Australia in England, 1997
Northamptonshire v Australians
County Ground, Northampton
17 May 1997 (50-over match)

Result: Australians won by 17 runs (D/L method)

Toss: Australians
Umpires: MJ Kitchen and P Willey
TV Umpire: KJ Lyons
Man of the Match: MB Loye

Australians innings (50 overs maximum)                          R   B   4  6
*MA Taylor            lbw                b Curran              76 121   6  0
MJ Slater                                b Taylor              33  21   3  2
MTG Elliott           c Snape            b Taylor               4   4   0  0
ME Waugh              c Curran           b Snape               38  40   2  2
RT Ponting                               b Penberthy            2   8   0  0
JL Langer             c Sales            b Hughes              20  30   1  0
+AC Gilchrist         c Bailey           b Taylor              40  44   2  1
BP Julian             run out (Snape)                           1  10   0  0
SK Warne              c Bailey           b Penberthy            1   3   0  0
MS Kasprowicz         c Taylor           b Curran               1   6   0  0
JN Gillespie          not out                                   1   1   0  0
Extras                (lb 4, w 10, nb 1)                       15
Total                 (all out, 47.4 overs)                   232

FoW: 1-43 (Slater), 2-47 (Elliott), 3-126 (Waugh),
     4-130 (Ponting), 5-168 (Langer), 6-204 (Taylor),
     7-209 (Julian), 8-210 (Warne), 9-227 (Kasprowicz),
     10-232 (Gilchrist).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Taylor                       8.4    0     44      3 (1nb, 6w)
Hughes                       7      0     57      1 (2w)
Curran                       9      2     34      2 (1nb)
Penberthy                   10      0     39      2 (1w)
Snape                       10      0     37      1 (1w)
Bailey                       3      0     17      0

Northamptonshire innings (target: 151 runs from 35 overs)       R   B   4  6
A Fordham             c Gilchrist        b Gillespie            2  13   0  0
MB Loye               not out                                  65  82   5  1
*RJ Bailey                           c & b Julian              10  36   0  0
KM Curran             c Gilchrist        b Julian              12  19   1  0
AL Penberthy          c Waugh            b Warne               19  31   0  0
TC Walton             st Gilchrist       b Warne                2   6   0  0
DJG Sales             not out                                  11  23   0  0
Extras                (lb 4, w 9)                              13
Total                 (5 wickets, 35 overs)                   134

DNB: JN Snape, +D Ripley, JG Hughes, JP Taylor.

FoW: 1-14 (Fordham), 2-40 (Bailey), 3-55 (Curran),
     4-108 (Penberthy), 5-113 (Walton).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                    6      0     16      1 (4w)
Kasprowicz                   7      2     15      0
Julian                       6      0     27      2 (2w)
Ponting                      4      0     22      0 (2w)
Waugh                        6      0     29      0
Warne                        6      0     21      2 (1w)

• 12th Men: MV Steele (Northamptonshire) and GD McGrath (Australians)

Tour Index

Team Pages: Northamptonshire, Australians.

Ground Page: County Ground, Northampton

Australians Player Pages: MA Taylor, MJ Slater, MTG Elliott, ME Waugh, RT Ponting, JL Langer, AC Gilchrist, BP Julian, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, JN Gillespie.

Northamptonshire Player Pages: A Fordham, MB Loye, RJ Bailey, KM Curran, AL Penberthy, TC Walton, DJG Sales, JN Snape, D Ripley, JG Hughes, JP Taylor.

Match Officials' Pages: MJ Kitchen, P Willey, KJ Lyons.