f33692 t907	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1981 (5th Test)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th August 1981 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 103 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	England (1) 175/9 (Allott 9*, Willis 0*)
Close of play day 2	England (2) 70/1 (Boycott 31*, Tavaré 29*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 345/7 (Knott 56*, Emburey 27*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 210/5 (Border 28*, Marsh 2*)
Player of the Match	IT Botham

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Lillee	10	19	29	1	-
G Boycott	c Marsh b Alderman	10	20	24	1	-
CJ Tavaré	c Alderman b Whitney	69	193	287	7	-
DI Gower	c Yallop b Whitney	23	49	69	3	-
*JM Brearley	lbw b Alderman	2	6	5	-	-
MW Gatting	c Border b Lillee	32	42	55	4	-
IT Botham	c Bright b Lillee	0	1	1	-	-
+APE Knott	c Border b Alderman	13	55	63	1	-
JE Emburey	c Border b Alderman	1	18	17	-	-
PJW Allott	not out	52	92	117	5	-
RGD Willis	c Hughes b Lillee	11	23	53	1	-
Extras	(6 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Boycott), 2-25 (Gooch), 3-57 (Gower), 4-62 (Brearley), 5-109 (Gatting), 6-109 (Botham), 7-131 (Knott), 8-137 (Emburey), 9-175 (Tavaré), 10-231 (Willis, 86.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	24.1	8	55	4	-	-
Alderman	29	5	88	4	-	-
Whitney	17	3	50	2	-	-
Bright	16	6	30	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	lbw b Allott	19	16	27	3	1
J Dyson	c Botham b Willis	0	11	18	-	-
*KJ Hughes	lbw b Willis	4	3	2	1	-
GN Yallop	c Botham b Willis	0	2	1	-	-
MF Kent	c Knott b Emburey	52	45	70	7	-
AR Border	c Gower b Botham	11	23	30	1	-
+RW Marsh	c Botham b Willis	1	2	2	-	-
RJ Bright	c Knott b Botham	22	55	85	2	-
DK Lillee	c Gooch b Botham	13	25	38	2	-
MR Whitney	b Allott	0	7	6	-	-
TM Alderman	not out	2	1	2	-	-
Extras	(6 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Dyson), 2-24 (Hughes), 3-24 (Yallop), 4-24 (Wood), 5-58 (Border), 6-59 (Marsh), 7-104 (Kent), 8-125 (Lillee), 9-126 (Whitney), 10-130 (Bright, 30.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	14	0	63	4	-	-
Allott	6	1	17	2	-	-
Botham	6.2	1	28	3	-	-
Emburey	4	0	16	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Alderman	5	18	14	1	-
G Boycott	lbw b Alderman	37	122	170	2	-
CJ Tavaré	c Kent b Alderman	78	289	423	3	-
DI Gower	c Bright b Lillee	1	21	22	-	-
MW Gatting	lbw b Alderman	11	44	63	1	-
*JM Brearley	c Marsh b Alderman	3	20	17	-	-
IT Botham	c Marsh b Whitney	118	102	123	13	6
+APE Knott	c Dyson b Lillee	59	89	115	8	-
JE Emburey	c Kent b Whitney	57	122	161	7	-
PJW Allott	c Hughes b Bright	14	81	94	-	-
RGD Willis	not out	5	6	12	1	-
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 151.4 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Gooch), 2-79 (Boycott), 3-80 (Gower), 4-98 (Gatting), 5-104 (Brearley), 6-253 (Botham), 7-282 (Tavaré), 8-356 (Knott), 9-396 (Emburey), 10-404 (Allott, 151.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	46	13	137	2	-	-
Alderman	52	19	109	5	-	-
Whitney	27	6	74	2	-	-
Bright	26.4	12	68	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	run out	5	14	12	1	-
GM Wood	c Knott b Allott	6	16	29	1	-
*KJ Hughes	lbw b Botham	43	72	90	8	-
GN Yallop	b Emburey	114	125	177	17	-
AR Border	not out	123	356	420	17	-
MF Kent	c Brearley b Emburey	2	17	23	-	-
+RW Marsh	c Knott b Willis	47	101	110	6	1
RJ Bright	c Knott b Willis	5	29	39	-	-
DK Lillee	c Botham b Allott	28	65	83	3	-
TM Alderman	lbw b Botham	0	10	13	-	-
MR Whitney	c Gatting b Willis	0	32	38	-	-
Extras	(9 lb, 18 nb, 2 w)	29
Total	(all out, 135.5 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Dyson), 2-24 (Wood), 3-119 (Hughes), 4-198 (Yallop), 5-206 (Kent), 6-296 (Marsh), 7-322 (Bright), 8-373 (Lillee), 9-378 (Alderman), 10-402 (Whitney, 135.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	30.5	2	96	3	-	-
Allott	17	3	71	2	-	-
Botham	36	16	86	2	-	-
Emburey	49	9	107	2	-	-
Gatting	3	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PJW Allott made his debut in Test matches
--> MR Whitney made his debut in Test matches
--> CJ Tavaré (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Test matches
--> CJ Tavaré (1) 50 in 161 balls, 238 minutes
--> PJW Allott (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> PJW Allott (1) 50 in 92 balls with 5 fours
--> MF Kent (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Test matches
--> MF Kent (1) 50 in 44 balls, 69 minutes with 7 fours
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> CJ Tavaré (2) 50 in 219 balls, 304 minutes
--> CJ Tavaré (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Test matches
--> MW Gatting (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
--> IT Botham (2) 50 in 60 balls, 77 minutes with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> IT Botham (2) 100 in 86 balls, 105 minutes with 11 fours and 5 sixes
--> APE Knott (2) 50 in 55 balls, 71 minutes
--> JE Emburey (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Test matches
--> JE Emburey (2) 50 in 98 balls, 135 minutes
--> GN Yallop (2) 50 in 35 balls, 59 minutes
--> GN Yallop (2) 100 in 116 balls, 167 minutes with 15 fours
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 180 balls, 215 minutes
--> AR Border (2) 100 in 314 balls, 373 minutes with 13 fours
--> RW Marsh (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> PJW Allott made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> MR Whitney made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> JE Emburey reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MF Kent, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings

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