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Test # 1428
The Ashes, 1998/99, 1st Test
Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
20,21,22,23,24 November 1998 (5-day match)

Result: Match Drawn
Series: 5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and DB Hair
TV Umpire: PD Parker
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: GD McGrath

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 246/5 (SR Waugh 69*, Healy 46*, 89 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 485, England 53/1 (Butcher 23*, Hussain 23*, 19 overs)
  • Day 3: England 299/4 (Thorpe 70*, Ramprakash 29*, 94.2 overs)
  • Day 4: England 375, Australia 237/3d, England 26/0 (Butcher 7*, Atherton 18*, 7 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor            c Hussain          b Cork                46 191 135  6 0
    MJ Slater             c Butcher          b Mullally            16  67  40  2 0
    JL Langer             lbw                b Gough                8  55  43  0 0
    ME Waugh              c Stewart          b Mullally            31  65  50  3 0
    SR Waugh              c Stewart          b Mullally           112 330 232 13 0
    RT Ponting            c Butcher          b Cork                21  94  61  1 0
    +IA Healy             c Mullally         b Fraser             134 303 229 14 0
    MS Kasprowicz         c Stewart          b Mullally             0   2   3  0 0
    DW Fleming            not out                                  71 133 107 11 0
    SCG MacGill           c Stewart          b Mullally            20  30  30  4 0
    GD McGrath            c Atherton         b Croft                5  35  24  0 0
    Extras                (lb 14, w 1, nb 6)                       21
    Total                 (all out, 158 overs, 657 mins)          485
    
    FoW: 1-30 (Slater, 16.1 ov), 2-59 (Langer, 30.1 ov),
         3-106 (ME Waugh, 43.6 ov), 4-106 (Taylor, 44.2 ov),
         5-178 (Ponting, 66.3 ov), 6-365 (SR Waugh, 125.1 ov),
         7-365 (Kasprowicz, 125.4 ov), 8-420 (Healy, 141.2 ov),
         9-445 (MacGill, 149.1 ov), 10-485 (McGrath, 157.6 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gough                       34      4    135      1 (1nb, 1w)
    Cork                        31      6     98      2 (1nb)
    Mullally                    40     10    105      5 (3nb)
    Croft                       23      6     55      1 (1nb)
    Fraser                      28      7     76      1
    Ramprakash                   2      1      2      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    MA Butcher                           c & b ME Waugh           116 278 236 16 0
    MA Atherton           c ME Waugh         b McGrath              0  17  14  0 0
    N Hussain             c Healy            b Kasprowicz          59 141  99 10 0
    *+AJ Stewart          c Kasprowicz       b MacGill              8  17   9  1 0
    GP Thorpe             c Langer           b McGrath             77 231 168  7 0
    MR Ramprakash         not out                                  69 234 166  6 0
    DG Cork               c MacGill          b McGrath              0  16  11  0 0
    RDB Croft                                b Kasprowicz          23  51  48  3 0
    D Gough               lbw                b McGrath              0  24  23  0 0
    AD Mullally           c Kasprowicz       b McGrath              0   1   1  0 0
    ARC Fraser            c ME Waugh         b McGrath              1   7   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 9, nb 12)                       22
    Total                 (all out, 128.2 overs, 513 mins)        375
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Atherton, 4.3 ov), 2-145 (Hussain, 38.6 ov),
         3-168 (Stewart, 43.1 ov), 4-240 (Butcher, 69.5 ov),
         5-315 (Thorpe, 103.4 ov), 6-319 (Cork, 107.3 ov),
         7-360 (Croft, 120.1 ov), 8-373 (Gough, 126.3 ov),
         9-373 (Mullally, 126.4 ov), 10-375 (Fraser, 128.2 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McGrath                     34.2   11     85      6 (3nb)
    Fleming                     27      5     83      0
    Kasprowicz                  29      7     82      2 (6nb)
    MacGill                     24      4     70      1 (2nb)
    SR Waugh                     3      0     17      0
    Ponting                      3      0     10      0
    ME Waugh                     8      1     18      1 (1nb)
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MJ Slater                            c & b Fraser             113 190 139 13 1
    *MA Taylor                               b Cork                 0  12   5  0 0
    JL Langer             c Mullally         b Croft               74 202 149  8 0
    ME Waugh              not out                                  27  76  54  1 0
    SR Waugh              not out                                  16  51  31  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 5)                         7
    Total                 (3 wickets decl, 62 overs, 267 mins)    237
    
    DNB: RT Ponting, +IA Healy, MS Kasprowicz, DW Fleming,
         SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.
    
    FoW: 1-20 (Taylor, 3.2 ov), 2-182 (Slater, 45.3 ov),
         3-199 (Langer, 50.2 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gough                        6      0     50      0 (1nb)
    Cork                         5      0     18      1
    Mullally                    14      4     38      0 (2nb)
    Fraser                      15      1     52      1 (2nb)
    Croft                       20      2     71      1
    Ramprakash                   2      0      6      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 348 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    MA Butcher            lbw                b MacGill             40 139  98  4 0
    MA Atherton           c Fleming          b McGrath             28  65  55  4 0
    N Hussain                                b MacGill             47 149 122  1 2
    *+AJ Stewart          c Ponting          b ME Waugh             3   9   8  0 0
    GP Thorpe             c Langer           b ME Waugh             9  41  27  0 0
    MR Ramprakash         st Healy           b MacGill             14  39  45  1 0
    DG Cork               not out                                  21  39  37  3 0
    RDB Croft             not out                                   4  23  25  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3, w 1, nb 9)                        13
    Total                 (6 wickets, 68 overs, 255 mins)         179
    
    DNB: D Gough, AD Mullally, ARC Fraser.
    
    FoW: 1-46 (Atherton, 16.3 ov), 2-96 (Butcher, 34.5 ov),
         3-103 (Stewart, 37.4 ov), 4-133 (Thorpe, 49.1 ov),
         5-148 (Hussain, 56.1 ov), 6-161 (Ramprakash, 60.5 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McGrath                     16      6     30      1
    Kasprowicz                   8      3     28      0 (1w)
    Fleming                      7      2     12      0 (2nb)
    MacGill                     22      3     51      3
    ME Waugh                    14      0     55      2 (7nb)
    Ponting                      1      1      0      0
    

    • MA Taylor 100th Test
    • Twelfth Men: JN Gillespie (Australia) and JP Crawley (England)

      Day 1

    • Lunch: Australia 58/1 (Taylor 30*, Langer 8*, 29 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 141/4 (SR Waugh 26*, Ponting 7*, 56 overs)
    • Australia 100 off 42.3 overs
    • Bad light interupted play early in the 3rd session from 3:06pm to 3:41pm
    • SR Waugh 50 in 114 mins, off 80 balls, 7x4
    • On 50, SR Waugh passed 17 000 First Class career runs
    • Australia 200 off 74.4 overs
    • Play extended by 55 minutes beyond scheduled stumps time to 5:55pm, in order to get through the 90 overs required in a day. Stumps called 1 over early due to bad light.
    • Attendance: 14 000 approx

      Day 2

    • Lunch: Australia 348/5 (SR Waugh 107*, Healy 105*, 120 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 445/8 (Fleming 37*, MacGill 20*, 149 overs)
    • IA Healy 50 in 101 mins, off 88 balls, 7x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Cork
    • 6th wicket partnership (SR Waugh/Healy) 100 in 121 mins, off 180 balls, brought up with a four by Healy off Gough
    • Australia 300 off 103.4 overs
    • SR Waugh 100 in 286 mins, off 201 balls, 12x4, 16th Test 100
    • IA Healy 100 in 196 mins, off 160 balls, 13x4, 4th Test 100
    • Australia 400 off 132.5 overs
    • AD Mullally 1st Test 5 wicket haul
    • DW Fleming 50 in 106 mins, off 87 balls, 7x4
    • Attendance: 13 000 approx

      Day 3

    • Lunch: England 179/3 (Thorpe 6*, Butcher 93*, 47 overs)
    • Tea: England 262/4 (Thorpe 50*, Ramprakash 13*, 82 overs)
    • N Hussain 50 in 93 mins, off 68 balls, 9x4, brought up his 50 with a four off McGrath, 7th Test 50
    • England 100 off 30.2 overs
    • MA Butcher 50 in 125 mins, off 101 balls, 9x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Fleming
    • 2nd wicket partnership (Butcher/Hussain) 100 off 166 balls, brought up with a four by Butcher off Fleming
    • England 200 off 53.3 overs
    • MA Butcher 100 in 219 mins, off 179 balls, 16x4, brought up his 100 with a four off MacGill, 2nd Test 100
    • GP Thorpe 50 in 134 mins, off 98 balls, 4x4, 24th Test 50
    • A combination of bad light and thunderstorms ended play at 3:55pm

      Day 4

    • Lunch: England 375
    • Tea: Australia 111/1 (Slater 75*, Langer 35*, 30 overs)
    • England 300 off 94.5 overs, brought up with a four by Ramprakash off Kasprowicz
    • MR Ramprakash 50 off 135 balls, 4x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Fleming, 6th Test 50
    • GD McGrath 11th Test 5 wicket haul
    • MJ Slater 50 off 57 balls, 7x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Mullally
    • Australia 100 off 25.3 overs, brought up with a four by Langer off Fraser
    • 2nd wicket partnership (Slater/Langer) 100 off 185 balls, brought up with a four by Slater Mullally
    • JL Langer 50 off 105 balls, 6x4, 5th Test 50
    • MJ Slater 100 off 129 balls, 10x4, 1x6, 9th Test 100
    • Australia 200 off 50.5 overs, brought up with a four by ME Waugh off Croft

      Day 5

    • Lunch: England 108/3 (Hussain 28*, Thorpe 0*, 39 overs)
    • Play ended at shortly before tea due to thunderstorms. The ground was later soaked with rain. Play officially called to an end at 4:25pm.




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    Ground Page: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

    Australia Player Pages: MA Taylor, MJ Slater, JL Langer, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, IA Healy, MS Kasprowicz, DW Fleming, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.

    England Player Pages: MA Butcher, MA Atherton, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, GP Thorpe, MR Ramprakash, DG Cork, RDB Croft, D Gough, AD Mullally, ARC Fraser.

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