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Test no. 903
The Ashes - 1st Test
England v Australia
1981 season

Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on 18,19,20,21 June 1981 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 4 wickets

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch c Wood b Lillee 10 18 18 2 0 55.55
G Boycott c Border b Alderman 27 82 53 1 0 50.94
RA Woolmer c Wood b Lillee 0 9 9 0 0 0.00
DI Gower c Yallop b Lillee 26 65 39 4 0 66.66
MW Gatting lbw b Hogg 52 154 117 6 0 44.44
P Willey c Border b Alderman 10 35 22 1 0 45.45
captain IT Botham b Alderman 1 15 8 0 0 12.50
wicketkeeper PR Downton c Yallop b Alderman 8 35 23 0 0 34.78
GR Dilley b Hogg 34 71 49 6 0 69.38
RGD Willis c wicketkeeperMarsh b Hogg 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
M Hendrick not out 6 19 8 1 0 75.00
    Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 4) 11
    Total (all out; 56.4 overs) 185 (3.26 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Gooch), 2-13 (Woolmer), 3-57 (Boycott), 4-67 (Gower), 5-92 (Willey), 6-96 (Botham), 7-116 (Downton), 8-159 (Gatting), 9-159 (Willis), 10-185 (Dilley)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 13 3 34 3 2.61
 TM Alderman 24 7 68 4 2.83
 RM Hogg 11.4 1 47 3 4.02
 GF Lawson 8 3 25 0 3.12

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood lbw b Dilley 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
J Dyson c Woolmer b Willis 5 61 45 0 0 11.11
GN Yallop b Hendrick 13 64 47 0 0 27.65
captain KJ Hughes lbw b Willis 7 42 34 1 0 20.58
TM Chappell b Hendrick 17 122 80 1 0 21.25
AR Border c & b Botham 63 266 204 7 0 30.88
wicketkeeper RW Marsh c Boycott b Willis 19 21 13 3 0 146.15
GF Lawson c Gower b Botham 14 30 18 1 0 77.77
DK Lillee c wicketkeeperDownton b Dilley 12 57 48 1 0 25.00
RM Hogg c Boycott b Dilley 0 10 7 0 0 0.00
TM Alderman not out 12 51 31 0 0 38.70
    Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 4) 17
    Total (all out; 86.5 overs) 179 (2.06 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Wood), 2-21 (Dyson), 3-21 (Yallop), 4-33 (Hughes), 5-64 (Chappell), 6-89 (Marsh), 7-110 (Lawson), 8-147 (Lillee), 9-153 (Hogg), 10-179 (Border)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GR Dilley 20 7 38 3 1.90
 RGD Willis 30 14 47 3 1.56
 M Hendrick 20 7 43 2 2.15
 IT Botham 16.5 6 34 2 2.01

England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch c Yallop b Lillee 6 10 9 1 0 66.66
G Boycott c wicketkeeperMarsh b Alderman 4 16 9 1 0 44.44
RA Woolmer c wicketkeeperMarsh b Alderman 0 7 4 0 0 0.00
DI Gower c sub (MF Kent) b Lillee 28 117 72 3 0 38.88
MW Gatting lbw b Alderman 15 42 34 2 0 44.11
P Willey lbw b Lillee 13 30 27 2 0 48.14
captain IT Botham c Border b Lillee 33 65 38 4 0 86.84
wicketkeeper PR Downton lbw b Alderman 3 19 12 0 0 25.00
GR Dilley c wicketkeeperMarsh b Alderman 13 20 18 2 0 72.22
RGD Willis c Chappell b Lillee 1 20 10 0 0 10.00
M Hendrick not out 0 5 2 0 0 0.00
    Extras (lb 8, nb 1) 9
    Total (all out; 38.4 overs) 125 (3.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-12 (Gooch), 2-12 (Boycott), 3-13 (Woolmer), 4-39 (Gatting), 5-61 (Willey), 6-94 (Gower), 7-109 (Downton), 8-113 (Botham), 9-125 (Dilley), 10-125 (Willis)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 16.4 2 46 5 2.76
 TM Alderman 19 3 62 5 3.26
 RM Hogg 3 1 8 0 2.66

Australia 2nd innings (target: 132 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood c Woolmer b Willis 8 31 28 1 0 28.57
J Dyson c wicketkeeperDownton b Dilley 38 145 89 1 0 42.69
GN Yallop c Gatting b Botham 6 42 34 0 0 17.64
captain KJ Hughes lbw b Dilley 22 58 53 3 0 41.50
TM Chappell not out 20 94 65 0 0 30.76
AR Border b Dilley 20 65 49 2 0 40.81
wicketkeeper RW Marsh lbw b Dilley 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
GF Lawson not out 5 15 11 1 0 45.45
    Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 6) 13
    Total (6 wickets; 54.1 overs) 132 (2.43 runs per over)

Did not bat DK Lillee, RM Hogg, TM Alderman

Fall of wickets1-20 (Wood), 2-40 (Yallop), 3-77 (Hughes), 4-80 (Dyson), 5-122 (Border), 6-122 (Marsh)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GR Dilley 11.1 4 24 4 2.14
 RGD Willis 13 2 28 1 2.15
 M Hendrick 20 7 33 0 1.65
 IT Botham 10 1 34 1 3.40

Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series Australia led the 6-match series 1-0

Test debuts TM Alderman and TM Chappell (Australia)
Player of the match DK Lillee (Australia)

Umpires WE Alley and DJ Constant

Close of play
18 Jun day 1 - Australia 1st innings 33/4 (TM Chappell 5*)
19 Jun day 2 - Australia 1st innings 166/9 (AR Border 57*, TM Alderman 7*)
20 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 94/6 (IT Botham 21*, PR Downton 0*)
21 Jun day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 132/6 (54.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • Australia's first win at Trent Bridge since 1948.

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