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Thu, 30 Jul - Thu, 30 Jul 1981 - 00:00 – 4th Test • Edgbaston, Birmingham
England won by 29 runs
England
476/10 (20.00) & 219/10 (92)
Australia
468/5 (20.00) & 121/10 (67)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
476/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
c †Marsh b Alderman
13
42
44
1
0
30.95
In 1981
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c Border b Lillee
48
109
166
6
0
44.03
In 1981
Career
David Gower
c Hogg b Alderman
0
10
10
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Graham Gooch
c †Marsh b Bright
21
43
50
3
0
48.83
In 1981
Career
Mike Gatting
c Alderman b Lillee
21
46
89
2
0
45.65
In 1981
Career
Peter Willey
b Bright
16
59
66
2
0
27.11
In 1981
Career
Ian Botham
b Alderman
26
43
58
3
0
60.46
In 1981
Career
John Emburey
b Hogg
3
33
39
0
0
9.09
In 1981
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
b Alderman
0
3
1
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Chris Old
not out
11
23
35
0
0
47.82
In 1981
Career
Bob Willis
c †Marsh b Alderman
13
15
11
2
0
86.66
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 5, nb 10, w 1)
17
Total
189 69.1 Ov (RR: 2.73)
3591
8094
0
361
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
18.00
4
61
2
3.38
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
23.10
8
42
5
1.81
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Rodney Hogg
16.00
3
49
1
3.06
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Ray Bright
12.00
4
20
2
1.66
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Australia innigs
468/5 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
run out (Old)
38
139
174
2
0
27.33
In 1981
Career
John Dyson
b Old
1
11
14
0
0
9.09
In 1981
Career
Allan Border
c †Taylor b Old
2
24
25
0
0
8.33
In 1981
Career
Ray Bright
lbw b Botham
27
51
63
4
0
52.94
In 1981
Career
Kim Hughes (c)
lbw b Old
47
101
112
7
0
46.53
In 1981
Career
Graham Yallop
b Emburey
30
70
98
3
0
42.85
In 1981
Career
Martin Kent
c Willis b Emburey
46
81
109
6
0
56.79
In 1981
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
b Emburey
2
24
25
0
0
8.33
In 1981
Career
Dennis Lillee
b Emburey
18
43
40
3
0
41.86
In 1981
Career
Rodney Hogg
run out
0
0
1
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
not out
3
3
6
0
0
100.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 19, nb 21)
44
Total
258 86.5 Ov (RR: 2.97)
4902
10393
0
475
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
19.00
3
63
0
3.31
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Chris Old
21.00
8
44
3
2.09
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
John Emburey
26.50
12
43
4
1.60
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Ian Botham
20.00
1
64
1
3.20
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
England innigs
219/10 (92)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
c †Marsh b Bright
29
136
190
3
0
21.32
In 1981
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
lbw b Lillee
13
17
17
2
0
76.47
In 1981
Career
David Gower
c Border b Bright
23
59
70
2
0
38.98
In 1981
Career
Graham Gooch
b Bright
21
93
116
3
0
22.58
In 1981
Career
Mike Gatting
b Bright
39
71
103
3
0
54.92
In 1981
Career
Peter Willey
b Bright
5
22
23
1
0
22.72
In 1981
Career
Ian Botham
c †Marsh b Lillee
3
11
15
0
0
27.27
In 1981
Career
Chris Old
c †Marsh b Alderman
23
24
27
3
0
95.83
In 1981
Career
John Emburey
not out
37
79
92
5
0
46.83
In 1981
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
lbw b Alderman
8
47
70
0
0
17.02
In 1981
Career
Bob Willis
c †Marsh b Alderman
2
5
3
0
0
40.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 9, w 1)
16
Total
219 92 Ov (RR: 2.38)
4161
10716
0
418
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
26.00
9
51
2
1.96
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
22.00
5
65
3
2.95
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Rodney Hogg
10.00
3
19
0
1.90
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Ray Bright
34.00
17
68
5
2.00
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Australia innigs
121/10 (67)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
lbw b Old
2
5
7
0
0
40.00
In 1981
Career
John Dyson
lbw b Willis
13
46
62
1
0
28.26
In 1981
Career
Allan Border
c Gatting b Emburey
40
175
213
4
0
22.85
In 1981
Career
Kim Hughes (c)
c Emburey b Willis
5
11
16
0
0
45.45
In 1981
Career
Graham Yallop
c Botham b Emburey
30
96
114
5
0
31.25
In 1981
Career
Martin Kent
b Botham
10
45
68
1
0
22.22
In 1981
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
b Botham
4
8
9
1
0
50.00
In 1981
Career
Ray Bright
lbw b Botham
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Dennis Lillee
c †Taylor b Botham
3
19
19
0
0
15.78
In 1981
Career
Rodney Hogg
not out
0
6
11
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
b Botham
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 2, nb 11)
14
Total
121 67 Ov (RR: 1.80)
2299
7885
0
228
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
20.00
6
37
2
1.85
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Chris Old
11.00
4
19
1
1.72
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
John Emburey
22.00
10
40
2
1.81
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Ian Botham
14.00
9
11
5
0.78
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
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