TestNo. 1062MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by an innings and 14 runs

26 to 28 December 1986Melbourne

Australia

141 & 19473.4 ov

Englandwon by an innings and 14 runs

349120.5 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.

Australia innings

14154.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Marsh	caught	17	47	69	2	0	36.2
David Boon	caught	7	11	20	1	0	63.6
Dean Jones	caught	59	136	154	6	0	43.4
Allan Border	caught	15	26	43	2	0	57.7
Steve Waugh	caught	10	30	43	0	0	33.3
Greg Matthews	caught	14	50	76	1	0	28.0
Peter Sleep	caught	0	8	12	0	0	0.0
Tim Zoehrer	bowled	5	7	12	1	0	71.4
Craig McDermott	caught	0	4	7	0	0	0.0
Merv Hughes	caught	2	15	15	0	0	13.3
Bruce Reid	not out	2*	3	6	0	0	66.7
Extras	b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 7	10
Total	all out, 54.4 overs	141

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-16 David Boon2-44 Geoff Marsh3-80 Allan Border4-108 Steve Waugh5-118 Dean Jones6-118 Peter Sleep7-129 Tim Zoehrer8-133 Craig McDermott9-137 Merv Hughes10-141 Greg Matthews

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Gladstone Small	22.4	7	48	5	2.12
Phil DeFreitas	11	1	30	0	2.73
John Emburey	4	0	16	0	4.00
Ian Botham	16	4	41	5	2.56
Mike Gatting	1	0	4	0	4.00

England innings

349120.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Chris Broad	caught	112	255	329	9	0	43.9
Bill Athey	lbw	21	58	74	1	0	36.2
Mike Gatting	caught	40	118	173	2	0	33.9
Allan Lamb	caught	43	92	140	5	0	46.7
David Gower	caught	7	17	22	1	0	41.2
Ian Botham	caught	29	54	66	4	0	53.7
Jack Richards	caught	3	14	32	0	0	21.4
Phil DeFreitas	caught	7	14	21	1	0	50.0
John Emburey	caught	22	30	42	2	0	73.3
Phil Edmonds	lbw	19	49	67	1	0	38.8
Gladstone Small	not out	21*	36	42	2	0	58.3
Extras	b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 11	25
Total	all out, 120.5 overs	349

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-58 Bill Athey2-163 Mike Gatting3-198 Chris Broad4-219 David Gower5-251 Allan Lamb6-273 Ian Botham7-277 Jack Richards8-289 Phil DeFreitas9-319 John Emburey10-349 Phil Edmonds

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Craig McDermott	26.5	4	83	4	3.09
Merv Hughes	30	3	94	1	3.13
Bruce Reid	28	5	78	4	2.79
Steve Waugh	8	4	16	0	2.00
Peter Sleep	28	4	65	1	2.32

Australia innings

19473.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Marsh	run out	60	142	214	11	0	42.3
David Boon	caught	8	21	21	0	0	38.1
Dean Jones	caught	21	33	45	3	0	63.6
Allan Border	caught	34	82	85	4	0	41.5
Steve Waugh	bowled	49	103	115	3	0	47.6
Greg Matthews	bowled	0	7	8	0	0	0.0
Peter Sleep	run out	6	25	25	1	0	24.0
Tim Zoehrer	caught	1	8	9	0	0	12.5
Craig McDermott	bowled	1	14	16	0	0	7.1
Merv Hughes	caught	8	8	11	2	0	100.0
Bruce Reid	not out	0*	4	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, w 1, nb 2	6
Total	all out, 73.4 overs	194

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-13 David Boon2-48 Dean Jones3-113 Allan Border4-153 Geoff Marsh5-153 Greg Matthews6-175 Peter Sleep7-180 Tim Zoehrer8-185 Steve Waugh9-189 Craig McDermott10-194 Merv Hughes

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Phil DeFreitas	12	1	44	1	3.67
Gladstone Small	15	3	40	2	2.67
Ian Botham	7	1	19	0	2.71
Phil Edmonds	19.4	5	45	3	2.29
John Emburey	20	5	43	2	2.15

Tests in December 1986

4 matches

TestScorecardAustralia514/5d & 201/3d90England455 & 39/223Match drawnAdelaide, 12 December TestScorecardSri Lanka420138India676/7167.1Match drawnKanpur, 17 December TestScorecardAustralia141 & 19473.4England349120.5England won by an innings and 14 runsMelbourne, 26 December TestScorecardSri Lanka204 & 14148.4India451/6d129.5India won by an innings and 106 runsNagpur, 27 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1062
Dates: 26 to 28 December 1986
Ground: Melbourne
Result: England won by an innings and 14 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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    "bowling": [{"player": "Gladstone Small", "overs": "22.4", "wickets": 5, ...}, ...]
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