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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 1159 (1159/271)
The Ashes, 1990/91, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1990 (5-day match)

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

Toss: England
Umpires: AR Crafter and PJ McConnell
Test Debuts: PCR Tufnell (Eng).
Man of the Match: BA Reid

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 239/4 (Gower 73*, Stewart 42*)
  • Day 2: England 352, Australia 109/1 (Taylor 42*, Boon 18*)
  • Day 3: Australia 306
  • Day 4: England 150, Australia 28/2 (Marsh 11*, Boon 8*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *GA Gooch             lbw                b Alderman            20  39  33  2 0
    MA Atherton           c Boon             b Reid                 0  15  11  0 0
    W Larkins             c Healy            b Reid                64 218 145  5 0
    RA Smith              c Healy            b Hughes              30 121  86  3 0
    DI Gower                             c & b Reid               100 254 170  8 0
    AJ Stewart            c Healy            b Reid                79 279 211  4 0
    +RC Russell           c Healy            b Hughes              15  69  55  1 0
    PAJ DeFreitas         c Healy            b Reid                 3   5   5  0 0
    ARC Fraser            c Jones            b Alderman            24  69  55  3 0
    DE Malcolm            c Taylor           b Reid                 6  32  19  1 0
    PCR Tufnell           not out                                   0  13   9  0 0
    Extras                (lb 2, nb 9)                             11
    Total                 (all out, 131.4 overs, 561 mins)        352
    
    FoW: 1-12 (Atherton), 2-30 (Gooch), 3-109 (Smith),
         4-152 (Larkins), 5-274 (Gower), 6-303 (Russell),
         7-307 (DeFreitas), 8-324 (Stewart), 9-344 (Malcolm),
         10-352 (Fraser).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Alderman                    30.4    7     86      2 (2nb)
    Reid                        39      8     97      6 (1nb)
    Hughes                      29      7     83      2 (6nb)
    Matthews                    27      8     65      0
    Waugh                        6      2     19      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GR Marsh              c Russell          b DeFreitas           36  85  62  5 0
    MA Taylor             c Russell          b DeFreitas           61 256 177  4 0
    DC Boon               c Russell          b Malcolm             28 119  82  1 0
    *AR Border            c Russell          b Fraser              62 239 164  5 0
    DM Jones              c Russell          b Fraser              44  86  57  6 0
    SR Waugh                                 b Fraser              19  61  47  2 0
    GRJ Matthews          lbw                b Fraser              12  79  54  0 0
    +IA Healy             c Russell          b Fraser               5  21  10  0 0
    MG Hughes             lbw                b Malcolm              4  46  15  0 0
    TM Alderman                              b Fraser               0   9  10  0 0
    BA Reid               not out                                   3  16  16  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 12, nb 16)                      32
    Total                 (all out, 112.5 overs, 514 minutes)     306
    
    FoW: 1-63 (Marsh), 2-133 (Boon), 3-149 (Taylor), 4-224 (Jones),
         5-264 (Waugh), 6-281 (Border), 7-289 (Healy),
         8-298 (Matthews), 9-302 (Alderman), 10-306 (Hughes).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Malcolm                     25.5    4     74      2 (6nb)
    Fraser                      39     10     82      6 (9nb)
    Tufnell                     21      5     62      0 (1nb)
    DeFreitas                   25      5     69      2
    Atherton                     2      1      3      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *GA Gooch             c Alderman         b Reid                58 147 116  9 0
    MA Atherton           c Healy            b Reid                 4  26  20  0 0
    W Larkins             c Healy            b Reid                54 232 171  6 0
    RA Smith              c Taylor           b Reid                 8  14  15  1 0
    DI Gower              c Border           b Matthews             0  11   6  0 0
    AJ Stewart            c Marsh            b Reid                 8  70  60  0 0
    +RC Russell           c Jones            b Matthews             1  46  33  0 0
    PAJ DeFreitas         lbw                b Reid                 0   3   4  0 0
    ARC Fraser            c Taylor           b Reid                 0   8   6  0 0
    DE Malcolm            lbw                b Matthews             1  21  14  0 0
    PCR Tufnell           not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 3, nb 6)                        16
    Total                 (all out, 73 overs, 294 mins)           150
    
    FoW: 1-17 (Atherton), 2-103 (Gooch), 3-115 (Smith),
         4-122 (Gower), 5-147 (Stewart), 6-148 (Larkins),
         7-148 (DeFreitas), 8-148 (Fraser), 9-150 (Russell),
         10-150 (Malcolm).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Alderman                    10      2     19      0 (4nb)
    Reid                        22     12     51      7 (1nb)
    Hughes                       9      4     26      0 (1nb)
    Matthews                    25      9     40      3
    Waugh                        7      6      4      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 197 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    GR Marsh              not out                                  79 363 257  7 0
    MA Taylor             c Atherton         b Malcolm              5  34  24  1 0
    +IA Healy             c Atherton         b Fraser               1   6   3  0 0
    DC Boon               not out                                  94 321 234  8 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 12, nb 2)                       18
    Total                 (2 wickets, 86 overs)                   197
    
    DNB: *AR Border, DM Jones, SR Waugh, GRJ Matthews, MG Hughes,
         TM Alderman, BA Reid.
    
    FoW: 1-9 (Taylor), 2-10 (Healy).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Malcolm                     23      7     52      1 (1nb)
    Fraser                      20      4     33      1
    Tufnell                     24     12     36      0 (1nb)
    DeFreitas                   16      3     46      0
    Atherton                     3      0     14      0
    

    • Twelfth men: C.G.Rackemann (A) and C.C.Lewis (E)




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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: GA Gooch, MA Atherton, W Larkins, RA Smith, DI Gower, AJ Stewart, RC Russell, PAJ DeFreitas, ARC Fraser, DE Malcolm, PCR Tufnell.

    Australia Player Pages: GR Marsh, MA Taylor, DC Boon, AR Border, DM Jones, SR Waugh, GRJ Matthews, IA Healy, MG Hughes, TM Alderman, BA Reid.

    Match Officials' Pages: AR Crafter, PJ McConnell.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Phil Shead (drinnen@deakin.edu.au)  
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