Evans             st Langley         b Benaud               0   3   0  0
    JC Laker                                 b Archer              12  50   1  0
    JH Wardle             c Langley          b Archer               0   3   0  0
    FS Trueman            c Langley          b Miller               7   5   1  0
    JB Statham            not out                                   0   2   0  0
    Extras                (lb 14)                                  14
    Total                 (all out, 82 overs)                     171
    
    FoW: 1-22 (Richardson), 2-32 (Graveney), 3-60 (Cowdrey),
         4-87 (Watson), 5-128 (May), 6-128 (Evans), 7-161 (Laker),
         8-161 (Wardle), 9-170 (Trueman), 10-171 (Bailey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                      34.1    9     72      5
    Crawford                     4.5    2      4      0
    Archer                      23      9     47      2
    Mackay                      11      3     15      1
    Benaud                       9      2     19      2
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   4  6
    CC McDonald           c Cowdrey          b Bailey              26  49   4  0
    JW Burke              c Graveney         b Trueman             16  95   1  0
    RN Harvey             c Bailey           b Trueman             10  10   2  0
    PJP Burge                                b Trueman             14  46   1  0
    KD Mackay             c Evans            b Statham             31 205   3  0
    RG Archer             c Evans            b Bailey               1  30   0  0
    KR Miller             c Evans            b Trueman             30  54   3  0
    R Benaud              c Evans            b Trueman             97 140  14  1
    *IWG Johnson          lbw                b Bailey              17  45   2  0
    +GRA Langley          not out                                   7  23   0  0
    WPA Crawford          lbw                b Bailey               0   2   0  0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 2, nb 4)                         8
    Total                 (all out, 92.5 overs)                   257
    
    FoW: 1-36 (McDonald), 2-47 (Harvey), 3-69 (Burke), 4-70 (Burge),
         5-79 (Archer), 6-112 (Miller), 7-229 (Mackay),
         8-243 (Benaud), 9-257 (Johnson), 10-257 (Crawford).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     26      5     59      1
    Trueman                     28      2     90      5
    Bailey                      24.5    8     64      4
    Laker                        7      3     17      0
    Wardle                       7      2     19      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 372 runs)                          R   M   4  6
    PE Richardson         c Langley          b Archer              21  60   3  0
    MC Cowdrey            lbw                b Benaud              27 195   2  0
    TW Graveney           c Langley          b Miller              18  70   1  0
    W Watson                                 b Miller              18  47   2  0
    *PBH May              c Langley          b Miller              53 125   7  0
    TE Bailey             c Harvey           b Archer              18  72   2  0
    +TG Evans             c Langley          b Miller              20  20   3  0
    JC Laker              c Langley          b Archer               4  10   1  0
    JH Wardle                                b Miller               0  15   0  0
    FS Trueman                               b Archer               2  15   0  0
    JB Statham            not out                                   0   5   0  0
    Extras                (lb 5)                                    5
    Total                 (all out, 99.2 overs)                   186
    
    FoW: 1-35 (Richardson), 2-59 (Graveney), 3-89 (Watson),
         4-91 (Cowdrey), 5-142 (Bailey), 6-175 (Evans), 7-180 (May),
         8-184 (Laker), 9-184 (Wardle), 10-186 (Trueman).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                      36     12     80      5
    Archer                      31.2    8     71      4
    Benaud                      28     14     27      1
    Johnson                      4      2      3      0
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Lord's, London

    Australia Player Pages: CC McDonald, JW Burke, RN Harvey, PJP Burge, KR Miller, KD Mackay, RG Archer, R Benaud, IWG Johnson, GRA Langley, WPA Crawford.

    England Player Pages: PE Richardson, MC Cowdrey, TW Graveney, PBH May, W Watson, TE Bailey, TG Evans, JC Laker, JH Wardle, FS Trueman, JB Statham.

    Match Officials' Pages: DE Davies, FS Lee.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)  
    © Copyright Cricinfo