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Test # 1375 (1372/290)
The Ashes, 1997, 5th Test
England v Australia
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
7,8,9,10 August 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 264 runs
Australia leads the 6-Test series 3-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: CJ Mitchley (SA) and DR Shepherd
TV Umpire: AA Jones
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Test Debuts: AJ Hollioake, BC Hollioake (Eng).
Man of the Match: IA Healy

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 302/3 (ME Waugh 60*, SR Waugh 38*)
  • Day 2: Australia 427, England 188/4 (Thorpe 30*, AJ Hollioake 15*)
  • Day 3: England 313, Australia 167/4 (SR Waugh 10*, Ponting 5*) 
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MTG Elliott           c Stewart          b Headley             69 158 117 10 0
*MA Taylor                               b Caddick             76 219 155 12 0
GS Blewett            c Stewart          b BC Hollioake        50 142 115  7 0
ME Waugh              lbw                b Caddick             68 174 124  7 0
SR Waugh                                 b Malcolm             75 170 102 13 0
RT Ponting                               b Headley              9  15  15  1 0
+IA Healy             c AJ Hollioake     b Malcolm             16  29  18  2 0
SK Warne              c Thorpe           b Malcolm              0  11   5  0 0
PR Reiffel            c Thorpe           b Headley             26  62  45  4 0
JN Gillespie          not out                                  18  53  34  2 0
GD McGrath                               b Headley              1  10   6  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 4)                  19
Total                 (all out, 121.5 overs)                  427

FoW: 1-117 (Elliott), 2-160 (Taylor), 3-225 (Blewett),
     4-311 (ME Waugh), 5-325 (Ponting), 6-355 (Healy),
     7-363 (Warne), 8-386 (SR Waugh), 9-419 (Reiffel),
     10-427 (McGrath).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Malcolm                     25      5    100      3 (1w)
Headley                     30.5    7     87      4 (3nb)
Caddick                     30      4    102      2 (1nb)
BC Hollioake                10      1     57      1 (1nb)
Croft                       19      7     43      0
AJ Hollioake                 7      0     24      0

England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
*MA Atherton          c Healy            b Warne               27 111  75  3 0
+AJ Stewart           c Healy            b Warne               87 136 107 14 0
JP Crawley            c Healy            b McGrath             18  63  44  2 0
N Hussain                                b Warne                2  27  22  0 0
GP Thorpe             c Blewett          b Warne               53 154 118  6 0
AJ Hollioake          c Taylor           b Reiffel             45 139  94  6 1
BC Hollioake          c ME Waugh         b Reiffel             28  57  39  5 0
RDB Croft             c Blewett          b McGrath             18  40  34  2 1
AR Caddick            c Healy            b McGrath              0  17   6  0 0
DW Headley            not out                                  10  24  17  2 0
DE Malcolm                               b McGrath             12  20  12  3 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 6, nb 5)                        13
Total                 (all out, 93.5 overs)                   313

FoW: 1-106 (Atherton), 2-129 (Stewart), 3-135 (Hussain),
     4-141 (Crawley), 5-243 (AJ Hollioake), 6-243 (Thorpe),
     7-272 (Croft), 8-290 (BC Hollioake), 9-290 (Caddick),
     10-313 (Malcolm).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     29.5    9     71      4
Reiffel                     21      2    101      2 (3nb)
Gillespie                   11      3     47      0 (1nb)
Warne                       32      8     86      4 (1nb)

Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
*MA Taylor            c Hussain          b BC Hollioake        45 135 100  7 0
MTG Elliott           c Crawley          b Caddick             37  64  40  7 0
GS Blewett            c Stewart          b Caddick             60 128  94  7 0
ME Waugh              lbw                b Headley              7  32  22  1 0
SR Waugh              c AJ Hollioake     b Caddick             14  59  25  2 0
RT Ponting            c Stewart          b AJ Hollioake        45 168 131  4 0
+IA Healy             c Stewart          b AJ Hollioake        63 104  78  9 0
SK Warne              c Thorpe           b Croft               20  48  36  0 1
PR Reiffel            c BC Hollioake     b Croft               22  56  37  3 0
JN Gillespie          c Thorpe           b Headley              4  19  19  0 0
GD McGrath            not out                                   1  16  16  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 11, nb 6)                       18
Total                 (all out, 98.5 overs)                   336

FoW: 1-51 (Elliott), 2-105 (Taylor), 3-134 (ME Waugh),
     4-156 (Blewett), 5-171 (SR Waugh), 6-276 (Healy),
     7-292 (Ponting), 8-314 (Warne), 9-326 (Gillespie),
     10-336 (Reiffel).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Malcolm                     16      4     52      0
Headley                     19      3     56      2 (1nb)
Croft                       26.5    6     74      2
Caddick                     20      2     85      3 (3nb)
BC Hollioake                 5      1     26      1
AJ Hollioake                12      2     31      2 (1nb)

England 2nd innings (target: 451 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
*MA Atherton          c Healy            b McGrath              8  37  32  1 0
+AJ Stewart           c SR Waugh         b Reiffel             16  39  22  3 0
JP Crawley            c Healy            b Gillespie           33  66  41  4 0
N Hussain                                b Gillespie           21  49  37  2 0
GP Thorpe             not out                                  82 127  92 13 0
AJ Hollioake          lbw                b Gillespie            2  17   7  0 0
BC Hollioake          lbw                b Warne                2  31  25  0 0
RDB Croft             c McGrath          b Warne                6   8   6  0 1
AR Caddick            lbw                b Warne                0  15  10  0 0
DW Headley            c Healy            b McGrath              4  35  26  1 0
DE Malcolm            c ME Waugh         b McGrath              0   2   2  0 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 2, nb 4)                        12
Total                 (all out, 48.5 overs)                   186

FoW: 1-25 (Atherton), 2-25 (Stewart), 3-78 (Hussain),
     4-99 (Crawley), 5-121 (AJ Hollioake), 6-144 (BC Hollioake),
     7-150 (Croft), 8-166 (Caddick), 9-186 (Headley),
     10-186 (Malcolm).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     13.5    4     36      3 (1nb)
Reiffel                     11      3     34      1 (2nb)
Gillespie                    8      0     65      3 (3nb)
Warne                       16      4     43      3 (1nb)

      Day 2

    • With the dismissal of Stewart in the first innings, Healy reached the mark of 300 catches in Tests (100 against England)
    • McGrath was warned for running on the pitch in his follow through after the 37th over.

      Day 4

    • England were 8 wickets down at the scheduled stumps time, and MA Taylor claimed the extra half an hour of play.



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