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England in Australia, 1998/99
Australian XI v England XI
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
19,20,21,22 December 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Australian XI won by 9 wickets

Toss: England XI
Umpires: SJ Davis and PD Parker

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England XI 298/3 (Atherton 154*, Hick 14*, 95 overs)
  • Day 2: England XI 469/6d, Australian XI 30/0 (Elliott 14*, Blewett 11*, 11 overs)
  • Day 3: Australian XI 293/4d, England XI 166/2 (Butcher 85*, Cork 0*, 37 overs)
    England XI 1st innings                                          R   M   B  4 6
    MA Butcher            c Richards         b Law                 25  14  52  3 0
    *MA Atherton          not out                                 210 362 350 26 0
    JP Crawley            c Gilchrist        b Blewett             27  95  89  2 0
    MR Ramprakash                            b Bevan               65 142 127  5 1
    GA Hick               c sub (NG Webb)    b Bevan              125 153 130 14 4
    BC Hollioake          c Gilchrist        b Julian               0   2   1  0 0
    +WK Hegg              c sub (NG Webb)    b Bevan                4  12  14  0 0
    Extras                (lb 5, w 2, nb 6)                        13
    Total                 (6 wickets decl, 126.1 overs, 483 mins) 469
    
    DNB: DG Cork, AJ Tudor, ARC Fraser, PM Such.
    
    FoW: 1-56 (Butcher, 17.1 ov), 2-125 (Crawley, 44.3 ov),
         3-265 (Ramprakash, 83.6 ov), 4-460 (Hick),
         5-460 (Hollioake), 6-469 (Hegg).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kasprowicz                  18.3    2     67      0
    Reiffel                      1.3    0      4      0 (3nb)
    Julian                      32      6     98      1 (3nb)
    Blewett                     24      2     73      1
    Law                         21      4     84      1
    Bevan                       23.1    3     94      3 (2w)
    Elliott                      5      0     34      0
    Lehmann                      1      0     10      0
    
    Australian XI 1st innings                                       R   M   B  4 6
    MTG Elliott           c Tudor            b Hollioake           81 249 160  7 0
    GS Blewett            not out                                 169 333 259 15 0
    CJ Richards           lbw                b Hollioake            0   3   2  0 0
    *DS Lehmann           c Atherton         b Cork                 4   8   6  1 0
    SG Law                c Butcher          b Ramprakash          21  63  39  1 0
    MG Bevan              not out                                   0  18  10  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 14)                       18
    Total                 (4 wickets decl, 77 overs, 334 mins)    293
    
    DNB: +AC Gilchrist, BP Julian, PR Reiffel, MS Kasprowicz,
         GR Robertson.
    
    FoW: 1-206 (Elliott), 2-207 (Richards), 3-212 (Lehmann),
         4-278 (Law).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tudor                       14      3     54      0 (4nb)
    Fraser                      20      3     53      0 (3nb)
    Such                        15      1     62      0
    Cork                        11      3     33      1 (2nb)
    Hollioake                   10      1     55      2 (5nb)
    Ramprakash                   6      0     29      1
    Hick                         1      0      3      0
    
    England XI 2nd innings                                          R   M   B  4 6
    MA Butcher            not out                                 103 155 136  9 1
    JP Crawley            lbw                b Lehmann             63  73  52 11 0
    BC Hollioake          c Blewett          b Elliott             17  40  52  2 0
    DG Cork               run out (Richards)                       10  28  24  2 0
    +WK Hegg              not out                                   5  11  17  1 0
    Extras                (nb 1)                                    1
    Total                 (3 wickets decl, 46.5 overs, 156 mins)  199
    
    DNB: *MA Atherton, MR Ramprakash, GA Hick, AJ Tudor, ARC Fraser,
         PM Such.
    
    FoW: 1-118 (Crawley), 2-164 (Hollioake), 3-190 (Cork).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Julian                      11      2     43      0 (1nb)
    Law                          8      1     36      0
    Lehmann                      7.5    1     48      1
    Bevan                       15      1     57      0
    Elliott                      5      0     15      1
    
    Australian XI 2nd innings (target: 376 runs)                    R   M   B  4 6
    GS Blewett            not out                                 213 228 180 20 4
    MTG Elliott                              b Tudor                8  21  14  1 0
    CJ Richards           not out                                 138 205 143 10 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 4, nb 5, w 3)                   17
    Total                 (1 wicket, 55.2 overs, 228 mins)        376
    
    DNB: *DS Lehmann, SG Law, MG Bevan, +AC Gilchrist, BP Julian,
         PR Reiffel, MS Kasprowicz, GR Robertson.
    
    FoW: 1-31 (Elliott).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tudor                        9      0     49      1
    Fraser                      11      0     72      0 (1nb)
    Such                        11      0     86      0
    Cork                        12.2    0     76      0 (3w)
    Hick                         3      0     22      0
    Hollioake                    5      0     45      0 (4nb)
    Ramprakash                   4      0     17      0
    

    • 12th Men: JA Dykes (Australian XI) and DW Headley (England XI)

      Day 1

    • GR Robertson did not take his place in the field (back spasm on morning of the game). Although chosen in the XI he took no part in the match.
    • PR Reiffel failed to complete his second over (groin), completed by BP Julian.
    • MS Kasprowicz failed to complete his nineteenth over (hamstring), completed by BP Julian.
    • Five substitute fielders were used by Australian XI during the England 1st innings: official 12th man JA Dykes (Queensland), AR Border (Australian XI coach and national selector), and Hobart club players S Fingas, ? Costello and NG Webb.

      Day 2

    • MA Atherton 210*: Highest FC score (previous best 199 Lancashire v Durham, Gateshead 1992)

      Day 4

    • Australian XI set 376 for victory in 78 overs.
    • On 38 Blewett reached 1000 fc runs in the 1998-99 Australian season, the sixth person of all-time to do so before December 31.
    • Blewett 213*: Fourth consecutive FC century




  • Reports from AFP | Reports from John Polack for CricInfo | Reports from the Electronic Telegraph

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: England XI.

    Ground Page: Bellerive Oval, Hobart

    England XI Player Pages: MA Butcher, MA Atherton, JP Crawley, MR Ramprakash, GA Hick, BC Hollioake, WK Hegg, DG Cork, AJ Tudor, ARC Fraser, PM Such.

    Australian XI Player Pages: MTG Elliott, GS Blewett, CJ Richards, DS Lehmann, SG Law, MG Bevan, AC Gilchrist, BP Julian, PR Reiffel, MS Kasprowicz, GR Robertson.

    Match Officials' Pages: SJ Davis, PD Parker.

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