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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 904 (904/242)
The Ashes, 1981, 2nd Test
England v Australia
Lord's, London
2,3,4,6,7 July 1981 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 6-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DO Oslear and KE Palmer
Man of the Match: GF Lawson

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 191/4 (Willey 23*, Emburey 0*)
  • Day 2: England 311, Australia 10/0 (Wood 5*, Dyson 3*)
  • Day 3: Australia 253/6 (Marsh 43*, Bright 3*)
  • Day 4: Australia 345, England 129/2 (Boycott 47*, Gower 38*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch              c Yallop           b Lawson              44  74  53  6 0
    G Boycott             c Alderman         b Lawson              17  98  62  0 0
    RA Woolmer            c Marsh            b Lawson              21 116  82  3 0
    DI Gower              c Marsh            b Lawson              27 124  86  4 0
    MW Gatting            lbw                b Bright              59 168 137  9 0
    P Willey              c Border           b Alderman            82 246 181 12 0
    JE Emburey            run out (Lillee/Marsh)                   31 171 124  1 0
    *IT Botham            lbw                b Lawson               0   6   3  0 0
    +RW Taylor            c Hughes           b Lawson               0   3   4  0 0
    GR Dilley             not out                                   7  32  21  1 0
    RGD Willis            c Wood             b Lawson               5   9   4  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 3, w 3, nb 10)                  18
    Total                 (all out, 124.1 overs)                  311
    
    FoW: 1-60 (Gooch), 2-65 (Boycott), 3-134 (Gower),
         4-187 (Gatting), 5-284 (Willey), 6-293 (Emburey),
         7-293 (Botham), 8-293 (Taylor), 9-298 (Woolmer),
         10-311 (Willis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      35.4    7    102      0
    Alderman                    30.2    7     79      1
    Lawson                      43.1   14     81      7
    Bright                      15      7     31      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               c Taylor           b Willis              44  61  59  5 0
    J Dyson               c Gower            b Botham               7  64  30  0 0
    GN Yallop                                b Dilley               1  15   7  0 0
    *KJ Hughes            c Willis           b Emburey             42 141 118  5 0
    TM Chappell           c Taylor           b Dilley               2  17  13  0 0
    AR Border             c Gatting          b Botham              64 208 164  8 1
    +RW Marsh             lbw                b Dilley              47 143 116  9 0
    RJ Bright             lbw                b Emburey             33 126  97  4 0
    GF Lawson             lbw                b Willis               5  29  22  1 0
    DK Lillee             not out                                  40 107  86  5 0
    TM Alderman           c Taylor           b Willis               5  57  42  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 32)                 55
    Total                 (all out, 118.4 overs)                  345
    
    FoW: 1-62 (Wood), 2-62 (Dyson), 3-69 (Yallop), 4-81 (Chappell),
         5-167 (Hughes), 6-244 (Border), 7-257 (Marsh),
         8-268 (Lawson), 9-314 (Bright), 10-345 (Alderman).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      27.4    9     50      3
    Dilley                      30      8    106      3
    Botham                      26      8     71      2
    Gooch                       10      4     28      0
    Emburey                     25     12     35      2
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch              lbw                b Lawson              20  40  32  2 0
    G Boycott             c Marsh            b Lillee              60 279 211  5 0
    RA Woolmer            lbw                b Alderman             9  43  38  2 0
    DI Gower              c Alderman         b Lillee              89 245 207 11 1
    MW Gatting            c Wood             b Bright              16  48  44  0 1
    *IT Botham                               b Bright               0   6   1  0 0
    P Willey              c Chappell         b Bright              12  29  20  1 1
    GR Dilley             not out                                  27  41  38  3 0
    +RW Taylor                               b Lillee               9  17  16  0 1
    Extras                (b 2, lb 8, nb 13)                       23
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 98.4 overs)        265
    
    DNB: JE Emburey, RGD Willis.
    
    FoW: 1-31 (Gooch), 2-55 (Woolmer), 3-178 (Boycott),
         4-217 (Gatting), 5-217 (Gower), 6-217 (Botham),
         7-242 (Willey), 8-265 (Taylor).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      26.4    8     82      3
    Alderman                    17      2     42      1
    Lawson                      19      6     51      1
    Bright                      36     18     67      3
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 232 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               not out                                  62 168 131  6 0
    J Dyson               lbw                b Dilley               1   6   6  0 0
    GN Yallop             c Botham           b Willis               3  27  32  0 0
    *KJ Hughes            lbw                b Dilley               4  17  13  0 0
    TM Chappell           c Taylor           b Botham               5  66  69  0 0
    AR Border             not out                                  12  42  46  1 0
    Extras                (w 1, nb 2)                               3
    Total                 (4 wickets, 48.5 overs)                  90
    
    DNB: +RW Marsh, RJ Bright, GF Lawson, DK Lillee, TM Alderman.
    
    FoW: 1-2 (Dyson), 2-11 (Yallop), 3-17 (Hughes), 4-62 (Chappell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      12      3     35      1
    Dilley                       7.5    1     18      2
    Emburey                     21     10     24      0
    Botham                       8      3     10      1
    

    • Eng 1st innings
    • RA Woolmer (1) retired hurt on 13* from 83/2 to 284/5.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Lord's, London

    England Player Pages: GA Gooch, G Boycott, RA Woolmer, DI Gower, MW Gatting, P Willey, JE Emburey, IT Botham, RW Taylor, GR Dilley, RGD Willis.

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, J Dyson, GN Yallop, KJ Hughes, TM Chappell, AR Border, RW Marsh, RJ Bright, GF Lawson, DK Lillee, TM Alderman.

    Match Officials' Pages: DO Oslear, KE Palmer.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Paul Withey (WITHEYPA@*.birmingham.ac.uk)  
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