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Australia v England @ Adelaide Oval
25, 26, 27, 28, 29 January 1991 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: LJ King, TA Prue
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c Graham Gooch b Gladstone Small | 37 | 67 | 93 | 5 | - |
| 2. Mark Taylor | run out ( > > ) | 5 | 18 | 19 | - | - |
| 3. David Boon | c Angus Fraser b Devon Malcolm | 49 | 148 | 181 | 4 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | b Phil DeFreitas | 12 | 0 | 75 | - | - |
| 5. Dean Jones | lbw b Phil DeFreitas | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 6. Mark Waugh | b Devon Malcolm | 138 | 188 | 237 | 18 | - |
| 7. Greg Matthews | c Alec Stewart b Graham Gooch | 65 | 215 | 318 | 3 | - |
| +8. Ian Healy | c Alec Stewart b Phil DeFreitas | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Craig McDermott | not out | 42 | 99 | 165 | - | - |
| 10. Merv Hughes | lbw b Gladstone Small | 1 | 23 | 30 | - | - |
| 11. Bruce Reid | c Allan Lamb b Phil DeFreitas | 5 | 18 | 22 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (Mark Taylor), 2-62 (Geoff Marsh), 3-104 (Allan Border), 4-104 (Dean Jones), 5-124 (David Boon), 6-295 (Mark Waugh), 7-298 (Ian Healy), 8-358 (Greg Matthews), 9-373 (Merv Hughes), 386 (Bruce Reid). |
| Extras | 2b, 23lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 31 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 135.2 ovs, 584 mins) 386 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Devon Malcolm | 38 | 7 | 104 | 2 | (1w,2nb) |
| Angus Fraser | 23 | 6 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 34 | 10 | 92 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil DeFreitas | 26.2 | 6 | 56 | 4 | (0w,1nb) |
| Phil Tufnell | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 9 | 2 | 23 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graham Gooch | c Ian Healy b Bruce Reid | 87 | 197 | 284 | 8 | - |
| 2. Mike Atherton | lbw b Craig McDermott | 0 | 16 | 21 | - | - |
| 3. Allan Lamb | c Ian Healy b Craig McDermott | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| 4. Robin Smith | c & b Merv Hughes | 53 | 149 | 200 | 4 | - |
| 5. David Gower | c Merv Hughes b Craig McDermott | 11 | 20 | 34 | 1 | - |
| +6. Alec Stewart | c Ian Healy b Bruce Reid | 11 | 25 | 32 | - | - |
| 7. Phil DeFreitas | c Greg Matthews b Craig McDermott | 45 | 56 | 81 | 4 | - |
| 8. Gladstone Small | b Craig McDermott | 1 | 16 | 23 | - | - |
| 9. Angus Fraser | c Ian Healy b Bruce Reid | 2 | 12 | 24 | - | - |
| 10. Devon Malcolm | c Ian Healy b Bruce Reid | 2 | 8 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Phil Tufnell | not out | 0 | 3 | 12 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Mike Atherton), 2-11 (Allan Lamb), 3-137 (Robin Smith), 4-160 (David Gower), 5-176 (Graham Gooch), 6-179 (Alec Stewart), 7-198 (Gladstone Small), 8-215 (Angus Fraser), 9-219 (Devon Malcolm), 229 (Phil DeFreitas). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 0w, 13nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 81.3 ovs, 366 mins) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bruce Reid | 29 | 9 | 53 | 4 | (0w,2nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 26.3 | 3 | 97 | 5 | (0w,8nb) |
| Merv Hughes | 22 | 4 | 62 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Taylor | run out ( > > ) | 4 | 12 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Graham Gooch b Gladstone Small | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| 3. David Boon | b Phil Tufnell | 121 | 277 | 388 | 9 | - |
| 4. Dean Jones | lbw b Phil DeFreitas | 8 | 16 | 26 | 2 | - |
| 5. Mark Waugh | b Devon Malcolm | 23 | 56 | 72 | 1 | - |
| 6. Merv Hughes | c Graham Gooch b Angus Fraser | 30 | 62 | 102 | 3 | - |
| *7. Allan Border | not out | 83 | 0 | 224 | 6 | - |
| 8. Greg Matthews | not out | 34 | 51 | 71 | 1 | - |
| +9. Ian Healy | ||||||
| 10. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 11. Bruce Reid |
| FOW | 1-1 (Geoff Marsh), 2-8 (Mark Taylor), 3-25 (Dean Jones), 4-64 (Mark Waugh), 5-130 (Merv Hughes), 6-240 (David Boon). |
| Extras | 1b, 7lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 104 ovs, 450 mins) 314 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Devon Malcolm | 21 | 0 | 87 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 18 | 3 | 64 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil DeFreitas | 23 | 6 | 61 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Angus Fraser | 26 | 3 | 66 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Phil Tufnell | 16 | 3 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graham Gooch | c Geoff Marsh b Bruce Reid | 117 | 188 | 214 | 12 | - |
| 2. Mike Atherton | c Mark Waugh b Bruce Reid | 87 | 212 | 250 | 11 | - |
| 3. Allan Lamb | b Craig McDermott | 53 | 54 | 84 | 6 | - |
| 4. David Gower | lbw b Merv Hughes | 16 | 27 | 54 | 2 | - |
| 5. Robin Smith | not out | 10 | 37 | 81 | - | - |
| +6. Alec Stewart | c Dean Jones b Craig McDermott | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 7. Phil DeFreitas | not out | 19 | 61 | 66 | 2 | - |
| 8. Gladstone Small | ||||||
| 9. Angus Fraser | ||||||
| 10. Devon Malcolm | ||||||
| 11. Phil Tufnell |
| FOW | 1-203 (Graham Gooch), 2-246 (Mike Atherton), 3-287 (Allan Lamb), 4-287 (David Gower), 5-297 (Alec Stewart). |
| Extras | 5b, 9lb, 1w, 9nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 96 ovs) 335 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bruce Reid | 23 | 5 | 59 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 27 | 5 | 106 | 2 | (0w,8nb) |
| Merv Hughes | 14 | 3 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 31 | 7 | 100 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Taylor, Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dean Jones, Mark Waugh, Merv Hughes, Allan Border, Greg Matthews, Ian Healy, Craig McDermott, Bruce Reid