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1st Test-The Ashes (Australia in England) 1997

TESTEdgbaston, BirminghamThu, 05 Jun - Sun, 08 Jun 1997 - 15:30

ENG

England

355/10 (31.10) & 119/1 (21.3)

Australia

478/3 (20.00) & 477/10 (144.4)

AUS

England won by 9 wickets

AUSAustralia innings

478/3 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Mark Taylor (c) c Butcher b Malcolm	7	16	23	1	0	43.75	In 1997	Career
Matthew Elliott b Gough	6	13	18	1	0	46.15	In 1997	Career
Greg Blewett c Hussain b Gough	7	15	35	0	0	46.66	In 1997	Career
Mark Waugh b Gough	5	25	23	1	0	20.00	In 1997	Career
Steve Waugh c (wk)Stewart b Caddick	12	20	31	3	0	60.00	In 1997	Career
Michael Bevan c Ealham b Malcolm	8	21	31	1	0	38.09	In 1997	Career
Ian Healy (WK) c (wk)Stewart b Caddick	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	In 1997	Career
Jason Gillespie lbw b Caddick	4	8	13	1	0	50.00	In 1997	Career
Shane Warne c Malcolm b Caddick	47	46	62	8	0	102.17	In 1997	Career
Michael Kasprowicz c Butcher b Caddick	17	28	42	3	0	60.71	In 1997	Career
Glenn McGrath not out	1	3	9	0	0	33.33	In 1997	Career
Extras (nb 2, w 2)	4
Total 118 31.5 Ov (RR: 3.70)	118	196		19	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	4s	6s	In Season	Career
Darren Gough	10.00	1	43	3	4.30	2	3	In 1997	Career
Devon Malcolm	10.00	2	25	2	2.50	0	0	In 1997	Career
Andy Caddick	11.50	1	50	5	4.22	0	2	In 1997	Career

ENGEngland innings

355/10 (31.10)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Mark Butcher c (wk)Healy b Kasprowicz	8	13	16	2	0	61.53	In 1997	Career
Mike Atherton (c) c (wk)Healy b McGrath	2	4	10	0	0	50.00	In 1997	Career
Alec Stewart (WK) c Elliott b Gillespie	18	33	52	3	0	54.54	In 1997	Career
Nasser Hussain c (wk)Healy b Warne	207	337	437	38	0	61.42	In 1997	Career
Graham Thorpe c Bevan b McGrath	138	245	290	19	0	56.32	In 1997	Career
John Crawley c (wk)Healy b Kasprowicz	1	14	19	0	0	7.14	In 1997	Career
Mark Ealham not out	53	131	171	7	0	40.45	In 1997	Career
Robert Croft c (wk)Healy b Kasprowicz	24	56	70	4	0	42.85	In 1997	Career
Darren Gough c (wk)Healy b Kasprowicz	0	9	8	0	0	0.00	In 1997	Career
Andy Caddick lbw b Bevan	0	7	11	0	0	0.00	In 1997	Career
Extras (b 4, lb 7, nb 15, w 1)	27
Total 478/9d 138.4 Ov (RR: 3.44)	478	849		73	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	4s	6s	In Season	Career
Glenn McGrath	32.00	8	107	2	3.34	0	7	In 1997	Career
Michael Kasprowicz	39.00	8	113	4	2.89	1	6	In 1997	Career
Jason Gillespie	10.00	1	48	1	4.80	0	1	In 1997	Career
Shane Warne	35.00	8	110	1	3.14	0	1	In 1997	Career
Michael Bevan	10.40	0	44	1	4.12	0	0	In 1997	Career
Steve Waugh	12.00	2	45	0	3.75	0	2	In 1997	Career

AUSAustralia innings

119/1 (21.3)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Matthew Elliott b Croft	66	113	145	12	0	58.40	In 1997	Career
Mark Taylor (c) c & b Croft	129	296	396	11	1	43.58	In 1997	Career
Greg Blewett c Butcher b Croft	125	228	300	19	1	54.82	In 1997	Career
Steve Waugh lbw b Gough	33	100	135	3	0	33.00	In 1997	Career
Michael Bevan c Hussain b Gough	24	41	45	4	0	58.53	In 1997	Career
Mark Waugh c (wk)Stewart b Gough	1	7	8	0	0	14.28	In 1997	Career
Ian Healy (WK) c Atherton b Ealham	30	48	66	5	0	62.50	In 1997	Career
Shane Warne c & b Ealham	32	34	51	5	0	94.11	In 1997	Career
Michael Kasprowicz c Butcher b Ealham	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	In 1997	Career
Jason Gillespie run out (Crawley/Gough)	0	6	11	0	0	0.00	In 1997	Career
Glenn McGrath not out	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	In 1997	Career
Extras (b 18, lb 12, nb 5, w 2)	37
Total 477 144.4 Ov (RR: 3.29)	477	875		59	2

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	4s	6s	In Season	Career
Darren Gough	35.00	7	123	3	3.51	0	4	In 1997	Career
Devon Malcolm	21.00	6	52	0	2.47	0	0	In 1997	Career
Robert Croft	43.00	10	125	3	2.90	2	0	In 1997	Career
Andy Caddick	30.00	6	87	0	2.90	0	3	In 1997	Career
Mark Ealham	15.40	3	60	3	3.82	0	0	In 1997	Career

ENGEngland innings

477/10 (144.4)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Mark Butcher lbw b Kasprowicz	14	10	15	2	0	140.00	In 1997	Career
Mike Atherton (c) not out	57	65	87	9	0	87.69	In 1997	Career
Alec Stewart (WK) not out	40	54	71	7	0	74.07	In 1997	Career
Extras (b 4, lb 4)	8
Total 119/1 21.3 Ov (RR: 5.53)	119	129		18	0