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185 & 125 Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlAUS
179 & 132-6 AUS flag
Overs: 38.4 RR: 3.23 vs seam: 3.00
 Overs: 54.1 RR: 2.44 vs seam: 2.20
Thu 18/06/81 England v Australia, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 4 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 185 (56.4; RR: 3.26)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Wood b Lillee 10 18 2 0 55.56
G Boycott c Border b Alderman 27 53 1 0 50.94
RA Woolmer c Wood b Lillee 0 9 0 0 0.00
DI Gower c Yallop b Lillee 26 39 4 0 66.67
MW Gatting lbw b Hogg 52 117 6 0 44.44
P Willey c Border b Alderman 10 22 1 0 45.45
IT Botham b Alderman 1 8 0 0 12.50
PR Downton c Yallop b Alderman 8 23 0 0 34.78
GR Dilley b Hogg 34 49 6 0 69.39
RGD Willis c Marsh b Hogg 0 1 0 0 0.00
M Hendrick not out 6 8 1 0 75.00
Extras (0b, 6lb, 1w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 185 all out (56.4 overs; RR: 3.26)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 13-2 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 57-3 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 67-4 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 92-5 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 96-6 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 116-7 (PR Downton 0.0 ov), 159-8 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 159-9 (RGD Willis 0.0 ov), 185-10 (GR Dilley 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 13.0 3 34 3 2.62 0 0
TM Alderman 24.0 7 68 4 2.83 0 0
RM Hogg 11.4 1 47 3 4.27 0 0
GF Lawson 8.0 3 25 0 3.13 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 179 (86.5; RR: 2.06)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood lbw b Dilley 0 2 0 0 0.00
J Dyson c Woolmer b Willis 5 45 0 0 11.11
GN Yallop b Hendrick 13 47 0 0 27.66
KJ Hughes lbw b Willis 7 34 1 0 20.59
TM Chappell b Hendrick 17 80 1 0 21.25
AR Border c & b Botham 63 204 7 0 30.88
RW Marsh c Boycott b Willis 19 13 3 0 146.15
GF Lawson c Gower b Botham 14 18 1 0 77.78
DK Lillee c Downton b Dilley 12 48 1 0 25.00
RM Hogg c Boycott b Dilley 0 7 0 0 0.00
TM Alderman not out 12 31 0 0 38.71
Extras (4b, 8lb, 1w, 4nb) 17  
TOTAL 179 all out (86.5 overs; RR: 2.06)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 21-2 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 21-3 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 33-4 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 64-5 (TM Chappell 0.0 ov), 89-6 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 110-7 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 147-8 (DK Lillee 0.0 ov), 153-9 (RM Hogg 0.0 ov), 179-10 (AR Border 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GR Dilley 20.0 7 38 3 1.90 0 0
RGD Willis 30.0 14 47 3 1.57 0 0
M Hendrick 20.0 7 43 2 2.15 0 0
IT Botham 16.5 6 34 2 2.13 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 125 (38.4; RR: 3.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Yallop b Lillee 6 9 1 0 66.67
G Boycott c Marsh b Alderman 4 9 1 0 44.44
RA Woolmer c Marsh b Alderman 0 4 0 0 0.00
DI Gower c b Lillee 28 72 3 0 38.89
MW Gatting lbw b Alderman 15 34 2 0 44.12
P Willey lbw b Lillee 13 27 2 0 48.15
IT Botham c Border b Lillee 33 38 4 0 86.84
PR Downton lbw b Alderman 3 12 0 0 25.00
GR Dilley c Marsh b Alderman 13 18 2 0 72.22
RGD Willis c Chappell b Lillee 1 10 0 0 10.00
M Hendrick not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 8lb, 0w, 1nb) 9  
TOTAL 125 all out (38.4 overs; RR: 3.23)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 12-2 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 13-3 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 39-4 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 61-5 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 94-6 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 109-7 (PR Downton 0.0 ov), 113-8 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 125-9 (GR Dilley 0.0 ov), 125-10 (RGD Willis 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 16.4 2 46 5 2.88 0 0
TM Alderman 19.0 3 62 5 3.26 0 0
RM Hogg 3.0 1 8 0 2.67 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 132-6 (54.1; RR: 2.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood c Woolmer b Willis 8 28 1 0 28.57
J Dyson c Downton b Dilley 38 89 1 0 42.70
GN Yallop c Gatting b Botham 6 34 0 0 17.65
KJ Hughes lbw b Dilley 22 53 3 0 41.51
TM Chappell not out 20 65 0 0 30.77
AR Border b Dilley 20 49 2 0 40.82
RW Marsh lbw b Dilley 0 2 0 0 0.00
GF Lawson not out 5 11 1 0 45.45
DK Lillee  
RM Hogg  
TM Alderman  
Extras (1b, 6lb, 0w, 6nb) 13  
TOTAL 132-6 (54.1 overs; RR: 2.44)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 40-2 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 77-3 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 80-4 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 122-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 122-6 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GR Dilley 11.1 4 24 4 2.18 0 0
RGD Willis 13.0 2 28 1 2.15 0 0
M Hendrick 20.0 7 33 0 1.65 0 0
IT Botham 10.0 1 34 1 3.40 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Nottingham, 1st Test

Date

Thursday June 18, 1981

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Umpires

WE Alley, DJ Constant

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, M Hendrick, GA Gooch, RA Woolmer, P Willey, IT Botham, MW Gatting, DI Gower, GR Dilley, PR Downton

Australia Team

Playing XI

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