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Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 24 May, 1997, Kennington Oval & Match Stats

England vs Australia | May 24, 1997, 07:30 PM | Kennington Oval

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England
England

*253/4 (48.2 ov)

vs
Australia

*249/6 (50.0 ov)

Australia

England won by 6 wickets

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Player of the Match

Mike Atherton - England

Australia Inning Inning

249/6 (50.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Mark Waugh
run out
25 25 4 0 100.00
Mark Taylor
run out
11 35 0 0 31.43
Steve Waugh
b Croft
24 35 3 0 68.57
Michael Bevan
not out
108 129 6 0 83.72
Michael Slater
run out
1 11 0 0 9.09
Adam Gilchrist
lbw b Hollioake
53 50 2 1 106.00
Ian Healy
run out
7 7 0 0 100.00
Shane Warne
not out
11 8 1 0 137.50
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 8, w 1, nb 0, p 0) 9
TOTAL (4.98 RUNS PER OVER) 249/6 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

37-2 (Mark Waugh, 0 ov), 35-1 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 98-4 (Michael Slater, 0 ov), 211-5 (Adam Gilchrist, 0 ov), 226-6 (Ian Healy, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Michael Kasprowicz, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Phil DeFreitas 8 0 47 0 0 0 0 5.88
Darren Gough 10 3 42 0 0 0 0 4.20
Mark Ealham 9 2 40 0 0 0 0 4.44
Ashley Giles 9 0 48 0 0 0 0 5.33
Robert Croft 10 2 39 1 0 0 0 3.90
Adam Hollioake 4 0 25 1 0 0 0 6.25

England (target 250 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

253/4 (48.2 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Saturday, May 24, 1997 - 07:30 PM

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Toss England won the toss and elected to field

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Kennington Oval , London

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