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5th Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1970

TESTMelbourne Cricket GroundThu, 21 Jan - Tue, 26 Jan 1971

AUS

Australia

493/10 (48.30) & 169/4 (46)

England

191/5 (20.00) & 161/10 (58)

ENG

Match drawn

AUSAustralia innings

493/10 (48.30)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Keith Stackpole c Lever b D'Oliveira	30	92	129	2	0	32.60	In 1971	331	40	1	Career	1457	149	5
Bill Lawry (c) c Snow b Willis	56	191	246	6	0	29.31	In 1971	293	30	0	Career	5203	456	15
Ian Chappell c Luckhurst b Snow	111	212	243	12	0	52.35	In 1971	289	29	0	Career	2056	186	3
Ian Redpath b Snow	72	187	232	7	0	38.50	In 1971	394	37	0	Career	2553	275	0
Doug Walters b Underwood	55	98	128	5	0	56.12	In 1971	286	28	0	Career	2536	223	10
Greg Chappell c Edrich b Willis	3	10	9	0	0	30.00	In 1971	148	13	0	Career	148	13	0
Rod Marsh (WK) not out	92	155	197	12	0	59.35	In 1971	167	21	0	Career	167	21	0
Kerry O'Keeffe c Luckhurst b Illingworth	27	67	99	2	0	40.29	In 1971	27	2	0	Career	27	2	0
John Gleeson c Cowdrey b Willis	5	9	8	1	0	55.55	In 1971	26	4	0	Career	342	34	0
Ross Duncan c Edrich b Illingworth	3	8	5	0	0	37.50	In 1971	3	0	0	Career	3	0	0
Alan Thomson not out	0	17	18	0	0	0.00	In 1971	16	2	0	Career	16	2	0
Extras (b 10, lb 17, nb 12)	39
Total 493/9d 128 Ov (RR: 3.85)	493	1046		47	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
John Snow	29.00	6	94	2	2.43	In 1971	Career
Peter Lever	25.00	6	79	0	2.37	In 1971	Career
Basil D'Oliveira	22.00	6	71	1	2.42	In 1971	Career
Bob Willis	20.00	5	73	3	2.73	In 1971	Career
Derek Underwood	19.00	4	78	1	3.07	In 1971	Career
Ray Illingworth	13.00	0	59	2	3.40	In 1971	Career

ENGEngland innings

191/5 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Geoff Boycott c Redpath b Thomson	12	69	69	1	0	17.39	In 1971	480	43	0	Career	3089	320	2
Brian Luckhurst b Walters	109	280	328	11	0	38.92	In 1971	396	39	0	Career	396	39	0
John Edrich c (wk)Marsh b Thomson	9	47	47	1	0	19.14	In 1971	391	42	0	Career	3102	355	10
Colin Cowdrey c & b Gleeson	13	21	32	3	0	61.90	In 1971	82	8	0	Career	7310	711	13
Basil D'Oliveira c (wk)Marsh b Thomson	117	294	346	11	1	39.79	In 1971	269	25	2	Career	1659	186	10
Ray Illingworth (c) c Redpath b Gleeson	41	136	116	5	0	30.14	In 1971	190	22	0	Career	991	86	0
Alan Knott (WK) lbw b Stackpole	19	127	124	0	0	14.96	In 1971	173	15	0	Career	839	78	1
John Snow b IM Chappell	1	47	55	0	0	2.12	In 1971	76	9	0	Career	349	32	2
Peter Lever run out	19	64	51	1	0	29.68	In 1971	57	6	0	Career	57	6	0
Derek Underwood c & b Gleeson	5	19	24	0	0	26.31	In 1971	7	0	0	Career	183	16	0
Bob Willis not out	5	8	9	0	0	62.50	In 1971	20	1	0	Career	20	1	0
Extras (b 17, lb 14, nb 11)	42
Total 392 137.5 Ov (RR: 2.84)	392	1112		33	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Alan Thomson	34.00	5	110	3	2.42	In 1971	Career
Ross Duncan	14.00	4	30	0	1.60	In 1971	Career
Greg Chappell	8.00	0	21	0	1.96	In 1971	Career
Kerry O'Keeffe	31.00	11	71	0	1.71	In 1971	Career
John Gleeson	25.00	7	60	3	1.80	In 1971	Career
Keith Stackpole	17.50	4	41	1	1.74	In 1971	Career
Doug Walters	5.00	2	7	1	1.05	In 1971	Career
Ian Chappell	3.00	0	10	1	2.50	In 1971	Career

AUSAustralia innings

169/4 (46)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Keith Stackpole c (wk)Knott b Willis	18	58	90	1	0	31.03	In 1971	331	40	1	Career	1457	149	5
Bill Lawry (c) c sub (K Shuttleworth) b Snow	42	130	157	2	0	32.30	In 1971	293	30	0	Career	5203	456	15
Ian Chappell b Underwood	30	80	122	2	0	37.50	In 1971	289	29	0	Career	2056	186	3
Ian Redpath c (wk)Knott b Snow	5	9	9	1	0	55.55	In 1971	394	37	0	Career	2553	275	0
Doug Walters not out	39	58	87	4	0	67.24	In 1971	286	28	0	Career	2536	223	10
Greg Chappell not out	20	38	41	1	0	52.63	In 1971	148	13	0	Career	148	13	0
Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 4)	15
Total 169/4d 46 Ov (RR: 3.67)	169	373		11	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
John Snow	12.00	4	21	2	1.31	In 1971	Career
Peter Lever	12.00	1	53	0	3.31	In 1971	Career
Bob Willis	10.00	1	42	1	3.15	In 1971	Career
Derek Underwood	12.00	0	38	1	2.37	In 1971	Career

ENGEngland innings

161/10 (58)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Geoff Boycott not out	76	246	240	7	0	30.89	In 1971	480	43	0	Career	3089	320	2
John Edrich not out	74	221	240	7	0	33.48	In 1971	391	42	0	Career	3102	355	10
Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 2)	11
Total 161/0 58 Ov (RR: 2.77)	161	467		14	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	ECO	In Season	Career
Alan Thomson	11.00	5	26	1.77	In 1971	Career
Greg Chappell	5.00	0	19	2.85	In 1971	Career
Kerry O'Keeffe	19.00	3	45	1.77	In 1971	Career
John Gleeson	3.00	1	18	4.50	In 1971	Career
Keith Stackpole	13.00	2	28	1.61	In 1971	Career
Doug Walters	7.00	1	14	1.50	In 1971	Career