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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 908 (908/246)
The Ashes, 1981, 6th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
27,28,29,31 August, 1 September 1981 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
England wins the 6-Test series 3-1

Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer
Test Debuts: PWG Parker (Eng); DM Wellham (Aus).
Man of the Match: DK Lillee
Man of the Series: IT Botham

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 251/4 (Border 51*, Wellham 19*)
  • Day 2: Australia 352, England 100/1 (Boycott 47*, Tavare 8*)
  • Day 3: England 314, Australia 36/2 (Wood 20*)
  • Day 4: Australia 344/9 (Lillee 8*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               c Brearley         b Botham              66 168 129  6 0
    MF Kent               c Gatting          b Botham              54 179 129  7 0
    *KJ Hughes            hit wicket         b Botham              31 101  67  1 0
    GN Yallop             c Botham           b Willis              26  59  50  1 0
    AR Border             not out                                 106 290 230 13 0
    DM Wellham                               b Willis              24 112  93  1 0
    +RW Marsh             c Botham           b Willis              12  18  18  2 0
    RJ Bright             c Brearley         b Botham               3  41  40  0 0
    DK Lillee                                b Willis              11  36  36  1 0
    TM Alderman                              b Botham               0   2   2  0 0
    MR Whitney                               b Botham               4  38  13  1 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 4)                   15
    Total                 (all out, 132 overs)                    352
    
    FoW: 1-120 (Wood), 2-125 (Kent), 3-169 (Yallop), 4-199 (Hughes),
         5-260 (Wellham), 6-280 (Marsh), 7-303 (Bright),
         8-319 (Lillee), 9-320 (Alderman), 10-352 (Whitney).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      31      6     91      4
    Hendrick                    31      8     63      0
    Botham                      47     13    125      6
    Emburey                     23      2     58      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             c Yallop           b Lillee             137 441 321  7 0
    W Larkins             c Alderman         b Lillee              34  93  75  4 0
    CJ Tavare             c Marsh            b Lillee              24 127  91  2 0
    MW Gatting                               b Lillee              53 157 114  5 0
    *JM Brearley          c Bright           b Alderman             0   5   6  0 0
    PWG Parker            c Kent             b Alderman             0   2   3  0 0
    IT Botham             c Yallop           b Lillee               3  11   5  0 0
    +APE Knott                               b Lillee              36  68  49  4 0
    JE Emburey            lbw                b Lillee               0   1   2  0 0
    RGD Willis                               b Alderman             3  13   7  0 0
    M Hendrick            not out                                   0  13   6  0 0
    Extras                (lb 9, w 3, nb 12)                       24
    Total                 (all out, 110.4 overs)                  314
    
    FoW: 1-61 (Larkins), 2-131 (Tavare), 3-246 (Gatting),
         4-248 (Brearley), 5-248 (Parker), 6-256 (Botham),
         7-293 (Boycott), 8-293 (Emburey), 9-302 (Willis),
         10-314 (Knott).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      31.4    4     89      7
    Alderman                    35      4     84      3
    Whitney                     23      3     76      0
    Bright                      21      6     41      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               c Knott            b Hendrick            21  62  46  1 0
    MF Kent               c Brearley         b Botham               7  33  17  1 0
    *KJ Hughes            lbw                b Hendrick             6  22  24  1 0
    GN Yallop                                b Hendrick            35  85  62  3 0
    AR Border             c Tavare           b Emburey             84 192 152  8 0
    DM Wellham            lbw                b Botham             103 266 221 12 0
    +RW Marsh             c Gatting          b Botham              52  96  83  7 0
    RJ Bright                                b Botham              11  30  14  2 0
    DK Lillee             not out                                   8  36  36  1 0
    MR Whitney            c Botham           b Hendrick             0   4   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 8, w 1, nb 7)                   17
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 104.2 overs)       344
    
    DNB: TM Alderman.
    
    FoW: 1-26 (Kent), 2-36 (Hughes), 3-41 (Wood), 4-104 (Yallop),
         5-205 (Border), 6-291 (Marsh), 7-332 (Bright),
         8-343 (Wellham), 9-344 (Whitney).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      10      0     41      0
    Hendrick                    29.2    6     82      4
    Botham                      42      9    128      4
    Emburey                     23      3     76      1
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 383 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             lbw                b Lillee               0   2   4  0 0
    W Larkins             c Alderman         b Lillee              24 119  78  4 0
    CJ Tavare             c Kent             b Whitney              8  44  36  0 0
    MW Gatting            c Kent             b Lillee              56  85  70  7 0
    PWG Parker            c Kent             b Alderman            13  55  46  2 0
    *JM Brearley          c Marsh            b Lillee              51 166 160  7 0
    IT Botham             lbw                b Alderman            16  10  14  2 0
    +APE Knott            not out                                  70 167 138 11 0
    JE Emburey            not out                                   5  52  33  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 9)                   18
    Total                 (7 wickets, 95 overs)                   261
    
    DNB: RGD Willis, M Hendrick.
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Boycott), 2-18 (Tavare), 3-88 (Larkins),
         4-101 (Gatting), 5-127 (Parker), 6-144 (Botham),
         7-237 (Brearley).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      30     10     70      4
    Alderman                    19      6     60      2
    Whitney                     11      4     46      1
    Bright                      27     12     50      0
    Yallop                       8      2     17      0
    

    • Brearley undefeated as captain in 19 home tests.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, MF Kent, KJ Hughes, GN Yallop, AR Border, DM Wellham, RW Marsh, RJ Bright, DK Lillee, TM Alderman, MR Whitney.

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, W Larkins, CJ Tavare, MW Gatting, JM Brearley, PWG Parker, IT Botham, APE Knott, JE Emburey, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

    Match Officials' Pages: HD Bird, BJ Meyer.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Graham.Rose (grahamr@hadrian.bt.co.uk)  
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