5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 2-7 Jan 1983

Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 944 (942/251)
The Ashes, 1982/83, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
2,3,4,6,7 January 1983 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia wins the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MW Johnson
Man of the Match: KJ Hughes
Man of the Series: GF Lawson

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 138/2 (Dyson 58*, Hughes 20*)

Day 2: Australia 314, England 76/3 (Gower 38*, Randall 21*)

Day 3: England 237, Australia 90/3 (Hughes 17*, Hookes 5*)

Day 4: Australia 382, England 8/1 (Tavare 1*, Hemmings 4*)

Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
KC Wessels            c Willis           b Botham              19  61  47  2 0
J Dyson               c Taylor           b Hemmings            79 301 188  7 0
*GS Chappell          lbw                b Willis              35  69  52  4 0
KJ Hughes             c Cowans           b Botham              29  88  68  3 0
DW Hookes             c Botham           b Hemmings            17  28  21  2 0
AR Border             c Miller           b Hemmings            89 211 198 12 0
+RW Marsh                            c & b Miller               3  26  23  0 0
B Yardley                                b Cowans              24  57  48  3 0
GF Lawson                            c & b Botham               6  32  24  0 0
JR Thomson            c Lamb             b Botham               0  16  11  0 0
RM Hogg               not out                                   0  23  11  0 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 8, w 2)                         13
Total                 (all out, 115 overs)                    314

FoW: 1-39 (Wessels), 2-96 (Chappell), 3-150 (Hughes),
     4-173 (Hookes), 5-210 (Dyson), 6-219 (Marsh),
     7-262 (Yardley), 8-283 (Lawson), 9-291 (Thomson),
     10-314 (Border).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Willis                      20      6     57      1
Cowans                      21      3     67      1
Botham                      30      8     75      4
Hemmings                    27     10     68      3
Miller                      17      7     34      1

England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
G Cook                c Chappell         b Hogg                 8  32  19  0 0
CJ Tavare                                b Lawson               0  16   8  0 0
DI Gower              c Chappell         b Lawson              70 207 125  7 0
AJ Lamb                                  b Lawson               0   5   3  0 0
DW Randall                               b Thomson             70 132  90  5 0
IT Botham             c Wessels          b Thomson              5  27  17  0 0
G Miller              lbw                b Thomson             34 123  79  3 0
+RW Taylor            lbw                b Thomson              0   3   3  0 0
EE Hemmings           c Border           b Yardley             29  52  39  2 0
*RGD Willis           c Border           b Thomson              1  32  19  0 0
NG Cowans             not out                                   0  10   2  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 12)                       20
Total                 (all out, 64.5 overs)                   237

FoW: 1-8 (Tavare), 2-23 (Cook), 3-24 (Lamb), 4-146 (Randall),
     5-163 (Botham), 6-169 (Gower), 7-170 (Taylor),
     8-220 (Hemmings), 9-232 (Willis), 10-237 (Miller).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lawson                      20      2     70      3
Hogg                        16      2     50      1
Thomson                     14.5    2     50      5
Yardley                     14      4     47      1

Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
KC Wessels            lbw                b Botham              53 116  89  6 0
J Dyson               c Gower            b Willis               2  40  24  0 0
*GS Chappell          c Randall          b Hemmings            11  17  14  0 0
KJ Hughes             c Botham           b Hemmings           137 379 316 12 3
DW Hookes             lbw                b Miller              19  52  52  2 0
AR Border             c Botham           b Cowans              83 163 148  9 0
+RW Marsh             c Taylor           b Miller              41  86  70  3 0
B Yardley             c Botham           b Hemmings             0  11  11  0 0
GF Lawson             not out                                  13  42  30  1 0
JR Thomson            c Gower            b Miller              12  29  34  1 0
RM Hogg               run out                                   0   5   6  0 0
Extras                (lb 7, nb 4)                             11
Total                 (all out, 131.3 overs)                  382

FoW: 1-23 (Dyson), 2-38 (Chappell), 3-82 (Wessels),
     4-113 (Hookes), 5-262 (Border), 6-350 (Marsh),
     7-357 (Yardley), 8-358 (Hughes), 9-382 (Thomson),
     10-382 (Hogg).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Willis                      10      2     33      1
Cowans                      13      1     47      1
Botham                      10      0     35      1
Hemmings                    47     16    116      3
Miller                      49.3   12    133      3
Cook                         2      1      7      0

England 2nd innings (target: 460 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
G Cook                lbw                b Lawson               2   3   5  0 0
CJ Tavare             lbw                b Yardley             16  60  26  2 0
EE Hemmings           c Marsh            b Yardley             95 223 195  6 0
DI Gower              c Hookes           b Yardley             24  53  39  3 0
AJ Lamb                              c & b Yardley             29  70  66  3 1
DW Randall                               b Thomson             44 114  95  6 0
IT Botham             lbw                b Thomson             32  73  56  4 0
G Miller              not out                                  21  86  84  3 0
+RW Taylor            not out                                  28  83  53  3 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 11)                 23
Total                 (7 wickets, 96 overs)                   314

DNB: *RGD Willis, NG Cowans.

FoW: 1-3 (Cook), 2-55 (Tavare), 3-104 (Gower), 4-155 (Lamb),
     5-196 (Hemmings), 6-260 (Randall), 7-261 (Botham).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lawson                      15      1     50      1
Hogg                        13      6     25      0
Thomson                     12      3     30      2
Yardley                     37      6    139      4
Border                      16      3     36      0
Hookes                       2      1      5      0
Chappell                     1      0      6      0

Australia regains the Ashes, which they lost in 1977
Aus 1st innings
RW Taylor: 150 Test dismissals (Dyson)
Eng 2nd innings
EE Hemmings was 5 runs from becoming the 4th 'night-watchman' to score a century at Test level.
RW Taylor passes 1000 runs (completeing the keeper's double)
This match was only the 4th drawn Test at Sydney between the 2 countries (out of 46)

Tour Index

Team Pages: Australia, England.

Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia Player Pages: KC Wessels, J Dyson, GS Chappell, KJ Hughes, DW Hookes, AR Border, RW Marsh, B Yardley, GF Lawson, JR Thomson, RM Hogg.

England Player Pages: G Cook, CJ Tavare, DI Gower, AJ Lamb, DW Randall, IT Botham, G Miller, RW Taylor, EE Hemmings, RGD Willis, NG Cowans.

Match Officials' Pages: RA French, MW Johnson.