England v Australia @ Headingley, Leeds
24, 25, 26, 27, 28 July 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: MJ Kitchen, CJ Mitchley
Third Umpire: R Julian
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 61 runs
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Mark Butcher | c Greg Blewett b Paul Reiffel | 24 | 57 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| *2. Mike Atherton | c Jason Gillespie b Glenn McGrath | 41 | 143 | 222 | 6 | - | |
| +3. Alec Stewart | c Greg Blewett b Jason Gillespie | 7 | 24 | 26 | - | - | |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Mark Taylor b Glenn McGrath | 26 | 41 | 58 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Dean Headley | c Steve Waugh b Jason Gillespie | 22 | 32 | 48 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Graham Thorpe | b Jason Gillespie | 15 | 26 | 29 | 3 | - | |
| 7. John Crawley | c Greg Blewett b Jason Gillespie | 2 | 13 | 23 | - | - | |
| 8. Mark Ealham | not out | 8 | 24 | 42 | - | - | |
| 9. Robert Croft | c Ricky Ponting b Jason Gillespie | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Darren Gough | b Jason Gillespie | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| 11. Mike Smith | b Jason Gillespie | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-43 (Mark Butcher), 2-58 (Alec Stewart), 3-103 (Nasser Hussain), 4-138 (Dean Headley), 5-154 (Mike Atherton), 6-154 (Graham Thorpe), 7-163 (John Crawley), 8-172 (Robert Croft), 9-172 (Darren Gough), 172 (Mike Smith). |
| Extras | 4b, 4lb, 1w, 12nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 59.4 ovs, 269 mins) 172 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 22 | 5 | 67 | 2 | (1w,3nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 20 | 4 | 41 | 1 | (0w,9nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 13.4 | 1 | 37 | 7 | (0w,2nb) |
| Greg Blewett | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Mark Taylor | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 0 | 11 | 10 | - | - | |
| 2. Matthew Elliott | b Darren Gough | 199 | 351 | 450 | 26 | 3 | |
| 3. Greg Blewett | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 1 | 8 | 16 | - | - | |
| 4. Mark Waugh | c & b Dean Headley | 8 | 18 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | c John Crawley b Dean Headley | 4 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| 6. Ricky Ponting | c Mark Ealham b Darren Gough | 127 | 202 | 261 | 16 | 1 | |
| +7. Ian Healy | b Mark Ealham | 31 | 46 | 58 | 6 | - | |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Graham Thorpe b Mark Ealham | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | not out | 54 | 72 | 109 | 5 | - | |
| 10. Jason Gillespie | b Darren Gough | 3 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | not out | 20 | 30 | 39 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Mark Taylor), 2-16 (Greg Blewett), 3-43 (Mark Waugh), 4-50 (Steve Waugh), 5-318 (Ricky Ponting), 6-382 (Ian Healy), 7-383 (Shane Warne), 8-444 (Matthew Elliott), 9-461 (Jason Gillespie). |
| Extras | 9b, 10lb, 0w, 35nb, 0pen) 54 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 123 ovs, 509 mins) 501 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 36 | 5 | 149 | 5 | (0w,8nb) |
| Dean Headley | 25 | 2 | 125 | 2 | (0w,12nb) |
| Mike Smith | 23 | 2 | 89 | 0 | (0w,7nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 19 | 3 | 56 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Robert Croft | 18 | 1 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Butcher | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,6nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Mark Butcher | c Ian Healy b Glenn McGrath | 19 | 18 | 18 | 3 | - | |
| *2. Mike Atherton | c Shane Warne b Glenn McGrath | 2 | 13 | 25 | - | - | |
| +3. Alec Stewart | b Paul Reiffel | 16 | 30 | 41 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Jason Gillespie b Shane Warne | 105 | 181 | 250 | 14 | - | |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | c Mark Waugh b Jason Gillespie | 15 | 30 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| 6. John Crawley | b Paul Reiffel | 72 | 214 | 263 | 10 | - | |
| 7. Mark Ealham | c Mark Waugh b Paul Reiffel | 4 | 47 | 67 | - | - | |
| 8. Dean Headley | lbw b Paul Reiffel | 3 | 17 | 30 | - | - | |
| 9. Robert Croft | c Ian Healy b Paul Reiffel | 5 | 7 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Darren Gough | c Mark Waugh b Jason Gillespie | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Mike Smith | not out | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (Mark Butcher), 2-28 (Mike Atherton), 3-57 (Alec Stewart), 4-89 (Graham Thorpe), 5-222 (Nasser Hussain), 6-252 (Mark Ealham), 7-256 (John Crawley), 8-263 (Dean Headley), 9-264 (Darren Gough), 268 (Robert Croft). |
| Extras | 6b, 4lb, 0w, 13nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 91.1 ovs, 382 mins) 268 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 22 | 5 | 80 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 21.1 | 2 | 49 | 5 | (0w,8nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 23 | 8 | 65 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Shane Warne | 21 | 6 | 53 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
England:
Mark Butcher, Mike Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Graham Thorpe, John Crawley, Mark Ealham, Dean Headley, Robert Croft, Darren Gough, Mike Smith
Australia:
Mark Taylor, Matthew Elliott, Greg Blewett, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Ian Healy, Shane Warne, Paul Reiffel, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath
