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Test # 1160 (1160/272)
The Ashes, 1990/91, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
4,5,6,7,8 January 1991 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and PJ McConnell
Man of the Match: MA Atherton

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 259/4 (Jones 27*, Waugh 22*)
  • Day 2: Australia 518, England 1/0 (Gooch 1*, Atherton 0*)
  • Day 3: England 227/3 (Atherton 94*, Gower 33*)
  • Day 4: England 469/8d, Australia 38/2 (Healy 9*, Boon 3*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GR Marsh              c Larkins          b Malcolm             13  55  41  2 0
    MA Taylor             c Russell          b Malcolm             11  79  47  2 0
    DC Boon               c Atherton         b Gooch               97 201 174 17 0
    *AR Border                               b Hemmings            78 251 184 10 0
    DM Jones              st Russell         b Small               60 200 120  7 0
    SR Waugh              c Stewart          b Malcolm             48  66  61  8 0
    GRJ Matthews          c Hemmings         b Tufnell            128 242 175 17 0
    +IA Healy             c Small            b Hemmings            35  93  61  2 0
    CG Rackemann                             b Hemmings             1  15   8  0 0
    TM Alderman           not out                                  26  86  73  1 0
    BA Reid               c Smith            b Malcolm              0  15   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 8, nb 8)                        21
    Total                 (all out, 157 overs, 657 mins)          518
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Marsh), 2-38 (Taylor), 3-185 (Boon), 4-226 (Border),
         5-292 (Waugh), 6-347 (Jones), 7-442 (Healy),
         8-457 (Rackemann), 9-512 (Matthews), 10-518 (Reid).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Malcolm                     45     12    128      4 (7nb)
    Small                       31      5    103      1 (1nb)
    Hemmings                    32      7    105      3
    Tufnell                     30      6     95      1
    Gooch                       14      3     46      1
    Atherton                     5      0     28      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *GA Gooch             c Healy            b Reid                59 148 127  5 0
    MA Atherton           c Boon             b Matthews           105 451 349  8 0
    W Larkins             run out (Border)                         11  44  33  2 0
    RA Smith              c Healy            b Reid                18  67  50  3 0
    DI Gower              c Marsh            b Reid               123 312 236 15 0
    AJ Stewart            lbw                b Alderman            91 157 146 12 0
    +RC Russell           not out                                  30  90  64  3 0
    GC Small              lbw                b Alderman            10  28  21  1 0
    EE Hemmings                              b Alderman             0   2   3  0 0
    PCR Tufnell           not out                                   5  22  15  1 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 8, nb 8)                        17
    Total                 (8 wickets dec, 172.1 overs, 665 mins)  469
    
    DNB: DE Malcolm.
    
    FoW: 1-95 (Gooch), 2-116 (Larkins), 3-156 (Smith),
         4-295 (Atherton), 5-394 (Gower), 6-426 (Stewart),
         7-444 (Small), 8-444 (Hemmings).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Alderman                    20.1    4     62      3 (2nb)
    Reid                        35.1    9     79      3 (4nb)
    Rackemann                   25.5    5     89      0
    Matthews                    58     16    145      1 (2nb)
    Border                      19      5     45      0
    Waugh                       14      3     40      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MA Taylor             lbw                b Hemmings            19  39  31  2 0
    GR Marsh              c Stewart          b Malcolm              4  26  13  0 0
    +IA Healy             c Smith            b Tufnell             69 165 160  6 0
    DC Boon               c Gooch            b Tufnell             29  73  72  3 0
    *AR Border            c Gooch            b Tufnell             20  34  29  3 0
    DM Jones                             c & b Tufnell              0   1   1  0 0
    SR Waugh              c Russell          b Hemmings            14  32  28  2 0
    GRJ Matthews                             b Hemmings            19  72  56  0 0
    CG Rackemann                             b Malcolm              9 107 102  0 0
    TM Alderman           c Gower            b Tufnell              1  10  10  0 0
    BA Reid               not out                                   5  28  32  0 0
    Extras                (lb 16)                                  16
    Total                 (all out, 89 overs, 300 mins)           205
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Marsh), 2-29 (Taylor), 3-81 (Boon), 4-129 (Border),
         5-129 (Jones), 6-166 (Waugh), 7-166 (Healy),
         8-189 (Matthews), 9-192 (Alderman), 10-205 (Rackemann).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Malcolm                      6      1     19      2
    Small                        2      1      6      0
    Hemmings                    41      9     94      3
    Tufnell                     37     18     61      5
    Atherton                     3      1      9      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 255 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    *GA Gooch             c Border           b Matthews            54  68  42  7 0
    DI Gower              c Taylor           b Matthews            36  53  38  3 0
    W Larkins             lbw                b Border               0   2   3  0 0
    AJ Stewart            run out (Alderman/Matthews)               7  10  10  0 0
    RA Smith              not out                                  10  31  27  1 0
    MA Atherton           not out                                   3  28  32  0 0
    Extras                (lb 1, nb 2)                              3
    Total                 (4 wickets, 25 overs)                   113
    
    DNB: +RC Russell, GC Small, EE Hemmings, PCR Tufnell, DE Malcolm.
    
    FoW: 1-84 (Gower), 2-84 (Larkins), 3-100 (Gooch), 4-100 (Stewart).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Alderman                     4      0     29      0 (2nb)
    Rackemann                    3      0     20      0
    Matthews                     9      2     26      2
    Border                       9      1     37      1
    

    • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
    • Scorers: EW Cosgrove and CF Driver
    • 12th men: MG Hughes (Australia) and PAJ DeFreitas (England)

      Day 1

    • Lunch: Australia 68/2 (Boon 22*, Border 17*)
    • Tea: Australia 158/2 (Boon 82*, Border 43*)
    • Border became the first player to score 50 half centuries in Test cricket
    • Boon/Border 3rd wicket partership 147 in 177 mins from 297 balls
    • Attendance: 27,302

      Day 2

    • Lunch: Australia 377/6 (Matthews 44*, Healy 9*)
    • Matthews 100 in 185 mins form 137 balls, 13x4
    • Tea: Australia 483/8 (Matthews 110*, Alderman 9*)
    • Bad light ended play at 5.05pm (55 mins lost)
    • Attendance: 26,529

      Day 3

    • Gooch completed 6000 Test runs when he read 12 in the 1st innings
    • Lunch: England 83/0 (Gooch 50*, Atheron 30*)
    • Tea: England 150/2 (Atherton 58*, Smith 17*)
    • Attendnace: 25,461

      Day 4

    • Reid was unable to complete his 27th over (calloused right heel). Rackemann completed the over. Reid later returned and bowled an addition 9 overs
    • Atherton 100 in 424 mins from 326 balls, 8x4
    • Atherton scored the slowest hundred in the history of Ashes Tests
    • Atherton/Gower 4th wicket partership 139 in 190 mins from 284 balls
    • Gower 100 in 222 mins from 171 balls, 15x4
    • Lunch: England 323/4 (Gower 103*, Stewart 14*)
    • Tea: England 426/5 (Stewart 91*, Russel 3*)
    • Taylor completed 1000 Test runs agaist England when he reached 7 in the 2nd innings
    • Attendnace: 18,010

      Day 5

    • Border completed 3000 Test runs against England when he reached 17 in the 2nd innings
    • Tufnell narrowly missed a hat-trick when Gower dropped Waugh at silly point (difficult chance) after dismissing Border (caugh at square leg) and Jones (simple pop back) with successive balls in his 17th over.
    • Lunch: Australia 152/5 (Healy 64*, Waugh 7*)
    • Tea: Australia 205 all out
    • England were set a target of 255 runs from 28 overs
    • Gower completed 8000 Test runs when he reached 15 in the 2nd innings
    • Match called off at 5.45pm
    • Attendance: 9,002 (Total: 106,304)




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

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

    England Player Pages: GA Gooch, MA Atherton, W Larkins, RA Smith, DI Gower, AJ Stewart, RC Russell, GC Small, EE Hemmings, PCR Tufnell, DE Malcolm.

    Match Officials' Pages: AR Crafter, PJ McConnell.

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