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Thu, 21 Jan - Thu, 21 Jan 1971 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Match drawn
Australia
493/10 (48.30) & 169/4 (46)
England
191/5 (20.00) & 161/10 (58)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
John Edrich
2
Geoff Boycott
2
Bill Lawry
2
Ian Redpath
2
Doug Walters
2
Most Runs Conceed
Alan Thomson
136
Peter Lever
132
Derek Underwood
116
Kerry O'Keeffe
116
John Snow
115
Best Average
Ian Chappell
10.000000
Doug Walters
21.000000
John Gleeson
26.000000
John Snow
28.750000
Bob Willis
28.750000
Best Strike Rate
Bob Willis
0.625000
Colin Cowdrey
0.619047
Doug Walters
0.602564
Rod Marsh
0.593548
John Gleeson
0.555555
Best Bowling Fig
Bob Willis
3
John Gleeson
3
Alan Thomson
3
Ray Illingworth
2
John Snow
2
Basil D'Oliveira
1
Derek Underwood
1
Most Wickets
John Snow
4
Bob Willis
4
John Gleeson
3
Alan Thomson
3
Ray Illingworth
2
Best Economy
Doug Walters
1.750000
Ross Duncan
2.142857
Keith Stackpole
2.262295
Kerry O'Keeffe
2.320000
John Gleeson
2.785714
Most Wickets
Derek Underwood
2
Basil D'Oliveira
1
Ian Chappell
1
Doug Walters
1
Keith Stackpole
1
Highest Score
Basil D'Oliveira
117
Ian Chappell
111
Brian Luckhurst
109
Rod Marsh
92
Geoff Boycott
76
Most Runs
Ian Chappell
141
Basil D'Oliveira
117
Brian Luckhurst
109
Bill Lawry
98
Doug Walters
94
Best Averages
Basil D'Oliveira
117.000000
Brian Luckhurst
109.000000
Doug Walters
94.000000
Geoff Boycott
88.000000
John Edrich
83.000000
Most Fours
Ian Chappell
14
Rod Marsh
12
Basil D'Oliveira
11
Brian Luckhurst
11
Doug Walters
9
Bill Lawry
8
Ian Redpath
8
Most 50s
Rod Marsh
1
Most Runs Conceed
Bob Willis
115
John Gleeson
78
Basil D'Oliveira
71
Keith Stackpole
69
Most Not Outs
John Edrich
2
Geoff Boycott
2
Doug Walters
2
Greg Chappell
2
Rod Marsh
1
Best Economy
John Snow
2.804878
Alan Thomson
3.022222
Best Strike Rate
Ian Chappell
18
Ray Illingworth
39
Bob Willis
45
Most Not Outs
Alan Thomson
1
Bob Willis
1
Best Strike Rate
Ian Chappell
0.482876
Greg Chappell
0.479166
Best Averages
Ian Chappell
70.500000
Bill Lawry
49.000000
Most 100s
Ian Chappell
2
Basil D'Oliveira
1
Brian Luckhurst
1
Best Strike Rate
John Gleeson
56
John Snow
61.5
Doug Walters
72
Alan Thomson
90
Best Average
Ray Illingworth
29.500000
Alan Thomson
45.333333
Derek Underwood
58.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Alan Thomson
110
John Snow
94
Peter Lever
79
Derek Underwood
78
Bob Willis
73
Most Runs
Rod Marsh
92
Geoff Boycott
88
Most Fours
Colin Cowdrey
3
Keith Stackpole
3
Most Balls Faced
Bill Lawry
321
Geoff Boycott
315
Basil D'Oliveira
294
Worst Bowling Fig
Basil D'Oliveira
71
Kerry O'Keeffe
71
John Gleeson
60
Highest Score
John Edrich
74
Ian Redpath
72
Most sixes
Basil D'Oliveira
1
Most Balls Faced
Ian Chappell
292
Brian Luckhurst
280
John Edrich
268
Ian Redpath
196