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England v Australia @ Edgbaston, Birmingham
6 June 1981
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: DJ Constant, AGT Whitehead
Match Result: Australia won by 2 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Bob Willis b Robin Jackman | 55 | 80 | 115 | 5 | - |
| 2. Trevor Chappell | c Geoff Humpage b Ian Botham | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - |
| 3. Graham Yallop | b Mike Hendrick | 63 | 132 | 158 | 4 | - |
| *4. Kim Hughes | run out | 34 | 41 | 61 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Allan Border | run out | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| +6. Rod Marsh | c Jim Love b Ian Botham | 20 | 18 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 7. Martin Kent | lbw b Bob Willis | 1 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| 8. Geoff Lawson | not out | 29 | 26 | 31 | - | 2 |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | run out | 8 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | not out | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-10 (Trevor Chappell), 2-96 (Graeme Wood), 3-160 (Graham Yallop), 4-171 (Kim Hughes), 5-183 (Allan Border), 6-193 (Martin Kent), 7-213 (Rod Marsh), 8-248 (Dennis Lillee). |
| Extras | 1b, 18lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 55 ovs) 249 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 11 | 3 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 11 | 1 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 11 | 2 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Jackman | 11 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | b Rodney Hogg | 11 | 25 | 32 | 1 | - |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | b Geoff Lawson | 14 | 40 | 49 | 2 | - |
| 3. Mike Gatting | c Geoff Lawson b Dennis Lillee | 96 | 131 | 194 | 14 | 1 |
| 4. David Gower | b Terry Alderman | 2 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| 5. Jim Love | b Geoff Lawson | 43 | 53 | 67 | 6 | - |
| 6. Peter Willey | c Graeme Wood b Trevor Chappell | 37 | 33 | 40 | 4 | - |
| *7. Ian Botham | c Kim Hughes b Geoff Lawson | 24 | 21 | 30 | 3 | - |
| +8. Geoff Humpage | b Dennis Lillee | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | - |
| 9. Robin Jackman | run out | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Bob Willis | not out | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Mike Hendrick | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-20 (Graham Gooch), 2-27 (Geoff Boycott), 3-36 (David Gower), 4-111 (Jim Love), 5-177 (Peter Willey), 6-224 (Ian Botham), 7-232 (Geoff Humpage), 8-244 (Robin Jackman), 9-244 (Mike Gatting), 247 (Mike Hendrick). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 54.5 ovs) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dennis Lillee | 10.5 | 2 | 36 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Terry Alderman | 11 | 1 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Lawson | 11 | 2 | 42 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Chappell | 11 | 0 | 69 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott, Mike Gatting, David Gower, Jim Love, Peter Willey, Ian Botham, Geoff Humpage, Robin Jackman, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick