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189 & 344-8d Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlAUS
293 & 241-3 AUS flag
Overs: 99.5 RR: 3.45 vs spin: 3.39
vs seam: 3.46
 Overs: 33.4 RR: 7.16 vs spin: 6.92
vs seam: 7.17
Sat 25/07/81 Worcestershire v Australians at Worcester, County Ground, New Road, Worcester
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 7 wickets
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Worcestershire - 1st Inns 189 (75.0; RR: 2.52)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MJ Weston lbw b Alderman 2 0 0 0
MS Scott b Hogg 3 0 0 0
PA Neale lbw b Hogg 28 0 0 0
Younis Ahmed c Border b Hogg 36 0 0 0
DN Patel lbw b Beard 28 0 0 0
SP Henderson c Alderman b Beard 4 0 0 0
J Birkenshaw b Bright 32 0 0 0
PB Fisher c Bright b Beard 3 0 0 0
N Gifford not out 11 0 0 0
AP Pridgeon b Bright 9 0 0 0
J Cumbes c Border b Bright 2 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 4lb, 0w, 17nb) 31  
TOTAL 189 all out (75.0 overs; RR: 2.52)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (0.0 ov), 16-2 (0.0 ov), 83-3 (0.0 ov), 86-4 (0.0 ov), 102-5 (0.0 ov), 142-6 (0.0 ov), 158-7 (0.0 ov), 164-8 (0.0 ov), 182-9 (0.0 ov), 189-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RM Hogg 16.0 6 42 3 2.63 0 0
TM Alderman 7.0 2 17 1 2.43 0 0
RJ Bright 25.0 8 48 3 1.92 0 0
GR Beard 27.0 10 51 3 1.89 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 293 (105.5; RR: 2.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson b Cumbes 9 0 0 0
GM Wood c Birkenshaw b Cumbes 1 0 0 0
AR Border b Patel 115 0 0 0
KJ Hughes lbw b Cumbes 5 0 0 0
MF Kent b Patel 92 0 0 0
DM Wellham lbw b Patel 8 0 0 0
SJ Rixon c & b Birkenshaw 2 0 0 0
GR Beard lbw b Pridgeon 36 0 0 0
RJ Bright c Patel b Pridgeon 12 0 0 0
RM Hogg c Birkenshaw b Cumbes 2 0 0 0
TM Alderman not out 2 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 293 all out (105.5 overs; RR: 2.77)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (0.0 ov), 11-2 (0.0 ov), 17-3 (0.0 ov), 184-4 (0.0 ov), 234-5 (0.0 ov), 237-6 (0.0 ov), 237-7 (0.0 ov), 288-8 (0.0 ov), 289-9 (0.0 ov), 293-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AP Pridgeon 17.0 5 30 2 1.76 0 0
J Cumbes 20.5 7 62 4 3.10 0 0
N Gifford 23.0 5 59 0 2.57 0 0
DN Patel 28.0 6 81 3 2.89 0 0
J Birkenshaw 17.0 2 52 1 3.06 0 0

Worcestershire - 2nd Inns 344-8 (99.5; RR: 3.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MS Scott c Alderman b Hogg 29 0 0 0
MJ Weston c Wood b Bright 11 0 0 0
PA Neale not out 145 0 0 0
Younis Ahmed c Hughes b Bright 14 0 0 0
PB Fisher c Rixon b Hogg 11 0 0 0
DN Patel c Kent b Bright 39 0 0 0
SP Henderson c Bright b Beard 0 0 0 0
J Birkenshaw lbw b Alderman 54 0 0 0
N Gifford  
AP Pridgeon c Wellham b Hogg 1 0 0 0
J Cumbes not out 5 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 10lb, 0w, 15nb) 30  
TOTAL 344-8 (99.5 overs; RR: 3.45)

Fall of wickets

47-1 (0.0 ov), 47-2 (0.0 ov), 69-3 (0.0 ov), 89-4 (0.0 ov), 155-5 (0.0 ov), 160-6 (0.0 ov), 282-7 (0.0 ov), 327-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RM Hogg 21.0 1 64 3 3.05 0 0
TM Alderman 12.5 2 49 1 4.08 0 0
RJ Bright 35.0 12 117 3 3.34 0 0
GR Beard 26.0 8 61 1 2.35 0 0
AR Border 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 0
KJ Hughes 2.0 0 11 0 5.50 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 241-3 (33.4; RR: 7.16)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KJ Hughes c Fisher b Patel 36 0 0 0
GM Wood b Gifford 59 0 0 0
MF Kent c Weston b Gifford 16 0 0 0
AR Border not out 70 0 0 0
DM Wellham not out 54 0 0 0
J Dyson  
SJ Rixon  
GR Beard  
RJ Bright  
RM Hogg  
TM Alderman  
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 241-3 (33.4 overs; RR: 7.16)

Fall of wickets

80-1 (0.0 ov), 104-2 (0.0 ov), 113-3 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AP Pridgeon 4.0 0 25 0 6.25 0 0
J Cumbes 3.0 0 26 0 8.67 0 0
N Gifford 13.0 0 86 2 6.62 0 0
DN Patel 10.0 0 66 1 6.60 0 0
J Birkenshaw 3.0 0 28 0 9.33 0 0
MJ Weston 0.4 0 4 0 - 0 0

Match Info

Match

Worcestershire v Australians at Worcester

Date

Saturday July 25, 1981

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Umpires

D Shackleton, R Aspinall

Worcestershire Team

Playing XI

N Gifford, Younis Ahmed, J Birkenshaw, DN Patel, SP Henderson, PA Neale, MS Scott, AP Pridgeon, MJ Weston, J Cumbes, PB Fisher

Australia Team

Playing XI

RJ Bright, KJ Hughes, SJ Rixon, J Dyson, GM Wood, RM Hogg, AR Border, GR Beard, TM Alderman, MF Kent, DM Wellham