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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
285 & 485 Series badge ENG
577 & 194-5 ENG flag
Overs: 145.2 RR: 3.34 vs spin: 2.87
vs seam: 3.02
 Overs: 95.5 RR: 2.02 vs seam: 1.53
Fri 11/12/03 Australia v England, 1st Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
ENGLAND WIN England won by 5 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 285 (118.2; RR: 2.41)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RA Duff c Lilley b Arnold 3 0 0 0
VT Trumper c Foster b Arnold 1 0 0 0
C Hill c Lilley b Hirst 5 0 1 0
MA Noble c Foster b Arnold 133 0 16 0
WW Armstrong b Bosanquet 48 0 4 0
AJY Hopkins b Hirst 39 0 8 0
WP Howell c Relf b Arnold 5 0 1 0
SE Gregory b Bosanquet 23 0 2 0
FJ Laver lbw b Rhodes 4 0 0 0
JJ Kelly c Braund b Rhodes 10 0 1 0
JV Saunders not out 11 0 1 0
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 3nb) 3  
TOTAL 285 all out (118.2 overs; RR: 2.41)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (VT Trumper 0.0 ov), 9-2 (RA Duff 0.0 ov), 12-3 (C Hill 0.0 ov), 118-4 (WW Armstrong 0.0 ov), 200-5 (AJY Hopkins 0.0 ov), 207-6 (WP Howell 0.0 ov), 259-7 (SE Gregory 0.0 ov), 263-8 (FJ Laver 0.0 ov), 271-9 (MA Noble 0.0 ov), 285-10 (JJ Kelly 118.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GH Hirst 24.0 8 47 2 1.96 0 0
EG Arnold 32.0 7 76 4 2.38 0 0
LC Braund 26.0 9 39 0 1.50 0 0
BJT Bosanquet 13.0 0 52 2 4.00 0 0
W Rhodes 17.2 3 41 2 2.41 0 0
AE Relf 6.0 1 27 0 4.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 577 (181.2; RR: 3.18)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TW Hayward b Howell 15 0 3 0
PF Warner c Kelly b Laver 0 0 0 0
JT Tyldesley b Noble 53 0 8 0
EG Arnold c Laver b Armstrong 27 0 3 0
RE Foster c Noble b Saunders 287 0 37 0
LC Braund b Howell 102 0 15 0
GH Hirst b Howell 0 0 0 0
BJT Bosanquet c Howell b Noble 2 0 0 0
AFA Lilley c Hill b Noble 4 0 1 0
AE Relf c Armstrong b Saunders 31 0 2 0
W Rhodes not out 40 0 5 0
Extras (6b, 7lb, 1w, 2nb) 16  
TOTAL 577 all out (181.2 overs; RR: 3.18)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (PF Warner 0.0 ov), 49-2 (TW Hayward 0.0 ov), 73-3 (JT Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 117-4 (EG Arnold 0.0 ov), 309-5 (LC Braund 0.0 ov), 311-6 (GH Hirst 0.0 ov), 318-7 (BJT Bosanquet 0.0 ov), 332-8 (AFA Lilley 0.0 ov), 447-9 (AE Relf 0.0 ov), 577-10 (RE Foster 181.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JV Saunders 36.2 8 125 2 3.47 0 0
FJ Laver 37.0 12 119 1 3.22 0 0
WP Howell 31.0 7 111 3 3.58 0 0
MA Noble 34.0 8 99 3 2.91 0 0
WW Armstrong 23.0 3 47 1 2.04 0 0
AJY Hopkins 11.0 1 40 0 3.64 0 0
VT Trumper 7.0 2 12 0 1.71 0 0
SE Gregory 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 485 (145.2; RR: 3.34)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SE Gregory c Lilley b Rhodes 43 0 5 0
JJ Kelly b Arnold 13 0 1 0
RA Duff c Relf b Rhodes 84 0 7 0
C Hill run out 51 0 6 0
VT Trumper not out 185 0 26 0
MA Noble st Lilley b Bosanquet 22 0 3 0
WW Armstrong c Bosanquet b Rhodes 27 0 2 0
AJY Hopkins c Arnold b Rhodes 20 0 4 0
FJ Laver c Relf b Rhodes 6 0 0 0
WP Howell c Lilley b Arnold 4 0 1 0
JV Saunders run out 2 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 15lb, 2w, 1nb) 28  
TOTAL 485 all out (145.2 overs; RR: 3.34)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (JJ Kelly 0.0 ov), 108-2 (SE Gregory 0.0 ov), 191-3 (RA Duff 0.0 ov), 254-4 (C Hill 0.0 ov), 334-5 (MA Noble 0.0 ov), 393-6 (WW Armstrong 0.0 ov), 441-7 (AJY Hopkins 0.0 ov), 468-8 (FJ Laver 0.0 ov), 473-9 (WP Howell 0.0 ov), 485-10 (JV Saunders 145.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GH Hirst 29.0 1 79 0 2.72 0 0
EG Arnold 28.0 2 93 2 3.32 0 0
W Rhodes 40.2 10 94 5 2.35 0 0
BJT Bosanquet 23.0 1 100 1 4.35 0 0
LC Braund 12.0 2 56 0 4.67 0 0
AE Relf 13.0 5 35 0 2.69 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 194-5 (95.5; RR: 2.02)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TW Hayward st Kelly b Saunders 91 0 6 0
PF Warner b Howell 8 0 1 0
JT Tyldesley c Noble b Saunders 9 0 1 0
RE Foster st Kelly b Armstrong 19 0 3 0
LC Braund c Noble b Howell 0 0 0 0
GH Hirst not out 60 0 9 0
BJT Bosanquet not out 1 0 0 0
EG Arnold  
AFA Lilley  
AE Relf  
W Rhodes  
Extras (3b, 1lb, 2w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 194-5 (95.5 overs; RR: 2.02)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (PF Warner 0.0 ov), 39-2 (JT Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 81-3 (RE Foster 0.0 ov), 82-4 (LC Braund 0.0 ov), 181-5 (TW Hayward 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Noble 12.0 2 37 0 3.08 0 0
WP Howell 31.0 18 35 2 1.13 0 0
JV Saunders 18.5 3 51 2 2.83 0 0
FJ Laver 16.0 4 37 0 2.31 0 0
WW Armstrong 18.0 6 28 1 1.56 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Sydney, 1st Test

Date

Friday December 11, 1903

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

RM Crockett, AC Jones

Australia Team

Playing XI

SE Gregory, C Hill, JJ Kelly, MA Noble, WP Howell, FJ Laver, VT Trumper, WW Armstrong, RA Duff, AJY Hopkins, JV Saunders

England Team

Playing XI

TW Hayward, AFA Lilley, GH Hirst, JT Tyldesley, PF Warner, W Rhodes, LC Braund, EG Arnold, BJT Bosanquet, RE Foster, AE Relf