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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 940 (940/249)
The Ashes, 1982/83, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
10,11,12,14,15 December 1982 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RA French and MW Johnson
Man of the Match: GF Lawson

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 265/3 (Hughes 51*, Lawson 0*)
  • Day 2: Australia 438, England 66/2 (Gower 26*, Lamb 23*)
  • Day 3: England 216 and 90/1 (Fowler 37*, Gower 43*)
  • Day 4: England 304, Australia 3/1 (Dyson 1*, Lawson 0*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels            c Taylor           b Botham              44 109  89  4 0
    J Dyson               c Taylor           b Botham              44 179 125  3 0
    *GS Chappell          c Gower            b Willis             115 239 201 18 0
    KJ Hughes             run out                                  88 277 232  6 2
    GF Lawson             c Botham           b Willis               2  23  18  0 0
    AR Border             c Taylor           b Pringle             26 135  95  1 1
    DW Hookes             c Botham           b Hemmings            37  94  69  0 0
    +RW Marsh             c Hemmings         b Pringle              3  16  14  0 0
    B Yardley             c Gower            b Botham              38  78  66  2 0
    RM Hogg               not out                                  14  66  45  0 0
    JR Thomson                           c & b Botham               3  13   9  0 0
    Extras                (lb 6, nb 18)                            24
    Total                 (all out, 156.5 overs)                  438
    
    FoW: 1-76 (Wessels), 2-138 (Dyson), 3-264 (Chappell),
         4-270 (Lawson), 5-315 (Hughes), 6-355 (Border),
         7-359 (Marsh), 8-391 (Hookes), 9-430 (Yardley),
         10-438 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      25      8     76      2
    Botham                      36.5    5    112      4
    Pringle                     33      5     97      2
    Miller                      14      2     33      0
    Hemmings                    48     17     96      1
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    CJ Tavare             c Marsh            b Hogg                 1   6   4  0 0
    G Fowler              c Marsh            b Lawson              11  31  18  2 0
    DI Gower              c Marsh            b Lawson              60 209 133  5 0
    AJ Lamb               c Marsh            b Lawson              82 221 156 10 0
    IT Botham             c Wessels          b Thomson             35  93  66  4 0
    DW Randall                               b Lawson               0   2   2  0 0
    G Miller              c Yardley          b Hogg                 7  19  13  0 0
    +RW Taylor            c Chappell         b Yardley              2  14   8  0 0
    DR Pringle            not out                                   1  32  12  0 0
    EE Hemmings                              b Thomson              0   4   4  0 0
    *RGD Willis                              b Thomson              1   8   5  0 0
    Extras                (lb 5, nb 11)                            16
    Total                 (all out, 67.5 overs)                   216
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Tavare), 2-21 (Fowler), 3-140 (Gower), 4-181 (Lamb),
         5-181 (Randall), 6-194 (Miller), 7-199 (Taylor),
         8-213 (Botham), 9-213 (Hemmings), 10-216 (Willis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lawson                      18      4     56      4
    Hogg                        14      2     41      2
    Thomson                     14.5    3     51      3
    Yardley                     21      7     52      1
    
    England 2nd innings (following on)                              R   M   B  4 6
    CJ Tavare             c Wessels          b Thomson              0  18  10  0 0
    G Fowler              c Marsh            b Lawson              37 139  99  3 0
    DI Gower                                 b Hogg               114 370 259 16 0
    AJ Lamb               c Chappell         b Yardley              8  42  30  0 0
    IT Botham             c Dyson            b Yardley             58 176 140  9 0
    DW Randall            c Marsh            b Lawson              17  56  38  3 0
    G Miller              lbw                b Lawson              17  36  25  1 0
    DR Pringle            c Marsh            b Thomson              9  30  15  2 0
    +RW Taylor            not out                                   3  38  18  0 0
    EE Hemmings           c Wessels          b Lawson               0   3   2  0 0
    *RGD Willis           c Marsh            b Lawson              10  13   9  2 0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 6, w 3, nb 15)                  31
    Total                 (all out, 104 overs)                    304
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Tavare), 2-90 (Fowler), 3-118 (Lamb), 4-236 (Botham),
         5-247 (Gower), 6-272 (Randall), 7-277 (Miller),
         8-289 (Pringle), 9-290 (Hemmings), 10-304 (Willis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lawson                      24      6     66      5
    Hogg                        19      5     53      1
    Thomson                     13      3     41      2
    Yardley                     37     12     90      2
    Border                       8      2     14      0
    Hookes                       3      1      9      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 83 runs)                         R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels            c Taylor           b Botham               1   9   7  0 0
    J Dyson               not out                                  37 105  76  2 0
    GF Lawson             c Randall          b Willis              14  48  33  0 0
    *GS Chappell          not out                                  26  46  34  3 0
    Extras                (nb 5)                                    5
    Total                 (2 wickets, 23.5 overs)                  83
    
    DNB: KJ Hughes, AR Border, DW Hookes, +RW Marsh, B Yardley,
         RM Hogg, JR Thomson.
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Wessels), 2-37 (Lawson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                       8      1     17      1
    Botham                      10      2     45      1
    Pringle                      1.5    0     11      0
    Hemmings                     4      1      5      0
    

    • Aus 1st innings
    • RW Taylor's 50th dismissal against Australia (Wessels)
    • GS Chappell's first century in his birthplace.

    • Eng 1st innings
    • IT Botham scores 1000 runs against Australia




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    Australia Player Pages: KC Wessels, J Dyson, GS Chappell, KJ Hughes, GF Lawson, AR Border, DW Hookes, RW Marsh, B Yardley, RM Hogg, JR Thomson.

    England Player Pages: CJ Tavare, G Fowler, DI Gower, AJ Lamb, IT Botham, DW Randall, G Miller, RW Taylor, DR Pringle, EE Hemmings, RGD Willis.

    Match Officials' Pages: RA French, MW Johnson.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by chrisG (chris@met.unimelb.edu.au)  
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