The Ashes, 1981, 6th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
27,28,29,31 August, 1 September 1981 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
England wins the 6-Test series 3-1
Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer
Test Debuts: PWG Parker (Eng); DM Wellham (Aus).
Man of the Match: DK Lillee
Man of the Series: IT Botham
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 251/4 (Border 51*, Wellham 19*)
Day 2: Australia 352, England 100/1 (Boycott 47*, Tavare 8*)
Day 3: England 314, Australia 36/2 (Wood 20*)
Day 4: Australia 344/9 (Lillee 8*)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood c Brearley b Botham 66 168 129 6 0
MF Kent c Gatting b Botham 54 179 129 7 0
*KJ Hughes hit wicket b Botham 31 101 67 1 0
GN Yallop c Botham b Willis 26 59 50 1 0
AR Border not out 106 290 230 13 0
DM Wellham b Willis 24 112 93 1 0
+RW Marsh c Botham b Willis 12 18 18 2 0
RJ Bright c Brearley b Botham 3 41 40 0 0
DK Lillee b Willis 11 36 36 1 0
TM Alderman b Botham 0 2 2 0 0
MR Whitney b Botham 4 38 13 1 0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 4) 15
Total (all out, 132 overs) 352
FoW: 1-120 (Wood), 2-125 (Kent), 3-169 (Yallop), 4-199 (Hughes),
5-260 (Wellham), 6-280 (Marsh), 7-303 (Bright),
8-319 (Lillee), 9-320 (Alderman), 10-352 (Whitney).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 31 6 91 4
Hendrick 31 8 63 0
Botham 47 13 125 6
Emburey 23 2 58 0
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
G Boycott c Yallop b Lillee 137 441 321 7 0
W Larkins c Alderman b Lillee 34 93 75 4 0
CJ Tavare c Marsh b Lillee 24 127 91 2 0
MW Gatting b Lillee 53 157 114 5 0
*JM Brearley c Bright b Alderman 0 5 6 0 0
PWG Parker c Kent b Alderman 0 2 3 0 0
IT Botham c Yallop b Lillee 3 11 5 0 0
+APE Knott b Lillee 36 68 49 4 0
JE Emburey lbw b Lillee 0 1 2 0 0
RGD Willis b Alderman 3 13 7 0 0
M Hendrick not out 0 13 6 0 0
Extras (lb 9, w 3, nb 12) 24
Total (all out, 110.4 overs) 314
FoW: 1-61 (Larkins), 2-131 (Tavare), 3-246 (Gatting),
4-248 (Brearley), 5-248 (Parker), 6-256 (Botham),
7-293 (Boycott), 8-293 (Emburey), 9-302 (Willis),
10-314 (Knott).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 31.4 4 89 7
Alderman 35 4 84 3
Whitney 23 3 76 0
Bright 21 6 41 0
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood c Knott b Hendrick 21 62 46 1 0
MF Kent c Brearley b Botham 7 33 17 1 0
*KJ Hughes lbw b Hendrick 6 22 24 1 0
GN Yallop b Hendrick 35 85 62 3 0
AR Border c Tavare b Emburey 84 192 152 8 0
DM Wellham lbw b Botham 103 266 221 12 0
+RW Marsh c Gatting b Botham 52 96 83 7 0
RJ Bright b Botham 11 30 14 2 0
DK Lillee not out 8 36 36 1 0
MR Whitney c Botham b Hendrick 0 4 3 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 1, nb 7) 17
Total (9 wickets declared, 104.2 overs) 344
DNB: TM Alderman.
FoW: 1-26 (Kent), 2-36 (Hughes), 3-41 (Wood), 4-104 (Yallop),
5-205 (Border), 6-271 (Marsh), 7-332 (Bright),
8-343 (Wellham), 9-344 (Whitney).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 10 0 41 0
Hendrick 29.2 6 82 4
Botham 42 9 128 4
Emburey 23 3 76 1
England 2nd innings (target: 383 runs) R M B 4 6
G Boycott lbw b Lillee 0 2 4 0 0
W Larkins c Alderman b Lillee 24 119 78 4 0
CJ Tavare c Kent b Whitney 8 44 36 0 0
MW Gatting c Kent b Lillee 56 85 70 7 0
PWG Parker c Kent b Alderman 13 55 46 2 0
*JM Brearley c Marsh b Lillee 51 166 160 7 0
IT Botham lbw b Alderman 16 10 14 2 0
+APE Knott not out 70 167 138 11 0
JE Emburey not out 5 52 33 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 9) 18
Total (7 wickets, 95 overs) 261
DNB: RGD Willis, M Hendrick.
FoW: 1-0 (Boycott), 2-18 (Tavare), 3-88 (Larkins),
4-101 (Gatting), 5-127 (Parker), 6-144 (Botham),
7-237 (Brearley).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 30 10 70 4
Alderman 19 6 60 2
Whitney 11 4 46 1
Bright 27 12 50 0
Yallop 8 2 17 0
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