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5th Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1986

TESTSydney Cricket GroundSat, 10 Jan - Thu, 15 Jan 1987

AUS

Australia

514/10 (20.00) & 251/10 (117)

England

388/3 (20.00) & 264/10 (114)

ENG

Australia won by 55 runs

AUSAustralia innings

514/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Geoff Marsh c Gatting b Small	24	57	86	2	0	42.10	In 1987	Career
Greg Ritchie lbw b Dilley	6	12	20	1	0	50.00	In 1987	Career
Dean Jones not out	184	421	540	12	1	43.70	In 1987	Career
Allan Border (c) c Botham b Edmonds	34	112	137	3	0	30.35	In 1987	Career
Dirk Wellham c (wk)Richards b Small	17	49	49	2	0	34.69	In 1987	Career
Steve Waugh c (wk)Richards b Small	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1987	Career
Peter Sleep c (wk)Richards b Small	9	15	16	1	0	60.00	In 1987	Career
Tim Zoehrer (WK) c Gatting b Small	12	38	56	0	0	31.57	In 1987	Career
Peter Taylor c Emburey b Edmonds	11	64	84	1	0	17.18	In 1987	Career
Merv Hughes c Botham b Edmonds	16	108	116	1	0	14.81	In 1987	Career
Bruce Reid b Dilley	4	3	5	1	0	133.33	In 1987	Career
Extras (b 12, lb 4, nb 8, w 2)	26
Total 343 144.5 Ov (RR: 2.36)	343

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Graham Dilley	23.50	5	67	2	2.81	In 1987	Career
Gladstone Small	33.00	11	75	5	2.27	In 1987	Career
Ian Botham	23.00	10	42	0	1.82	In 1987	Career
John Emburey	30.00	4	62	0	2.06	In 1987	Career
Phil Edmonds	34.00	5	79	3	2.32	In 1987	Career
Mike Gatting	1.00	0	2	0	2.00	In 1987	Career

ENGEngland innings

388/3 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Chris Broad lbw b Hughes	6	19	22	1	0	31.57	In 1987	Career
Bill Athey c (wk)Zoehrer b Hughes	5	7	12	1	0	71.42	In 1987	Career
Mike Gatting (c) lbw b Reid	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	In 1987	Career
Allan Lamb c (wk)Zoehrer b Taylor	24	60	92	4	0	40.00	In 1987	Career
David Gower c Wellham b Taylor	72	144	133	12	0	50.00	In 1987	Career
Ian Botham c Marsh b Taylor	16	13	15	2	1	123.07	In 1987	Career
Jack Richards (WK) c Wellham b Reid	46	136	162	7	0	33.82	In 1987	Career
John Emburey b Taylor	69	168	210	8	0	41.07	In 1987	Career
Phil Edmonds c Marsh b Taylor	3	14	15	0	0	21.42	In 1987	Career
Gladstone Small b Taylor	14	31	55	1	0	45.16	In 1987	Career
Graham Dilley not out	4	4	10	1	0	100.00	In 1987	Career
Extras (b 9, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	16
Total 275 94 Ov (RR: 2.92)	275

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Merv Hughes	16.00	3	58	2	3.62	In 1987	Career
Bruce Reid	25.00	7	74	2	2.96	In 1987	Career
Steve Waugh	6.00	4	6	0	1.00	In 1987	Career
Peter Taylor	26.00	7	78	6	3.00	In 1987	Career
Peter Sleep	21.00	6	47	0	2.23	In 1987	Career

AUSAustralia innings

251/10 (117)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Geoff Marsh c Emburey b Dilley	14	39	52	2	0	35.89	In 1987	Career
Greg Ritchie c Botham b Edmonds	13	46	67	0	0	28.26	In 1987	Career
Dean Jones c (wk)Richards b Emburey	30	109	146	2	0	27.52	In 1987	Career
Allan Border (c) b Edmonds	49	95	113	8	0	51.57	In 1987	Career
Dirk Wellham c Lamb b Emburey	1	17	26	0	0	5.88	In 1987	Career
Steve Waugh c Athey b Emburey	73	172	185	5	0	42.44	In 1987	Career
Peter Sleep c Lamb b Emburey	10	25	22	2	0	40.00	In 1987	Career
Tim Zoehrer (WK) lbw b Emburey	1	14	11	0	0	7.14	In 1987	Career
Peter Taylor c Lamb b Emburey	42	154	160	1	0	27.27	In 1987	Career
Merv Hughes b Emburey	5	27	31	0	0	18.51	In 1987	Career
Bruce Reid not out	1	5	7	0	0	20.00	In 1987	Career
Extras (b 5, lb 7)	12
Total 251 117 Ov (RR: 2.14)	251

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Graham Dilley	15.00	4	48	1	3.20	In 1987	Career
Gladstone Small	8.00	2	17	0	2.12	In 1987	Career
Phil Edmonds	43.00	16	79	2	1.83	In 1987	Career
John Emburey	46.00	15	78	7	1.69	In 1987	Career
Ian Botham	3.00	0	17	0	5.66	In 1987	Career
Mike Gatting	2.00	2	0	0	0.00	In 1987	Career

ENGEngland innings

264/10 (114)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Chris Broad c & b Sleep	17	31	39	1	0	54.83	In 1987	Career
Bill Athey b Sleep	31	134	164	3	0	23.13	In 1987	Career
David Gower c Marsh b Border	37	92	119	5	0	40.21	In 1987	Career
Allan Lamb c Waugh b Taylor	3	25	26	0	0	12.00	In 1987	Career
Mike Gatting (c) c & b Waugh	96	161	210	10	1	59.62	In 1987	Career
Ian Botham c Wellham b Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1987	Career
Jack Richards (WK) b Sleep	38	166	218	2	0	22.89	In 1987	Career
John Emburey b Sleep	22	56	68	4	0	39.28	In 1987	Career
Phil Edmonds lbw b Sleep	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1987	Career
Gladstone Small c Border b Reid	0	19	27	0	0	0.00	In 1987	Career
Graham Dilley not out	2	2	6	0	0	100.00	In 1987	Career
Extras (b 8, lb 6, nb 3, w 1)	18
Total 264 114 Ov (RR: 2.31)	264

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Merv Hughes	12.00	3	32	0	2.66	In 1987	Career
Bruce Reid	19.00	8	32	1	1.68	In 1987	Career
Peter Sleep	35.00	14	72	5	2.05	In 1987	Career
Peter Taylor	29.00	10	76	2	2.62	In 1987	Career
Allan Border	13.00	6	25	1	1.92	In 1987	Career
Steve Waugh	6.00	2	13	1	2.16	In 1987	Career