RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 26 December, 1998, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

ENG

270/10 (76.0 ov) & 244/10 (80.2 ov)

AUS

340/10 (98.3 ov) & 162/10 (46.4 ov)

England won by 12 runs

England 1st Innings

270/10 (76.0 ov)

RR 3.55

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton c †Healy b McGrath	0	5	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart b MacGill	107	160	16	0	66.88
Mark Butcher c Langer b McGrath	0	7	0	0	0.00
Nasser Hussain c †Healy b Nicholson	19	56	2	0	33.93
Mark Ramprakash c McGrath b SR Waugh	63	92	5	0	68.48
Graeme Hick c Fleming b MacGill	39	67	3	1	58.21
Warren Hegg c †Healy b SR Waugh	3	5	0	0	60.00
Dean Headley c Taylor b McGrath	14	49	0	0	28.57
Darren Gough b MacGill	11	14	2	0	78.57
Angus Fraser not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Alan Mullally lbw b MacGill	0	5	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 6, p 0)	14
TOTAL (3.55 RUNS PER OVER)	270/10 (76.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Mike Atherton, 0 ov), 200-4 (Alec Stewart, 0 ov), 4-2 (Mark Butcher, 0 ov), 81-3 (Nasser Hussain, 0 ov), 202-5 (Mark Ramprakash, 0 ov), 266-8 (Graeme Hick, 0 ov), 206-6 (Warren Hegg, 0 ov), 244-7 (Dean Headley, 0 ov), 270-9 (Darren Gough, 0 ov), 270-10 (Alan Mullally, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Glenn McGrath	22	5	64	3	2.91
Damien Fleming	19	3	71	0	3.74
Matthew Nicholson	10	0	59	1	5.90
Stuart MacGill	19	2	61	4	3.21
Steve Waugh	6	2	8	2	1.33

Australia 1st Innings

340/10 (98.3 ov)

RR 3.46

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor c Hick b Gough	7	29	0	0	24.14
Michael Slater lbw b Gough	1	14	0	0	7.14
Justin Langer c Hussain b Gough	44	103	5	0	42.72
Mark Waugh lbw b Fraser	36	67	3	0	53.73
Steve Waugh not out	122	198	13	0	61.62
Darren Lehmann c †Hegg b Gough	13	23	2	0	56.52
Ian Healy c Headley b Fraser	36	55	3	0	65.45
Damien Fleming c Hick b Mullally	12	30	2	0	40.00
Matthew Nicholson b Gough	5	18	0	0	27.78
Stuart MacGill c †Hegg b Mullally	43	63	3	0	68.25
Glenn McGrath b Mullally	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 11, p 0)	21
TOTAL (3.46 RUNS PER OVER)	340/10 (98.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 26-2 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 13-1 (Michael Slater, 0 ov), 127-4 (Justin Langer, 0 ov), 151-5 (Darren Lehmann, 0 ov), 209-6 (Ian Healy, 0 ov), 235-7 (Damien Fleming, 0 ov), 252-8 (Matthew Nicholson, 0 ov), 340-9 (Stuart MacGill, 0 ov), 340-10 (Glenn McGrath, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Darren Gough	28	7	96	5	3.43
Dean Headley	25	3	86	0	3.44
Alan Mullally	21.3	5	64	3	2.98
Mark Ramprakash	2	0	6	0	3.00
Angus Fraser	22	0	78	2	3.55

England 2nd Innings

244/10 (80.2 ov)

RR 3.04

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton b Fleming	0	9	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart c Slater b MacGill	52	98	4	0	53.06
Mark Butcher c Slater b MacGill	14	45	0	0	31.11
Dean Headley b McGrath	1	15	0	0	6.67
Nasser Hussain c Slater b Nicholson	50	131	6	0	38.17
Mark Ramprakash b Nicholson	14	43	0	0	32.56
Graeme Hick b Fleming	60	82	8	0	73.17
Warren Hegg c MacGill b Nicholson	9	21	1	0	42.86
Darren Gough c Slater b MacGill	4	14	0	0	28.57
Angus Fraser not out	7	20	0	0	35.00
Alan Mullally c & b McGrath	16	15	3	0	106.67
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 4, w 0, nb 11, p 0)	17
TOTAL (3.04 RUNS PER OVER)	244/10 (80.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 5-1 (Mike Atherton, 0 ov), 78-4 (Alec Stewart, 0 ov), 61-2 (Mark Butcher, 0 ov), 66-3 (Dean Headley, 0 ov), 178-6 (Nasser Hussain, 0 ov), 127-5 (Mark Ramprakash, 0 ov), 221-9 (Graeme Hick, 0 ov), 202-7 (Warren Hegg, 0 ov), 221-8 (Darren Gough, 0 ov), 244-10 (Alan Mullally, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Glenn McGrath	20.2	5	56	2	2.75
Damien Fleming	17	4	45	2	2.65
Matthew Nicholson	15	4	56	3	3.73
Stuart MacGill	27	3	81	3	3.00
Mark Waugh	1	1	0	0	0.00

Australia 2nd Innings (target 175)

162/10 (46.4 ov)

RR 3.49

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater lbw b Headley	18	23	3	0	78.26
Mark Taylor c Headley b Mullally	19	33	1	0	57.58
Justin Langer c Ramprakash b Mullally	30	53	3	0	56.60
Mark Waugh c Hick b Headley	43	81	2	0	53.09
Steve Waugh not out	30	49	2	0	61.22
Darren Lehmann c †Hegg b Headley	4	7	0	0	57.14
Ian Healy c Hick b Headley	0	2	0	0	0.00
Damien Fleming lbw b Headley	0	3	0	0	0.00
Matthew Nicholson c †Hegg b Headley	9	29	0	0	31.03
Stuart MacGill b Gough	0	2	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath lbw b Gough	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	9
TOTAL (3.49 RUNS PER OVER)	162/10 (46.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 31-1 (Michael Slater, 0 ov), 41-2 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 103-3 (Justin Langer, 0 ov), 140-5 (Darren Lehmann, 0 ov), 140-6 (Ian Healy, 0 ov), 140-7 (Damien Fleming, 0 ov), 161-8 (Matthew Nicholson, 0 ov), 162-9 (Stuart MacGill, 0 ov), 162-10 (Glenn McGrath, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Darren Gough	15.4	2	54	2	3.45
Dean Headley	17	5	60	6	3.53
Alan Mullally	10	4	20	2	2.00
Angus Fraser	4	0	23	0	5.75

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Saturday, December 26, 1998 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to field
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne