f33717 t908	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1981 (6th Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 27th, 28th, 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1981 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HD Bird, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 251/4 (Border 51*, Wellham 19*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 100/1 (Boycott 47*, Tavaré 8*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 36/2 (Wood 20*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 344/9 (Lillee 8*)
Man of the Match	DK Lillee

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Brearley b Botham	66	129	168	6	-
MF Kent	c Gatting b Botham	54	129	179	7	-
*KJ Hughes	hit wkt b Botham	31	67	101	1	-
GN Yallop	c Botham b Willis	26	50	59	1	-
AR Border	not out	106	230	290	13	-
DM Wellham	b Willis	24	93	112	1	-
+RW Marsh	c Botham b Willis	12	18	18	2	-
RJ Bright	c Brearley b Botham	3	30	41	-	-
DK Lillee	b Willis	11	36	36	1	-
TM Alderman	b Botham	0	2	2	-	-
MR Whitney	b Botham	4	13	38	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 132 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-120 (Wood), 2-125 (Kent), 3-169 (Yallop), 4-199 (Hughes), 5-260 (Wellham), 6-280 (Marsh), 7-303 (Bright), 8-319 (Lillee), 9-320 (Alderman), 10-352 (Whitney)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	31	6	91	4	-	-
Hendrick	31	8	63	0	-	-
Botham	47	13	125	6	-	-
Emburey	23	2	58	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Yallop b Lillee	137	321	441	7	-
W Larkins	c Alderman b Lillee	34	75	93	4	-
CJ Tavaré	c Marsh b Lillee	24	91	127	2	-
MW Gatting	b Lillee	53	114	157	5	-
*JM Brearley	c Bright b Alderman	0	6	5	-	-
PWG Parker	c Kent b Alderman	0	3	2	-	-
IT Botham	c Yallop b Lillee	3	5	11	-	-
+APE Knott	b Lillee	36	49	68	4	-
JE Emburey	lbw b Lillee	0	2	1	-	-
RGD Willis	b Alderman	3	7	13	-	-
M Hendrick	not out	0	6	13	-	-
Extras	(9 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	24
Total	(all out, 110.4 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Larkins), 2-131 (Tavaré), 3-246 (Gatting), 4-248 (Brearley), 5-248 (Parker), 6-256 (Botham), 7-293 (Boycott), 8-293 (Emburey), 9-302 (Willis), 10-314 (Knott)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	31.4	4	89	7	-	-
Alderman	35	4	84	3	-	-
Whitney	23	3	76	0	-	-
Bright	21	6	41	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Knott b Hendrick	21	46	62	1	-
MF Kent	c Brearley b Botham	7	17	33	1	-
*KJ Hughes	lbw b Hendrick	6	24	22	1	-
GN Yallop	b Hendrick	35	62	85	3	-
AR Border	c Tavaré b Emburey	84	152	192	8	-
DM Wellham	lbw b Botham	103	221	266	12	-
+RW Marsh	c Gatting b Botham	52	83	96	7	-
RJ Bright	b Botham	11	14	30	2	-
DK Lillee	not out	8	12	36	1	-
MR Whitney	c Botham b Hendrick	0	3	4	-	-
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 104.2 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Kent), 2-36 (Hughes), 3-41 (Wood), 4-104 (Yallop), 5-205 (Border), 6-291 (Marsh), 7-332 (Bright), 8-343 (Wellham), 9-344 (Whitney)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	10	0	41	0	-	-
Botham	42	9	128	4	-	-
Hendrick	29.2	6	82	4	-	-
Emburey	23	3	76	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	lbw b Lillee	0	4	2	-	-
W Larkins	c Alderman b Lillee	24	78	119	4	-
CJ Tavaré	c Kent b Whitney	8	36	44	-	-
MW Gatting	c Kent b Lillee	56	70	85	7	-
PWG Parker	c Kent b Alderman	13	46	55	2	-
*JM Brearley	c Marsh b Lillee	51	160	166	7	-
IT Botham	lbw b Alderman	16	14	10	2	-
+APE Knott	not out	70	138	167	11	-
JE Emburey	not out	5	33	52	-	-
RGD Willis	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, 95 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Boycott), 2-18 (Tavaré), 3-88 (Larkins), 4-101 (Gatting), 5-127 (Parker), 6-144 (Botham), 7-237 (Brearley)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	30	10	70	4	-	-
Alderman	19	6	60	2	-	-
Whitney	11	4	46	1	-	-
Bright	27	12	50	0	-	-
Yallop	8	2	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DM Wellham made his debut in Test matches
--> PWG Parker made his debut in Test matches
--> MF Kent made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JM Brearley made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PWG Parker made his last appearance in Test matches
--> APE Knott made his last appearance in Test matches
--> M Hendrick made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GM Wood (1) 50 in 87 balls, 120 minutes
--> GM Wood (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> MF Kent (1) 50 in 121 balls, 163 minutes
--> MF Kent (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Test matches
--> GN Yallop (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 18
--> AR Border (1) 50 in 83 balls, 107 minutes
--> AR Border (1) 100 in 215 balls, 279 minutes with 12 fours
--> AR Border (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 97
--> G Boycott (1) 50 in 138 balls, 181 minutes
--> G Boycott (1) 100 in 244 balls, 328 minutes with 3 fours
--> G Boycott (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 128
--> W Larkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Test matches
--> MW Gatting (1) 50 in 109 balls, 151 minutes with 5 fours
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 101 balls, 125 minutes
--> AR Border (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> DM Wellham (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> DM Wellham (2) 50 in 125 balls, 151 minutes
--> DM Wellham (2) 100 in 218 balls, 265 minutes with 12 fours
--> RW Marsh (2) 50 in 76 balls, 93 minutes with 7 fours
--> RW Marsh (2) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 8
--> MW Gatting (2) 50 in 58 balls, 74 minutes
--> JM Brearley (2) 50 in 131 balls, 136 minutes with 7 fours
--> APE Knott (2) 50 in 88 balls, 99 minutes
--> APE Knott (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> PWG Parker made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> DM Wellham made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> DK Lillee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed APE Knott in the England first innings (previous best was 6-26)
--> IT Botham reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed RW Marsh, his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> TM Alderman reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed PWG Parker, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> DK Lillee reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed G Boycott, his 1st wicket in the England second innings

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