Wisden

The independent voice of cricket

LIVE SCORES
AUS flag AUS
182-1
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
178
ENG flag
Overs: 39.2 RR: 4.63 vs spin: 5.00
vs seam: 4.50
Overs: 43.2 RR: 4.11 vs spin: 3.98
vs seam: 4.07
Fri 15/01/99 Australia v England, Carlton and United Series, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 9 wickets
Select View

England - 1st Inns 178 (43.2; RR: 4.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NV Knight c Waugh b Warne 27 29 3 0 93.10
AJ Stewart c Gilchrist b McGrath 8 16 1 0 50.00
MA Ealham b McGrath 21 19 3 1 110.53
N Hussain c Warne b McGrath 47 62 5 0 75.81
GA Hick c Gilchrist b Fleming 3 13 0 0 23.08
NH Fairbrother c Bevan b Dale 15 40 2 0 37.50
AJ Hollioake c Gilchrist b McGrath 13 16 1 0 81.25
RDB Croft run out 2 9 0 0 22.22
D Gough c Waugh b Bevan 15 28 1 0 53.57
DW Headley not out 10 26 0 0 38.46
AD Mullally c Ponting b Bevan 2 6 0 0 33.33
Extras (0b, 3lb, 8w, 4nb) 15  
TOTAL 178 all out (43.2 overs; RR: 4.11)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (AJ Stewart 4.5 ov), 44-2 (MA Ealham 8.5 ov), 77-3 (NV Knight 13.3 ov), 85-4 (GA Hick 16.2 ov), 112-5 (NH Fairbrother 25.5 ov), 139-6 (AJ Hollioake 30.2 ov), 143-7 (RDB Croft 32.5 ov), 145-8 (N Hussain 34.1 ov), 173-9 (D Gough 41.4 ov), 178-10 (AD Mullally 43.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 10.0 0 54 4 5.40 0 1
AC Dale 8.0 2 27 1 3.38 0 1
BP Julian 5.0 0 28 0 5.60 5 0
SK Warne 10.0 0 44 1 4.40 0 2
DW Fleming 7.0 1 13 1 1.86 0 0
MG Bevan 3.2 0 9 2 3.00 3 0

Australia - 1st Inns 182-1 (39.2; RR: 4.63)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ME Waugh not out 83 109 8 0 76.15
AC Gilchrist b Mullally 21 28 3 0 75.00
RT Ponting not out 75 99 8 0 75.76
DR Martyn  
DS Lehmann  
MG Bevan  
BP Julian  
SK Warne  
DW Fleming  
AC Dale  
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 1w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 182-1 (39.2 overs; RR: 4.63)

Fall of wickets

43-1 (AC Gilchrist 9.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 10.0 0 48 0 4.80 0 0
AD Mullally 10.0 2 42 1 4.20 0 0
DW Headley 3.0 0 21 0 7.00 1 0
MA Ealham 6.2 0 25 0 4.17 0 0
AJ Hollioake 4.0 0 14 0 3.50 1 0
RDB Croft 6.0 0 30 0 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, Carlton and United Series

Date

Friday January 15, 1999

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

DB Hair, RA Emerson

Australia Team

Playing XI

ME Waugh, SK Warne, DR Martyn, BP Julian, GD McGrath, MG Bevan, DW Fleming, RT Ponting, DS Lehmann, AC Gilchrist, AC Dale

England Team

Playing XI

NH Fairbrother, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, D Gough, NV Knight, RDB Croft, MA Ealham, AD Mullally, AJ Hollioake, DW Headley