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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

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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    Tour Index

    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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