f43172 t1373	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1997 (4th Test)
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th July 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by an innings and 61 runs
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, CJ Mitchley
TV umpire	R Julian
Referee	CW Smith
Scorers	JT Potter (England), MK Walsh (Australia)
Close of play day 1	England (1) 106/3 (Atherton 34*, Headley 0*; 36 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 258/4 (Elliott 134*, Ponting 86*; 67 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 373/5 (Elliott 164*, Healy 27*; 95.2 overs)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 212/4 (Hussain 101*, Crawley 48*; 63 overs)
Man of the Match	JN Gillespie

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	c Blewett b Reiffel	24	57	61	2	-
*MA Atherton	c Gillespie b McGrath	41	143	222	6	-
+AJ Stewart	c Blewett b Gillespie	7	24	26	-	-
N Hussain	c Taylor b McGrath	26	41	58	4	-
DW Headley	c SR Waugh b Gillespie	22	32	48	2	-
GP Thorpe	b Gillespie	15	26	29	3	-
JP Crawley	c Blewett b Gillespie	2	13	23	-	-
MA Ealham	not out	8	24	42	-	-
RDB Croft	c Ponting b Gillespie	6	8	12	1	-
D Gough	b Gillespie	0	2	6	-	-
AM Smith	b Gillespie	0	2	2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 12 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 269 minutes, 59.4 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Butcher), 2-58 (Stewart), 3-103 (Hussain), 4-138 (Headley), 5-154 (Atherton), 6-154 (Thorpe), 7-163 (Crawley), 8-172 (Croft), 9-172 (Gough), 10-172 (Smith)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	22	5	67	2	1	3
Reiffel	20	4	41	1	-	9
Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	-	2
Blewett	3	0	17	0	-	-
Warne	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Stewart b Gough	0	11	10	-	-
MTG Elliott	b Gough	199	351	450	26	3
GS Blewett	c Stewart b Gough	1	8	16	-	-
ME Waugh	c and b Headley	8	18	30	1	-
SR Waugh	c Crawley b Headley	4	12	15	-	-
RT Ponting	c Ealham b Gough	127	202	261	16	1
+IA Healy	b Ealham	31	46	58	6	-
SK Warne	c Thorpe b Ealham	0	5	3	-	-
PR Reiffel	not out	54	72	109	5	-
JN Gillespie	b Gough	3	18	18	-	-
GD McGrath	not out	20	30	39	1	-
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 35 nb)	54
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 509 minutes, 123 overs)	501
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Taylor), 2-16 (Blewett), 3-43 (ME Waugh), 4-50 (SR Waugh), 5-318 (Ponting), 6-382 (Healy), 7-383 (Warne), 8-444 (Elliott), 9-461 (Gillespie)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gough	36	5	149	5	-	8
Headley	25	2	125	2	-	12
Smith	23	2	89	0	-	7
Ealham	19	3	56	2	-	2
Croft	18	1	49	0	-	-
Butcher	2	0	14	0	-	6

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	c Healy b McGrath	19	18	18	3	-
*MA Atherton	c Warne b McGrath	2	13	25	-	-
+AJ Stewart	b Reiffel	16	30	41	3	-
N Hussain	c Gillespie b Warne	105	181	250	14	-
GP Thorpe	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	15	30	40	1	-
JP Crawley	b Reiffel	72	214	263	10	-
MA Ealham	c ME Waugh b Reiffel	4	47	67	-	-
DW Headley	lbw b Reiffel	3	17	30	-	-
RDB Croft	c Healy b Reiffel	5	7	16	1	-
D Gough	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	0	1	2	-	-
AM Smith	not out	4	4	3	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 13 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 382 minutes, 91.1 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Butcher), 2-28 (Atherton), 3-57 (Stewart), 4-89 (Thorpe), 5-222 (Hussain), 6-252 (Ealham), 7-256 (Crawley), 8-263 (Headley), 9-264 (Gough), 10-268 (Croft)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	22	5	80	2	-	2
Reiffel	21.1	2	49	5	-	8
Gillespie	23	8	65	2	-	2
Warne	21	6	53	1	-	2
SR Waugh	4	1	11	0	-	1

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 9/0 (Butcher 8*, Atherton 0*)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 14/0 (Butcher 9*, Atherton 0*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 172 all out
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 114/4 (Elliott 65*, Ponting 25*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 373/5 (Elliott 164*, Healy 27*; 95.2 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 373/5 (Elliott 164*, Healy 27*; 95.2 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (1) 501/9 (Reiffel 54*, McGrath 20*)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 102/4 (Hussain 38*, Crawley 6*)
--> Day 5 Lunch: England (2) 268/9 (Croft 5*, Smith 4*)
--> AM Smith made his debut in Test matches
--> AM Smith made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MTG Elliott (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in Test matches
--> RT Ponting (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in Test matches
--> RT Ponting (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> AM Smith made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> RT Ponting made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JN Gillespie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed D Gough in the England first innings (previous best was 5-54)

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