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Played at
Lord's, London , on 2,3,4,6,7 July 1981 (5-day match)
Result Match drawn
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch c Yallop b Lawson
44 74
53
6
0
83.01
G Boycott c Alderman b Lawson
17 98
62
0
0
27.41
RA Woolmer c
21 116
82
3
0
25.60
DI Gower c
27 124
86
4
0
31.39
MW Gatting lbw b Bright
59 168
137
9
0
43.06
P Willey c Border b Alderman
82 246
181
12
0
45.30
JE Emburey run out (Lillee/
31 171
124
1
0
25.00
IT Botham lbw b Lawson
0 6
3
0
0
0.00
RW Taylor c Hughes b Lawson
0 3
4
0
0
0.00
GR Dilley not out
7 32
21
1
0
33.33
RGD Willis c Wood b Lawson
5 9
4
0
0
125.00
Extras
(b 2, lb 3, w 3, nb 10)
18
Total
(all out; 124.1 overs)
311 (2.50 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-60 (Gooch) , 2-65 (Boycott) , 2-83* (Woolmer, retired not out) , 3-134 (Gower) , 4-187 (Gatting) , 5-284 (Willey) , 6-293 (Emburey) , 7-293 (Botham) , 8-293 (Taylor) , 9-298 (Woolmer) , 10-311 (Willis)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood c
44 61
59
5
0
74.57
J Dyson c Gower b Botham
7 64
30
0
0
23.33
GN Yallop b Dilley
1 15
7
0
0
14.28
KJ Hughes c Willis b Emburey
42 141
118
5
0
35.59
TM Chappell c
2 17
13
0
0
15.38
AR Border c Gatting b Botham
64 208
164
8
1
39.02
RW Marsh lbw b Dilley
47 143
116
9
0
40.51
RJ Bright lbw b Emburey
33 126
97
4
0
34.02
GF Lawson lbw b Willis
5 29
22
1
0
22.72
DK Lillee not out
40 107
86
5
0
46.51
TM Alderman c
5 57
42
0
0
11.90
Extras
(b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 32)
55
Total
(all out; 118.4 overs)
345 (2.90 runs per over)
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch lbw b Lawson
20 40
32
2
0
62.50
G Boycott c
60 279
211
5
0
28.43
RA Woolmer lbw b Alderman
9 43
38
2
0
23.68
DI Gower c Alderman b Lillee
89 245
207
11
1
42.99
MW Gatting c Wood b Bright
16 48
44
0
1
36.36
IT Botham b Bright
0 6
1
0
0
0.00
P Willey c Chappell b Bright
12 29
20
1
1
60.00
GR Dilley not out
27 41
38
3
0
71.05
RW Taylor b Lillee
9 17
16
0
1
56.25
Extras
(b 2, lb 8, nb 13)
23
Total
(8 wickets dec; 98.4 overs)
265 (2.68 runs per over)
Australia 2nd innings (target: 232 runs)R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood not out
62 168
131
6
0
47.32
J Dyson lbw b Dilley
1 6
6
0
0
16.66
GN Yallop c Botham b Willis
3 27
32
0
0
9.37
KJ Hughes lbw b Dilley
4 17
13
0
0
30.76
TM Chappell c
5 66
69
0
0
7.24
AR Border not out
12 42
46
1
0
26.08
Extras
(w 1, nb 2)
3
Total
(4 wickets; 48.5 overs)
90 (1.84 runs per over)
Toss Australia, who chose to field firstSeries Australia led the 6-match series 1-0
Player of the match
GF Lawson (Australia)
Umpires
DO Oslear and KE Palmer
Close of play 2 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 191/4 (P Willey 23* , JE Emburey 0* )3 Jul day 2 - Australia 1st innings 10/0 (GM Wood 5* , J Dyson 3* )4 Jul day 3 - Australia 1st innings 253/6 (RW Marsh 43* , RJ Bright 3* )5 Jul rest day6 Jul day 4 - England 2nd innings 129/2 (G Boycott 47* , DI Gower 38* )7 Jul day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 90/4 (48.5 ov ) - end of match
Match notes
Eng 1st innings
RA Woolmer (1) retired hurt on 13* from 83/2 to 284/5.
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