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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
272-5
Series badge ENG
110
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 5.44 vs spin: 4.00
vs seam: 5.55
Overs: 31.5 RR: 3.46 vs spin: 2.74
vs seam: 3.23
Sat 13/02/99 Australia v England, Carlton and United Series, 2nd Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 162 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 272-5 (50.0; RR: 5.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Gilchrist c Knight b Croft 52 64 6 0 81.25
ME Waugh c Hick b Gough 1 12 0 0 8.33
RT Ponting c Fairbrother b Hollioake 37 43 3 1 86.05
DS Lehmann c Hussain b Wells 71 75 4 0 94.67
DR Martyn b Mullally 57 80 2 1 71.25
SG Law not out 20 18 1 0 111.11
S Lee not out 20 9 0 2 222.22
BP Julian  
SK Warne  
AC Dale  
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 10lb, 3w, 1nb) 14  
TOTAL 272-5 (50.0 overs; RR: 5.44)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (ME Waugh 4.3 ov), 92-2 (RT Ponting 19.1 ov), 104-3 (AC Gilchrist 22.1 ov), 216-4 (DS Lehmann 42.5 ov), 244-5 (DR Martyn 47.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 9.0 1 55 1 6.11 0 1
AD Mullally 10.0 1 53 1 5.30 1 0
MA Ealham 6.0 0 41 0 6.83 1 0
VJ Wells 5.0 0 34 1 6.80 0 0
RDB Croft 10.0 0 40 1 4.00 1 0
AJ Hollioake 10.0 0 39 1 3.90 0 0

England - 1st Inns 110 (31.5; RR: 3.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NV Knight run out 4 9 0 0 44.44
AJ Stewart c Lee b Julian 32 36 5 0 88.89
GA Hick c Dale b McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.00
N Hussain c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 1 0 0 0.00
NH Fairbrother c Gilchrist b Dale 0 2 0 0 0.00
VJ Wells b Warne 23 54 0 0 42.59
AJ Hollioake c Gilchrist b Dale 7 8 0 0 87.50
MA Ealham b Warne 12 35 1 0 34.29
RDB Croft not out 13 22 0 0 59.09
D Gough c Gilchrist b Julian 6 15 1 0 40.00
AD Mullally lbw b Warne 9 10 2 0 90.00
Extras (0b, 0lb, 1w, 3nb) 4  
TOTAL 110 all out (31.5 overs; RR: 3.46)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (NV Knight 1.6 ov), 10-2 (GA Hick 2.4 ov), 10-3 (N Hussain 2.5 ov), 13-4 (NH Fairbrother 3.2 ov), 43-5 (AJ Stewart 12.2 ov), 50-6 (AJ Hollioake 13.5 ov), 72-7 (VJ Wells 21.5 ov), 88-8 (MA Ealham 25.4 ov), 100-9 (D Gough 30.2 ov), 110-10 (AD Mullally 31.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 6.0 0 26 2 4.33 0 0
AC Dale 10.0 1 27 2 2.70 0 0
BP Julian 6.0 2 18 2 3.00 1 3
ME Waugh 4.0 0 23 0 5.75 0 0
SK Warne 5.5 0 16 3 3.20 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, Carlton and United Series, 2nd Final

Date

Saturday February 13, 1999

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

DJ Harper, DB Hair

Australia Team

Playing XI

ME Waugh, SK Warne, DR Martyn, BP Julian, GD McGrath, RT Ponting, SG Law, S Lee, DS Lehmann, AC Gilchrist, AC Dale

England Team

Playing XI

NH Fairbrother, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, D Gough, NV Knight, RDB Croft, MA Ealham, AD Mullally, AJ Hollioake, VJ Wells