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247 & 133
Series badge ENG
61 & 101-9
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Overs: 43.5 RR: 3.03 vs spin: 3.05
vs seam: 2.86
Overs: 22.5 RR: 4.42 vs seam: 4.90
Sat 05/03/04 Australia v England, 5th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 218 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 247 (82.1; RR: 3.01)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RA Duff b Braund 9 0 0 0
VT Trumper c & b Braund 88 0 11 0
C Hill c Braund b Rhodes 16 0 1 0
MA Noble c Foster b Arnold 29 0 2 0
PA McAlister st Lilley b Braund 36 0 3 0
DRA Gehrs c & b Braund 3 0 0 0
AJY Hopkins c Knight b Braund 32 0 4 2
CE McLeod c Rhodes b Braund 8 0 0 0
H Trumble c Foster b Braund 6 0 1 0
JJ Kelly not out 6 0 1 0
A Cotter b Braund 6 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 247 all out (82.1 overs; RR: 3.01)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (RA Duff 0.0 ov), 67-2 (C Hill 0.0 ov), 142-3 (VT Trumper 0.0 ov), 144-4 (MA Noble 0.0 ov), 159-5 (DRA Gehrs 0.0 ov), 218-6 (PA McAlister 0.0 ov), 221-7 (AJY Hopkins 0.0 ov), 231-8 (CE McLeod 0.0 ov), 235-9 (H Trumble 0.0 ov), 247-10 (A Cotter 82.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GH Hirst 19.0 6 44 0 2.32 0 0
LC Braund 29.1 6 81 8 2.79 0 0
W Rhodes 12.0 1 41 1 3.42 0 0
EG Arnold 18.0 4 46 1 2.56 0 0
BJT Bosanquet 4.0 0 27 0 6.75 0 0

England - 1st Inns 61 (31.2; RR: 1.95)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TW Hayward b Noble 0 5 0 0 0.00
W Rhodes c Gehrs b Cotter 3 0 0 0
EG Arnold c Kelly b Noble 0 1 0 0 0.00
PF Warner c McAlister b Cotter 1 0 0 0
JT Tyldesley c Gehrs b Noble 10 0 0 0
RE Foster b Cotter 18 0 0 1
GH Hirst c Trumper b Cotter 0 0 0 0
LC Braund c Hopkins b Noble 5 0 0 0
AE Knight b Cotter 0 0 0 0
BJT Bosanquet c Noble b Cotter 16 0 2 0
AFA Lilley not out 6 0 1 0
Extras (1b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 61 all out (31.2 overs; RR: 1.95)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (TW Hayward 0.0 ov), 0-2 (EG Arnold 0.0 ov), 4-3 (W Rhodes 0.0 ov), 5-4 (PF Warner 0.0 ov), 23-5 (JT Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 26-6 (GH Hirst 0.0 ov), 36-7 (RE Foster 0.0 ov), 36-8 (AE Knight 0.0 ov), 48-9 (LC Braund 0.0 ov), 61-10 (BJT Bosanquet 31.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Noble 15.0 8 19 4 1.27 0 0
A Cotter 15.2 2 40 6 2.67 0 0
CE McLeod 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 133 (43.5; RR: 3.03)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PA McAlister c Foster b Arnold 9 0 1 0
CE McLeod c Bosanquet b Braund 0 0 0 0
JJ Kelly c & b Arnold 24 0 5 0
A Cotter b Hirst 0 0 0 0
VT Trumper b Hirst 0 0 0 0
C Hill c Warner b Hirst 16 0 2 0
RA Duff c Warner b Rhodes 31 0 5 0
MA Noble st Lilley b Rhodes 19 0 2 0
AJY Hopkins not out 25 0 4 0
DRA Gehrs c & b Hirst 5 0 1 0
H Trumble c Arnold b Hirst 0 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 133 all out (43.5 overs; RR: 3.03)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (PA McAlister 0.0 ov), 9-2 (CE McLeod 0.0 ov), 13-3 (A Cotter 0.0 ov), 13-4 (VT Trumper 0.0 ov), 43-5 (JJ Kelly 0.0 ov), 49-6 (C Hill 0.0 ov), 92-7 (MA Noble 0.0 ov), 115-8 (RA Duff 0.0 ov), 133-9 (DRA Gehrs 0.0 ov), 133-10 (H Trumble 43.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
W Rhodes 15.0 2 52 2 3.47 0 0
EG Arnold 8.0 3 23 2 2.88 0 0
LC Braund 4.0 1 6 1 1.50 0 0
GH Hirst 16.5 4 48 5 3.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 101-9 (22.5; RR: 4.42)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LC Braund c McAlister b Cotter 0 1 0 0 0.00
RE Foster c Trumper b Trumble 30 0 4 0
JT Tyldesley c Hopkins b Cotter 15 0 2 0
AE Knight c Kelly b Trumble 0 0 0 0
PF Warner c & b Trumble 11 0 1 0
GH Hirst c McAlister b Trumble 1 0 0 0
BJT Bosanquet c Gehrs b Trumble 4 0 0 0
W Rhodes not out 16 0 2 0
AFA Lilley lbw b Trumble 0 1 0 0 0.00
EG Arnold c Duff b Trumble 19 0 1 0
TW Hayward  
Extras (1b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 101-9 (22.5 overs; RR: 4.42)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (LC Braund 0.0 ov), 24-2 (JT Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 38-3 (AE Knight 0.0 ov), 47-4 (RE Foster 0.0 ov), 54-5 (GH Hirst 0.0 ov), 61-6 (BJT Bosanquet 0.0 ov), 61-7 (PF Warner 0.0 ov), 61-8 (AFA Lilley 0.0 ov), 101-9 (EG Arnold 22.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
A Cotter 5.0 0 25 2 5.00 0 0
MA Noble 6.0 2 19 0 3.17 0 0
H Trumble 6.5 0 28 7 4.67 0 0
CE McLeod 5.0 0 24 0 4.80 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 5th Test

Date

Saturday March 5, 1904

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RM Crockett, P Argall

Australia Team

Playing XI

H Trumble, CE McLeod, C Hill, JJ Kelly, MA Noble, VT Trumper, RA Duff, AJY Hopkins, A Cotter, PA McAlister, DRA Gehrs

England Team

Playing XI

TW Hayward, AFA Lilley, GH Hirst, JT Tyldesley, PF Warner, W Rhodes, LC Braund, EG Arnold, BJT Bosanquet, RE Foster, AE Knight