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138 & 419-9d Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlENG
95 & 417 ENG flag
Overs: 96.6 RR: 4.32 vs seam: 2.97
 Overs: 112.4 RR: 3.70 vs spin: 2.45
vs seam: 3.05
Sat 12/03/77 Australia v England, Only Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 45 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 138 (43.6; RR: 3.14)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
IC Davis lbw b Lever 5 22 0 0 22.73
RB McCosker b Willis 4 17 0 0 23.53
GJ Cosier c Fletcher b Lever 10 10 2 0 100.00
GS Chappell b Underwood 40 139 0 0 28.78
DW Hookes c Greig b Old 17 19 2 0 89.47
KD Walters c Greig b Willis 4 8 0 0 50.00
RW Marsh c Knott b Old 28 56 3 0 50.00
GJ Gilmour c Greig b Old 4 20 0 0 20.00
KJ O'Keeffe c Brearley b Underwood 0 2 0 0 0.00
DK Lillee not out 10 53 1 0 18.87
MHN Walker b Underwood 2 14 0 0 14.29
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 8nb) 14  
TOTAL 138 all out (43.6 overs; RR: 3.14)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (IC Davis 0.0 ov), 13-2 (RB McCosker 0.0 ov), 23-3 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 45-4 (DW Hookes 0.0 ov), 51-5 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 102-6 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 114-7 (GJ Gilmour 0.0 ov), 117-8 (KJ O'Keeffe 0.0 ov), 136-9 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 138-10 (MHN Walker 43.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JK Lever 12.0 1 36 2 3.00 0 0
RGD Willis 8.0 0 33 2 4.13 0 0
CM Old 12.0 4 39 3 3.25 0 0
DL Underwood 11.6 2 16 3 1.45 0 0

England - 1st Inns 95 (34.3; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RA Woolmer c Chappell b Lillee 9 30 1 0 30.00
JM Brearley c Hookes b Lillee 12 40 1 0 30.00
DL Underwood c Chappell b Walker 7 18 1 0 38.89
DW Randall c Marsh b Lillee 4 20 0 0 20.00
DL Amiss c O'Keeffe b Walker 4 18 0 0 22.22
KWR Fletcher c Marsh b Walker 4 27 0 0 14.81
AW Greig b Walker 18 20 3 0 90.00
APE Knott lbw b Lillee 15 45 0 0 33.33
CM Old c Marsh b Lillee 3 17 0 0 17.65
JK Lever c Marsh b Lillee 11 25 2 0 44.00
RGD Willis not out 1 17 0 0 5.88
Extras (2b, 2lb, 1w, 2nb) 7  
TOTAL 95 all out (34.3 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 30-2 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 34-3 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 40-4 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 40-5 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 61-6 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 65-7 (KWR Fletcher 0.0 ov), 78-8 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 86-9 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 95-10 (JK Lever 34.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 13.3 2 26 6 2.00 0 0
MHN Walker 15.0 3 54 4 3.60 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
GJ Gilmour 5.0 3 4 0 0.80 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 419-9 (96.6; RR: 4.32)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
IC Davis c Knott b Greig 68 153 6 0 44.44
KJ O'Keeffe c Willis b Old 14 36 1 0 38.89
GS Chappell b Old 2 14 0 0 14.29
GJ Cosier c Knott b Lever 4 27 0 0 14.81
KD Walters c Knott b Greig 66 143 5 0 46.15
DW Hookes c Fletcher b Underwood 56 69 9 0 81.16
RW Marsh not out 110 173 10 0 63.58
GJ Gilmour b Lever 16 31 1 0 51.61
DK Lillee c Amiss b Old 25 56 3 0 44.64
RB McCosker c Greig b Old 25 68 3 0 36.76
MHN Walker not out 8 24 0 0 33.33
Extras (0b, 10lb, 0w, 15nb) 25  
TOTAL 419-9 (96.6 overs; RR: 4.32)

Fall of wickets

33-1 (KJ O'Keeffe 0.0 ov), 40-2 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 53-3 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 132-4 (IC Davis 0.0 ov), 187-5 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 244-6 (DW Hookes 0.0 ov), 277-7 (GJ Gilmour 0.0 ov), 353-8 (DK Lillee 0.0 ov), 407-9 (RB McCosker 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JK Lever 21.0 1 95 2 4.52 0 0
RGD Willis 22.0 0 91 0 4.14 0 0
CM Old 27.6 2 104 4 3.85 0 0
AW Greig 14.0 3 66 2 4.71 0 0
DL Underwood 12.0 2 38 1 3.17 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 417 (112.4; RR: 3.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RA Woolmer lbw b Walker 12 36 1 0 33.33
JM Brearley lbw b Lillee 43 142 2 0 30.28
DW Randall c Cosier b O'Keeffe 174 353 21 0 49.29
DL Amiss b Chappell 64 185 3 0 34.59
KWR Fletcher c Marsh b Lillee 1 8 0 0 12.50
AW Greig c Cosier b O'Keeffe 41 82 7 0 50.00
APE Knott lbw b Lillee 42 51 5 0 82.35
CM Old c Chappell b Lillee 2 4 0 0 50.00
JK Lever lbw b O'Keeffe 4 25 0 0 16.00
DL Underwood b Lillee 7 19 0 0 36.84
RGD Willis not out 5 5 1 0 100.00
Extras (8b, 4lb, 3w, 7nb) 22  
TOTAL 417 all out (112.4 overs; RR: 3.70)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 113-2 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 279-3 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 290-4 (KWR Fletcher 0.0 ov), 346-5 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 369-6 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 380-7 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 385-8 (JK Lever 0.0 ov), 410-9 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 417-10 (APE Knott 112.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 34.4 7 139 5 4.09 0 0
MHN Walker 22.0 4 83 1 3.77 0 0
GJ Gilmour 4.0 0 29 0 7.25 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe 33.0 6 108 3 3.27 0 0
GS Chappell 16.0 7 29 1 1.81 0 0
KD Walters 3.0 2 7 0 2.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, Only Test

Date

Saturday March 12, 1977

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

TF Brooks, MG O'Connell

Australia Team

Playing XI

KD Walters, RW Marsh, GS Chappell, KJ O'Keeffe, DK Lillee, MHN Walker, IC Davis, GJ Gilmour, RB McCosker, GJ Cosier, DW Hookes

England Team

Playing XI

DL Underwood, DL Amiss, APE Knott, KWR Fletcher, RGD Willis, AW Greig, CM Old, RA Woolmer, JM Brearley, JK Lever, DW Randall