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311 & 265-8d
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlAUS
345 & 90-4
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Overs: 98.4 RR: 2.69 vs spin: 1.86
vs seam: 2.79
Overs: 48.5 RR: 1.84 vs spin: 1.14
vs seam: 2.26
Thu 02/07/81 England v Australia at Lord's, 2nd Test, Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 311 (124.1; RR: 2.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Yallop b Lawson 44 53 6 0 83.02
G Boycott c Alderman b Lawson 17 62 0 0 27.42
RA Woolmer c Marsh b Lawson 21 82 3 0 25.61
DI Gower c Marsh b Lawson 27 86 4 0 31.40
MW Gatting lbw b Bright 59 137 9 0 43.07
P Willey c Border b Alderman 82 181 12 0 45.30
JE Emburey run out 31 124 1 0 25.00
IT Botham lbw b Lawson 0 3 0 0 0.00
RW Taylor c Hughes b Lawson 0 4 0 0 0.00
GR Dilley not out 7 21 1 0 33.33
RGD Willis c Wood b Lawson 5 4 0 0 125.00
Extras (2b, 3lb, 3w, 10nb) 18  
TOTAL 311 all out (124.1 overs; RR: 2.50)

Fall of wickets

60-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 65-2 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 134-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 187-4 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 284-5 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 293-6 (JE Emburey 0.0 ov), 293-7 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 293-8 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 298-9 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 311-10 (RGD Willis 124.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 35.4 7 102 0 2.91 0 0
TM Alderman 30.2 7 79 1 2.63 0 5
GF Lawson 43.1 14 81 7 1.88 3 5
RJ Bright 15.0 7 31 1 2.07 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 345 (118.4; RR: 2.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood c Taylor b Willis 44 59 5 0 74.58
J Dyson c Gower b Botham 7 30 0 0 23.33
GN Yallop b Dilley 1 7 0 0 14.29
KJ Hughes c Willis b Emburey 42 118 5 0 35.59
TM Chappell c Taylor b Dilley 2 13 0 0 15.38
AR Border c Gatting b Botham 64 164 8 1 39.02
RW Marsh lbw b Dilley 47 116 9 0 40.52
RJ Bright lbw b Emburey 33 97 4 0 34.02
GF Lawson lbw b Willis 5 22 1 0 22.73
DK Lillee not out 40 86 5 0 46.51
TM Alderman c Taylor b Willis 5 42 0 0 11.90
Extras (6b, 11lb, 6w, 32nb) 55  
TOTAL 345 all out (118.4 overs; RR: 2.91)

Fall of wickets

62-1 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 62-2 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 69-3 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 81-4 (TM Chappell 0.0 ov), 167-5 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 244-6 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 257-7 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 268-8 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 314-9 (RJ Bright 0.0 ov), 345-10 (TM Alderman 118.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 27.4 9 50 3 1.85 0 24
GR Dilley 30.0 8 106 3 3.53 4 8
IT Botham 26.0 8 71 2 2.73 2 0
GA Gooch 10.0 4 28 0 2.80 0 0
JE Emburey 25.0 12 35 2 1.40 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 265-8 (98.4; RR: 2.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch lbw b Lawson 20 32 2 0 62.50
G Boycott c Marsh b Lillee 60 211 5 0 28.44
RA Woolmer lbw b Alderman 9 38 2 0 23.68
DI Gower c Alderman b Lillee 89 207 11 1 43.00
MW Gatting c Wood b Bright 16 44 0 1 36.36
IT Botham b Bright 0 1 0 0 0.00
P Willey c Chappell b Bright 12 20 1 1 60.00
GR Dilley not out 27 38 3 0 71.05
RW Taylor b Lillee 9 16 0 1 56.25
JE Emburey  
RGD Willis  
Extras (2b, 8lb, 0w, 13nb) 23  
TOTAL 265-8 (98.4 overs; RR: 2.69)

Fall of wickets

31-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 55-2 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 178-3 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 217-4 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 217-5 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 217-6 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 242-7 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 265-8 (RW Taylor 98.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 26.4 8 82 3 3.15 0 1
TM Alderman 17.0 2 42 1 2.47 0 8
GF Lawson 19.0 6 51 1 2.68 0 3
RJ Bright 36.0 18 67 3 1.86 0 1

Australia - 2nd Inns 90-4 (48.5; RR: 1.84)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood not out 62 131 6 0 47.33
J Dyson lbw b Dilley 1 6 0 0 16.67
GN Yallop c Botham b Willis 3 32 0 0 9.38
KJ Hughes lbw b Dilley 4 13 0 0 30.77
TM Chappell c Taylor b Botham 5 69 0 0 7.25
AR Border not out 12 46 1 0 26.09
RW Marsh  
RJ Bright  
GF Lawson  
DK Lillee  
TM Alderman  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 1w, 2nb) 3  
TOTAL 90-4 (48.5 overs; RR: 1.84)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 11-2 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 17-3 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 62-4 (TM Chappell 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 12.0 3 35 1 2.92 0 2
GR Dilley 7.5 1 18 2 2.57 0 0
JE Emburey 21.0 10 24 0 1.14 0 0
IT Botham 8.0 3 10 1 1.25 1 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Lord's, 2nd Test

Date

Thursday July 2, 1981

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood

Umpires

KE Palmer, DO Oslear

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, RW Taylor, GA Gooch, RA Woolmer, P Willey, IT Botham, MW Gatting, DI Gower, JE Emburey, GR Dilley

Australia Team

Playing XI

RW Marsh, DK Lillee, GN Yallop, RJ Bright, KJ Hughes, J Dyson, GM Wood, AR Border, GF Lawson, TM Alderman, TM Chappell