The Ashes, 1981, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Headingley, Leeds
16,17,18,20,21 July 1981 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 18 runs
6-Test series level 1-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: DGL Evans and BJ Meyer
Man of the Match: IT Botham
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 203/3 (Hughes 24*, Bright 1*)
Day 2: Australia 401/9d, England 7/0 (Gooch 2*, Boycott 0*)
Day 3: England 174 and 6/1 (Boycott 0*, Brearley 4*)
Day 4: England 351/9 (Botham 145*, Willis 1*)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
J Dyson b Dilley 102 294 234 14 0
GM Wood lbw b Botham 34 71 55 4 0
TM Chappell c Taylor b Willey 27 161 135 2 0
*KJ Hughes c & b Botham 89 270 208 8 0
RJ Bright b Dilley 7 48 36 1 0
GN Yallop c Taylor b Botham 58 208 167 5 0
AR Border lbw b Botham 8 35 20 1 0
+RW Marsh b Botham 28 65 50 5 0
GF Lawson c Taylor b Botham 13 45 35 2 0
DK Lillee not out 3 8 6 0 0
TM Alderman not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 13, w 3, nb 12) 32
Total (9 wickets declared, 155.2 overs) 401
FoW: 1-55 (Wood), 2-149 (Chappell), 3-196 (Dyson),
4-220 (Bright), 5-332 (Hughes), 6-354 (Border),
7-357 (Yallop), 8-396 (Lawson), 9-401 (Marsh).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 30 8 72 0
Old 43 14 91 0
Dilley 27 4 78 2
Botham 39.2 11 95 6
Willey 13 2 31 1
Boycott 3 2 2 0
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
GA Gooch lbw b Alderman 2 17 7 0 0
G Boycott b Lawson 12 89 58 0 0
*JM Brearley c Marsh b Alderman 10 64 53 0 0
DI Gower c Marsh b Lawson 24 58 50 3 0
MW Gatting lbw b Lillee 15 58 29 2 0
P Willey b Lawson 8 29 22 0 0
IT Botham c Marsh b Lillee 50 80 54 8 0
+RW Taylor c Marsh b Lillee 5 36 23 1 0
GR Dilley c & b Lillee 13 30 17 2 0
CM Old c Border b Alderman 0 4 4 0 0
RGD Willis not out 1 5 4 0 0
Extras (b 6, lb 11, w 6, nb 11) 34
Total (all out, 50.5 overs) 174
FoW: 1-12 (Gooch), 2-40 (Brearley), 3-42 (Boycott), 4-84 (Gower),
5-87 (Gatting), 6-112 (Willey), 7-148 (Taylor),
8-166 (Botham), 9-167 (Old), 10-174 (Dilley).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 18.5 7 49 4
Alderman 19 4 59 3
Lawson 13 3 32 3
England 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4 6
GA Gooch c Alderman b Lillee 0 2 3 0 0
G Boycott lbw b Alderman 46 215 141 1 0
*JM Brearley c Alderman b Lillee 14 33 29 3 0
DI Gower c Border b Alderman 9 36 22 1 0
MW Gatting lbw b Alderman 1 10 10 0 0
P Willey c Dyson b Lillee 33 84 56 6 0
IT Botham not out 149 219 148 27 1
+RW Taylor c Bright b Alderman 1 9 9 0 0
GR Dilley b Alderman 56 80 75 9 0
CM Old b Lawson 29 54 31 6 0
RGD Willis c Border b Alderman 2 31 9 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 3, nb 5) 16
Total (all out, 87.3 overs) 356
FoW: 1-0 (Gooch), 2-18 (Brearley), 3-37 (Gower), 4-41 (Gatting),
5-105 (Willey), 6-133 (Boycott), 7-135 (Taylor),
8-252 (Dilley), 9-319 (Old), 10-356 (Willis).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 25 6 94 3
Alderman 35.3 6 135 6
Lawson 23 4 96 1
Bright 4 0 15 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 130 runs) R M B 4 6
J Dyson c Taylor b Willis 34 119 83 3 0
GM Wood c Taylor b Botham 10 9 10 2 0
TM Chappell c Taylor b Willis 8 68 56 0 0
*KJ Hughes c Botham b Willis 0 14 9 0 0
GN Yallop c Gatting b Willis 0 2 3 0 0
AR Border b Old 0 13 8 0 0
+RW Marsh c Dilley b Willis 4 18 9 0 0
RJ Bright b Willis 19 49 32 2 0
GF Lawson c Taylor b Willis 1 2 2 0 0
DK Lillee c Gatting b Willis 17 22 15 3 0
TM Alderman not out 0 6 5 0 0
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 14) 18
Total (all out, 36.1 overs) 111
FoW: 1-13 (Wood), 2-56 (Chappell), 3-58 (Hughes), 4-58 (Yallop),
5-65 (Border), 6-68 (Dyson), 7-74 (Marsh), 8-75 (Lawson),
9-110 (Lillee), 10-111 (Bright).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 15.1 3 43 8
Old 9 1 21 1
Dilley 2 0 11 0
Botham 7 3 14 1
Willey 3 1 4 0
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