CANCELLED

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 27 August, 1981, Kennington Oval & Match Stats

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Match Cancelled

Match drawn

Australia 1st Innings

352/10 (132.0 ov)

RR 2.67

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood c Brearley b Botham	66	129	6	0	51.16
Martin Kent c Gatting b Botham	54	129	7	0	41.86
Kim Hughes hit wicket b Botham	31	67	1	0	46.27
Graham Yallop c Botham b Willis	26	50	1	0	52.00
Allan Border not out	106	230	13	0	46.09
Dirk Wellham b Willis	24	93	1	0	25.81
Rod Marsh c Botham b Willis	12	18	2	0	66.67
Ray Bright c Brearley b Botham	3	40	0	0	7.50
Dennis Lillee b Willis	11	36	1	0	30.56
Terry Alderman b Botham	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mike Whitney b Botham	4	13	1	0	30.77
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 4, p 0)	15
TOTAL (2.67 RUNS PER OVER)	352/10 (132.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 120-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 125-2 (Martin Kent, 0 ov), 199-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 169-3 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 260-5 (Dirk Wellham, 0 ov), 280-6 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 303-7 (Ray Bright, 0 ov), 319-8 (Dennis Lillee, 0 ov), 320-9 (Terry Alderman, 0 ov), 352-10 (Mike Whitney, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	31	6	91	4	2.94
Mike Hendrick	31	8	63	0	2.03
Sir Ian Botham	47	13	125	6	2.66
John Emburey	23	2	58	0	2.52

England 1st Innings

314/10 (110.4 ov)

RR 2.84

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott c Yallop b Lillee	137	321	7	0	42.68
Wayne Larkins c Alderman b Lillee	34	75	4	0	45.33
Chris Tavaré c †Marsh b Lillee	24	91	2	0	26.37
Mike Gatting b Lillee	53	114	5	0	46.49
Mike Brearley c Bright b Alderman	0	6	0	0	0.00
Paul Parker c Kent b Alderman	0	3	0	0	0.00
Sir Ian Botham c Yallop b Lillee	3	5	0	0	60.00
Alan Knott b Lillee	36	49	4	0	73.47
John Emburey lbw b Lillee	0	2	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis b Alderman	3	7	0	0	42.86
Mike Hendrick not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 9, w 3, nb 12, p 0)	24
TOTAL (2.84 RUNS PER OVER)	314/10 (110.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 293-7 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 61-1 (Wayne Larkins, 0 ov), 131-2 (Chris Tavaré, 0 ov), 246-3 (Mike Gatting, 0 ov), 248-4 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 248-5 (Paul Parker, 0 ov), 256-6 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 314-10 (Alan Knott, 0 ov), 293-8 (John Emburey, 0 ov), 302-9 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	31.4	4	89	7	2.81
Terry Alderman	35	4	84	3	2.40
Mike Whitney	23	3	76	0	3.30
Ray Bright	21	6	41	0	1.95

Australia 2nd Innings

344/9 (104.2 ov)

RR 3.30

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood c †Knott b Hendrick	21	46	1	0	45.65
Martin Kent c Brearley b Botham	7	17	1	0	41.18
Kim Hughes lbw b Hendrick	6	24	1	0	25.00
Graham Yallop b Hendrick	35	62	3	0	56.45
Allan Border c Tavare b Emburey	84	152	8	0	55.26
Dirk Wellham lbw b Botham	103	221	12	0	46.61
Rod Marsh c Gatting b Botham	52	83	7	0	62.65
Ray Bright b Botham	11	14	2	0	78.57
Dennis Lillee not out	8	36	1	0	22.22
Mike Whitney c Botham b Hendrick	0	3	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 8, w 1, nb 7, p 0)	17
TOTAL (3.30 RUNS PER OVER)	344/9 (104.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 41-3 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 26-1 (Martin Kent, 0 ov), 36-2 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 104-4 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 205-5 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 343-8 (Dirk Wellham, 0 ov), 291-6 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 332-7 (Ray Bright, 0 ov), 344-9 (Mike Whitney, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Terry Alderman

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	10	0	41	0	4.10
Mike Hendrick	29.2	6	82	4	2.80
Sir Ian Botham	42	9	128	4	3.05
John Emburey	23	3	76	1	3.30

England 2nd Innings (target 383)

261/7 (95.0 ov)

RR 2.75

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott lbw b Lillee	0	4	0	0	0.00
Wayne Larkins c Alderman b Lillee	24	78	4	0	30.77
Chris Tavaré c Kent b Whitney	8	36	0	0	22.22
Mike Gatting c Kent b Lillee	56	70	7	0	80.00
Paul Parker c Kent b Alderman	13	46	2	0	28.26
Mike Brearley c †Marsh b Lillee	51	160	7	0	31.88
Sir Ian Botham lbw b Alderman	16	14	2	0	114.29
Alan Knott not out	70	138	11	0	50.72
John Emburey not out	5	33	0	0	15.15
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 9, p 0)	18
TOTAL (2.75 RUNS PER OVER)	261/7 (95.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 88-3 (Wayne Larkins, 0 ov), 18-2 (Chris Tavaré, 0 ov), 101-4 (Mike Gatting, 0 ov), 127-5 (Paul Parker, 0 ov), 237-7 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 144-6 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	30	10	70	4	2.33
Terry Alderman	19	6	60	2	3.16
Mike Whitney	11	4	46	1	4.18
Ray Bright	27	12	50	0	1.85
Graham Yallop	8	2	17	0	2.13

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 27, 1981 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to field
Venue: Kennington Oval, London