Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 4th Test, 26 December, 1982, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia vs England | December 26, 1982, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

Completed

England

*284/10 (81.3 ov) & *294/10 (80.4 ov)

Australia

*287/10 (79.0 ov) & *288/10 (96.1 ov)

England won by 3 runs

Player of the Match

Norman Cowans - England

Commentary Scorecard Squad

England 1st Innings Inning

284/10 (81.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Cook c Chappell b Thomson	10	53	0	0	18.87
Graeme Fowler c Chappell b Hogg	4	15	0	0	26.67
Chris Tavaré c Yardley b Thomson	89	165	15	0	53.94
David Gower c †Marsh b Hogg	18	26	1	0	69.23
Allan Lamb c Dyson b Yardley	83	115	13	0	72.17
Sir Ian Botham c Wessels b Yardley	27	23	5	0	117.39
Geoff Miller c Border b Yardley	10	15	0	0	66.67
Derek Pringle c Wessels b Hogg	9	48	1	0	18.75
Bob Taylor c †Marsh b Yardley	1	13	0	0	7.69
Bob Willis not out	6	21	0	0	28.57
Norman Cowans c Lawson b Hogg	3	12	0	0	25.00
EXTRAS ( b 3, lb 6, w 3, nb 12, p 0)	24
TOTAL (3.49 RUNS PER OVER)	284/10 (81.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

25-2 (Geoff Cook, 0 ov), 11-1 (Graeme Fowler, 0 ov), 217-4 (Chris Tavaré, 0 ov), 56-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 227-5 (Allan Lamb, 0 ov), 259-6 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 262-7 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 278-9 (Derek Pringle, 0 ov), 268-8 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 284-10 (Norman Cowans, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Geoff Lawson	17	6	48	0	2.82
Rodney Hogg	23.3	6	69	4	2.94
Bruce Yardley	27	9	89	4	3.30
Jeff Thomson	13	2	49	2	3.77
Greg Chappell	1	0	5	0	5.00

Australia 1st Innings Inning

287/10 (79.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kepler Wessels b Willis	47	64	4	0	73.44
John Dyson lbw b Cowans	21	40	3	0	52.50
Greg Chappell c Lamb b Cowans	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kim Hughes b Willis	66	172	9	0	38.37
Allan Border b Botham	2	10	0	0	20.00
David Hookes c †Taylor b Pringle	53	69	7	0	76.81
Rod Marsh b Willis	53	98	6	0	54.08
Bruce Yardley b Miller	9	17	2	0	52.94
Geoff Lawson c Fowler b Miller	0	2	0	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg not out	8	12	1	0	66.67
Jeff Thomson b Miller	1	9	0	0	11.11
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 19, p 0)	27
TOTAL (3.63 RUNS PER OVER)	287/10 (79.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

83-3 (Kepler Wessels, 0 ov), 55-1 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 55-2 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov), 261-6 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 89-4 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 180-5 (David Hookes, 0 ov), 276-7 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 276-8 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 278-9 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov), 287-10 (Jeff Thomson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	15	2	38	3	2.53
Sir Ian Botham	18	3	69	1	3.83
Norman Cowans	16	0	69	2	4.31
Derek Pringle	15	2	40	1	2.67
Geoff Miller	15	5	44	3	2.93

England 2nd Innings Inning

294/10 (80.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Cook c Yardley b Thomson	26	44	2	0	59.09
Graeme Fowler b Hogg	65	99	8	0	65.66
Chris Tavaré b Hogg	0	8	0	0	0.00
David Gower c †Marsh b Lawson	3	9	0	0	33.33
Allan Lamb c †Marsh b Hogg	26	46	5	0	56.52
Sir Ian Botham c Chappell b Thomson	46	46	8	0	100.00
Geoff Miller lbw b Lawson	14	29	2	0	48.28
Derek Pringle c †Marsh b Lawson	42	118	6	0	35.59
Bob Taylor lbw b Thomson	37	54	5	0	68.52
Bob Willis not out	8	32	0	0	25.00
Norman Cowans b Lawson	10	9	2	0	111.11
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 9, w 0, nb 6, p 0)	17
TOTAL (3.66 RUNS PER OVER)	294/10 (80.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

40-1 (Geoff Cook, 0 ov), 128-4 (Graeme Fowler, 0 ov), 41-2 (Chris Tavaré, 0 ov), 45-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 129-5 (Allan Lamb, 0 ov), 201-7 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 160-6 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 280-9 (Derek Pringle, 0 ov), 262-8 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 294-10 (Norman Cowans, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Geoff Lawson	21.4	6	66	4	3.05
Rodney Hogg	22	5	64	3	2.91
Bruce Yardley	15	2	67	0	4.47
Jeff Thomson	21	3	74	3	3.52
Greg Chappell	1	0	6	0	6.00

Australia 2nd Innings (target 292) Inning

288/10 (96.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kepler Wessels b Cowans	14	30	3	0	46.67
John Dyson c Tavare b Botham	31	77	5	0	40.26
Greg Chappell c sub b Cowans	2	8	0	0	25.00
Kim Hughes c †Taylor b Miller	48	116	4	0	41.38
David Hookes c Willis b Cowans	68	87	9	0	78.16
Allan Border not out	62	165	7	0	37.58
Rod Marsh lbw b Cowans	13	28	1	0	46.43
Bruce Yardley b Cowans	0	5	0	0	0.00
Geoff Lawson c Cowans b Pringle	7	16	0	0	43.75
Rodney Hogg lbw b Cowans	4	8	1	0	50.00
Jeff Thomson c Miller b Botham	21	62	1	0	33.87
EXTRAS ( b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 3, p 0)	18
TOTAL (3.00 RUNS PER OVER)	288/10 (96.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

37-1 (Kepler Wessels, 0 ov), 71-3 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 39-2 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov), 171-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 173-5 (David Hookes, 0 ov), 190-6 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 190-7 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 202-8 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov), 218-9 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 288-10 (Jeff Thomson, 0 ov)