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Fri, 26 Dec - Sun, 28 Dec 1986 - 00:00 – 4th Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
England won by an innings and 14 runs
Australia
514/10 (20.00) & 194/10 (73.4)
England
388/3 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
514/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Marsh
c †Richards b Botham
17
47
69
2
0
36.17
In 1986
Career
David Boon
c Botham b Small
7
11
20
1
0
63.63
In 1986
Career
Dean Jones
c Gower b Small
59
136
154
6
0
43.38
In 1986
Career
Allan Border (c)
c †Richards b Botham
15
26
43
2
0
57.69
In 1986
Career
Steve Waugh
c Botham b Small
10
30
43
0
0
33.33
In 1986
Career
Greg Matthews
c Botham b Small
14
50
76
1
0
28.00
In 1986
Career
Peter Sleep
c †Richards b Small
0
8
12
0
0
0.00
In 1986
Career
Tim Zoehrer (WK)
b Botham
5
7
12
1
0
71.42
In 1986
Career
Craig McDermott
c †Richards b Botham
0
4
7
0
0
0.00
In 1986
Career
Merv Hughes
c †Richards b Botham
2
15
15
0
0
13.33
In 1986
Career
Bruce Reid
not out
2
3
6
0
0
66.66
In 1986
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 1, nb 7, w 1)
10
Total
141 54.4 Ov (RR: 2.57)
2679
6403
0
247
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Gladstone Small
22.40
7
48
5
2.11
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Phil DeFreitas
11.00
1
30
0
2.72
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
John Emburey
4.00
0
16
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Ian Botham
16.00
4
41
5
2.56
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Mike Gatting
1.00
0
4
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
England innigs
388/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Chris Broad
c †Zoehrer b Hughes
112
255
329
9
0
43.92
In 1986
Career
Bill Athey
lbw b Reid
21
58
74
1
0
36.20
In 1986
Career
Mike Gatting (c)
c Hughes b Reid
40
118
173
2
0
33.89
In 1986
Career
Allan Lamb
c †Zoehrer b Reid
43
92
140
5
0
46.73
In 1986
Career
David Gower
c Matthews b Sleep
7
17
22
1
0
41.17
In 1986
Career
Ian Botham
c †Zoehrer b McDermott
29
54
66
4
0
53.70
In 1986
Career
Jack Richards (WK)
c Marsh b Reid
3
14
32
0
0
21.42
In 1986
Career
Phil DeFreitas
c Matthews b McDermott
7
14
21
1
0
50.00
In 1986
Career
John Emburey
c & b McDermott
22
30
42
2
0
73.33
In 1986
Career
Phil Edmonds
lbw b McDermott
19
49
67
1
0
38.77
In 1986
Career
Gladstone Small
not out
21
36
42
2
0
58.33
In 1986
Career
Extras
(b 6, lb 7, nb 11, w 1)
25
Total
349 120.5 Ov (RR: 2.88)
6631
14003
0
532
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Craig McDermott
26.50
4
83
4
3.09
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Merv Hughes
30.00
3
94
1
3.13
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Bruce Reid
28.00
5
78
4
2.78
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Steve Waugh
8.00
4
16
0
2.00
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Peter Sleep
28.00
4
65
1
2.32
0
0
0
In 1986
Career
Australia innigs
194/10 (73.4)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Marsh
run out
60
142
214
11
0
42.25
In 1986
Career
David Boon
c Gatting b Small
8
21
21
0
0
38.09
In 1986
Career
Dean Jones
c Gatting b DeFreitas
21
33
45
3
0
63.63
In 1986
Career
Allan Border (c)
c Emburey b Small
34
82
85
4
0
41.46
In 1986
Career
Steve Waugh
b Edmonds
49
103
115
3
0
47.57
In 1986
Career
Greg Matthews
b Emburey
0
7
8
0
0
0.00
In 1986
Career
Peter Sleep
run out
6
25
25
1
0
24.00
In 1986
Career
Tim Zoehrer (WK)
c Athey b Edmonds
1
8
9
0
0
12.50
In 1986
Career
Craig McDermott
b Emburey
1
14
16
0
0
7.14
In 1986
Career
Merv Hughes
c Small b Edmonds
8
8
11
2
0
100.00
In 1986
Career
Bruce Reid
not out
0
4
5
0
0
0.00
In 1986
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 2, w 1)
6
Total
194 73.4 Ov (RR: 2.63)
3686
8493
0
456
0
0.00
England innigs
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