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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 943 (941/250)
The Ashes, 1982/83, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1982 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 3 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and RV Whitehead
Man of the Match: NG Cowans

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 284
  • Day 2: Australia 287
  • Day 3: England 294
  • Day 4: Australia 255/9 (Border 44*, Thomson 8*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Cook                c Chappell         b Thomson             10  79  53  0 0
    G Fowler              c Chappell         b Hogg                 4  24  15  0 0
    CJ Tavare             c Yardley          b Thomson             89 247 165 15 0
    DI Gower              c Marsh            b Hogg                18  42  26  1 0
    AJ Lamb               c Dyson            b Yardley             83 160 115 13 0
    IT Botham             c Wessels          b Yardley             27  38  23  5 0
    G Miller              c Border           b Yardley             10  36  15  0 0
    DR Pringle            c Wessels          b Hogg                 9  59  48  1 0
    +RW Taylor            c Marsh            b Yardley              1  23  13  0 0
    *RGD Willis           not out                                   6  37  21  0 0
    NG Cowans             c Lawson           b Hogg                 3  12  12  0 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 6, w 3, nb 12)                  24
    Total                 (all out, 81.3 overs)                   284
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Fowler), 2-25 (Cook), 3-56 (Gower), 4-217 (Tavare),
         5-227 (Lamb), 6-259 (Botham), 7-262 (Miller),
         8-268 (Taylor), 9-278 (Pringle), 10-284 (Cowans).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lawson                      17      6     48      0
    Hogg                        23.3    6     69      4
    Yardley                     27      9     89      4
    Thomson                     13      2     49      2
    Chappell                     1      0      5      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels                               b Willis              47 104  64  4 0
    J Dyson               lbw                b Cowans              21  60  40  3 0
    *GS Chappell          c Lamb             b Cowans               0   2   1  0 0
    KJ Hughes                                b Willis              66 251 172  9 0
    AR Border                                b Botham               2  15  10  0 0
    DW Hookes             c Taylor           b Pringle             53 102  69  7 0
    +RW Marsh                                b Willis              53 121  98  6 0
    B Yardley                                b Miller               9  19  17  2 0
    GF Lawson             c Fowler           b Miller               0   8   2  0 0
    RM Hogg               not out                                   8  16  12  1 0
    JR Thomson                               b Miller               1  10   9  0 0
    Extras                (lb 8, nb 19)                            27
    Total                 (all out, 79 overs)                     287
    
    FoW: 1-55 (Dyson), 2-55 (Chappell), 3-83 (Wessels),
         4-89 (Border), 5-180 (Hookes), 6-261 (Hughes),
         7-276 (Marsh), 8-276 (Yardley), 9-278 (Lawson),
         10-287 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      15      2     38      3
    Botham                      18      3     69      1
    Cowans                      16      0     69      2
    Pringle                     15      2     40      1
    Miller                      15      5     44      3
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Cook                c Yardley          b Thomson             26  57  44  2 0
    G Fowler                                 b Hogg                65 160  99  8 0
    CJ Tavare                                b Hogg                 0   9   8  0 0
    DI Gower              c Marsh            b Lawson               3  10   9  0 0
    AJ Lamb               c Marsh            b Hogg                26  91  46  5 0
    IT Botham             c Chappell         b Thomson             46  89  46  8 0
    G Miller              lbw                b Lawson              14  37  29  2 0
    DR Pringle            c Marsh            b Lawson              42 170 118  6 0
    +RW Taylor            lbw                b Thomson             37  85  54  5 0
    *RGD Willis           not out                                   8  49  32  0 0
    NG Cowans                                b Lawson              10  12   9  2 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 9, nb 6)                        17
    Total                 (all out, 80.4 overs)                   294
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Cook), 2-41 (Tavare), 3-45 (Gower), 4-128 (Fowler),
         5-129 (Lamb), 6-160 (Miller), 7-201 (Botham),
         8-262 (Taylor), 9-280 (Pringle), 10-294 (Cowans).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lawson                      21.4    6     66      4
    Hogg                        22      5     64      3
    Yardley                     15      2     67      0
    Thomson                     21      3     74      3
    Chappell                     1      0      6      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 292 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels                               b Cowans              14  47  30  3 0
    J Dyson               c Tavare           b Botham              31 104  77  5 0
    *GS Chappell          c sub (IJ Gould)   b Cowans               2   9   8  0 0
    KJ Hughes             c Taylor           b Miller              48 158 116  4 0
    DW Hookes             c Willis           b Cowans              68 119  87  9 0
    AR Border             not out                                  62 230 165  7 0
    +RW Marsh             lbw                b Cowans              13  39  28  1 0
    B Yardley                                b Cowans               0   4   5  0 0
    GF Lawson             c Cowans           b Pringle              7  28  16  0 0
    RM Hogg               lbw                b Cowans               4  18   8  1 0
    JR Thomson            c Miller           b Botham              21 129  62  1 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 3)                   18
    Total                 (all out, 96.1 overs)                   288
    
    FoW: 1-37 (Wessels), 2-39 (Chappell), 3-71 (Dyson),
         4-171 (Hughes), 5-173 (Hookes), 6-190 (Marsh),
         7-190 (Yardley), 8-202 (Lawson), 9-218 (Hogg),
         10-288 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      17      0     57      0
    Botham                      25.1    4     80      2
    Cowans                      26      6     77      6
    Pringle                     12      4     26      1
    Miller                      16      6     30      1
    

    • MCG the first ground to host 75 Tests.

    • During the final-wicket partnership (70 in 128 min.), Border and Thomson declined to run 29 comfortable singles.
    • IT Botham completes the 1000 runs/100 wicket double against Australia (after claiming the final wicket) in only 22 Tests (a record in Eng.-Aust. series)
    • RW Marsh becomes the first Australian to appear in 90 Tests. His total dismissals in this series reaches 27, which surpasses the record of JHB White (S.Afr.), set in 1961-62 against New Zealand (5 matches)
    • For the first time in any Test in which all 40 wickets fell, all innings totals were within 10 runs of each other.




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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: G Cook, G Fowler, CJ Tavare, DI Gower, AJ Lamb, IT Botham, G Miller, DR Pringle, RW Taylor, RGD Willis, NG Cowans.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: AR Crafter, RV Whitehead.

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