TestNo. 905MenScorecard

England v Australia

England won by 18 runs

16 to 21 July 1981Leeds

Englandwon by 18 runs

174 & 35687.3 ov

Australia

401/9d & 11136.1 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

401/9d155.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	bowled	102	234	294	14	0	43.6
Graeme Wood	lbw	34	55	71	4	0	61.8
Trevor Chappell	caught	27	135	161	2	0	20.0
Kim Hughes	caught	89	208	270	8	0	42.8
Ray Bright	bowled	7	36	48	1	0	19.4
Graham Yallop	caught	58	167	208	5	0	34.7
Allan Border	lbw	8	20	35	1	0	40.0
Rod Marsh	bowled	28	50	65	5	0	56.0
Geoff Lawson	caught	13	35	45	2	0	37.1
Dennis Lillee	not out	3*	6	8	0	0	50.0
Terry Alderman	not out	0*	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	b 4, lb 13, w 3, nb 12	32
Total	9 wickets declared, 155.2 overs	401

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-55 Graeme Wood2-149 Trevor Chappell3-196 John Dyson4-220 Ray Bright5-332 Kim Hughes6-354 Allan Border7-357 Graham Yallop8-396 Geoff Lawson9-401 Rod Marsh

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	30	8	72	0	2.40
Chris Old	43	14	91	0	2.12
Graham Dilley	27	4	78	2	2.89
Ian Botham	39.2	11	95	6	2.42
Peter Willey	13	2	31	1	2.38
Geoff Boycott	3	2	2	0	0.67

England innings

17450.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	lbw	2	7	17	0	0	28.6
Geoff Boycott	bowled	12	58	89	0	0	20.7
Mike Brearley	caught	10	53	64	0	0	18.9
David Gower	caught	24	50	58	3	0	48.0
Mike Gatting	lbw	15	29	58	2	0	51.7
Peter Willey	bowled	8	22	29	0	0	36.4
Ian Botham	caught	50	54	80	8	0	92.6
Bob Taylor	caught	5	23	36	1	0	21.7
Graham Dilley	caught	13	17	30	2	0	76.5
Chris Old	caught	0	4	4	0	0	0.0
Bob Willis	not out	1*	4	5	0	0	25.0
Extras	b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 11	34
Total	all out, 50.5 overs	174

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-12 Graham Gooch2-40 Mike Brearley3-42 Geoff Boycott4-84 David Gower5-87 Mike Gatting6-112 Peter Willey7-148 Bob Taylor8-166 Ian Botham9-167 Chris Old10-174 Graham Dilley

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	18.5	7	49	4	2.60
Terry Alderman	19	4	59	3	3.11
Geoff Lawson	13	3	32	3	2.46

England innings

35687.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	caught	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Geoff Boycott	lbw	46	141	215	1	0	32.6
Mike Brearley	caught	14	29	33	3	0	48.3
David Gower	caught	9	22	36	1	0	40.9
Mike Gatting	lbw	1	10	10	0	0	10.0
Peter Willey	caught	33	56	84	6	0	58.9
Ian Botham	not out	149*	148	219	27	1	100.7
Bob Taylor	caught	1	9	9	0	0	11.1
Graham Dilley	bowled	56	75	80	9	0	74.7
Chris Old	bowled	29	31	54	6	0	93.5
Bob Willis	caught	2	9	31	0	0	22.2
Extras	b 5, lb 3, w 3, nb 5	16
Total	all out, 87.3 overs	356

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-0 Graham Gooch2-18 Mike Brearley3-37 David Gower4-41 Mike Gatting5-105 Peter Willey6-133 Geoff Boycott7-135 Bob Taylor8-252 Graham Dilley9-319 Chris Old10-356 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	25	6	94	3	3.76
Terry Alderman	35.3	6	135	6	3.80
Geoff Lawson	23	4	96	1	4.17
Ray Bright	4	0	15	0	3.75

Australia innings chasing 130

11136.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	caught	34	83	119	3	0	41.0
Graeme Wood	caught	10	10	9	2	0	100.0
Trevor Chappell	caught	8	56	68	0	0	14.3
Kim Hughes	caught	0	9	14	0	0	0.0
Graham Yallop	caught	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Allan Border	bowled	0	8	13	0	0	0.0
Rod Marsh	caught	4	9	18	0	0	44.4
Ray Bright	bowled	19	32	49	2	0	59.4
Geoff Lawson	caught	1	2	2	0	0	50.0
Dennis Lillee	caught	17	15	22	3	0	113.3
Terry Alderman	not out	0*	5	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, w 1, nb 14	18
Total	all out, 36.1 overs	111

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-13 Graeme Wood2-56 Trevor Chappell3-58 Kim Hughes4-58 Graham Yallop5-65 Allan Border6-68 John Dyson7-74 Rod Marsh8-75 Geoff Lawson9-110 Dennis Lillee10-111 Ray Bright

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ian Botham	7	3	14	1	2.00
Graham Dilley	2	0	11	0	5.50
Bob Willis	15.1	3	43	8	2.84
Chris Old	9	1	21	1	2.33
Peter Willey	3	1	4	0	1.33

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. 905
Dates: 16 to 21 July 1981
Ground: Leeds
Result: England won by 18 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "australia", "runs": 401,
    "batting": [{"player": "John Dyson", "dismissal": "bowled",
      "runs": 102, "balls": 234, "minutes": 294, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Bob Willis", "overs": "30", "wickets": 0, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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England v Australia

Previous meetingTest, Match drawn, 2 July 1981 Next meetingTest, England won by 29 runs, 30 July 1981