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1st Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1998

TESTBrisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, BrisbaneFri, 20 Nov - Tue, 24 Nov 1998

AUS

Australia

406/3 (20.00) & 237/3 (62)

England

500/2 (20.00) & 179/6 (68)

ENG

Match drawn

AUSAustralia innings

406/3 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Mark Taylor (c) c Hussain b Cork	46	135	191	6	0	34.07	In 1998	46	6	0	Career	7343	712	9
Michael Slater c Butcher b Mullally	16	40	67	2	0	40.00	In 1998	129	15	1	Career	3184	352	14
Justin Langer lbw b Gough	8	43	55	0	0	18.60	In 1998	82	8	0	Career	565	43	2
Mark Waugh c (wk)Stewart b Mullally	31	50	65	3	0	62.00	In 1998	58	4	0	Career	5505	552	32
Steve Waugh c (wk)Stewart b Mullally	112	232	330	13	0	48.27	In 1998	128	13	0	Career	6843	697	5
Ricky Ponting c Butcher b Cork	21	61	94	1	0	34.42	In 1998	21	1	0	Career	1183	116	7
Ian Healy (WK) c Mullally b Fraser	134	229	303	14	0	58.51	In 1998	134	14	0	Career	4186	414	4
Michael Kasprowicz c (wk)Stewart b Mullally	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	In 1998	0	0	0	Career	180	20	1
Damien Fleming not out	71	107	133	11	0	66.35	In 1998	71	11	0	Career	119	16	0
Stuart MacGill c (wk)Stewart b Mullally	20	30	30	4	0	66.66	In 1998	20	4	0	Career	84	7	1
Glenn McGrath c Atherton b Croft	5	24	35	0	0	20.83	In 1998	5	0	0	Career	162	6	0
Extras (lb 14, nb 6, w 1)	21
Total 485 158 Ov (RR: 3.06, 657 Mins)	485	954		54	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	4s	6s	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Darren Gough	34.00	4	135	1	3.97	1	1	In 1998	1	6/58	Career	105
Dominic Cork	31.00	6	98	2	3.16	0	1	In 1998	3	7/72	Career	97
Alan Mullally	40.00	10	105	5	2.62	0	3	In 1998	5	5/105	Career	33
Robert Croft	23.00	6	55	1	2.39	0	1	In 1998	2	5/95	Career	36
Angus Fraser	28.00	7	76	1	2.71	0	0	In 1998	2	8/75	Career	175
Mark Ramprakash	2.00	1	2	0	1.00	0	0	In 1998	0	1/2	Career	3

ENGEngland innings

500/2 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Mark Butcher c & b ME Waugh	116	236	278	16	0	49.15	In 1998	156	20	0	Career	898	112	0
Mike Atherton c ME Waugh b McGrath	0	14	17	0	0	0.00	In 1998	28	4	0	Career	5963	695	3
Nasser Hussain c (wk)Healy b Kasprowicz	59	99	141	10	0	59.59	In 1998	106	11	2	Career	2139	275	4
Alec Stewart (c)(WK) c Kasprowicz b MacGill	8	9	17	1	0	88.88	In 1998	11	1	0	Career	5663	743	6
Graham Thorpe c Langer b McGrath	77	168	231	7	0	45.83	In 1998	86	7	0	Career	3452	418	1
Mark Ramprakash not out	69	166	234	6	0	41.56	In 1998	83	7	0	Career	1278	135	1
Dominic Cork c MacGill b McGrath	0	11	16	0	0	0.00	In 1998	21	3	0	Career	616	78	1
Robert Croft b Kasprowicz	23	48	51	3	0	47.91	In 1998	27	3	0	Career	295	36	2
Darren Gough lbw b McGrath	0	23	24	0	0	0.00	In 1998	0	0	0	Career	425	48	6
Alan Mullally c Kasprowicz b McGrath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1998	0	0	0	Career	79	12	1
Angus Fraser c ME Waugh b McGrath	1	7	7	0	0	14.28	In 1998	1	0	0	Career	381	33	2
Extras (b 1, lb 9, nb 12)	22
Total 375 128.2 Ov (RR: 2.92, 513 Mins)	375	782		43	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	6s	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Glenn McGrath	34.20	11	85	6	2.47	3	In 1998	7	8/38	Career	185
Damien Fleming	27.00	5	83	0	3.07	0	In 1998	0	4/75	Career	21
Michael Kasprowicz	29.00	7	82	2	2.82	6	In 1998	2	7/56	Career	38
Stuart MacGill	24.00	4	70	1	2.91	2	In 1998	4	5/66	Career	24
Steve Waugh	3.00	0	17	0	5.66	0	In 1998	0	5/20	Career	87
Ricky Ponting	3.00	0	10	0	3.33	0	In 1998	0	1/0	Career	3
Mark Waugh	8.00	1	18	1	2.25	1	In 1998	3	5/33	Career	48

AUSAustralia innings

237/3 (62)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Michael Slater c & b Fraser	113	139	190	13	1	81.29	In 1998	129	15	1	Career	3184	352	14
Mark Taylor (c) b Cork	0	5	12	0	0	0.00	In 1998	46	6	0	Career	7343	712	9
Justin Langer c Mullally b Croft	74	149	202	8	0	49.66	In 1998	82	8	0	Career	565	43	2
Mark Waugh not out	27	54	76	1	0	50.00	In 1998	58	4	0	Career	5505	552	32
Steve Waugh not out	16	31	51	0	0	51.61	In 1998	128	13	0	Career	6843	697	5
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 5)	7
Total 237/3d 62 Ov (RR: 3.82, 267 Mins)	237	378		22	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	6s	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Darren Gough	6.00	0	50	0	8.33	1	In 1998	1	6/58	Career	105
Dominic Cork	5.00	0	18	1	3.60	0	In 1998	3	7/72	Career	97
Alan Mullally	14.00	4	38	0	2.71	2	In 1998	5	5/105	Career	33
Angus Fraser	15.00	1	52	1	3.46	2	In 1998	2	8/75	Career	175
Robert Croft	20.00	2	71	1	3.55	0	In 1998	2	5/95	Career	36
Mark Ramprakash	2.00	0	6	0	3.00	0	In 1998	0	1/2	Career	3

ENGEngland innings

179/6 (68)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Mark Butcher lbw b MacGill	40	98	139	4	0	40.81	In 1998	156	20	0	Career	898	112	0
Mike Atherton c Fleming b McGrath	28	55	65	4	0	50.90	In 1998	28	4	0	Career	5963	695	3
Nasser Hussain b MacGill	47	122	149	1	2	38.52	In 1998	106	11	2	Career	2139	275	4
Alec Stewart (c)(WK) c Ponting b ME Waugh	3	8	9	0	0	37.50	In 1998	11	1	0	Career	5663	743	6
Graham Thorpe c Langer b ME Waugh	9	27	41	0	0	33.33	In 1998	86	7	0	Career	3452	418	1
Mark Ramprakash st (wk)Healy b MacGill	14	45	39	1	0	31.11	In 1998	83	7	0	Career	1278	135	1
Dominic Cork not out	21	37	39	3	0	56.75	In 1998	21	3	0	Career	616	78	1
Robert Croft not out	4	25	23	0	0	16.00	In 1998	27	3	0	Career	295	36	2
Extras (lb 3, nb 9, w 1)	13
Total 179/6 68 Ov (RR: 2.63, 255 Mins)	179	417		13	2

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	4s	6s	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Glenn McGrath	16.00	6	30	1	1.87	0	0	In 1998	7	8/38	Career	185
Michael Kasprowicz	8.00	3	28	0	3.50	1	0	In 1998	2	7/56	Career	38
Damien Fleming	7.00	2	12	0	1.71	0	2	In 1998	0	4/75	Career	21
Stuart MacGill	22.00	3	51	3	2.31	0	0	In 1998	4	5/66	Career	24
Mark Waugh	14.00	0	55	2	3.92	0	7	In 1998	3	5/33	Career	48
Ricky Ponting	1.00	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	In 1998	0	1/0	Career	3