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| Venue | Bellerive Oval, Hobart on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd December 1998 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australian XI won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | SJ Davis, PD Parker |
| Close of play day 1 | England XI (1) 298/3 (Atherton 154*, Hick 14*; 95 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australian XI (1) 30/0 (Elliott 14*, Blewett 11*; 11 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | England XI (2) 166/2 (Butcher 85*, Cork 0*; 37 overs) |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Butcher | c Richards b Law | 25 | 52 | 14 | 3 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | not out | 210 | 350 | 362 | 26 | - | |
| JP Crawley | c Gilchrist b Blewett | 27 | 89 | 95 | 2 | - | |
| MR Ramprakash | b Bevan | 65 | 127 | 142 | 5 | 1 | |
| GA Hick | c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan | 125 | 130 | 153 | 14 | 4 | |
| BC Hollioake | c Gilchrist b Julian | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| +WK Hegg | c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan | 4 | 14 | 12 | - | - | |
| DG Cork | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Tudor | did not bat | ||||||
| ARC Fraser | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Such | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 483 minutes, 126.1 overs) | 469 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56 (Butcher, 17.1 ov), 2-125 (Crawley, 44.3 ov), 3-265 (Ramprakash, 83.6 ov), 4-460 (Hick), 5-460 (Hollioake), 6-469 (Hegg, 126.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australian XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kasprowicz | 18.3 | 2 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reiffel | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Julian | 32 | 6 | 98 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Blewett | 24 | 2 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Law | 21 | 4 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bevan | 23.1 | 3 | 94 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Elliott | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australian XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MTG Elliott | c Tudor b Hollioake | 81 | 160 | 249 | 7 | - | |
| GS Blewett | not out | 169 | 259 | 333 | 15 | - | |
| CJ Richards | lbw b Hollioake | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| *DS Lehmann | c Atherton b Cork | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| SG Law | c Butcher b Ramprakash | 21 | 39 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| MG Bevan | not out | 0 | 10 | 18 | - | - | |
| +AC Gilchrist | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Julian | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| MS Kasprowicz | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 14 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 334 minutes, 77 overs) | 293 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-206 (Elliott), 2-207 (Richards), 3-212 (Lehmann), 4-278 (Law) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tudor | 14 | 3 | 54 | 0 | - | 4 | |
| Fraser | 20 | 3 | 53 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Such | 15 | 1 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cork | 11 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Hollioake | 10 | 1 | 55 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Ramprakash | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hick | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Butcher | not out | 103 | 136 | 155 | 9 | 1 | |
| JP Crawley | lbw b Lehmann | 63 | 52 | 73 | 11 | - | |
| BC Hollioake | c Blewett b Elliott | 17 | 52 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| DG Cork | run out (Richards) | 10 | 24 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| +WK Hegg | not out | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Ramprakash | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Hick | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Tudor | did not bat | ||||||
| ARC Fraser | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Such | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 156 minutes, 46.5 overs) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-118 (Crawley), 2-164 (Hollioake), 3-190 (Cork) | |||||||
| Australian XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Julian | 11 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Law | 8 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lehmann | 7.5 | 1 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bevan | 15 | 1 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Elliott | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australian XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Blewett | not out | 213 | 180 | 228 | 20 | 4 | |
| MTG Elliott | b Tudor | 8 | 14 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| CJ Richards | not out | 138 | 143 | 205 | 10 | - | |
| *DS Lehmann | did not bat | ||||||
| SG Law | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Bevan | did not bat | ||||||
| +AC Gilchrist | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Julian | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| MS Kasprowicz | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 3 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 228 minutes, 55.2 overs) | 376 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Elliott) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tudor | 9 | 0 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fraser | 11 | 0 | 72 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Such | 11 | 0 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cork | 12.2 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 3 | - | |
| Hick | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollioake | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | 4 | |
| Ramprakash | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MA Atherton (1) 100 in 188 balls, 244 minutes
--> MA Atherton (1) 150 in 273 balls, 353 minutes
--> MA Atherton (1) passed his previous highest score of 199 in First-Class matches
--> MA Atherton (1) 200 in 341 balls, 458 minutes
--> GA Hick (1) 100 in 121 balls, 148 minutes
--> GA Hick (1) passed 30000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> GS Blewett (1) 100 in 180 balls, 223 minutes
--> GS Blewett (1) 150 in 230 balls, 305 minutes
--> GS Blewett (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> MA Butcher (2) 100 in 131 balls, 147 minutes
--> MA Butcher (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JP Crawley (2) 50 in 46 balls, 63 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 50 in 38 balls, 63 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 100 in 92 balls, 118 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 150 in 127 balls, 165 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 200 in 165 balls, 211 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 38
--> CJ Richards (2) 50 in 47 balls, 61 minutes
--> CJ Richards (2) 100 in 107 balls, 154 minutes
--> MG Bevan reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WK Hegg, his 3rd wicket in the England XI first innings
12th Men: JA Dykes (Australian XI) and DW Headley (England XI)
GR Robertson did not take his place in the field (back spasm on morning of the game). Although chosen in the XI he took no part in the match.
PR Reiffel failed to complete his second over (groin), completed by BP Julian.
MS Kasprowicz failed to complete his nineteenth over (hamstring), completed by BP Julian.
Five substitute fielders were used by Australian XI during the England 1st innings: official 12th man JA Dykes (Queensland), AR Border (Australian XI coach and national selector), and Hobart club players S Fingas, ? Costello and NG Webb.
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