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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bowl
247
Series badge AUS
249-8
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Overs: 54.5 RR: 4.50 vs seam: 4.29
Overs: 55.0 RR: 4.53 vs spin: 6.00
vs seam: 3.90
Sat 06/06/81 England v Australia, 2nd ODI, Edgbaston, Birmingham
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 2 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 249-8 (55.0; RR: 4.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood c Willis b Jackman 55 80 5 0 68.75
TM Chappell c Humpage b Botham 0 1 0 0 0.00
GN Yallop b Hendrick 63 132 4 0 47.73
KJ Hughes run out 34 41 2 1 82.93
AR Border run out 17 17 1 1 100.00
RW Marsh c Love b Botham 20 18 1 0 111.11
MF Kent lbw b Willis 1 3 0 0 33.33
GF Lawson not out 29 26 0 2 111.54
DK Lillee run out 8 12 0 0 66.67
RM Hogg not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
TM Alderman  
Extras (1b, 18lb, 1w, 2nb) 22  
TOTAL 249-8 (55.0 overs; RR: 4.53)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (TM Chappell 0.0 ov), 96-2 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 160-3 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 171-4 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 183-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 193-6 (MF Kent 0.0 ov), 213-7 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 248-8 (DK Lillee 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 11.0 3 41 1 3.73 0 0
IT Botham 11.0 1 44 2 4.00 0 0
M Hendrick 11.0 2 21 1 1.91 0 0
RD Jackman 11.0 0 47 1 4.27 0 0
P Willey 6.0 0 36 0 6.00 0 0
GA Gooch 5.0 0 38 0 7.60 0 0

England - 1st Inns 247 (54.5; RR: 4.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch b Hogg 11 25 1 0 44.00
G Boycott b Lawson 14 40 2 0 35.00
MW Gatting c Lawson b Lillee 96 131 14 1 73.28
DI Gower b Alderman 2 10 0 0 20.00
JD Love b Lawson 43 53 6 0 81.13
P Willey c Wood b Chappell 37 33 4 0 112.12
IT Botham c Hughes b Lawson 24 21 3 0 114.29
GW Humpage b Lillee 5 10 0 0 50.00
RD Jackman run out 2 3 0 0 66.67
RGD Willis not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
M Hendrick c Marsh b Lillee 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 12lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 247 all out (54.5 overs; RR: 4.50)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 27-2 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 36-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 111-4 (JD Love 0.0 ov), 177-5 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 224-6 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 232-7 (GW Humpage 0.0 ov), 244-8 (RD Jackman 0.0 ov), 244-9 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 247-10 (M Hendrick 54.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RM Hogg 11.0 2 42 1 3.82 0 0
DK Lillee 10.5 2 36 3 3.60 0 0
TM Alderman 11.0 1 46 1 4.18 0 0
GF Lawson 11.0 2 42 3 3.82 0 0
TM Chappell 11.0 0 69 1 6.27 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Birmingham, 2nd ODI

Date

Saturday June 6, 1981

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

DJ Constant, AGT Whitehead

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, M Hendrick, GA Gooch, P Willey, IT Botham, MW Gatting, DI Gower, RD Jackman, GW Humpage, JD Love

Australia Team

Playing XI

RW Marsh, DK Lillee, GN Yallop, KJ Hughes, GM Wood, RM Hogg, AR Border, GF Lawson, TM Alderman, TM Chappell, MF Kent