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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd June 1997 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | DR Shepherd, S Venkataraghavan |
| TV umpire | DJ Constant |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Scorers | DC Kendix (England), MK Walsh (Australia) |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 38/3 (Hussain 10*, Thorpe 13*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 131/2 (Elliott 55*, ME Waugh 26*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (1) 213/7 (Healy 13*, Reiffel 1*) |
| Player of the Match | GD McGrath |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Butcher | c Blewett b McGrath | 5 | 26 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | c Taylor b McGrath | 1 | 24 | 37 | - | - | |
| +AJ Stewart | b McGrath | 1 | 13 | 19 | - | - | |
| N Hussain | lbw b McGrath | 19 | 73 | 108 | 2 | - | |
| GP Thorpe | c Blewett b Reiffel | 21 | 49 | 60 | 4 | - | |
| JP Crawley | c Healy b McGrath | 1 | 17 | 22 | - | - | |
| MA Ealham | c Elliott b Reiffel | 7 | 30 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| RDB Croft | c Healy b McGrath | 2 | 13 | 18 | - | - | |
| D Gough | c Healy b McGrath | 10 | 10 | 12 | 2 | - | |
| AR Caddick | lbw b McGrath | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| DE Malcolm | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 5 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 187 minutes, 42.3 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Butcher), 2-12 (Atherton), 3-13 (Stewart), 4-47 (Thorpe), 5-56 (Crawley), 6-62 (Hussain), 7-66 (Croft), 8-76 (Gough), 9-77 (Ealham), 10-77 (Caddick, 42.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 20.3 | 8 | 38 | 8 | - | - | |
| Reiffel | 15 | 9 | 17 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Kasprowicz | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Warne | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MA Taylor | b Gough | 1 | 15 | 16 | - | - | |
| MTG Elliott | c Crawley b Caddick | 112 | 180 | 240 | 20 | - | |
| GS Blewett | c Hussain b Croft | 45 | 70 | 83 | 7 | - | |
| ME Waugh | c Malcolm b Caddick | 33 | 60 | 82 | 1 | - | |
| SK Warne | c Hussain b Gough | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | lbw b Caddick | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| MG Bevan | c Stewart b Caddick | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| +IA Healy | not out | 13 | 23 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| PR Reiffel | not out | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| MS Kasprowicz | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 247 minutes, 61 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Taylor), 2-73 (Blewett), 3-147 (ME Waugh), 4-147 (Warne), 5-147 (SR Waugh), 6-159 (Bevan), 7-212 (Elliott) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gough | 20 | 4 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| Caddick | 22 | 6 | 71 | 4 | - | - | |
| Malcolm | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Croft | 12 | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Butcher | b Warne | 87 | 210 | 266 | 14 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | hit wkt b Kasprowicz | 77 | 159 | 220 | 10 | - | |
| +AJ Stewart | c Kasprowicz b McGrath | 13 | 24 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| N Hussain | c and b Warne | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| GP Thorpe | not out | 30 | 39 | 61 | 4 | - | |
| JP Crawley | not out | 29 | 45 | 51 | 4 | - | |
| MA Ealham | did not bat | ||||||
| RDB Croft | did not bat | ||||||
| D Gough | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Caddick | did not bat | ||||||
| DE Malcolm | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 14 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 318 minutes, 79 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-162 (Atherton), 2-189 (Stewart), 3-197 (Hussain), 4-202 (Butcher) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 20 | 5 | 65 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Reiffel | 13 | 5 | 29 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Kasprowicz | 15 | 3 | 54 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Warne | 19 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Bevan | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 0/0 ( 0*; 0 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 0/0 ( 0*; 0 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 38/3 (Hussain 10*, Thorpe 13*)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 38/3 (Hussain 10*, Thorpe 13*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: England (1) 77 all out
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 70/1 (Elliott 23*, Blewett 44*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (1) 131/2 (Elliott 55*, ME Waugh 26*; 43.2 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Australia (1) 131/2 (Elliott 55*, ME Waugh 26*; 43.2 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: England (2) 70/0 (Butcher 24*, Atherton 32*)
--> Day 5 Tea: England (2) 169/1 (Butcher 66*, Stewart 3*)
--> MTG Elliott (1) 50 in 115 balls, 154 minutes with 8 fours
--> MTG Elliott (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in Test matches
--> MTG Elliott (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> MTG Elliott (1) 100 in 171 balls, 227 minutes with 18 fours
--> MA Butcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Test matches
--> MA Butcher (2) 50 in 166 balls, 199 minutes with 7 fours
--> MA Atherton (2) 50 in 114 balls, 165 minutes with 5 fours
--> AJ Stewart (2) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 8
--> GD McGrath achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed D Gough in the England first innings (previous best was 6-47)
--> GD McGrath achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed D Gough in the England first innings (previous best was 6-47)
Rain stopped play after 21 overs. England 38/3 (Hussain 10*, Thorpe 13*).
Australia 1st Innings: Crawley kept wicket while Stewart was off the field at the start of the innings (back spasms).
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