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222-6
Series badge ENG
219-9
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.44 vs spin: 7.67
vs seam: 4.21
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.38 vs spin: 4.00
vs seam: 4.53
Thu 10/01/91 Australia v England, Benson and Hedges World Series Cup, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 3 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 222-6 (50.0; RR: 4.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DC Boon c Small b DeFreitas 42 64 2 0 65.63
GR Marsh c Stewart b Bicknell 7 22 0 0 31.82
DM Jones c Stewart b Bicknell 2 7 0 0 28.57
AR Border c Larkins b Small 10 30 1 0 33.33
ME Waugh run out 36 46 0 1 78.26
SR Waugh not out 65 82 4 0 79.27
SP O'Donnell c Bicknell b Gooch 7 13 0 0 53.85
IA Healy not out 50 37 2 0 135.14
PL Taylor  
CG Rackemann  
TM Alderman  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 1w, 1nb) 3  
TOTAL 222-6 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.44)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov), 16-2 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 30-3 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 81-4 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 112-5 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 127-6 (SP O'Donnell 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ARC Fraser 10.0 2 39 0 3.90 0 0
MP Bicknell 9.5 0 33 2 3.67 0 0
GC Small 10.0 2 50 1 5.00 0 0
PCR Tufnell 3.0 0 23 0 7.67 0 0
PAJ DeFreitas 7.1 0 37 1 5.29 0 0
GA Gooch 10.0 0 39 1 3.90 0 0

England - 1st Inns 219-9 (50.0; RR: 4.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Healy b Waugh 37 76 1 0 48.68
DI Gower lbw b Alderman 26 29 3 0 89.66
W Larkins b Alderman 0 2 0 0 0.00
AJ Stewart b Taylor 55 65 3 0 84.62
RA Smith b Waugh 7 19 0 0 36.84
JE Morris c Healy b Waugh 10 14 1 0 71.43
PAJ DeFreitas c Border b Waugh 6 13 1 0 46.15
GC Small b Taylor 0 1 0 0 0.00
MP Bicknell c Alderman b Waugh 23 31 2 0 74.19
ARC Fraser not out 38 46 4 1 82.61
PCR Tufnell not out 5 8 0 0 62.50
Extras (0b, 6lb, 5w, 1nb) 12  
TOTAL 219-9 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.38)

Fall of wickets

39-1 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 39-2 (W Larkins 0.0 ov), 93-3 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 119-4 (RA Smith 0.0 ov), 139-5 (JE Morris 0.0 ov), 142-6 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 142-7 (GC Small 0.0 ov), 146-8 (PAJ DeFreitas 0.0 ov), 176-9 (MP Bicknell 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TM Alderman 9.0 2 31 2 3.44 0 0
CG Rackemann 7.0 0 52 0 7.43 0 0
SP O'Donnell 7.0 0 28 0 4.00 0 0
SR Waugh 7.0 1 25 1 3.57 0 0
ME Waugh 10.0 0 37 4 3.70 0 0
PL Taylor 10.0 1 40 2 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, Benson and Hedges World Series Cup

Date

Thursday January 10, 1991

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RJ Evans, LJ King

Australia Team

Playing XI

AR Border, TM Alderman, CG Rackemann, DM Jones, DC Boon, SP O'Donnell, GR Marsh, SR Waugh, PL Taylor, IA Healy, ME Waugh

England Team

Playing XI

GA Gooch, DI Gower, W Larkins, GC Small, PAJ DeFreitas, RA Smith, ARC Fraser, AJ Stewart, JE Morris, PCR Tufnell, MP Bicknell