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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 30th, 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1981 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 29 runs |
| Umpires | HD Bird, DO Oslear |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 19/2 (Wood 6*, Bright 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (2) 49/1 (Boycott 9*, Gower 20*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 9/1 (Dyson 5*, Border 2*) |
| Man of the Match | IT Botham |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c Marsh b Alderman | 13 | 36 | 44 | 1 | - | |
| *JM Brearley | c Border b Lillee | 48 | 115 | 166 | 6 | - | |
| DI Gower | c Hogg b Alderman | 0 | 10 | 10 | - | - | |
| GA Gooch | c Marsh b Bright | 21 | 43 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| MW Gatting | c Alderman b Lillee | 21 | 46 | 89 | 2 | - | |
| P Willey | b Bright | 16 | 59 | 66 | 2 | - | |
| IT Botham | b Alderman | 26 | 43 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| JE Emburey | b Hogg | 3 | 33 | 39 | - | - | |
| +RW Taylor | b Alderman | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| CM Old | not out | 11 | 23 | 35 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | c Marsh b Alderman | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 10 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.1 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Boycott), 2-29 (Gower), 3-60 (Gooch), 4-101 (Brearley), 5-126 (Gatting), 6-145 (Willey), 7-161 (Botham), 8-161 (Taylor), 9-165 (Emburey), 10-189 (Willis, 69.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Lillee | 18 | 4 | 61 | 2 | - | - |
| Alderman | 23.1 | 8 | 42 | 5 | - | - |
| Hogg | 16 | 3 | 49 | 1 | - | - |
| Bright | 12 | 4 | 20 | 2 | - | - |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Wood | run out (Old) | 38 | 139 | 174 | 2 | - | |
| J Dyson | b Old | 1 | 11 | 14 | - | - | |
| AR Border | c Taylor b Old | 2 | 24 | 25 | - | - | |
| RJ Bright | lbw b Botham | 27 | 51 | 63 | 4 | - | |
| *KJ Hughes | lbw b Old | 47 | 101 | 112 | 7 | - | |
| GN Yallop | b Emburey | 30 | 70 | 98 | 3 | - | |
| MF Kent | c Willis b Emburey | 46 | 81 | 109 | 6 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | b Emburey | 2 | 24 | 25 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | b Emburey | 18 | 43 | 40 | 3 | - | |
| RM Hogg | run out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| TM Alderman | not out | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 19 lb, 21 nb) | 44 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.5 overs) | 258 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Dyson), 2-14 (Border), 3-62 (Bright), 4-115 (Wood), 5-166 (Hughes), 6-203 (Yallop), 7-220 (Marsh), 8-253 (Kent), 9-253 (Hogg), 10-258 (Lillee, 86.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Willis | 19 | 3 | 63 | 0 | - | - |
| Old | 21 | 8 | 44 | 3 | - | - |
| Emburey | 26.5 | 12 | 43 | 4 | - | - |
| Botham | 20 | 1 | 64 | 1 | - | - |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c Marsh b Bright | 29 | 136 | 190 | 3 | - | |
| *JM Brearley | lbw b Lillee | 13 | 17 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| DI Gower | c Border b Bright | 23 | 59 | 70 | 2 | - | |
| GA Gooch | b Bright | 21 | 93 | 116 | 3 | - | |
| MW Gatting | b Bright | 39 | 71 | 103 | 3 | - | |
| P Willey | b Bright | 5 | 22 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| IT Botham | c Marsh b Lillee | 3 | 11 | 15 | - | - | |
| CM Old | c Marsh b Alderman | 23 | 24 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| JE Emburey | not out | 37 | 79 | 92 | 5 | - | |
| +RW Taylor | lbw b Alderman | 8 | 47 | 70 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | c Marsh b Alderman | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 9 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Brearley), 2-52 (Gower), 3-89 (Boycott), 4-98 (Gooch), 5-110 (Willey), 6-115 (Botham), 7-154 (Old), 8-167 (Gatting), 9-217 (Taylor), 10-219 (Willis, 92 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Lillee | 26 | 9 | 51 | 2 | - | - |
| Alderman | 22 | 5 | 65 | 3 | - | - |
| Hogg | 10 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - |
| Bright | 34 | 17 | 68 | 5 | - | - |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Dyson | lbw b Willis | 13 | 46 | 62 | 1 | - | |
| GM Wood | lbw b Old | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| AR Border | c Gatting b Emburey | 40 | 175 | 213 | 4 | - | |
| *KJ Hughes | c Emburey b Willis | 5 | 11 | 16 | - | - | |
| GN Yallop | c Botham b Emburey | 30 | 96 | 114 | 5 | - | |
| MF Kent | b Botham | 10 | 45 | 68 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | b Botham | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| RJ Bright | lbw b Botham | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Taylor b Botham | 3 | 19 | 19 | - | - | |
| RM Hogg | not out | 0 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| TM Alderman | b Botham | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 11 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 67 overs) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Wood), 2-19 (Dyson), 3-29 (Hughes), 4-87 (Yallop), 5-105 (Border), 6-114 (Marsh), 7-114 (Bright), 8-120 (Lillee), 9-121 (Kent), 10-121 (Alderman, 67 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Willis | 20 | 6 | 37 | 2 | - | - |
| Old | 11 | 4 | 19 | 1 | - | - |
| Emburey | 22 | 10 | 40 | 2 | - | - |
| Botham | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | - | - |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> JM Brearley did not score for 63 minutes when 13 in the England first innings
--> JM Brearley (1) passed 23500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> IT Botham (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 21
--> MF Kent made his debut in Test matches
--> DI Gower (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> IT Botham reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed RW Marsh, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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