England vs Australia, 1st Test at Birmingham, Jun 05 1997, Australia tour of England and Scotland

RESULT
1st Test, Birmingham, June 05 - 08, 1997, Australia tour of England and Scotland
118 & 477
(T:118) 478/9d & 119/1

England won by 9 wickets

Player Of The Match
207
nasser-hussain
Australia 1st Innings
England 1st Innings
Australia 2nd Innings
England 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
Australia 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Butcher b Malcolm716231043.75
b Gough613181046.15
c Hussain b Gough715350046.66
b Gough525231020.00
c †Stewart b Caddick1220313060.00
c Ealham b Malcolm821311038.09
c †Stewart b Caddick012000.00
lbw b Caddick48131050.00
c Malcolm b Caddick47466280102.17
c Butcher b Caddick1728423060.71
not out 1390033.33
Extras(nb 2, w 2)4
TOTAL31.5 Ov (RR: 3.70)118
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Matthew Elliott), 2-15 (Mark Taylor), 3-26 (Mark Waugh), 4-28 (Greg Blewett), 5-48 (Steve Waugh), 6-48 (Ian Healy), 7-48 (Michael Bevan), 8-54 (Jason Gillespie), 9-110 (Michael Kasprowicz), 10-118 (Shane Warne)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1014334.30---23
1022522.50---00
11.515054.22---02
England 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Healy b Kasprowicz813162061.53
c †Healy b McGrath24100050.00
c Elliott b Gillespie1833523054.54
c †Healy b Warne20733743738061.42
c Bevan b McGrath13824529019056.32
c †Healy b Kasprowicz11419007.14
not out 531311717040.45
c †Healy b Kasprowicz2456704042.85
c †Healy b Kasprowicz098000.00
lbw b Bevan0711000.00
Extras(b 4, lb 7, nb 15, w 1)27
TOTAL138.4 Ov (RR: 3.44)478/9d
Did not bat:
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Mike Atherton), 2-16 (Mark Butcher), 3-50 (Alec Stewart), 4-338 (Graham Thorpe), 5-345 (John Crawley), 6-416 (Nasser Hussain), 7-460 (Robert Croft), 8-463 (Darren Gough), 9-478 (Andy Caddick)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
32810723.34---07
39811342.89---16
1014814.80---01
35811013.14---01
10.404414.12---00
1224503.75---02
Australia 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
b Croft6611314512058.40
c & b Croft12929639611143.58
c Butcher b Croft12522830019154.82
lbw b Gough331001353033.00
c Hussain b Gough2441454058.53
c †Stewart b Gough1780014.28
c Atherton b Ealham3048665062.50
c & b Ealham3234515094.11
c Butcher b Ealham021000.00
run out (Crawley/Gough)0611000.00
not out 00100-
Extras(b 18, lb 12, nb 5, w 2)37
TOTAL144.4 Ov (RR: 3.29)477
Fall of wickets: 1-133 (Matthew Elliott), 2-327 (Mark Taylor), 3-354 (Greg Blewett), 4-393 (Michael Bevan), 5-399 (Mark Waugh), 6-431 (Steve Waugh), 7-465 (Ian Healy), 8-465 (Michael Kasprowicz), 9-477 (Jason Gillespie), 10-477 (Shane Warne)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
35712333.51---04
2165202.47---00
431012532.90---20
3068702.90---03
15.436033.82---00
England 2nd Innings (T: 118 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Kasprowicz14101520140.00
not out 5765879087.69
not out 4054717074.07
Extras(b 4, lb 4)8
TOTAL21.3 Ov (RR: 5.53)119/1
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Mark Butcher)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
714206.00---00
704216.00---00
7.302703.60---00
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 05 Jun - day 1 - England 1st innings 200/3 (Nasser Hussain 80*, Graham Thorpe 83*)
Fri, 06 Jun - day 2 - England 1st innings 449/6 (Mark Ealham 32*, Robert Croft 18*)
Sat, 07 Jun - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 256/1 (Mark Taylor 108*, Greg Blewett 61*)
Sun, 08 Jun - day 4 - England 2nd innings 119/1 (21.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
  • A thunderstorm stopped play for 50 minutes with Australia on 399/5.
  • Bevan was the runner for Gillespie and was involved in the mixup in Gillespie's run out.
MATCH DETAILS
Edgbaston, Birmingham
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Series
Season1997
Player Of The Match
Series resultEngland led the 6-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 1368
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
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