f43107 t1368	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1997 (1st Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th June 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 9 wickets
Umpires	SA Bucknor, P Willey
TV umpire	JW Holder
Referee	RS Madugalle
Close of play day 1	England (1) 200/3 (Hussain 80*, Thorpe 83*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 449/6 (Ealham 32*, Croft 18*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 256/1 (Taylor 108*, Blewett 61*)
Player of the Match	N Hussain

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Butcher b Malcolm	7	16	23	1	-
MTG Elliott	b Gough	6	13	18	1	-
GS Blewett	c Hussain b Gough	7	15	35	-	-
ME Waugh	b Gough	5	25	23	1	-
SR Waugh	c Stewart b Caddick	12	20	31	3	-
MG Bevan	c Ealham b Malcolm	8	21	31	1	-
+IA Healy	c Stewart b Caddick	0	1	2	-	-
JN Gillespie	lbw b Caddick	4	8	13	1	-
SK Warne	c Malcolm b Caddick	47	46	62	8	-
MS Kasprowicz	c Butcher b Caddick	17	28	42	3	-
GD McGrath	not out	1	3	9	-	-
Extras	(2 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 149 minutes, 31.5 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Elliott), 2-15 (Taylor), 3-26 (ME Waugh), 4-28 (Blewett), 5-48 (SR Waugh), 6-48 (Healy), 7-48 (Bevan), 8-54 (Gillespie), 9-110 (Kasprowicz), 10-118 (Warne)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gough	10	1	43	3	2	3
Malcolm	10	2	25	2	-	-
Caddick	11.5	1	50	5	-	2

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	c Healy b Kasprowicz	8	13	16	2	-
*MA Atherton	c Healy b McGrath	2	4	10	-	-
+AJ Stewart	c Elliott b Gillespie	18	33	52	3	-
N Hussain	c Healy b Warne	207	337	437	38	-
GP Thorpe	c Bevan b McGrath	138	245	290	19	-
JP Crawley	c Healy b Kasprowicz	1	14	19	-	-
MA Ealham	not out	53	131	171	7	-
RDB Croft	c Healy b Kasprowicz	24	56	70	4	-
D Gough	c Healy b Kasprowicz	0	9	8	-	-
AR Caddick	lbw b Bevan	0	7	11	-	-
DE Malcolm	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 15 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 546 minutes, 138.4 overs)	478
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Atherton), 2-16 (Butcher), 3-50 (Stewart), 4-338 (Thorpe), 5-345 (Crawley), 6-416 (Hussain), 7-460 (Croft), 8-463 (Gough), 9-478 (Caddick)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	32	8	107	2	-	7
Kasprowicz	39	8	113	4	1	6
Gillespie	10	1	48	1	-	1
Warne	35	8	110	1	-	1
Bevan	10.4	0	44	1	-	-
SR Waugh	12	2	45	0	-	2

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTG Elliott	b Croft	66	113	145	12	-
*MA Taylor	c and b Croft	129	296	396	11	1
GS Blewett	c Butcher b Croft	125	228	300	19	1
SR Waugh	lbw b Gough	33	100	135	3	-
MG Bevan	c Hussain b Gough	24	41	45	4	-
ME Waugh	c Stewart b Gough	1	7	8	-	-
+IA Healy	c Atherton b Ealham	30	48	66	5	-
SK Warne	c and b Ealham	32	34	51	5	-
MS Kasprowicz	c Butcher b Ealham	0	2	1	-	-
JN Gillespie	run out (Crawley->Gough)	0	6	11	-	-
GD McGrath	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(18 b, 12 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	37
Total	(all out, 584 minutes, 144.4 overs)	477
Fall of wickets:
1-133 (Elliott), 2-327 (Taylor), 3-354 (Blewett), 4-393 (Bevan), 5-399 (ME Waugh), 6-431 (SR Waugh), 7-465 (Healy), 8-465 (Kasprowicz), 9-477 (Gillespie), 10-477 (Warne)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gough	35	7	123	3	-	4
Malcolm	21	6	52	0	-	-
Croft	43	10	125	3	2	-
Caddick	30	6	87	0	-	3
Ealham	15.4	3	60	3	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	lbw b Kasprowicz	14	10	15	2	-
*MA Atherton	not out	57	65	87	9	-
+AJ Stewart	not out	40	54	71	7	-
N Hussain	did not bat
GP Thorpe	did not bat
JP Crawley	did not bat
MA Ealham	did not bat
RDB Croft	did not bat
D Gough	did not bat
AR Caddick	did not bat
DE Malcolm	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(1 wicket, 87 minutes, 21.3 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Butcher)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	7	1	42	0	-	-
Kasprowicz	7	0	42	1	-	-
Warne	7.3	0	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 92/8 (Warne 31*, Kasprowicz 9*)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 74/3 (Hussain 23*, Thorpe 18*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 335/3 (Hussain 158*, Thorpe 135*)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 418/6 (Ealham 20*, Croft 1*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (2) 51/0 (Elliott 22*, Taylor 29*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 133/1 (Taylor 66*, Blewett 0*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (2) 352/2 (Blewett 123*, SR Waugh 8*)
--> Day 4 Tea: Australia (2) 403/5 (SR Waugh 28*, Healy 0*)
--> MA Butcher made his debut in Test matches
--> N Hussain (1) passed his previous highest score of 128 in Test matches
--> N Hussain (1) passed his previous highest score of 197 in First-Class matches
--> N Hussain (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 40
--> GP Thorpe (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in Test matches
--> MA Ealham (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Test matches
--> GS Blewett (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 120
--> MA Atherton (2) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 12
--> MA Butcher made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> GD McGrath made his debut in England in Test matches
--> MG Bevan made his debut in England in Test matches
--> GS Blewett made his debut in England in Test matches
--> MS Kasprowicz made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JN Gillespie made his debut in England in Test matches
--> MTG Elliott made his debut in England in Test matches
--> MS Kasprowicz achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed MA Butcher in the England first innings (previous best was 0-29)

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Gillespie injured (hamstring) after bowling 10 overs.
Rain stopped play 78 minutes before the scheduled close.
Mark Waugh was taken to hospital with stomach pains.
A thunderstorm stopped play for 50 minutes with Australia on 399/5.
Bevan was the runner for Gillespie and was involved in the mixup in Gillespie's run out.

 

 

 

 

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