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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
391 & 278-5d
Series badge ENG
227 & 237
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Overs: 98.0 RR: 2.84 vs spin: 2.24
vs seam: 3.07
Overs: 89.0 RR: 2.66 vs spin: 2.20
vs seam: 2.73
Fri 11/12/98 Australia v England, 3rd Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 205 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 391 (125.5; RR: 3.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MJ Slater c Stewart b Headley 17 37 1 0 45.95
MA Taylor c Hussain b Such 59 124 5 0 47.58
JL Langer not out 179 350 13 0 51.14
ME Waugh c & b Such 7 30 0 0 23.33
SR Waugh c Hick b Gough 59 109 4 1 54.13
RT Ponting c Hick b Gough 5 28 0 0 17.86
IA Healy c Ramprakash b Headley 13 27 1 0 48.15
DW Fleming lbw b Headley 12 23 2 0 52.17
SCG MacGill b Such 0 4 0 0 0.00
CR Miller lbw b Headley 11 9 2 0 122.22
GD McGrath c Stewart b Gough 10 27 1 0 37.04
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 13nb) 19  
TOTAL 391 all out (125.5 overs; RR: 3.11)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (MJ Slater 11.4 ov), 140-2 (MA Taylor 43.5 ov), 156-3 (ME Waugh 51.4 ov), 264-4 (SR Waugh 86.4 ov), 274-5 (RT Ponting 94.6 ov), 311-6 (IA Healy 103.3 ov), 338-7 (DW Fleming 109.6 ov), 339-8 (SCG MacGill 110.5 ov), 354-9 (CR Miller 113.6 ov), 391-10 (GD McGrath 125.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 29.5 4 103 3 3.55 0 6
AD Mullally 26.0 5 59 0 2.27 0 0
DW Headley 23.0 1 97 4 4.22 0 6
PM Such 38.0 8 99 3 2.61 0 1
MR Ramprakash 9.0 1 27 0 3.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 227 (82.5; RR: 2.74)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher lbw b Miller 6 35 0 0 17.14
MA Atherton c Taylor b MacGill 41 92 2 0 44.57
N Hussain not out 89 204 8 0 43.63
AJ Stewart c Slater b Miller 0 3 0 0 0.00
MR Ramprakash c Waugh b McGrath 61 120 6 2 50.83
JP Crawley b McGrath 5 20 1 0 25.00
GA Hick c Taylor b MacGill 8 16 2 0 50.00
DW Headley lbw b MacGill 0 1 0 0 0.00
D Gough c Healy b MacGill 7 5 1 0 140.00
AD Mullally b Fleming 0 5 0 0 0.00
PM Such lbw b Fleming 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 3lb, 1w, 5nb) 10  
TOTAL 227 all out (82.5 overs; RR: 2.74)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (MA Butcher 11.5 ov), 83-2 (MA Atherton 28.4 ov), 84-3 (AJ Stewart 29.2 ov), 187-4 (MR Ramprakash 68.6 ov), 195-5 (JP Crawley 74.5 ov), 210-6 (GA Hick 79.3 ov), 210-7 (DW Headley 79.4 ov), 226-8 (D Gough 81.4 ov), 227-9 (AD Mullally 82.4 ov), 227-10 (PM Such 82.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 18.0 4 48 2 2.67 1 5
DW Fleming 10.5 2 34 2 3.40 0 0
CR Miller 23.0 6 71 2 3.09 0 0
SCG MacGill 28.0 6 53 4 1.89 0 0
ME Waugh 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 278-5 (98.0; RR: 2.84)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor lbw b Such 29 71 3 0 40.85
MJ Slater lbw b Gough 103 191 8 1 53.93
JL Langer c b Such 52 183 2 0 28.42
ME Waugh not out 51 83 5 0 61.45
SR Waugh c Hick b Headley 7 22 0 0 31.82
RT Ponting b Gough 10 30 1 0 33.33
IA Healy not out 7 13 0 0 53.85
DW Fleming  
SCG MacGill  
CR Miller  
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 12lb, 1w, 6nb) 19  
TOTAL 278-5 (98.0 overs; RR: 2.84)

Fall of wickets

54-1 (MA Taylor 21.4 ov), 188-2 (MJ Slater 68.3 ov), 216-3 (JL Langer 77.3 ov), 230-4 (SR Waugh 82.4 ov), 268-5 (RT Ponting 92.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 22.0 2 76 2 3.45 0 0
AD Mullally 16.0 6 18 0 1.13 0 0
DW Headley 18.0 1 78 1 4.33 0 5
PM Such 29.0 5 66 2 2.28 1 0
MR Ramprakash 12.0 1 27 0 2.25 0 0
GA Hick 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 237 (89.0; RR: 2.66)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher c Healy b Fleming 19 39 0 0 48.72
MA Atherton c Waugh b Miller 5 43 0 0 11.63
N Hussain lbw b Miller 41 97 4 0 42.27
MR Ramprakash b Fleming 57 173 2 0 32.95
DW Headley c Waugh b Miller 2 4 0 0 50.00
AJ Stewart not out 63 122 6 0 51.64
JP Crawley c Waugh b McGrath 13 53 1 0 24.53
GA Hick c Ponting b McGrath 0 1 0 0 0.00
D Gough c Healy b McGrath 3 9 0 0 33.33
AD Mullally c Healy b Fleming 4 3 1 0 133.33
PM Such lbw b McGrath 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (7b, 9lb, 0w, 14nb) 30  
TOTAL 237 all out (89.0 overs; RR: 2.66)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (MA Butcher 12.2 ov), 31-2 (MA Atherton 13.5 ov), 120-3 (N Hussain 49.2 ov), 122-4 (DW Headley 49.6 ov), 163-5 (MR Ramprakash 66.5 ov), 221-6 (JP Crawley 84.4 ov), 221-7 (GA Hick 84.5 ov), 231-8 (D Gough 86.4 ov), 236-9 (AD Mullally 87.4 ov), 237-10 (PM Such 89.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 17.0 0 50 4 2.94 0 11
DW Fleming 21.0 3 56 3 2.67 0 3
CR Miller 24.0 1 57 3 2.38 0 0
SCG MacGill 25.0 8 55 0 2.20 0 0
SR Waugh 2.0 1 3 0 1.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Adelaide, 3rd Test

Date

Friday December 11, 1998

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:30am UTC

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Umpires

SA Bucknor, SJ Davis

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, JL Langer, MJ Slater, GD McGrath, DW Fleming, RT Ponting, CR Miller, SCG MacGill

England Team

Playing XI

MA Atherton, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, MR Ramprakash, PM Such, D Gough, JP Crawley, AD Mullally, DW Headley, MA Butcher