TestNo. 904MenScorecard

England v Australia

Match drawn

2 to 7 July 1981Lord's

England

311 & 265/8d98.4 ov

Australia

345 & 90/448.5 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.

England innings

311124.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	caught	44	53	74	6	0	83.0
Geoff Boycott	caught	17	62	98	0	0	27.4
Bob Woolmer	caught	21	82	116	3	0	25.6
David Gower	caught	27	86	124	4	0	31.4
Mike Gatting	lbw	59	137	168	9	0	43.1
Peter Willey	caught	82	181	246	12	0	45.3
John Emburey	run out	31	124	171	1	0	25.0
Ian Botham	lbw	0	3	6	0	0	0.0
Bob Taylor	caught	0	4	3	0	0	0.0
Graham Dilley	not out	7*	21	32	1	0	33.3
Bob Willis	caught	5	4	9	0	0	125.0
Extras	b 2, lb 3, w 3, nb 10	18
Total	all out, 124.1 overs	311

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-60 Graham Gooch2-65 Geoff Boycott2-83 Bob Woolmer3-134 David Gower4-187 Mike Gatting5-284 Peter Willey6-293 John Emburey7-293 Ian Botham8-293 Bob Taylor9-298 Bob Woolmer10-311 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	35.4	7	102	0	2.86
Terry Alderman	30.2	7	79	1	2.60
Geoff Lawson	43.1	14	81	7	1.88
Ray Bright	15	7	31	1	2.07

Australia innings

345118.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	caught	44	59	61	5	0	74.6
John Dyson	caught	7	30	64	0	0	23.3
Graham Yallop	bowled	1	7	15	0	0	14.3
Kim Hughes	caught	42	118	141	5	0	35.6
Trevor Chappell	caught	2	13	17	0	0	15.4
Allan Border	caught	64	164	208	8	1	39.0
Rod Marsh	lbw	47	116	143	9	0	40.5
Ray Bright	lbw	33	97	126	4	0	34.0
Geoff Lawson	lbw	5	22	29	1	0	22.7
Dennis Lillee	not out	40*	86	107	5	0	46.5
Terry Alderman	caught	5	42	57	0	0	11.9
Extras	b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 32	55
Total	all out, 118.4 overs	345

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-62 Graeme Wood2-62 John Dyson3-69 Graham Yallop4-81 Trevor Chappell5-167 Kim Hughes6-244 Allan Border7-257 Rod Marsh8-268 Geoff Lawson9-314 Ray Bright10-345 Terry Alderman

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	27.4	9	50	3	1.81
Graham Dilley	30	8	106	3	3.53
Ian Botham	26	8	71	2	2.73
Graham Gooch	10	4	28	0	2.80
John Emburey	25	12	35	2	1.40

England innings

265/8d98.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	lbw	20	32	40	2	0	62.5
Geoff Boycott	caught	60	211	279	5	0	28.4
Bob Woolmer	lbw	9	38	43	2	0	23.7
David Gower	caught	89	207	245	11	1	43.0
Mike Gatting	caught	16	44	48	0	1	36.4
Ian Botham	bowled	0	1	6	0	0	0.0
Peter Willey	caught	12	20	29	1	1	60.0
Graham Dilley	not out	27*	38	41	3	0	71.1
Bob Taylor	bowled	9	16	17	0	1	56.3
Extras	b 2, lb 8, nb 13	23
Total	8 wickets declared, 98.4 overs	265

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-31 Graham Gooch2-55 Bob Woolmer3-178 Geoff Boycott4-217 Mike Gatting5-217 David Gower6-217 Ian Botham7-242 Peter Willey8-265 Bob Taylor

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	26.4	8	82	3	3.08
Terry Alderman	17	2	42	1	2.47
Geoff Lawson	19	6	51	1	2.68
Ray Bright	36	18	67	3	1.86

Australia innings chasing 232

90/448.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	not out	62*	131	168	6	0	47.3
John Dyson	lbw	1	6	6	0	0	16.7
Graham Yallop	caught	3	32	27	0	0	9.4
Kim Hughes	lbw	4	13	17	0	0	30.8
Trevor Chappell	caught	5	69	66	0	0	7.2
Allan Border	not out	12*	46	42	1	0	26.1
Extras	w 1, nb 2	3
Total	4 wickets, 48.5 overs	90

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-2 John Dyson2-11 Graham Yallop3-17 Kim Hughes4-62 Trevor Chappell

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	12	3	35	1	2.92
Graham Dilley	7.5	1	18	2	2.30
John Emburey	21	10	24	0	1.14
Ian Botham	8	3	10	1	1.25

Tests in July 1981

3 matches

TestScorecardEngland311 & 265/8d98.4Australia345 & 90/448.5Match drawnLord's, 2 July TestScorecardAustralia401/9d & 11136.1England174 & 35687.3England won by 18 runsLeeds, 16 July TestScorecardEngland189 & 21992Australia258 & 12167England won by 29 runsBirmingham, 30 July

Match facts

Format: Test No. 904
Dates: 2 to 7 July 1981
Ground: Lord's
Result: Match drawn
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1981-07-02-england-v-australia/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
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      "runs": 82, "balls": 181, "minutes": 246, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Dennis Lillee", "overs": "35.4", "wickets": 0, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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England v Australia

Previous meetingTest, Australia won by 4 wickets, 18 June 1981 Next meetingTest, England won by 18 runs, 16 July 1981