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134-5
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232
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Overs: 35.0 RR: 3.83 vs spin: 3.50
vs seam: 3.05
Overs: 47.4 RR: 4.87 vs spin: 4.15
vs seam: 5.02
Sat 17/05/97 Northamptonshire v Australians at Northampton, County Ground, Northampton
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 17 runs (D/L method)
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Australia - 1st Inns 232 (47.4; RR: 4.87)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor lbw b Curran 76 121 6 0 62.81
MJ Slater b Taylor 33 21 3 2 157.14
MTG Elliott c Snape b Taylor 4 4 0 0 100.00
ME Waugh c Curran b Snape 38 40 2 2 95.00
RT Ponting b Penberthy 2 8 0 0 25.00
JL Langer c Sales b Hughes 20 30 1 0 66.67
AC Gilchrist c Bailey b Taylor 40 44 2 1 90.91
BP Julian run out 1 10 0 0 10.00
SK Warne c Bailey b Penberthy 1 3 0 0 33.33
MS Kasprowicz c Taylor b Curran 1 6 0 0 16.67
JN Gillespie not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 10w, 1nb) 15  
TOTAL 232 all out (47.4 overs; RR: 4.87)

Fall of wickets

43-1 (MJ Slater 0.0 ov), 47-2 (MTG Elliott 0.0 ov), 126-3 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 130-4 (RT Ponting 0.0 ov), 168-5 (JL Langer 0.0 ov), 204-6 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 209-7 (BP Julian 0.0 ov), 210-8 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 227-9 (MS Kasprowicz 0.0 ov), 232-10 (AC Gilchrist 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JP Taylor 8.4 0 44 3 5.50 6 1
JG Hughes 7.0 0 57 1 8.14 2 0
KM Curran 9.0 2 34 2 3.78 0 1
AL Penberthy 10.0 0 39 2 3.90 1 0
JN Snape 10.0 0 37 1 3.70 1 0
RJ Bailey 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0

Northamptonshire - 1st Inns 134-5 (35.0; RR: 3.83)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
A Fordham c Gilchrist b Gillespie 2 13 0 0 15.38
MB Loye not out 65 82 5 1 79.27
RJ Bailey c & b Julian 10 36 0 0 27.78
KM Curran c Gilchrist b Julian 12 19 1 0 63.16
AL Penberthy c Waugh b Warne 19 31 0 0 61.29
TC Walton st Gilchrist b Warne 2 6 0 0 33.33
DJG Sales not out 11 23 0 0 47.83
JN Snape  
D Ripley  
JG Hughes  
JP Taylor  
Extras (0b, 4lb, 9w, 0nb) 13  
TOTAL 134-5 (35.0 overs; RR: 3.83)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (A Fordham 0.0 ov), 40-2 (RJ Bailey 0.0 ov), 55-3 (KM Curran 0.0 ov), 108-4 (AL Penberthy 0.0 ov), 113-5 (TC Walton 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JN Gillespie 6.0 0 16 1 2.67 4 0
MS Kasprowicz 7.0 2 15 0 2.14 0 0
BP Julian 6.0 0 27 2 4.50 2 0
RT Ponting 4.0 0 22 0 5.50 2 0
ME Waugh 6.0 0 29 0 4.83 0 0
SK Warne 6.0 0 21 2 3.50 1 0

Match Info

Match

Northamptonshire v Australians at Northampton

Date

Saturday May 17, 1997

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

County Ground, Northampton

Umpires

P Willey, MJ Kitchen

Northamptonshire Team

Playing XI

A Fordham, MB Loye, RJ Bailey, KM Curran, AL Penberthy, TC Walton, DJG Sales, JN Snape, D Ripley, JG Hughes, JP Taylor

Australia Team

Playing XI

MA Taylor, MJ Slater, MTG Elliott, ME Waugh, RT Ponting, JL Langer, AC Gilchrist, BP Julian, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, JN Gillespie