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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
260 & 264 Series badge AUS
447 & 81-1 AUS flag
Overs: 110.4 RR: 2.39 vs spin: 1.44
vs seam: 2.73
 Overs: 32.5 RR: 2.47 vs spin: 2.69
vs seam: 2.20
Thu 27/07/89 England v Australia, 4th Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 9 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 260 (103.0; RR: 2.52)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch b Lawson 11 32 1 0 34.38
TS Curtis b Lawson 22 103 4 0 21.36
RT Robinson lbw b Lawson 0 9 0 0 0.00
RA Smith c Hohns b Hughes 143 285 15 0 50.18
DI Gower lbw b Hohns 35 51 6 0 68.63
IT Botham b Hohns 0 6 0 0 0.00
RC Russell lbw b Lawson 1 11 0 0 9.09
JE Emburey lbw b Hohns 5 34 1 0 14.71
NA Foster c Border b Lawson 39 68 4 1 57.35
ARC Fraser lbw b Lawson 2 9 0 0 22.22
NGB Cook not out 0 10 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 260 all out (103.0 overs; RR: 2.52)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 23-2 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 57-3 (TS Curtis 0.0 ov), 132-4 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 140-5 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 147-6 (RC Russell 0.0 ov), 158-7 (JE Emburey 0.0 ov), 232-8 (NA Foster 0.0 ov), 252-9 (ARC Fraser 0.0 ov), 260-10 (RA Smith 103.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TM Alderman 25.0 13 49 0 1.96 0 0
GF Lawson 33.0 11 72 6 2.18 0 0
MG Hughes 17.0 6 55 1 3.24 0 0
TV Hohns 22.0 7 59 3 2.68 0 0
SR Waugh 6.0 1 23 0 3.83 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 447 (167.5; RR: 2.66)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor st Russell b Emburey 85 180 10 0 47.22
GR Marsh c Russell b Botham 47 100 5 0 47.00
DC Boon b Fraser 12 40 2 0 30.00
AR Border c Russell b Foster 80 266 10 0 30.08
DM Jones b Botham 69 141 7 1 48.94
SR Waugh c Curtis b Fraser 92 174 7 0 52.87
IA Healy lbw b Foster 0 1 0 0 0.00
TV Hohns c Gower b Cook 17 64 2 0 26.56
MG Hughes b Cook 3 6 0 0 50.00
GF Lawson b Fraser 17 31 3 0 54.84
TM Alderman not out 6 12 0 0 50.00
Extras (5b, 7lb, 1w, 6nb) 19  
TOTAL 447 all out (167.5 overs; RR: 2.66)

Fall of wickets

135-1 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov), 143-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 154-3 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 274-4 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 362-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 362-6 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 413-7 (TV Hohns 0.0 ov), 423-8 (MG Hughes 0.0 ov), 423-9 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 447-10 (GF Lawson 167.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NA Foster 34.0 12 74 2 2.18 0 0
ARC Fraser 36.5 4 95 3 2.64 0 0
JE Emburey 45.0 9 118 1 2.62 0 0
NGB Cook 28.0 6 85 2 3.04 0 0
IT Botham 24.0 6 63 2 2.63 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 264 (110.4; RR: 2.39)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Alderman b Lawson 13 23 2 0 56.52
TS Curtis c Boon b Alderman 0 2 0 0 0.00
RT Robinson lbw b Lawson 12 28 1 0 42.86
RA Smith c Healy b Alderman 1 8 0 0 12.50
DI Gower c Marsh b Lawson 15 40 1 0 37.50
IT Botham lbw b Alderman 4 23 0 0 17.39
RC Russell not out 128 293 14 0 43.69
JE Emburey b Alderman 64 183 10 0 34.97
NA Foster b Alderman 6 28 0 0 21.43
ARC Fraser c Marsh b Hohns 3 32 0 0 9.38
NGB Cook c Healy b Hughes 5 11 1 0 45.45
Extras (0b, 6lb, 2w, 5nb) 13  
TOTAL 264 all out (110.4 overs; RR: 2.39)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (TS Curtis 0.0 ov), 25-2 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 27-3 (RA Smith 0.0 ov), 28-4 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 38-5 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 59-6 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 201-7 (JE Emburey 0.0 ov), 223-8 (NA Foster 0.0 ov), 255-9 (ARC Fraser 0.0 ov), 264-10 (NGB Cook 110.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 31.0 8 81 3 2.61 0 0
TM Alderman 27.0 7 66 5 2.44 0 0
TV Hohns 26.0 15 37 1 1.42 0 0
MG Hughes 14.4 2 45 1 3.21 0 0
AR Border 8.0 2 12 0 1.50 0 0
SR Waugh 4.0 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 81-1 (32.5; RR: 2.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor not out 37 83 4 0 44.58
GR Marsh c Robinson b Emburey 31 94 1 0 32.98
DC Boon not out 10 23 2 0 43.48
AR Border  
DM Jones  
SR Waugh  
IA Healy  
TV Hohns  
MG Hughes  
GF Lawson  
TM Alderman  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 3nb) 3  
TOTAL 81-1 (32.5 overs; RR: 2.47)

Fall of wickets

62-1 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NA Foster 5.0 2 5 0 1.00 0 0
ARC Fraser 10.0 0 28 0 2.80 0 0
JE Emburey 13.0 3 30 1 2.31 0 0
NGB Cook 4.5 0 18 0 4.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test

Date

Thursday July 27, 1989

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

JH Hampshire, BJ Meyer

England Team

Playing XI

GA Gooch, IT Botham, DI Gower, JE Emburey, NGB Cook, NA Foster, RT Robinson, TS Curtis, RA Smith, RC Russell, ARC Fraser

Australia Team

Playing XI

AR Border, GF Lawson, TM Alderman, DM Jones, DC Boon, MG Hughes, GR Marsh, SR Waugh, IA Healy, TV Hohns, MA Taylor