RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 16 July, 1981, Headingley & Match Stats

ENG

174/10 (50.5 ov) & 356/10 (87.3 ov)

AUS

401/9 (155.2 ov) & 111/10 (36.1 ov)

England won by 18 runs

Australia 1st Innings

401/9 (155.2 ov)

RR 2.58

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson b Dilley	102	234	14	0	43.59
Graeme Wood lbw b Botham	34	55	4	0	61.82
Trevor Chappell c †Taylor b Willey	27	135	2	0	20.00
Kim Hughes c & b Botham	89	208	8	0	42.79
Ray Bright b Dilley	7	36	1	0	19.44
Graham Yallop c †Taylor b Botham	58	167	5	0	34.73
Allan Border lbw b Botham	8	20	1	0	40.00
Rod Marsh b Botham	28	50	5	0	56.00
Geoff Lawson c †Taylor b Botham	13	35	2	0	37.14
Dennis Lillee not out	3	6	0	0	50.00
Terry Alderman not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 13, w 3, nb 12, p 0)	32
TOTAL (2.58 RUNS PER OVER)	401/9 (155.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 196-3 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 55-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 149-2 (Trevor Chappell, 0 ov), 332-5 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 220-4 (Ray Bright, 0 ov), 357-7 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 354-6 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 401-9 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 396-8 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	30	8	72	0	2.40
Chris Old	43	14	91	0	2.12
Graham Dilley	27	4	78	2	2.89
Sir Ian Botham	39.2	11	95	6	2.42
Peter Willey	13	2	31	1	2.38
Geoff Boycott	3	2	2	0	0.67

England 1st Innings

174/10 (50.5 ov)

RR 3.45

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch lbw b Alderman	2	7	0	0	28.57
Geoff Boycott b Lawson	12	58	0	0	20.69
Mike Brearley c †Marsh b Alderman	10	53	0	0	18.87
David Gower c †Marsh b Lawson	24	50	3	0	48.00
Mike Gatting lbw b Lillee	15	29	2	0	51.72
Peter Willey b Lawson	8	22	0	0	36.36
Sir Ian Botham c †Marsh b Lillee	50	54	8	0	92.59
Bob Taylor c †Marsh b Lillee	5	23	1	0	21.74
Graham Dilley c & b Lillee	13	17	2	0	76.47
Chris Old c Border b Alderman	0	4	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis not out	1	4	0	0	25.00
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 11, p 0)	34
TOTAL (3.45 RUNS PER OVER)	174/10 (50.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 12-1 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 42-3 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 40-2 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 84-4 (David Gower, 0 ov), 87-5 (Mike Gatting, 0 ov), 112-6 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 166-8 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 148-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 174-10 (Graham Dilley, 0 ov), 167-9 (Chris Old, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	18.5	7	49	4	2.60
Terry Alderman	19	4	59	3	3.11
Geoff Lawson	13	3	32	3	2.46

England 2nd Innings

356/10 (87.3 ov)

RR 4.08

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch c Alderman b Lillee	0	3	0	0	0.00
Geoff Boycott lbw b Alderman	46	141	1	0	32.62
Mike Brearley c Alderman b Lillee	14	29	3	0	48.28
David Gower c Border b Alderman	9	22	1	0	40.91
Mike Gatting lbw b Alderman	1	10	0	0	10.00
Peter Willey c Dyson b Lillee	33	56	6	0	58.93
Sir Ian Botham not out	149	148	27	1	100.68
Bob Taylor c Bright b Alderman	1	9	0	0	11.11
Graham Dilley b Alderman	56	75	9	0	74.67
Chris Old b Lawson	29	31	6	0	93.55
Bob Willis c Border b Alderman	2	9	0	0	22.22
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 3, w 3, nb 5, p 0)	16
TOTAL (4.08 RUNS PER OVER)	356/10 (87.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 133-6 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 18-2 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 37-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 41-4 (Mike Gatting, 0 ov), 105-5 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 135-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 252-8 (Graham Dilley, 0 ov), 319-9 (Chris Old, 0 ov), 356-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	25	6	94	3	3.76
Terry Alderman	35.3	6	135	6	3.80
Geoff Lawson	23	4	96	1	4.17
Ray Bright	4	0	15	0	3.75

Australia 2nd Innings (target 130)

111/10 (36.1 ov)

RR 3.07

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson c †Taylor b Willis	34	83	3	0	40.96
Graeme Wood c †Taylor b Botham	10	10	2	0	100.00
Trevor Chappell c †Taylor b Willis	8	56	0	0	14.29
Kim Hughes c Botham b Willis	0	9	0	0	0.00
Graham Yallop c Gatting b Willis	0	3	0	0	0.00
Allan Border b Old	0	8	0	0	0.00
Rod Marsh c Dilley b Willis	4	9	0	0	44.44
Ray Bright b Willis	19	32	2	0	59.38
Geoff Lawson c †Taylor b Willis	1	2	0	0	50.00
Dennis Lillee c Gatting b Willis	17	15	3	0	113.33
Terry Alderman not out	0	5	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 14, p 0)	18
TOTAL (3.07 RUNS PER OVER)	111/10 (36.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 68-6 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 13-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 56-2 (Trevor Chappell, 0 ov), 58-3 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 58-4 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 65-5 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 74-7 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 111-10 (Ray Bright, 0 ov), 75-8 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov), 110-9 (Dennis Lillee, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	15.1	3	43	8	2.84
Chris Old	9	1	21	1	2.33
Graham Dilley	2	0	11	0	5.50
Sir Ian Botham	7	3	14	1	2.00
Peter Willey	3	1	4	0	1.33

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Thursday, July 16, 1981 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Headingley, Leeds