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

Australia vs England | December 26, 1998, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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England
England

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

vs
Australia

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

Australia

England won by 12 runs

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Player of the Match

Dean Headley - England

England 1st Innings Inning

270/10 (76.0 ov)
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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 Dots NB WD ECO
Glenn McGrath 22 5 64 3 0 0 0 2.91
Damien Fleming 19 3 71 0 0 0 0 3.74
Matthew Nicholson 10 0 59 1 0 0 0 5.90
Stuart MacGill 19 2 61 4 0 0 0 3.21
Steve Waugh 6 2 8 2 0 0 0 1.33

Australia 1st Innings Inning

340/10 (98.3 ov)
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England 2nd Innings Inning

244/10 (80.2 ov)
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Australia 2nd Innings (target 175) Inning

162/10 (46.4 ov)
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Saturday, December 26, 1998 - 07:30 PM

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Toss Australia won the toss and elected to field

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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