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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
256 & 370-8
Series badge AUS
494
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Overs: 177.0 RR: 2.09 vs spin: 2.33
vs seam: 1.86
Overs: 165.5 RR: 2.98 vs spin: 3.26
vs seam: 2.64
Thu 17/08/61 England v Australia, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 256 (118.1; RR: 2.17)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar b Davidson 8 0 1 0
R Subba Row lbw b Gaunt 12 0 1 0
MC Cowdrey c Grout b Davidson 0 0 0 0
PBH May c Lawry b Benaud 71 0 11 0
ER Dexter c Grout b Gaunt 24 0 5 0
KF Barrington c Grout b Gaunt 53 0 5 0
JT Murray c O'Neill b Mackay 27 0 2 0
GAR Lock c Grout b Mackay 3 0 0 0
DA Allen not out 22 0 2 0
JB Statham b Davidson 18 0 2 0
JA Flavell c Simpson b Davidson 14 0 1 0
Extras (1b, 2lb, 1w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 256 all out (118.1 overs; RR: 2.17)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 20-2 (R Subba Row 0.0 ov), 20-3 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 67-4 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 147-5 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 193-6 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 199-7 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 202-8 (JT Murray 0.0 ov), 238-9 (JB Statham 0.0 ov), 256-10 (JA Flavell 118.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 34.1 8 83 4 2.44 0 0
RA Gaunt 24.0 3 53 3 2.21 0 0
R Benaud 17.0 4 35 1 2.06 0 0
KD Mackay 39.0 14 75 2 1.92 0 0
RB Simpson 4.0 2 6 0 1.50 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 494 (165.5; RR: 2.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WM Lawry c Murray b Statham 0 0 0 0
RB Simpson b Allen 40 0 4 0
RN Harvey lbw b Flavell 13 0 1 0
NCL O'Neill c b Allen 117 0 14 0
PJP Burge b Allen 181 0 22 0
BC Booth c Row b Lock 71 0 12 0
KD Mackay c Murray b Flavell 5 0 0 0
AK Davidson lbw b Statham 17 0 3 0
R Benaud b Allen 6 0 1 0
ATW Grout not out 30 0 6 0
RA Gaunt b Statham 3 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 494 all out (165.5 overs; RR: 2.98)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 15-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 88-3 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 211-4 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 396-5 (BC Booth 0.0 ov), 401-6 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 441-7 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 455-8 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 472-9 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 494-10 (RA Gaunt 165.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JB Statham 38.5 10 75 3 1.97 0 0
JA Flavell 31.0 5 105 2 3.39 0 0
ER Dexter 24.0 2 68 0 2.83 0 0
DA Allen 30.0 6 133 4 4.43 0 0
GAR Lock 42.0 14 102 1 2.43 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 370-8 (177.0; RR: 2.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar c Grout b Mackay 13 0 0 0
R Subba Row c & b Benaud 137 0 15 1
ER Dexter c Gaunt b Mackay 0 0 0 0
PBH May c O'Neill b Mackay 33 0 7 0
MC Cowdrey c Benaud b Mackay 3 0 0 0
KF Barrington c O'Neill b Benaud 83 0 10 0
JT Murray c Grout b Benaud 40 0 7 0
GAR Lock c Benaud b Mackay 0 0 0 0
DA Allen not out 42 0 4 0
JB Statham not out 9 0 2 0
JA Flavell  
Extras (6b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 370-8 (177.0 overs; RR: 2.09)

Fall of wickets

33-1 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 33-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 83-3 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 90-4 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 262-5 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 283-6 (R Subba Row 0.0 ov), 283-7 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 355-8 (JT Murray 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 29.0 7 67 0 2.31 0 0
RA Gaunt 22.0 7 33 0 1.50 0 0
KD Mackay 68.0 21 121 5 1.78 0 0
R Benaud 51.0 18 113 3 2.22 0 0
RB Simpson 2.0 0 13 0 6.50 0 0
NCL O'Neill 4.0 1 13 0 3.25 0 0
RN Harvey 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 17, 1961

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

FS Lee, CS Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

JB Statham, PBH May, GAR Lock, MC Cowdrey, KF Barrington, ER Dexter, R Subba Row, G Pullar, DA Allen, JT Murray, JA Flavell

Australia Team

Playing XI

RN Harvey, R Benaud, AK Davidson, PJP Burge, KD Mackay, ATW Grout, RB Simpson, RA Gaunt, NCL O'Neill, WM Lawry, BC Booth