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172 & 268 Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlAUS
501-9d AUS flag
Overs: 91.1 RR: 2.94 vs spin: 2.52
vs seam: 2.92
 Overs: 123.0 RR: 4.07 vs spin: 2.72
vs seam: 4.12
Thu 24/07/97 England v Australia, 4th Test, Headingley, Leeds
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 61 runs
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England - 1st Inns 172 (59.4; RR: 2.88)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher c Blewett b Reiffel 24 57 2 0 42.11
MA Atherton c Gillespie b McGrath 41 143 6 0 28.67
AJ Stewart c Blewett b Gillespie 7 24 0 0 29.17
N Hussain c Taylor b McGrath 26 41 4 0 63.41
DW Headley c Waugh b Gillespie 22 32 2 0 68.75
GP Thorpe b Gillespie 15 26 3 0 57.69
JP Crawley c Blewett b Gillespie 2 13 0 0 15.38
MA Ealham not out 8 24 0 0 33.33
RDB Croft c Ponting b Gillespie 6 8 1 0 75.00
D Gough b Gillespie 0 2 0 0 0.00
AM Smith b Gillespie 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 4lb, 1w, 12nb) 21  
TOTAL 172 all out (59.4 overs; RR: 2.88)

Fall of wickets

43-1 (MA Butcher 0.0 ov), 58-2 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 103-3 (N Hussain 0.0 ov), 138-4 (DW Headley 0.0 ov), 154-5 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov), 154-6 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 163-7 (JP Crawley 0.0 ov), 172-8 (RDB Croft 0.0 ov), 172-9 (D Gough 0.0 ov), 172-10 (AM Smith 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 22.0 5 67 2 3.05 1 3
PR Reiffel 20.0 4 41 1 2.05 0 9
JN Gillespie 13.4 1 37 7 2.85 0 2
GS Blewett 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0
SK Warne 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 501-9 (123.0; RR: 4.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor c Stewart b Gough 0 11 0 0 0.00
MTG Elliott b Gough 199 351 26 3 56.70
GS Blewett c Stewart b Gough 1 8 0 0 12.50
ME Waugh c & b Headley 8 18 1 0 44.44
SR Waugh c Crawley b Headley 4 12 0 0 33.33
RT Ponting c Ealham b Gough 127 202 16 1 62.87
IA Healy b Ealham 31 46 6 0 67.39
SK Warne c Thorpe b Ealham 0 5 0 0 0.00
PR Reiffel not out 54 72 5 0 75.00
JN Gillespie b Gough 3 18 0 0 16.67
GD McGrath not out 20 30 1 0 66.67
Extras (9b, 10lb, 0w, 35nb) 54  
TOTAL 501-9 (123.0 overs; RR: 4.07)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 16-2 (GS Blewett 0.0 ov), 43-3 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 50-4 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 318-5 (RT Ponting 0.0 ov), 382-6 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 383-7 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 444-8 (MTG Elliott 0.0 ov), 461-9 (JN Gillespie 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 36.0 5 149 5 4.14 0 8
DW Headley 25.0 2 125 2 5.00 0 12
AM Smith 23.0 2 89 0 3.87 0 7
MA Ealham 19.0 3 56 2 2.95 0 2
RDB Croft 18.0 1 49 0 2.72 0 0
MA Butcher 2.0 0 14 0 7.00 0 6

England - 2nd Inns 268 (91.1; RR: 2.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher c Healy b McGrath 19 18 3 0 105.56
MA Atherton c Warne b McGrath 2 13 0 0 15.38
AJ Stewart b Reiffel 16 30 3 0 53.33
N Hussain c Gillespie b Warne 105 181 14 0 58.01
GP Thorpe c Waugh b Gillespie 15 30 1 0 50.00
JP Crawley b Reiffel 72 214 10 0 33.64
MA Ealham c Waugh b Reiffel 4 47 0 0 8.51
DW Headley lbw b Reiffel 3 17 0 0 17.65
RDB Croft c Healy b Reiffel 5 7 1 0 71.43
D Gough c Waugh b Gillespie 0 1 0 0 0.00
AM Smith not out 4 4 1 0 100.00
Extras (6b, 4lb, 0w, 13nb) 23  
TOTAL 268 all out (91.1 overs; RR: 2.94)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (MA Butcher 0.0 ov), 28-2 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov), 57-3 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 89-4 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 222-5 (N Hussain 0.0 ov), 252-6 (MA Ealham 0.0 ov), 256-7 (JP Crawley 0.0 ov), 263-8 (DW Headley 0.0 ov), 264-9 (D Gough 0.0 ov), 268-10 (RDB Croft 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 22.0 5 80 2 3.64 0 2
PR Reiffel 21.1 2 49 5 2.33 0 8
JN Gillespie 23.0 8 65 2 2.83 0 2
SK Warne 21.0 6 53 1 2.52 0 2
SR Waugh 4.0 1 11 0 2.75 0 1

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Leeds, 4th Test

Date

Thursday July 24, 1997

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Headingley, Leeds

Umpires

MJ Kitchen, CJ Mitchley

England Team

Playing XI

MA Atherton, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, GP Thorpe, D Gough, JP Crawley, RDB Croft, MA Ealham, DW Headley, MA Butcher, AM Smith

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, SK Warne, PR Reiffel, GD McGrath, GS Blewett, RT Ponting, JN Gillespie, MTG Elliott