The Ashes, 1982/83, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1982 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 3 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and RV Whitehead
Man of the Match: NG Cowans
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 284
Day 2: Australia 287
Day 3: England 294
Day 4: Australia 255/9 (Border 44*, Thomson 8*)
England 1st innings
G Cook c Chappell b Thomson 10
G Fowler c Chappell b Hogg 4
CJ Tavare c Yardley b Thomson 89
DI Gower c Marsh b Hogg 18
AJ Lamb c Dyson b Yardley 83
IT Botham c Wessels b Yardley 27
G Miller c Border b Yardley 10
DR Pringle c Wessels b Hogg 9
+RW Taylor c Marsh b Yardley 1
*RGD Willis not out 6
NG Cowans c Lawson b Hogg 3
Extras (b 3, lb 6, w 3, nb 12) 24
Total (all out, 81.3 overs) 284
FoW: 1-11, 2-25, 3-56, 4-217, 5-227,
6-259, 7-262, 8-268, 9-278, 10-284.
Bowling O M R W
Lawson 17 6 48 0
Hogg 23.3 6 69 4
Yardley 27 9 89 4
Thomson 13 2 49 2
Chappell 1 0 5 0
Australia 1st innings
KC Wessels b Willis 47
J Dyson lbw b Cowans 21
*GS Chappell c Lamb b Cowans 0
KJ Hughes b Willis 66
AR Border b Botham 2
DW Hookes c Taylor b Pringle 53
+RW Marsh b Willis 53
B Yardley b Miller 9
GF Lawson c Fowler b Miller 0
RM Hogg not out 8
JR Thomson b Miller 1
Extras (lb 8, nb 19) 27
Total (all out, 79 overs) 287
FoW: 1-55, 2-55, 3-83, 4-89, 5-180,
6-261, 7-276, 8-276, 9-278, 10-287.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 15 2 38 3
Botham 18 3 69 1
Cowans 16 0 69 2
Pringle 15 2 40 1
Miller 15 5 44 3
England 2nd innings
G Cook c Yardley b Thomson 26
G Fowler b Hogg 65
CJ Tavare b Hogg 0
DI Gower c Marsh b Lawson 3
AJ Lamb c Marsh b Hogg 26
IT Botham c Chappell b Thomson 46
G Miller lbw b Lawson 14
DR Pringle c Marsh b Lawson 42
+RW Taylor lbw b Thomson 37
*RGD Willis not out 8
NG Cowans b Lawson 10
Extras (b 2, lb 9, nb 6) 17
Total (all out, 80.4 overs) 294
FoW: 1-40, 2-41, 3-45, 4-128, 5-129,
6-160, 7-201, 8-262, 9-280, 10-294.
Bowling O M R W
Lawson 21.4 6 66 4
Hogg 22 5 64 3
Yardley 15 2 67 0
Thomson 21 3 74 3
Chappell 1 0 6 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 292 runs)
KC Wessels b Cowans 14
J Dyson c Tavare b Botham 31
*GS Chappell c sub (IJ Gould) b Cowans 2
KJ Hughes c Taylor b Miller 48
DW Hookes c Willis b Cowans 68
AR Border not out 62
+RW Marsh lbw b Cowans 13
B Yardley b Cowans 0
GF Lawson c Cowans b Pringle 7
RM Hogg lbw b Cowans 4
JR Thomson c Miller b Botham 21
Extras (b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 3) 18
Total (all out, 96.1 overs) 288
FoW: 1-37, 2-39, 3-71, 4-171, 5-173,
6-190, 7-190, 8-202, 9-218, 10-288.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 17 0 57 0
Botham 25.1 4 80 2
Cowans 26 6 77 6
Pringle 12 4 26 1
Miller 16 6 30 1
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