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Test Match   #905
1981 England v Australia - 3rd Test
 
Headingley, Leeds
 
16th July, 1981
England
174 & 356
Australia
401/9 dec & 111
England won by 18 runs
Australia 1st Innings
Batting
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
John Dyson
102
 234
 14
 0
43.59
b Dilley
Graeme Wood
34
 55
 4
 0
61.82
lbw b Botham
Trevor Chappell
27
 135
 2
 0
20.00
c †Taylor b Willey
Kim Hughes*
89
 208
 8
 0
42.79
c & b Botham
Raymond Bright
7
 36
 1
 0
19.44
b Dilley
Graham Yallop
58
 167
 5
 0
34.73
c †Taylor b Botham
Allan Border
8
 20
 1
 0
40.00
lbw b Botham
Rod Marsh†
28
 50
 5
 0
56.00
b Botham
Geoff Lawson
13
 35
 2
 0
37.14
c †Taylor b Botham
Dennis Lillee
3
 6
 0
 0
50.00
not out
Terry Alderman
0
 0
 0
 0
0.00
not out
Extras (b 4, lb 13, w 3, nb 12)
32
 
TOTAL (155.2 overs @ 2.58 rpo)
401/9
 dec
 
Fall of Wickets:  1-55 (Graeme Wood), 2-149 (Trevor Chappell), 3-196 (John Dyson), 4-220 (Raymond Bright), 5-332 (Kim Hughes), 6-354 (Allan Border), 7-357 (Graham Yallop), 8-396 (Geoff Lawson), 9-401 (Rod Marsh)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
Bob Willis
30.0
8
72
0
2.40
Chris Old
43.0
14
91
0
2.12
Graham Dilley
27.0
4
78
2
2.89
Ian Botham
39.2
11
95
6
2.42
Peter Willey
13.0
2
31
1
2.38
Geoff Boycott
3.0
2
2
0
0.67
England 1st Innings
Batting
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
Graham Gooch
2
 7
 0
 0
28.57
lbw b Alderman
Geoff Boycott
12
 58
 0
 0
20.69
b Lawson
Mike Brearley*
10
 53
 0
 0
18.87
c †Marsh b Alderman
David Gower
24
 50
 3
 0
48.00
c †Marsh b Lawson
Mike Gatting
15
 29
 2
 0
51.72
lbw b Lillee
Peter Willey
8
 22
 0
 0
36.36
b Lawson
Ian Botham
50
 54
 8
 0
92.59
c †Marsh b Lillee
Robert Taylor†
5
 23
 1
 0
21.74
c †Marsh b Lillee
Graham Dilley
13
 17
 2
 0
76.47
c & b Lillee
Chris Old
0
 4
 0
 0
0.00
c Border b Alderman
Bob Willis
1
 4
 0
 0
25.00
not out
Extras (b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 11)
34
 
TOTAL (50.5 overs @ 3.42 rpo)
174
 
 
Fall of Wickets:  1-12 (Graham Gooch), 2-40 (Mike Brearley), 3-42 (Geoff Boycott), 4-84 (David Gower), 5-87 (Mike Gatting), 6-112 (Peter Willey), 7-148 (Robert Taylor), 8-166 (Ian Botham), 9-167 (Chris Old), 10-174 (Graham Dilley)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
Dennis Lillee
18.5
7
49
4
2.60
Terry Alderman
19.0
4
59
3
3.11
Geoff Lawson
13.0
3
32
3
2.46
England 2nd Innings
Batting
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
Graham Gooch
0
 3
 0
 0
0.00
c Alderman b Lillee
Geoff Boycott
46
 141
 1
 0
32.62
lbw b Alderman
Mike Brearley*
14
 29
 3
 0
48.28
c Alderman b Lillee
David Gower
9
 22
 1
 0
40.91
c Border b Alderman
Mike Gatting
1
 10
 0
 0
10.00
lbw b Alderman
Peter Willey
33
 56
 6
 0
58.93
c Dyson b Lillee
Ian Botham
149
 148
 27
 1
100.68
not out
Robert Taylor†
1
 9
 0
 0
11.11
c Bright b Alderman
Graham Dilley
56
 75
 9
 0
74.67
b Alderman
Chris Old
29
 31
 6
 0
93.55
b Lawson
Bob Willis
2
 9
 0
 0
22.22
c Border b Alderman
Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 3, nb 5)
16
 
TOTAL (87.3 overs @ 4.07 rpo)
356
 
 
Fall of Wickets:  1-0 (Graham Gooch), 2-18 (Mike Brearley), 3-37 (David Gower), 4-41 (Mike Gatting), 5-105 (Peter Willey), 6-133 (Geoff Boycott), 7-135 (Robert Taylor), 8-252 (Graham Dilley), 9-319 (Chris Old), 10-356 (Bob Willis)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
Dennis Lillee
25.0
6
94
3
3.76
Terry Alderman
35.3
6
135
6
3.80
Geoff Lawson
23.0
4
96
1
4.17
Raymond Bright
4.0
0
15
0
3.75
Australia 2nd Innings (target 130)
Batting
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
John Dyson
34
 83
 3
 0
40.96
c †Taylor b Willis
Graeme Wood
10
 10
 2
 0
100.00
c †Taylor b Botham
Trevor Chappell
8
 56
 0
 0
14.29
c †Taylor b Willis
Kim Hughes*
0
 9
 0
 0
0.00
c Botham b Willis
Graham Yallop
0
 3
 0
 0
0.00
c Gatting b Willis
Allan Border
0
 8
 0
 0
0.00
b Old
Rod Marsh†
4
 9
 0
 0
44.44
c Dilley b Willis
Raymond Bright
19
 32
 2
 0
59.38
b Willis
Geoff Lawson
1
 2
 0
 0
50.00
c †Taylor b Willis
Dennis Lillee
17
 15
 3
 0
113.33
c Gatting b Willis
Terry Alderman
0
 5
 0
 0
0.00
not out
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 14)
18
 
TOTAL (36.1 overs @ 3.07 rpo)
111
 
 
Fall of Wickets:  1-13 (Graeme Wood), 2-56 (Trevor Chappell), 3-58 (Kim Hughes), 4-58 (Graham Yallop), 5-65 (Allan Border), 6-68 (John Dyson), 7-74 (Rod Marsh), 8-75 (Geoff Lawson), 9-110 (Dennis Lillee), 10-111 (Raymond Bright)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
Bob Willis
15.1
3
43
8
2.84
Chris Old
9.0
1
21
1
2.33
Graham Dilley
2.0
0
11
0
5.50
Ian Botham
7.0
3
14
1
2.00
Peter Willey
3.0
1
4
0
1.33
Match Information
 
 
 
 
 
Venue
Headingley, Leeds
Toss
Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series
1981 England v Australia
Match No.
Test #905
Match Conditions
Day Match
Player of Match
Ian Botham
Partnerships
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End of Day Status
(Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 203/3 (KJ Hughes 24*, RJ Bright 1*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 7/0 (GA Gooch 2*, G Boycott 0*)
Day 3 - England 2nd innings 6/1 (G Boycott 0*, JM Brearley 4*)
Day 4 - England 2nd innings 351/9 (IT Botham 145*, RGD Willis 1*)
Day 5 - Australia 2nd Innings 111, 36.1 overs - end of match

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