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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bowl
287 & 288 Series badge ENG
284 & 294 ENG flag
Overs: 96.1 RR: 2.99 vs spin: 1.88
vs seam: 2.99
 Overs: 80.4 RR: 3.64 vs seam: 3.15
Sun 26/12/82 Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
ENGLAND WIN England won by 3 runs
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England - 1st Inns 284 (81.3; RR: 3.48)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Cook c Chappell b Thomson 10 53 0 0 18.87
G Fowler c Chappell b Hogg 4 15 0 0 26.67
CJ Tavaré c Yardley b Thomson 89 165 15 0 53.94
DI Gower c Marsh b Hogg 18 26 1 0 69.23
AJ Lamb c Dyson b Yardley 83 115 13 0 72.17
IT Botham c Wessels b Yardley 27 23 5 0 117.39
G Miller c Border b Yardley 10 15 0 0 66.67
DR Pringle c Wessels b Hogg 9 48 1 0 18.75
RW Taylor c Marsh b Yardley 1 13 0 0 7.69
RGD Willis not out 6 21 0 0 28.57
NG Cowans c Lawson b Hogg 3 12 0 0 25.00
Extras (3b, 6lb, 3w, 12nb) 24  
TOTAL 284 all out (81.3 overs; RR: 3.48)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (G Fowler 0.0 ov), 25-2 (G Cook 0.0 ov), 56-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 217-4 (CJ Tavaré 0.0 ov), 227-5 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 259-6 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 262-7 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 268-8 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 278-9 (DR Pringle 0.0 ov), 284-10 (NG Cowans 81.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 17.0 6 48 0 2.82 0 5
RM Hogg 23.3 6 69 4 3.00 2 3
B Yardley 27.0 9 89 4 3.30 0 0
JR Thomson 13.0 2 49 2 3.77 1 4
GS Chappell 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 287 (79.0; RR: 3.63)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KC Wessels b Willis 47 64 4 0 73.44
J Dyson lbw b Cowans 21 40 3 0 52.50
GS Chappell c Lamb b Cowans 0 1 0 0 0.00
KJ Hughes b Willis 66 172 9 0 38.37
AR Border b Botham 2 10 0 0 20.00
DW Hookes c Taylor b Pringle 53 69 7 0 76.81
RW Marsh b Willis 53 98 6 0 54.08
B Yardley b Miller 9 17 2 0 52.94
GF Lawson c Fowler b Miller 0 2 0 0 0.00
RM Hogg not out 8 12 1 0 66.67
JR Thomson b Miller 1 9 0 0 11.11
Extras (0b, 8lb, 0w, 19nb) 27  
TOTAL 287 all out (79.0 overs; RR: 3.63)

Fall of wickets

55-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 55-2 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 83-3 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 89-4 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 180-5 (DW Hookes 0.0 ov), 261-6 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 276-7 (B Yardley 0.0 ov), 276-8 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 278-9 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 287-10 (JR Thomson 79.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 15.0 2 38 3 2.53 0 9
IT Botham 18.0 3 69 1 3.83 0 0
NG Cowans 16.0 0 69 2 4.31 0 2
DR Pringle 15.0 2 40 1 2.67 0 8
G Miller 15.0 5 44 3 2.93 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 294 (80.4; RR: 3.64)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Cook c Yardley b Thomson 26 44 2 0 59.09
G Fowler b Hogg 65 99 8 0 65.66
CJ Tavaré b Hogg 0 8 0 0 0.00
DI Gower c Marsh b Lawson 3 9 0 0 33.33
AJ Lamb c Marsh b Hogg 26 46 5 0 56.52
IT Botham c Chappell b Thomson 46 46 8 0 100.00
G Miller lbw b Lawson 14 29 2 0 48.28
DR Pringle c Marsh b Lawson 42 118 6 0 35.59
RW Taylor lbw b Thomson 37 54 5 0 68.52
RGD Willis not out 8 32 0 0 25.00
NG Cowans b Lawson 10 9 2 0 111.11
Extras (2b, 9lb, 0w, 6nb) 17  
TOTAL 294 all out (80.4 overs; RR: 3.64)

Fall of wickets

40-1 (G Cook 0.0 ov), 41-2 (CJ Tavaré 0.0 ov), 45-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 128-4 (G Fowler 0.0 ov), 129-5 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 160-6 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 201-7 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 262-8 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 280-9 (DR Pringle 0.0 ov), 294-10 (NG Cowans 80.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 21.4 6 66 4 3.14 0 3
RM Hogg 22.0 5 64 3 2.91 0 2
JR Thomson 21.0 3 74 3 3.52 0 1
B Yardley 15.0 2 67 0 4.47 0 0
GS Chappell 1.0 0 6 0 6.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 288 (96.1; RR: 2.99)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson c Tavaré b Botham 31 57 5 0 54.39
KC Wessels b Cowans 14 30 2 0 46.67
GS Chappell c b Cowans 2 8 0 0 25.00
KJ Hughes c Taylor b Miller 48 116 6 0 41.38
DW Hookes c Willis b Cowans 68 87 9 0 78.16
AR Border not out 62 165 7 0 37.58
RW Marsh lbw b Cowans 13 28 1 0 46.43
B Yardley b Cowans 0 5 0 0 0.00
GF Lawson c Cowans b Pringle 7 16 1 0 43.75
RM Hogg lbw b Cowans 4 8 1 0 50.00
JR Thomson c Miller b Botham 21 62 1 0 33.87
Extras (5b, 9lb, 1w, 3nb) 18  
TOTAL 288 all out (96.1 overs; RR: 2.99)

Fall of wickets

37-1 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 39-2 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 71-3 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 171-4 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 173-5 (DW Hookes 0.0 ov), 190-6 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 190-7 (B Yardley 0.0 ov), 202-8 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 218-9 (RM Hogg 0.0 ov), 288-10 (JR Thomson 96.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 17.0 0 57 0 3.35 0 0
NG Cowans 26.0 6 77 6 2.96 0 0
IT Botham 25.1 4 80 2 3.20 1 0
DR Pringle 12.0 4 26 1 2.17 0 3
G Miller 16.0 6 30 1 1.88 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test

Date

Sunday December 26, 1982

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RV Whitehead, AR Crafter

Australia Team

Playing XI

RW Marsh, GS Chappell, JR Thomson, DW Hookes, KJ Hughes, J Dyson, B Yardley, RM Hogg, AR Border, GF Lawson, KC Wessels

England Team

Playing XI

RGD Willis, RW Taylor, G Miller, IT Botham, DI Gower, CJ Tavaré, G Cook, AJ Lamb, DR Pringle, G Fowler, NG Cowans