TestNo. 906MenScorecard

England v Australia

England won by 29 runs

30 July to 2 August 1981Birmingham

Englandwon by 29 runs

189 & 21992 ov

Australia

258 & 12167 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

18969.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	13	42	44	1	0	31.0
Mike Brearley	caught	48	109	166	6	0	44.0
David Gower	caught	0	10	10	0	0	0.0
Graham Gooch	caught	21	43	50	3	0	48.8
Mike Gatting	caught	21	46	89	2	0	45.7
Peter Willey	bowled	16	59	66	2	0	27.1
Ian Botham	bowled	26	43	58	3	0	60.5
John Emburey	bowled	3	33	39	0	0	9.1
Bob Taylor	bowled	0	3	1	0	0	0.0
Chris Old	not out	11*	23	35	0	0	47.8
Bob Willis	caught	13	15	11	2	0	86.7
Extras	b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 10	17
Total	all out, 69.1 overs	189

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-29 Geoff Boycott2-29 David Gower3-60 Graham Gooch4-101 Mike Brearley5-126 Mike Gatting6-145 Peter Willey7-161 Ian Botham8-161 Bob Taylor9-165 John Emburey10-189 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	18	4	61	2	3.39
Terry Alderman	23.1	8	42	5	1.81
Rodney Hogg	16	3	49	1	3.06
Ray Bright	12	4	20	2	1.67

Australia innings

25886.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	run out	38	139	174	2	0	27.3
John Dyson	bowled	1	11	14	0	0	9.1
Allan Border	caught	2	24	25	0	0	8.3
Ray Bright	lbw	27	51	63	4	0	52.9
Kim Hughes	lbw	47	101	112	7	0	46.5
Graham Yallop	bowled	30	70	98	3	0	42.9
Martin Kent	caught	46	81	109	6	0	56.8
Rod Marsh	bowled	2	24	25	0	0	8.3
Dennis Lillee	bowled	18	43	40	3	0	41.9
Rodney Hogg	run out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Terry Alderman	not out	3*	3	6	0	0	100.0
Extras	b 4, lb 19, nb 21	44
Total	all out, 86.5 overs	258

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-5 John Dyson2-14 Allan Border3-62 Ray Bright4-115 Graeme Wood5-166 Kim Hughes6-203 Graham Yallop7-220 Rod Marsh8-253 Martin Kent9-253 Rodney Hogg10-258 Dennis Lillee

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	19	3	63	0	3.32
Chris Old	21	8	44	3	2.10
John Emburey	26.5	12	43	4	1.60
Ian Botham	20	1	64	1	3.20

England innings

21992 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	29	136	190	3	0	21.3
Mike Brearley	lbw	13	17	17	2	0	76.5
David Gower	caught	23	59	70	2	0	39.0
Graham Gooch	bowled	21	93	116	3	0	22.6
Mike Gatting	bowled	39	71	103	3	0	54.9
Peter Willey	bowled	5	22	23	1	0	22.7
Ian Botham	caught	3	11	15	0	0	27.3
Chris Old	caught	23	24	27	3	0	95.8
John Emburey	not out	37*	79	92	5	0	46.8
Bob Taylor	lbw	8	47	70	0	0	17.0
Bob Willis	caught	2	5	3	0	0	40.0
Extras	lb 6, w 1, nb 9	16
Total	all out, 92 overs	219

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-18 Mike Brearley2-52 David Gower3-89 Geoff Boycott4-98 Graham Gooch5-110 Peter Willey6-115 Ian Botham7-154 Chris Old8-167 Mike Gatting9-217 Bob Taylor10-219 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	26	9	51	2	1.96
Terry Alderman	22	5	65	3	2.95
Rodney Hogg	10	3	19	0	1.90
Ray Bright	34	17	68	5	2.00

Australia innings chasing 151

12167 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw	2	5	7	0	0	40.0
John Dyson	lbw	13	46	62	1	0	28.3
Allan Border	caught	40	175	213	4	0	22.9
Kim Hughes	caught	5	11	16	0	0	45.5
Graham Yallop	caught	30	96	114	5	0	31.3
Martin Kent	bowled	10	45	68	1	0	22.2
Rod Marsh	bowled	4	8	9	1	0	50.0
Ray Bright	lbw	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Dennis Lillee	caught	3	19	19	0	0	15.8
Rodney Hogg	not out	0*	6	11	0	0	0.0
Terry Alderman	bowled	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 2, nb 11	14
Total	all out, 67 overs	121

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-2 Graeme Wood2-19 John Dyson3-29 Kim Hughes4-87 Graham Yallop5-105 Allan Border6-114 Rod Marsh7-114 Ray Bright8-120 Dennis Lillee9-121 Martin Kent10-121 Terry Alderman

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	20	6	37	2	1.85
Chris Old	11	4	19	1	1.73
John Emburey	22	10	40	2	1.82
Ian Botham	14	9	11	5	0.79

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. 906
Dates: 30 July to 2 August 1981
Ground: Birmingham
Result: England won by 29 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
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    "batting": [{"player": "Mike Brearley", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 48, "balls": 109, "minutes": 166, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Dennis Lillee", "overs": "18", "wickets": 2, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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England v Australia

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