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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 944 (942/251)
The Ashes, 1982/83, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
2,3,4,6,7 January 1983 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia wins the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MW Johnson
Man of the Match: KJ Hughes
Man of the Series: GF Lawson

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 138/2 (Dyson 58*, Hughes 20*)
  • Day 2: Australia 314, England 76/3 (Gower 38*, Randall 21*)
  • Day 3: England 237, Australia 90/3 (Hughes 17*, Hookes 5*)
  • Day 4: Australia 382, England 8/1 (Tavare 1*, Hemmings 4*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels            c Willis           b Botham              19  61  47  2 0
    J Dyson               c Taylor           b Hemmings            79 301 188  7 0
    *GS Chappell          lbw                b Willis              35  69  52  4 0
    KJ Hughes             c Cowans           b Botham              29  88  68  3 0
    DW Hookes             c Botham           b Hemmings            17  28  21  2 0
    AR Border             c Miller           b Hemmings            89 211 198 12 0
    +RW Marsh                            c & b Miller               3  26  23  0 0
    B Yardley                                b Cowans              24  57  48  3 0
    GF Lawson                            c & b Botham               6  32  24  0 0
    JR Thomson            c Lamb             b Botham               0  16  11  0 0
    RM Hogg               not out                                   0  23  11  0 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 8, w 2)                         13
    Total                 (all out, 115 overs)                    314
    
    FoW: 1-39 (Wessels), 2-96 (Chappell), 3-150 (Hughes),
         4-173 (Hookes), 5-210 (Dyson), 6-219 (Marsh),
         7-262 (Yardley), 8-283 (Lawson), 9-291 (Thomson),
         10-314 (Border).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      20      6     57      1
    Cowans                      21      3     67      1
    Botham                      30      8     75      4
    Hemmings                    27     10     68      3
    Miller                      17      7     34      1
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Cook                c Chappell         b Hogg                 8  32  19  0 0
    CJ Tavare                                b Lawson               0  16   8  0 0
    DI Gower              c Chappell         b Lawson              70 207 125  7 0
    AJ Lamb                                  b Lawson               0   5   3  0 0
    DW Randall                               b Thomson             70 132  90  5 0
    IT Botham             c Wessels          b Thomson              5  27  17  0 0
    G Miller              lbw                b Thomson             34 123  79  3 0
    +RW Taylor            lbw                b Thomson              0   3   3  0 0
    EE Hemmings           c Border           b Yardley             29  52  39  2 0
    *RGD Willis           c Border           b Thomson              1  32  19  0 0
    NG Cowans             not out                                   0  10   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 12)                       20
    Total                 (all out, 64.5 overs)                   237
    
    FoW: 1-8 (Tavare), 2-23 (Cook), 3-24 (Lamb), 4-146 (Randall),
         5-163 (Botham), 6-169 (Gower), 7-170 (Taylor),
         8-220 (Hemmings), 9-232 (Willis), 10-237 (Miller).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lawson                      20      2     70      3
    Hogg                        16      2     50      1
    Thomson                     14.5    2     50      5
    Yardley                     14      4     47      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels            lbw                b Botham              53 116  89  6 0
    J Dyson               c Gower            b Willis               2  40  24  0 0
    *GS Chappell          c Randall          b Hemmings            11  17  14  0 0
    KJ Hughes             c Botham           b Hemmings           137 379 316 12 3
    DW Hookes             lbw                b Miller              19  52  52  2 0
    AR Border             c Botham           b Cowans              83 163 148  9 0
    +RW Marsh             c Taylor           b Miller              41  86  70  3 0
    B Yardley             c Botham           b Hemmings             0  11  11  0 0
    GF Lawson             not out                                  13  42  30  1 0
    JR Thomson            c Gower            b Miller              12  29  34  1 0
    RM Hogg               run out                                   0   5   6  0 0
    Extras                (lb 7, nb 4)                             11
    Total                 (all out, 131.3 overs)                  382
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Dyson), 2-38 (Chappell), 3-82 (Wessels),
         4-113 (Hookes), 5-262 (Border), 6-350 (Marsh),
         7-357 (Yardley), 8-358 (Hughes), 9-382 (Thomson),
         10-382 (Hogg).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      10      2     33      1
    Cowans                      13      1     47      1
    Botham                      10      0     35      1
    Hemmings                    47     16    116      3
    Miller                      49.3   12    133      3
    Cook                         2      1      7      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 460 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    G Cook                lbw                b Lawson               2   3   5  0 0
    CJ Tavare             lbw                b Yardley             16  60  26  2 0
    EE Hemmings           c Marsh            b Yardley             95 223 195  6 0
    DI Gower              c Hookes           b Yardley             24  53  39  3 0
    AJ Lamb                              c & b Yardley             29  70  66  3 1
    DW Randall                               b Thomson             44 114  95  6 0
    IT Botham             lbw                b Thomson             32  73  56  4 0
    G Miller              not out                                  21  86  84  3 0
    +RW Taylor            not out                                  28  83  53  3 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 11)                 23
    Total                 (7 wickets, 96 overs)                   314
    
    DNB: *RGD Willis, NG Cowans.
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Cook), 2-55 (Tavare), 3-104 (Gower), 4-155 (Lamb),
         5-196 (Hemmings), 6-260 (Randall), 7-261 (Botham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lawson                      15      1     50      1
    Hogg                        13      6     25      0
    Thomson                     12      3     30      2
    Yardley                     37      6    139      4
    Border                      16      3     36      0
    Hookes                       2      1      5      0
    Chappell                     1      0      6      0
    

    • Australia regains the Ashes, which they lost in 1977

    • Aus 1st innings
    • RW Taylor: 150 Test dismissals (Dyson)

    • Eng 2nd innings
    • EE Hemmings was 5 runs from becoming the 4th 'night-watchman' to score a century at Test level.
    • RW Taylor passes 1000 runs (completeing the keeper's double)
    • This match was only the 4th drawn Test at Sydney between the 2 countries (out of 46)




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

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

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

    Match Officials' Pages: RA French, MW Johnson.

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