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293-4d & 376-1 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
469-6d & 199-3d ENG flag
Overs: 55.2 RR: 6.80 vs spin: 6.94
vs seam: 6.48
 Overs: 46.5 RR: 4.25 vs spin: 4.60
vs seam: 3.63
Sat 19/12/98 Australian XI v England XI at Hobart, Blundstone Arena, Hobart
AUSTRALIAN XI WIN Australian XI won by 9 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 469-6 (126.1; RR: 3.72)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher c Richards b Law 25 52 3 0 48.08
MA Atherton not out 210 350 26 0 60.00
JP Crawley c Gilchrist b Blewett 27 89 2 0 30.34
MR Ramprakash b Bevan 65 127 5 1 51.18
GA Hick c b Bevan 125 130 14 4 96.15
BC Hollioake c Gilchrist b Julian 0 1 0 0 0.00
WK Hegg c b Bevan 4 14 0 0 28.57
DG Cork  
AJ Tudor  
ARC Fraser  
PM Such  
Extras (0b, 5lb, 2w, 6nb) 13  
TOTAL 469-6 (126.1 overs; RR: 3.72)

Fall of wickets

56-1 (MA Butcher 17.1 ov), 125-2 (JP Crawley 44.3 ov), 265-3 (MR Ramprakash 83.6 ov), 460-4 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 460-5 (BC Hollioake 0.0 ov), 469-6 (WK Hegg 126.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 18.3 2 67 0 3.72 0 0
PR Reiffel 1.3 0 4 0 4.00 0 3
BP Julian 32.0 6 98 1 3.06 0 3
GS Blewett 24.0 2 73 1 3.04 0 0
SG Law 21.0 4 84 1 4.00 0 0
MG Bevan 23.1 3 94 3 4.09 2 0
MTG Elliott 5.0 0 34 0 6.80 0 0
DS Lehmann 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Australian XI - 1st Inns 293-4 (77.0; RR: 3.81)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MTG Elliott c Tudor b Hollioake 81 160 7 0 50.63
GS Blewett not out 169 259 15 0 65.25
CJ Richards lbw b Hollioake 0 2 0 0 0.00
DS Lehmann c Atherton b Cork 4 6 1 0 66.67
SG Law c Butcher b Ramprakash 21 39 1 0 53.85
MG Bevan not out 0 10 0 0 0.00
AC Gilchrist  
BP Julian  
PR Reiffel  
MS Kasprowicz  
GR Robertson  
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 14nb) 18  
TOTAL 293-4 (77.0 overs; RR: 3.81)

Fall of wickets

206-1 (MTG Elliott 0.0 ov), 207-2 (CJ Richards 0.0 ov), 212-3 (DS Lehmann 0.0 ov), 278-4 (SG Law 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AJ Tudor 14.0 3 54 0 3.86 0 4
ARC Fraser 20.0 3 53 0 2.65 0 3
PM Such 15.0 1 62 0 4.13 0 0
DG Cork 11.0 3 33 1 3.00 0 2
BC Hollioake 10.0 1 55 2 5.50 0 5
MR Ramprakash 6.0 0 29 1 4.83 0 0
GA Hick 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 199-3 (46.5; RR: 4.25)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher not out 103 136 9 1 75.74
JP Crawley lbw b Lehmann 63 52 11 0 121.15
BC Hollioake c Blewett b Elliott 17 52 2 0 32.69
DG Cork run out 10 24 2 0 41.67
WK Hegg not out 5 17 1 0 29.41
MA Atherton  
MR Ramprakash  
GA Hick  
AJ Tudor  
ARC Fraser  
PM Such  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 1  
TOTAL 199-3 (46.5 overs; RR: 4.25)

Fall of wickets

118-1 (JP Crawley 0.0 ov), 164-2 (BC Hollioake 0.0 ov), 190-3 (DG Cork 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
BP Julian 11.0 2 43 0 3.91 0 1
SG Law 8.0 1 36 0 4.50 0 0
DS Lehmann 7.5 1 48 1 6.86 0 0
MG Bevan 15.0 1 57 0 3.80 0 0
MTG Elliott 5.0 0 15 1 3.00 0 0

Australian XI - 2nd Inns 376-1 (55.2; RR: 6.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Blewett not out 213 180 20 4 118.33
MTG Elliott b Tudor 8 14 1 0 57.14
CJ Richards not out 138 143 10 0 96.50
DS Lehmann  
SG Law  
MG Bevan  
AC Gilchrist  
BP Julian  
PR Reiffel  
MS Kasprowicz  
GR Robertson  
Extras (5b, 4lb, 3w, 5nb) 17  
TOTAL 376-1 (55.2 overs; RR: 6.80)

Fall of wickets

31-1 (MTG Elliott 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AJ Tudor 9.0 0 49 1 5.44 0 0
ARC Fraser 11.0 0 72 0 6.55 0 1
PM Such 11.0 0 86 0 7.82 0 0
DG Cork 12.2 0 76 0 6.33 3 0
GA Hick 3.0 0 22 0 7.33 0 0
BC Hollioake 5.0 0 45 0 9.00 0 4
MR Ramprakash 4.0 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australian XI v England XI at Hobart

Date

Saturday December 19, 1998

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Blundstone Arena, Hobart

Umpires

SJ Davis, PD Parker

Australian XI Team

Playing XI

MTG Elliott, GS Blewett, CJ Richards, DS Lehmann, SG Law, MG Bevan, AC Gilchrist, BP Julian, PR Reiffel, MS Kasprowicz, GR Robertson

England Team

Playing XI

MA Butcher, MA Atherton, JP Crawley, MR Ramprakash, GA Hick, BC Hollioake, WK Hegg, DG Cork, AJ Tudor, ARC Fraser, PM Such