TestNo. 1436MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by 12 runs

26 to 29 December 1998Melbourne

Australia

340 & 16246.4 ov

Englandwon by 12 runs

270 & 24480.2 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

27076 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	caught	0	5	3	0	0	0.0
Alec Stewart	bowled	107	160	212	16	0	66.9
Mark Butcher	caught	0	7	9	0	0	0.0
Nasser Hussain	caught	19	56	83	2	0	33.9
Mark Ramprakash	caught	63	92	120	5	0	68.5
Graeme Hick	caught	39	67	84	3	1	58.2
Warren Hegg	caught	3	5	11	0	0	60.0
Dean Headley	caught	14	49	52	0	0	28.6
Darren Gough	bowled	11	14	21	2	0	78.6
Angus Fraser	not out	0*	2	11	0	0	0.0
Alan Mullally	lbw	0	5	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 7, w 1, nb 6	14
Total	all out, 76 overs	270

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-0 Mike Atherton2-4 Mark Butcher3-81 Nasser Hussain4-200 Alec Stewart5-202 Mark Ramprakash6-206 Warren Hegg7-244 Dean Headley8-266 Graeme Hick9-270 Darren Gough10-270 Alan Mullally

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Glenn McGrath	22	5	64	3	2.91	0	5
Damien Fleming	19	3	71	0	3.74	0	1
Matthew Nicholson	10	0	59	1	5.90	0	0
Stuart MacGill	19	2	61	4	3.21	1	0
Steve Waugh	6	2	8	2	1.33	0	0

Australia innings

34098.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor	caught	7	29	44	0	0	24.1
Michael Slater	lbw	1	14	18	0	0	7.1
Justin Langer	caught	44	103	168	5	0	42.7
Mark Waugh	lbw	36	67	93	3	0	53.7
Steve Waugh	not out	122*	198	315	13	0	61.6
Darren Lehmann	caught	13	23	28	2	0	56.5
Ian Healy	caught	36	55	68	3	0	65.5
Damien Fleming	caught	12	30	41	2	0	40.0
Matthew Nicholson	bowled	5	18	23	0	0	27.8
Stuart MacGill	caught	43	63	98	3	0	68.3
Glenn McGrath	bowled	0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 6, nb 11	21
Total	all out, 98.3 overs	340

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-13 Michael Slater2-26 Mark Taylor3-98 Mark Waugh4-127 Justin Langer5-151 Darren Lehmann6-209 Ian Healy7-235 Damien Fleming8-252 Matthew Nicholson9-340 Stuart MacGill10-340 Glenn McGrath

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Darren Gough	28	7	96	5	3.43	4
Dean Headley	25	3	86	0	3.44	3
Alan Mullally	21.3	5	64	3	2.98	0
Mark Ramprakash	2	0	6	0	3.00	0
Angus Fraser	22	0	78	2	3.55	4

England innings

24480.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	bowled	0	9	8	0	0	0.0
Alec Stewart	caught	52	98	120	4	0	53.1
Mark Butcher	caught	14	45	67	0	0	31.1
Dean Headley	bowled	1	15	22	0	0	6.7
Nasser Hussain	caught	50	131	157	6	0	38.2
Mark Ramprakash	bowled	14	43	66	0	0	32.6
Graeme Hick	bowled	60	82	123	8	0	73.2
Warren Hegg	caught	9	21	28	1	0	42.9
Darren Gough	caught	4	14	20	0	0	28.6
Angus Fraser	not out	7*	20	27	0	0	35.0
Alan Mullally	caught	16	15	21	3	0	106.7
Extras	b 2, lb 4, nb 11	17
Total	all out, 80.2 overs	244

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-5 Mike Atherton2-61 Mark Butcher3-66 Dean Headley4-78 Alec Stewart5-127 Mark Ramprakash6-178 Nasser Hussain7-202 Warren Hegg8-221 Darren Gough9-221 Graeme Hick10-244 Alan Mullally

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Glenn McGrath	20.2	5	56	2	2.75	6
Damien Fleming	17	4	45	2	2.65	1
Matthew Nicholson	15	4	56	3	3.73	0
Stuart MacGill	27	3	81	3	3.00	4
Mark Waugh	1	1	0	0	0.00	0

Australia innings chasing 175

16246.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	lbw	18	23	26	3	0	78.3
Mark Taylor	caught	19	33	50	1	0	57.6
Justin Langer	caught	30	53	105	3	0	56.6
Mark Waugh	caught	43	81	116	2	0	53.1
Steve Waugh	not out	30*	49	108	2	0	61.2
Darren Lehmann	caught	4	7	11	0	0	57.1
Ian Healy	caught	0	2	8	0	0	0.0
Damien Fleming	lbw	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Matthew Nicholson	caught	9	29	41	0	0	31.0
Stuart MacGill	bowled	0	2	4	0	0	0.0
Glenn McGrath	lbw	0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 1, nb 4	9
Total	all out, 46.4 overs	162

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-31 Michael Slater2-41 Mark Taylor3-103 Justin Langer4-130 Mark Waugh5-140 Darren Lehmann6-140 Ian Healy7-140 Damien Fleming8-161 Matthew Nicholson9-162 Stuart MacGill10-162 Glenn McGrath

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Darren Gough	15.4	2	54	2	3.45	1
Dean Headley	17	5	60	6	3.53	3
Alan Mullally	10	4	20	2	2.00	0
Angus Fraser	4	0	23	0	5.75	0

Tests in December 1998

6 matches

TestScorecardZimbabwe183 & 48/012Pakistan325/9d113Match drawnLahore, 10 December TestScorecardSouth Africa245 & 19563.5West Indies121 & 14138.2South Africa won by 178 runsGqeberha, 10 December TestScorecardAustralia391 & 278/5d98England227 & 23789Australia won by 205 runsAdelaide, 11 December TestScorecardWest Indies198 & 25982.2South Africa312 & 147/148.4South Africa won by 9 wicketsDurban, 26 December TestScorecardEngland270 & 24480.2Australia340 & 16246.4England won by 12 runsMelbourne, 26 December TestScorecardIndia208 & 356115New Zealand352 & 215/660.3New Zealand won by 4 wicketsWellington, 26 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1436
Dates: 26 to 29 December 1998
Ground: Melbourne
Result: England won by 12 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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    "bowling": [{"player": "Glenn McGrath", "overs": "22", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
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