The Ashes, 1977, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
28,29,30 July, 1,2 August 1977 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 7 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 2-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: HD Bird and DJ Constant
Test Debuts: IT Botham (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 243, England 9/0 (Brearley 5*, Boycott 1*)
Day 2: England 242/5 (Boycott 88*, Knott 87*)
Day 3: England 364, Australia 112/2 (McCosker 40*, Hookes 31*)
Day 4: Australia 309, England 17/0 (Brearley 5*, Boycott 12*)
Australia 1st innings
RB McCosker c Brearley b Hendrick 51
IC Davis c Botham b Underwood 33
*GS Chappell b Botham 19
DW Hookes c Hendrick b Willis 17
KD Walters c Hendrick b Botham 11
RD Robinson c Brearley b Greig 11
+RW Marsh lbw b Botham 0
KJ O'Keeffe not out 48
MHN Walker c Hendrick b Botham 0
JR Thomson c Knott b Botham 21
LS Pascoe c Greig b Hendrick 20
Extras (b 4, lb 2, nb 6) 12
Total (all out, 82.2 overs) 243
FoW: 1-79, 2-101, 3-131, 4-133, 5-153,
6-153, 7-153, 8-155, 9-196, 10-243.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 15 0 58 1
Hendrick 21.2 6 46 2
Botham 20 5 74 5
Greig 15 4 35 1
Underwood 11 5 18 1
England 1st innings
*JM Brearley c Hookes b Pascoe 15
G Boycott c McCosker b Thomson 107
RA Woolmer lbw b Pascoe 0
DW Randall run out 13
AW Greig b Thomson 11
G Miller c Robinson b Pascoe 13
+APE Knott c Davis b Thomson 135
IT Botham b Walker 25
DL Underwood b Pascoe 7
M Hendrick b Walker 1
RGD Willis not out 2
Extras (b 9, lb 7, w 3, nb 16) 35
Total (all out, 124.2 overs) 364
FoW: 1-34, 2-34, 3-52, 4-64, 5-82,
6-297, 7-326, 8-357, 9-357, 10-364.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 31 6 103 3
Pascoe 32 10 80 4
Walker 39.2 12 79 2
Chappell 8 0 19 0
O'Keeffe 11 4 43 0
Walters 3 0 5 0
Australia 2nd innings
RB McCosker c Brearley b Willis 107
IC Davis c Greig b Willis 9
*GS Chappell b Hendrick 27
DW Hookes lbw b Hendrick 42
KD Walters c Randall b Greig 28
RD Robinson lbw b Underwood 34
+RW Marsh c Greig b Willis 0
KJ O'Keeffe not out 21
MHN Walker b Willis 17
JR Thomson b Willis 0
LS Pascoe c Hendrick b Underwood 0
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 17) 24
Total (all out, 127 overs) 309
FoW: 1-18, 2-60, 3-154, 4-204, 5-240,
6-240, 7-270, 8-307, 9-308, 10-309.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 26 6 88 5
Hendrick 32 14 56 2
Botham 25 5 60 0
Greig 9 2 24 1
Underwood 27 15 49 2
Miller 5 2 5 0
Woolmer 3 0 3 0
England 2nd innings (target: 189 runs)
*JM Brearley b Walker 81
G Boycott not out 80
+APE Knott c O'Keeffe b Walker 2
AW Greig b Walker 0
DW Randall not out 19
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 7
Total (3 wickets, 81.2 overs) 189
DNB: RA Woolmer, G Miller, IT Botham, DL Underwood, M Hendrick,
RGD Willis.
FoW: 1-154, 2-156, 3-158.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 16 6 34 0
Pascoe 22 6 43 0
O'Keeffe 19.2 2 65 0
Walker 24 8 40 3
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