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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
235-6
Series badge ENG
213-8
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Overs: 48.0 RR: 4.90 vs spin: 5.30
vs seam: 4.63
Overs: 48.0 RR: 4.44 vs spin: 4.38
vs seam: 4.23
Thu 04/02/88 Australia v England at Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 22 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 235-6 (48.0; RR: 4.90)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DC Boon c & b Capel 33 63 3 0 52.38
GR Marsh run out 87 122 5 0 71.31
DM Jones c b Emburey 30 47 2 0 63.83
MRJ Veletta c Capel b Emburey 13 20 0 0 65.00
SR Waugh run out 27 25 2 0 108.00
AR Border c Gatting b DeFreitas 19 21 1 0 90.48
AIC Dodemaide not out 7 7 0 0 100.00
PL Taylor not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
GC Dyer  
SP Davis  
MR Whitney  
Extras (0b, 6lb, 5w, 7nb) 18  
TOTAL 235-6 (48.0 overs; RR: 4.90)

Fall of wickets

70-1 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 133-2 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 169-3 (MRJ Veletta 0.0 ov), 184-4 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov), 222-5 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 233-6 (AR Border 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PAJ DeFreitas 10.0 1 43 1 4.30 0 0
NV Radford 10.0 0 61 0 6.10 0 0
DJ Capel 8.0 1 30 1 3.75 0 0
PW Jarvis 10.0 0 42 0 4.20 0 0
JE Emburey 10.0 0 53 2 5.30 0 0

England - 1st Inns 213-8 (48.0; RR: 4.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BC Broad c Dyer b Waugh 25 43 0 0 58.14
RT Robinson c Dodemaide b Whitney 35 51 5 0 68.63
PAJ DeFreitas run out 21 27 1 0 77.78
CWJ Athey c Border b Davis 4 10 0 0 40.00
NH Fairbrother st Dyer b Taylor 22 38 1 0 57.89
MW Gatting c Border b Whitney 37 47 2 0 78.72
DJ Capel c Taylor b Davis 18 28 1 0 64.29
JE Emburey b Dodemaide 26 25 0 0 104.00
CJ Richards not out 14 18 0 0 77.78
NV Radford not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
PW Jarvis  
Extras (0b, 9lb, 1w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 213-8 (48.0 overs; RR: 4.44)

Fall of wickets

58-1 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 65-2 (BC Broad 0.0 ov), 82-3 (CWJ Athey 0.0 ov), 96-4 (PAJ DeFreitas 0.0 ov), 123-5 (NH Fairbrother 0.0 ov), 172-6 (DJ Capel 0.0 ov), 175-7 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 213-8 (JE Emburey 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MR Whitney 10.0 1 37 2 3.70 0 0
AIC Dodemaide 10.0 1 35 1 3.50 0 0
SP Davis 10.0 0 55 2 5.50 0 0
SR Waugh 10.0 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
PL Taylor 8.0 0 35 1 4.38 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne

Date

Thursday February 4, 1988

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RC Bailhache, AR Crafter

Australia Team

Playing XI

AR Border, MR Whitney, DM Jones, DC Boon, GR Marsh, SR Waugh, SP Davis, GC Dyer, PL Taylor, MRJ Veletta, AIC Dodemaide

England Team

Playing XI

MW Gatting, JE Emburey, CWJ Athey, BC Broad, RT Robinson, NV Radford, PAJ DeFreitas, CJ Richards, NH Fairbrother, DJ Capel, PW Jarvis