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Test # 1368 (1368/286)
The Ashes, 1997, 1st Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
5,6,7,8 June 1997 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 9 wickets
England leads the 6-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and P Willey
TV Umpire: JW Holder
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Test Debuts: MA Butcher (Eng).
Man of the Match: N Hussain
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 118, England 200/3 (Hussain 80*, Thorpe 83*)
Day 2: England 449/6 (Ealham 32*, Croft 18*)
Day 3: England 478/9d, Australia 256/1 (Taylor 108*, Blewett 61*)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
*MA Taylor c Butcher b Malcolm 7 23 16 1 0
MTG Elliott b Gough 6 18 13 1 0
GS Blewett c Hussain b Gough 7 35 15 0 0
ME Waugh b Gough 5 23 25 1 0
SR Waugh c Stewart b Caddick 12 31 20 3 0
MG Bevan c Ealham b Malcolm 8 31 21 1 0
+IA Healy c Stewart b Caddick 0 2 1 0 0
JN Gillespie lbw b Caddick 4 13 8 1 0
SK Warne c Malcolm b Caddick 47 62 46 8 0
MS Kasprowicz c Butcher b Caddick 17 42 28 3 0
GD McGrath not out 1 9 3 0 0
Extras (w 2, nb 2) 4
Total (all out, 31.5 overs) 118
FoW: 1-11 (Elliott), 2-15 (Taylor), 3-26 (ME Waugh),
4-28 (Blewett), 5-48 (SR Waugh), 6-48 (Healy),
7-48 (Bevan), 8-54 (Gillespie), 9-110 (Kasprowicz),
10-118 (Warne).
Bowling O M R W
Gough 10 1 43 3 (3nb, 2w)
Malcolm 10 2 25 2
Caddick 11.5 1 50 5 (2nb)
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
MA Butcher c Healy b Kasprowicz 8 16 13 2 0
*MA Atherton c Healy b McGrath 2 10 4 0 0
+AJ Stewart c Elliott b Gillespie 18 52 33 3 0
N Hussain c Healy b Warne 207 437 337 38 0
GP Thorpe c Bevan b McGrath 138 290 245 19 0
JP Crawley c Healy b Kasprowicz 1 19 14 0 0
MA Ealham not out 53 171 131 7 0
RDB Croft c Healy b Kasprowicz 24 70 56 4 0
D Gough c Healy b Kasprowicz 0 8 9 0 0
AR Caddick lbw b Bevan 0 11 7 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 15) 27
Total (9 wickets declared, 138.4 overs) 478
DNB: DE Malcolm.
FoW: 1-8 (Atherton), 2-16 (Butcher), 3-50 (Stewart),
4-338 (Thorpe), 5-345 (Crawley), 6-416 (Hussain),
7-460 (Croft), 8-463 (Gough), 9-478 (Caddick).
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 32 8 107 2 (7nb)
Kasprowicz 39 8 113 4 (6nb, 1w)
Gillespie 10 1 48 1 (1nb)
Warne 35 8 110 1 (1nb)
Bevan 10.4 0 44 1
SR Waugh 12 2 45 0 (2nb)
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
MTG Elliott b Croft 66 145 113 12 0
*MA Taylor c & b Croft 129 396 296 11 1
GS Blewett c Butcher b Croft 125 300 228 19 1
SR Waugh lbw b Gough 33 135 100 3 0
MG Bevan c Hussain b Gough 24 45 41 4 0
ME Waugh c Stewart b Gough 1 8 7 0 0
+IA Healy c Atherton b Ealham 30 66 48 5 0
SK Warne c & b Ealham 32 51 34 5 0
MS Kasprowicz c Butcher b Ealham 0 1 2 0 0
JN Gillespie run out (Crawley/Gough) 0 11 6 0 0
GD McGrath not out 0 1 0 0 0
Extras (b 18, lb 12, w 2, nb 5) 37
Total (all out, 144.4 overs) 477
FoW: 1-133 (Elliott), 2-327 (Taylor), 3-354 (Blewett),
4-393 (Bevan), 5-399 (ME Waugh), 6-431 (SR Waugh),
7-465 (Healy), 8-465 (Kasprowicz), 9-477 (Gillespie),
10-477 (Warne).
Bowling O M R W
Gough 35 7 123 3 (4nb)
Malcolm 21 6 52 0
Croft 43 10 125 3 (2w)
Caddick 30 6 87 0 (3nb)
Ealham 15.4 3 60 3
England 2nd innings (target: 118 runs) R M B 4 6
MA Butcher lbw b Kasprowicz 14 15 10 2 0
*MA Atherton not out 57 87 65 9 0
+AJ Stewart not out 40 71 54 7 0
Extras (b 4, lb 4) 8
Total (1 wicket, 21.3 overs) 119
DNB: N Hussain, GP Thorpe, JP Crawley, MA Ealham, RDB Croft,
D Gough, AR Caddick, DE Malcolm.
FoW: 1-29 (Butcher).
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 7 1 42 0
Kasprowicz 7 0 42 1
Warne 7.3 0 27 0
Day 1
- Gillespie injured (hamstring) after bowling 10 overs.
Day 2
- Highest test scores for both Hussain and Thorpe.
- Record 4th wicket partnership for England v Australia,
by Hussain and Thorpe, 288 (off 461 balls in 294 mins),
beating the previous mark of 222 (Hammond and Paynter,
Lords, 1938).
- Rain stopped play 78 minutes before the scheduled close.
Day 3
- Mark Waugh was taken to hospital with stomach pains.
Day 4
- A thunderstorm stopped play for 50 minutes with Australia
on 399/5.
- Bevan was the runner for Gillespie and was involved in the
mixup in Gillespie's run out.
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Team Pages:
England,
Australia.
Ground Page:
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Australia Player Pages:
MA Taylor,
MTG Elliott,
GS Blewett,
ME Waugh,
SR Waugh,
MG Bevan,
IA Healy,
JN Gillespie,
SK Warne,
MS Kasprowicz,
GD McGrath.
England Player Pages:
MA Butcher,
MA Atherton,
AJ Stewart,
N Hussain,
GP Thorpe,
JP Crawley,
MA Ealham,
RDB Croft,
D Gough,
AR Caddick,
DE Malcolm.
Match Officials' Pages:
SA Bucknor,
P Willey,
JW Holder,
RS Madugalle.
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