The Ashes, 1986/87, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28 December 1986 (5-day match)
Result: England won by an innings and 14 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 2-0
Toss: England
Umpires: AR Crafter and RA French
Man of the Match: GC Small
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 141, England 95/1 (Broad 56*, Gatting 8*)
Day 2: England 349
Australia 1st innings
GR Marsh c Richards b Botham 17
DC Boon c Botham b Small 7
DM Jones c Gower b Small 59
*AR Border c Richards b Botham 15
SR Waugh c Botham b Small 10
GRJ Matthews c Botham b Small 14
PR Sleep c Richards b Small 0
+TJ Zoehrer b Botham 5
CJ McDermott c Richards b Botham 0
MG Hughes c Richards b Botham 2
BA Reid not out 2
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 7) 10
Total (all out, 54.4 overs) 141
FoW: 1-16, 2-44, 3-80, 4-108, 5-118,
6-118, 7-129, 8-133, 9-137, 10-141.
Bowling O M R W
Small 22.4 7 48 5
DeFreitas 11 1 30 0
Emburey 4 0 16 0
Botham 16 4 41 5
Gatting 1 0 4 0
England 1st innings
BC Broad c Zoehrer b Hughes 112
CWJ Athey lbw b Reid 21
*MW Gatting c Hughes b Reid 40
AJ Lamb c Zoehrer b Reid 43
DI Gower c Matthews b Sleep 7
IT Botham c Zoehrer b McDermott 29
+CJ Richards c Marsh b Reid 3
PAJ DeFreitas c Matthews b McDermott 7
JE Emburey c & b McDermott 22
PH Edmonds lbw b McDermott 19
GC Small not out 21
Extras (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 11) 25
Total (all out, 120.5 overs) 349
FoW: 1-58, 2-163, 3-198, 4-219, 5-251,
6-273, 7-277, 8-289, 9-319, 10-349.
Bowling O M R W
McDermott 26.5 4 83 4
Hughes 30 3 94 1
Reid 28 5 78 4
Waugh 8 4 16 0
Sleep 28 4 65 1
Australia 2nd innings
GR Marsh run out 60
DC Boon c Gatting b Small 8
DM Jones c Gatting b DeFreitas 21
*AR Border c Emburey b Small 34
SR Waugh b Edmonds 49
GRJ Matthews b Emburey 0
PR Sleep run out 6
+TJ Zoehrer c Athey b Edmonds 1
CJ McDermott b Emburey 1
MG Hughes c Small b Edmonds 8
BA Reid not out 0
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 2) 6
Total (all out, 73.4 overs) 194
FoW: 1-13, 2-48, 3-113, 4-153, 5-153,
6-175, 7-180, 8-185, 9-189, 10-194.
Bowling O M R W
DeFreitas 12 1 44 1
Small 15 3 40 2
Botham 7 1 19 0
Edmonds 19.4 5 45 3
Emburey 20 5 43 2
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