TestNo. 907MenScorecard

England v Australia

England won by 103 runs

13 to 17 August 1981Manchester

Englandwon by 103 runs

231 & 404151.4 ov

Australia

130 & 402135.5 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

23186.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	lbw	10	19	29	1	0	52.6
Geoff Boycott	caught	10	20	24	1	0	50.0
Chris Tavaré	caught	69	193	287	7	0	35.8
David Gower	caught	23	49	69	3	0	46.9
Mike Brearley	lbw	2	6	5	0	0	33.3
Mike Gatting	caught	32	42	55	4	0	76.2
Ian Botham	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Alan Knott	caught	13	55	63	1	0	23.6
John Emburey	caught	1	18	17	0	0	5.6
Paul Allott	not out	52*	92	117	5	0	56.5
Bob Willis	caught	11	23	53	1	0	47.8
Extras	lb 6, w 2	8
Total	all out, 86.1 overs	231

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-19 Geoff Boycott2-25 Graham Gooch3-57 David Gower4-62 Mike Brearley5-109 Mike Gatting6-109 Ian Botham7-131 Alan Knott8-137 John Emburey9-175 Chris Tavaré10-231 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	24.1	8	55	4	2.28
Terry Alderman	29	5	88	4	3.03
Mike Whitney	17	3	50	2	2.94
Ray Bright	16	6	30	0	1.88

Australia innings

13030.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw	19	16	27	3	1	118.8
John Dyson	caught	0	11	18	0	0	0.0
Kim Hughes	lbw	4	3	2	1	0	133.3
Graham Yallop	caught	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Martin Kent	caught	52	45	70	7	0	115.6
Allan Border	caught	11	23	30	1	0	47.8
Rod Marsh	caught	1	2	2	0	0	50.0
Ray Bright	caught	22	55	85	2	0	40.0
Dennis Lillee	caught	13	25	38	2	0	52.0
Mike Whitney	bowled	0	7	6	0	0	0.0
Terry Alderman	not out	2*	1	2	0	0	200.0
Extras	nb 6	6
Total	all out, 30.2 overs	130

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-20 John Dyson2-24 Kim Hughes3-24 Graham Yallop4-24 Graeme Wood5-58 Allan Border6-59 Rod Marsh7-104 Martin Kent8-125 Dennis Lillee9-126 Mike Whitney10-130 Ray Bright

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	14	0	63	4	4.50
Paul Allott	6	1	17	2	2.83
Ian Botham	6.2	1	28	3	4.42
John Emburey	4	0	16	1	4.00

England innings

404151.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	bowled	5	18	14	1	0	27.8
Geoff Boycott	lbw	37	122	170	2	0	30.3
Chris Tavaré	caught	78	289	423	3	0	27.0
David Gower	caught	1	21	22	0	0	4.8
Mike Gatting	lbw	11	44	63	1	0	25.0
Mike Brearley	caught	3	20	17	0	0	15.0
Ian Botham	caught	118	102	123	13	6	115.7
Alan Knott	caught	59	89	115	8	0	66.3
John Emburey	caught	57	122	161	7	0	46.7
Paul Allott	caught	14	81	94	0	0	17.3
Bob Willis	not out	5*	6	12	1	0	83.3
Extras	b 1, lb 12, nb 3	16
Total	all out, 151.4 overs	404

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-7 Graham Gooch2-79 Geoff Boycott3-80 David Gower4-98 Mike Gatting5-104 Mike Brearley6-253 Ian Botham7-282 Chris Tavaré8-356 Alan Knott9-396 John Emburey10-404 Paul Allott

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	46	13	137	2	2.98
Terry Alderman	52	19	109	5	2.10
Mike Whitney	27	6	74	2	2.74
Ray Bright	26.4	12	68	1	2.55

Australia innings chasing 506

402135.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	run out	5	14	12	1	0	35.7
Graeme Wood	caught	6	16	29	1	0	37.5
Kim Hughes	lbw	43	72	90	8	0	59.7
Graham Yallop	bowled	114	125	177	17	0	91.2
Allan Border	not out	123*	356	420	17	0	34.6
Martin Kent	caught	2	17	23	0	0	11.8
Rod Marsh	caught	47	101	110	6	1	46.5
Ray Bright	caught	5	29	39	0	0	17.2
Dennis Lillee	caught	28	65	83	3	0	43.1
Terry Alderman	lbw	0	10	13	0	0	0.0
Mike Whitney	caught	0	42	38	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 9, w 2, nb 18	29
Total	all out, 135.5 overs	402

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-7 John Dyson2-24 Graeme Wood3-119 Kim Hughes4-198 Graham Yallop5-206 Martin Kent6-296 Rod Marsh7-322 Ray Bright8-373 Dennis Lillee9-378 Terry Alderman10-402 Mike Whitney

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	30.5	2	96	3	3.11
Paul Allott	17	3	71	2	4.18
Ian Botham	36	16	86	2	2.39
John Emburey	49	9	107	2	2.18
Mike Gatting	3	1	13	0	4.33

Tests in August 1981

2 matches

TestScorecardEngland231 & 404151.4Australia130 & 402135.5England won by 103 runsManchester, 13 August TestScorecardAustralia352 & 344/9d104.2England314 & 261/795Match drawnThe Oval, 27 August

Match facts

Format: Test No. 907
Dates: 13 to 17 August 1981
Ground: Manchester
Result: England won by 103 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "england", "runs": 231,
    "batting": [{"player": "Chris Tavaré", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 69, "balls": 193, "minutes": 287, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Dennis Lillee", "overs": "24.1", "wickets": 4, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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England v Australia

Previous meetingTest, England won by 29 runs, 30 July 1981 Next meetingTest, Match drawn, 27 August 1981