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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bowl
253-4
Series badge AUS
249-6
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Overs: 48.2 RR: 5.23 vs spin: 4.32
vs seam: 5.66
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.98 vs spin: 4.58
vs seam: 4.97
Sat 24/05/97 England v Australia, 2nd ODI, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by 6 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 249-6 (50.0; RR: 4.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ME Waugh run out 25 25 4 0 100.00
MA Taylor run out 11 35 0 0 31.43
SR Waugh b Croft 24 35 3 0 68.57
MG Bevan not out 108 129 6 0 83.72
MJ Slater run out 1 11 0 0 9.09
AC Gilchrist lbw b Hollioake 53 50 2 1 106.00
IA Healy run out 7 7 0 0 100.00
SK Warne not out 11 8 1 0 137.50
MS Kasprowicz  
JN Gillespie  
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 8lb, 1w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 249-6 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.98)

Fall of wickets

35-1 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 37-2 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 94-3 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 98-4 (MJ Slater 0.0 ov), 211-5 (AC Gilchrist 0.0 ov), 226-6 (IA Healy 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PAJ DeFreitas 8.0 0 47 0 5.88 0 0
D Gough 10.0 3 42 0 4.20 0 0
MA Ealham 9.0 2 40 0 4.44 0 0
AF Giles 9.0 0 48 0 5.33 1 0
RDB Croft 10.0 2 39 1 3.90 0 0
AJ Hollioake 4.0 0 25 1 6.25 0 0

England - 1st Inns 253-4 (48.2; RR: 5.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Atherton not out 113 149 10 0 75.84
NV Knight lbw b Kasprowicz 4 10 0 0 40.00
AJ Stewart b Warne 40 40 6 0 100.00
GP Thorpe c Waugh b Bevan 7 19 0 0 36.84
GD Lloyd c Warne b McGrath 22 32 1 0 68.75
AJ Hollioake not out 53 41 6 0 129.27
MA Ealham  
PAJ DeFreitas  
RDB Croft  
D Gough  
AF Giles  
Extras (0b, 5lb, 8w, 1nb) 14  
TOTAL 253-4 (48.2 overs; RR: 5.23)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (NV Knight 0.0 ov), 77-2 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 104-3 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 158-4 (GD Lloyd 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 9.0 1 46 1 5.11 2 0
MS Kasprowicz 9.2 0 58 1 6.44 1 0
JN Gillespie 8.0 1 42 0 5.25 2 1
SK Warne 10.0 0 39 1 3.90 0 0
MG Bevan 9.0 0 43 1 4.78 1 0
SR Waugh 3.0 0 20 0 6.67 2 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 2nd ODI

Date

Saturday May 24, 1997

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

JH Hampshire, DR Shepherd

England Team

Playing XI

PAJ DeFreitas, MA Atherton, AJ Stewart, GP Thorpe, D Gough, NV Knight, RDB Croft, MA Ealham, AJ Hollioake, GD Lloyd, AF Giles

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, SK Warne, MJ Slater, GD McGrath, MG Bevan, MS Kasprowicz, JN Gillespie, AC Gilchrist