England v Australia
Australia won by 2 runs
6 June 1981Birmingham
England
24754.5 ov
Australiawon by 2 runs
249/855 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
Australia innings
249/855 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Wood | caught | 55 | 80 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 68.8 |
| Trevor Chappell | caught | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graham Yallop | bowled | 63 | 132 | 158 | 4 | 0 | 47.7 |
| Kim Hughes | run out | 34 | 41 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 82.9 |
| Allan Border | run out | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Rod Marsh | caught | 20 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 111.1 |
| Martin Kent | lbw | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Geoff Lawson | not out | 29* | 26 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 111.5 |
| Dennis Lillee | run out | 8 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Rodney Hogg | not out | 0* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 18, w 1, nb 2 | 22 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 55 overs | 249 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-10 Trevor Chappell2-96 Graeme Wood3-160 Graham Yallop4-171 Kim Hughes5-183 Allan Border6-193 Martin Kent7-213 Rod Marsh8-248 Dennis Lillee
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 11 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 3.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 11 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 11 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin Jackman | 11 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Willey | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 7.60 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 250
24754.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | bowled | 11 | 25 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 |
| Geoff Boycott | bowled | 14 | 40 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 |
| Mike Gatting | caught | 96 | 131 | 194 | 14 | 1 | 73.3 |
| David Gower | bowled | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Jim Love | bowled | 43 | 53 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 81.1 |
| Peter Willey | caught | 37 | 33 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 112.1 |
| Ian Botham | caught | 24 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 114.3 |
| Geoff Humpage | bowled | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Robin Jackman | run out | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Bob Willis | not out | 1* | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Mike Hendrick | caught | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 12 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 54.5 overs | 247 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-20 Graham Gooch2-27 Geoff Boycott3-36 David Gower4-111 Jim Love5-177 Peter Willey6-224 Ian Botham7-232 Geoff Humpage8-244 Robin Jackman9-244 Mike Gatting10-247 Mike Hendrick
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Hogg | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Lillee | 10.5 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 3.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Alderman | 11 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Lawson | 11 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Chappell | 11 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 6.27 | 0 | 0 |