The Ashes, 1981, 4th Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
30,31 July, 1,2 August 1981 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 29 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-1
Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird and DO Oslear
Test Debuts: MF Kent (Aus).
Man of the Match: IT Botham
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 189, Australia 19/2 (Wood 6*, Bright 0*)
Day 2: Australia 258, England 49/1 (Boycott 9*, Gower 20*)
Day 3: England 219, Australia 9/1 (Dyson 5*, Border 2*)
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
G Boycott c Marsh b Alderman 13 44 42 1 0
*JM Brearley c Border b Lillee 48 166 109 6 0
DI Gower c Hogg b Alderman 0 10 10 0 0
GA Gooch c Marsh b Bright 21 50 43 3 0
MW Gatting c Alderman b Lillee 21 89 46 2 0
P Willey b Bright 16 66 59 2 0
IT Botham b Alderman 26 58 43 3 0
JE Emburey b Hogg 3 39 33 0 0
+RW Taylor b Alderman 0 1 3 0 0
CM Old not out 11 35 23 0 0
RGD Willis c Marsh b Alderman 13 11 15 2 0
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 10) 17
Total (all out, 69.1 overs) 189
FoW: 1-29 (Boycott), 2-29 (Gower), 3-60 (Gooch),
4-101 (Brearley), 5-126 (Gatting), 6-145 (Willey),
7-161 (Botham), 8-161 (Taylor), 9-165 (Emburey),
10-189 (Willis).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 18 4 61 2
Alderman 23.1 8 42 5
Hogg 16 3 49 1
Bright 12 4 20 2
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood run out (Old) 38 174 139 2 0
J Dyson b Old 1 14 11 0 0
AR Border c Taylor b Old 2 25 24 0 0
RJ Bright lbw b Botham 27 63 51 4 0
*KJ Hughes lbw b Old 47 112 101 7 0
GN Yallop b Emburey 30 98 70 3 0
MF Kent c Willis b Emburey 46 109 81 6 0
+RW Marsh b Emburey 2 25 24 0 0
DK Lillee b Emburey 18 40 43 3 0
RM Hogg run out 0 1 0 0 0
TM Alderman not out 3 6 3 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 19, nb 21) 44
Total (all out, 86.5 overs) 258
FoW: 1-5 (Dyson), 2-14 (Border), 3-62 (Bright), 4-115 (Wood),
5-166 (Hughes), 6-203 (Yallop), 7-220 (Marsh), 8-253 (Kent),
9-253 (Hogg), 10-258 (Lillee).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 19 3 63 0
Old 21 8 44 3
Emburey 26.5 12 43 4
Botham 20 1 64 1
England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
G Boycott c Marsh b Bright 29 190 136 3 0
*JM Brearley lbw b Lillee 13 17 17 2 0
DI Gower c Border b Bright 23 70 59 2 0
GA Gooch b Bright 21 116 93 3 0
MW Gatting b Bright 39 103 71 3 0
P Willey b Bright 5 23 22 1 0
IT Botham c Marsh b Lillee 3 15 11 0 0
CM Old c Marsh b Alderman 23 27 24 3 0
JE Emburey not out 37 92 79 5 0
+RW Taylor lbw b Alderman 8 70 47 0 0
RGD Willis c Marsh b Alderman 2 3 5 0 0
Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 9) 16
Total (all out, 92 overs) 219
FoW: 1-18 (Brearley), 2-52 (Gower), 3-89 (Boycott), 4-98 (Gooch),
5-110 (Willey), 6-115 (Botham), 7-154 (Old), 8-167 (Gatting),
9-217 (Taylor), 10-219 (Willis).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 26 9 51 2
Alderman 22 5 65 3
Hogg 10 3 19 0
Bright 34 17 68 5
Australia 2nd innings (target: 151 runs) R M B 4 6
GM Wood lbw b Old 2 7 5 0 0
J Dyson lbw b Willis 13 62 46 1 0
AR Border c Gatting b Emburey 40 213 175 4 0
*KJ Hughes c Emburey b Willis 5 16 11 0 0
GN Yallop c Botham b Emburey 30 114 96 5 0
MF Kent b Botham 10 68 45 1 0
+RW Marsh b Botham 4 9 8 1 0
RJ Bright lbw b Botham 0 1 1 0 0
DK Lillee c Taylor b Botham 3 19 19 0 0
RM Hogg not out 0 11 6 0 0
TM Alderman b Botham 0 2 3 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 11) 14
Total (all out, 67 overs) 121
FoW: 1-2 (Wood), 2-19 (Dyson), 3-29 (Hughes), 4-87 (Yallop),
5-105 (Border), 6-114 (Marsh), 7-114 (Bright),
8-120 (Lillee), 9-121 (Kent), 10-121 (Alderman).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 20 6 37 2
Old 11 4 19 1
Emburey 22 10 40 2
Botham 14 9 11 5
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