Australia v England
Australia won by 8 wickets
26 to 30 December 1990Melbourne
Australiawon by 8 wickets
306 & 197/286 ov
England
352 & 15073 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
352131.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | lbw | 20 | 33 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 60.6 |
| Mike Atherton | caught | 0 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Larkins | caught | 64 | 145 | 218 | 5 | 0 | 44.1 |
| Robin Smith | caught | 30 | 86 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 34.9 |
| David Gower | caught | 100 | 170 | 254 | 8 | 0 | 58.8 |
| Alec Stewart | caught | 79 | 211 | 279 | 4 | 0 | 37.4 |
| Jack Russell | caught | 15 | 55 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Phil DeFreitas | caught | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Angus Fraser | caught | 24 | 55 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 43.6 |
| Devon Malcolm | caught | 6 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Phil Tufnell | not out | 0* | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 2, nb 9 | 11 | |||||
| Total | all out, 131.4 overs | 352 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360
1-12 Mike Atherton2-30 Graham Gooch3-109 Robin Smith4-152 Wayne Larkins5-274 David Gower6-303 Jack Russell7-307 Phil DeFreitas8-324 Alec Stewart9-344 Devon Malcolm10-352 Angus Fraser
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Alderman | 30.4 | 7 | 86 | 2 | 2.80 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Reid | 39 | 8 | 97 | 6 | 2.49 | 0 | 1 |
| Merv Hughes | 29 | 7 | 83 | 2 | 2.86 | 0 | 6 |
| Greg Matthews | 27 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 2.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
306112.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Marsh | caught | 36 | 62 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 58.1 |
| Mark Taylor | caught | 61 | 177 | 256 | 4 | 0 | 34.5 |
| David Boon | caught | 28 | 82 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 34.1 |
| Allan Border | caught | 62 | 164 | 239 | 5 | 0 | 37.8 |
| Dean Jones | caught | 44 | 57 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 77.2 |
| Steve Waugh | bowled | 19 | 47 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Greg Matthews | lbw | 12 | 54 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Ian Healy | caught | 5 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Merv Hughes | lbw | 4 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 |
| Terry Alderman | bowled | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Reid | not out | 3* | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 12, nb 16 | 32 | |||||
| Total | all out, 112.5 overs | 306 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360
1-63 Geoff Marsh2-133 David Boon3-149 Mark Taylor4-224 Dean Jones5-264 Steve Waugh6-281 Allan Border7-289 Ian Healy8-298 Greg Matthews9-302 Terry Alderman10-306 Merv Hughes
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Malcolm | 25.5 | 4 | 74 | 2 | 2.86 | 0 | 6 |
| Angus Fraser | 39 | 10 | 82 | 6 | 2.10 | 0 | 9 |
| Phil Tufnell | 21 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 2.95 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil DeFreitas | 25 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 2.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Atherton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
15073 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | caught | 58 | 116 | 147 | 9 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Mike Atherton | caught | 4 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Wayne Larkins | caught | 54 | 171 | 232 | 6 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Robin Smith | caught | 8 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 53.3 |
| David Gower | caught | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alec Stewart | caught | 8 | 60 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 |
| Jack Russell | caught | 1 | 33 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Phil DeFreitas | lbw | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Angus Fraser | caught | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Devon Malcolm | lbw | 1 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| Phil Tufnell | not out | 0* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 7, lb 3, nb 6 | 16 | |||||
| Total | all out, 73 overs | 150 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360
1-17 Mike Atherton2-103 Graham Gooch3-115 Robin Smith4-122 David Gower5-147 Alec Stewart6-148 Wayne Larkins7-148 Phil DeFreitas8-148 Angus Fraser9-150 Jack Russell10-150 Devon Malcolm
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Alderman | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1.90 | 0 | 4 |
| Bruce Reid | 22 | 12 | 51 | 7 | 2.32 | 0 | 1 |
| Merv Hughes | 9 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 2.89 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Matthews | 25 | 9 | 40 | 3 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 197
197/286 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Marsh | not out | 79* | 257 | 363 | 7 | 0 | 30.7 |
| Mark Taylor | caught | 5 | 24 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 20.8 |
| Ian Healy | caught | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| David Boon | not out | 94* | 234 | 321 | 8 | 0 | 40.2 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 12, nb 2 | 18 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 86 overs | 197 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360
1-9 Mark Taylor2-10 Ian Healy
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Malcolm | 23 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 2.26 | 0 | 1 |
| Angus Fraser | 20 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Tufnell | 24 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil DeFreitas | 16 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Atherton | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |