The Ashes, 1981, 5th Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
13,14,15,16,17 August 1981 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 103 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 3-1
Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant and KE Palmer
Test Debuts: PJW Allott (Eng); MR Whitney (Aus).
Man of the Match: IT Botham
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 175/9 (Allott 9*, Willis 0*)
Day 2: England 231, Australia 130, England 70/1 (Boycott 31*, Tavare 29*)
Day 3: England 345/7 (Knott 56*, Emburey 27*)
Day 4: England 404, Australia 210/5 (Border 28*, Marsh 2*)
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
GA Gooch lbw b Lillee 10 29 19 1 0
G Boycott c Marsh b Alderman 10 24 20 1 0
CJ Tavare c Alderman b Whitney 69 287 193 7 0
DI Gower c Yallop b Whitney 23 69 49 3 0
*JM Brearley lbw b Alderman 2 5 6 0 0
MW Gatting c Border b Lillee 32 55 42 4 0
IT Botham c Bright b Lillee 0 1 1 0 0
+APE Knott c Border b Alderman 13 63 55 1 0
JE Emburey c Border b Alderman 1 17 18 0 0
PJW Allott not out 52 117 92 5 1
RGD Willis c Hughes b Lillee 11 53 23 1 0
Extras (lb 6, w 2) 8
Total (all out, 86.1 overs) 231
FoW: 1-19 (Boycott), 2-25 (Gooch), 3-57 (Gower), 4-62 (Brearley),
5-109 (Gatting), 6-109 (Botham), 7-131 (Knott),
8-137 (Emburey), 9-175 (Tavare), 10-231 (Willis).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 24.1 8 55 4
Alderman 29 5 88 4
Whitney 17 3 50 2
Bright 16 6 30 0
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood lbw b Allott 19 27 16 3 0
J Dyson c Botham b Willis 0 18 11 0 0
*KJ Hughes lbw b Willis 4 2 3 1 0
GN Yallop c Botham b Willis 0 1 2 0 0
MF Kent c Knott b Emburey 52 70 45 7 0
AR Border c Gower b Botham 11 30 23 1 0
+RW Marsh c Botham b Willis 1 2 2 0 0
RJ Bright c Knott b Botham 22 85 55 2 0
DK Lillee c Gooch b Botham 13 38 25 2 0
MR Whitney b Allott 0 6 7 0 0
TM Alderman not out 2 2 1 0 0
Extras (nb 6) 6
Total (all out, 30.2 overs) 130
FoW: 1-20 (Dyson), 2-24 (Hughes), 3-24 (Yallop), 4-24 (Wood),
5-58 (Border), 6-59 (Marsh), 7-104 (Kent), 8-125 (Lillee),
9-126 (Whitney), 10-130 (Bright).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 14 0 63 4
Allott 6 1 17 2
Botham 6.2 1 28 3
Emburey 4 0 16 1
England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
GA Gooch b Alderman 5 14 18 1 0
G Boycott lbw b Alderman 37 170 122 2 0
CJ Tavare c Kent b Alderman 78 423 289 3 0
DI Gower c Bright b Lillee 1 22 21 0 0
MW Gatting lbw b Alderman 11 63 44 1 0
*JM Brearley c Marsh b Alderman 3 17 20 0 0
IT Botham c Marsh b Whitney 118 123 102 13 6
+APE Knott c Dyson b Lillee 59 115 89 8 0
JE Emburey c Kent b Whitney 57 161 122 7 0
PJW Allott c Hughes b Bright 14 94 81 0 0
RGD Willis not out 5 12 6 1 0
Extras (b 1, lb 12, nb 3) 16
Total (all out, 151.4 overs) 404
FoW: 1-7 (Gooch), 2-79 (Boycott), 3-80 (Gower), 4-98 (Gatting),
5-104 (Brearley), 6-253 (Botham), 7-282 (Tavare),
8-356 (Knott), 9-396 (Emburey), 10-404 (Allott).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 46 13 137 2
Alderman 52 19 109 5
Whitney 27 6 74 2
Bright 26.4 12 68 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 506 runs) R M B 4 6
GM Wood c Knott b Allott 6 12 14 1 0
J Dyson run out 5 29 16 1 0
*KJ Hughes lbw b Botham 43 90 72 8 0
GN Yallop b Emburey 114 177 125 17 0
AR Border not out 123 420 356 17 0
MF Kent c Brearley b Emburey 2 23 17 0 0
+RW Marsh c Knott b Willis 47 110 101 6 1
RJ Bright c Knott b Willis 5 39 29 0 0
DK Lillee c Botham b Allott 28 83 65 3 0
TM Alderman lbw b Botham 0 13 10 0 0
MR Whitney c Gatting b Willis 0 38 42 0 0
Extras (lb 9, w 2, nb 18) 29
Total (all out, 135.5 overs) 402
FoW: 1-7 (Dyson), 2-24 (Wood), 3-119 (Hughes), 4-198 (Yallop),
5-206 (Kent), 6-296 (Marsh), 7-322 (Bright), 8-373 (Lillee),
9-378 (Alderman), 10-402 (Whitney).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 30.5 2 96 3
Allott 17 3 71 2
Botham 36 16 86 2
Emburey 49 9 107 2
Gatting 3 1 13 0
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