f33641 t905	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1981 (3rd Test)
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st July 1981 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 18 runs
Umpires	DGL Evans, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 203/3 (Hughes 24*, Bright 1*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 7/0 (Gooch 2*, Boycott 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 6/1 (Boycott 0*, Brearley 4*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 351/9 (Botham 145*, Willis 1*)
Player of the Match	IT Botham

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	b Dilley	102	234	294	14	-
GM Wood	lbw b Botham	34	55	71	4	-
TM Chappell	c Taylor b Willey	27	135	161	2	-
*KJ Hughes	c and b Botham	89	208	270	8	-
RJ Bright	b Dilley	7	36	48	1	-
GN Yallop	c Taylor b Botham	58	167	208	5	-
AR Border	lbw b Botham	8	20	35	1	-
+RW Marsh	b Botham	28	50	65	5	-
GF Lawson	c Taylor b Botham	13	35	45	2	-
DK Lillee	not out	3	6	8	-	-
TM Alderman	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	32
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 155.2 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Wood), 2-149 (Chappell), 3-196 (Dyson), 4-220 (Bright), 5-332 (Hughes), 6-354 (Border), 7-357 (Yallop), 8-396 (Lawson), 9-401 (Marsh)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	30	8	72	0	-	-
Old	43	14	91	0	-	-
Dilley	27	4	78	2	-	-
Botham	39.2	11	95	6	-	-
Willey	13	2	31	1	-	-
Boycott	3	2	2	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Alderman	2	7	17	-	-
G Boycott	b Lawson	12	58	89	-	-
*JM Brearley	c Marsh b Alderman	10	53	64	-	-
DI Gower	c Marsh b Lawson	24	50	58	3	-
MW Gatting	lbw b Lillee	15	29	58	2	-
P Willey	b Lawson	8	22	29	-	-
IT Botham	c Marsh b Lillee	50	54	80	8	-
+RW Taylor	c Marsh b Lillee	5	23	36	1	-
GR Dilley	c and b Lillee	13	17	30	2	-
CM Old	c Border b Alderman	0	4	4	-	-
RGD Willis	not out	1	4	5	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 11 nb, 6 w)	34
Total	(all out, 50.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Gooch), 2-40 (Brearley), 3-42 (Boycott), 4-84 (Gower), 5-87 (Gatting), 6-112 (Willey), 7-148 (Taylor), 8-166 (Botham), 9-167 (Old), 10-174 (Dilley, 50.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	18.5	7	49	4	-	-
Alderman	19	4	59	3	-	-
Lawson	13	3	32	3	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Alderman b Lillee	0	3	2	-	-
G Boycott	lbw b Alderman	46	141	215	1	-
*JM Brearley	c Alderman b Lillee	14	29	33	3	-
DI Gower	c Border b Alderman	9	22	36	1	-
MW Gatting	lbw b Alderman	1	10	10	-	-
P Willey	c Dyson b Lillee	33	56	84	6	-
IT Botham	not out	149	148	219	27	1
+RW Taylor	c Bright b Alderman	1	9	9	-	-
GR Dilley	b Alderman	56	75	80	9	-
CM Old	b Lawson	29	31	54	6	-
RGD Willis	c Border b Alderman	2	9	31	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Gooch), 2-18 (Brearley), 3-37 (Gower), 4-41 (Gatting), 5-105 (Willey), 6-133 (Boycott), 7-135 (Taylor), 8-252 (Dilley), 9-319 (Old), 10-356 (Willis, 87.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	25	6	94	3	-	-
Alderman	35.3	6	135	6	-	-
Lawson	23	4	96	1	-	-
Bright	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Taylor b Botham	10	10	9	2	-
J Dyson	c Taylor b Willis	34	83	119	3	-
TM Chappell	c Taylor b Willis	8	56	68	-	-
*KJ Hughes	c Botham b Willis	0	9	14	-	-
GN Yallop	c Gatting b Willis	0	3	2	-	-
AR Border	b Old	0	8	13	-	-
+RW Marsh	c Dilley b Willis	4	9	18	-	-
RJ Bright	b Willis	19	32	49	2	-
GF Lawson	c Taylor b Willis	1	2	2	-	-
DK Lillee	c Gatting b Willis	17	15	22	3	-
TM Alderman	not out	0	5	6	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 14 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 36.1 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Wood), 2-56 (Chappell), 3-58 (Hughes), 4-58 (Yallop), 5-65 (Border), 6-68 (Dyson), 7-74 (Marsh), 8-75 (Lawson), 9-110 (Lillee), 10-111 (Bright, 36.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	7	3	14	1	-	-
Dilley	2	0	11	0	-	-
Willis	15.1	3	43	8	-	-
Old	9	1	21	1	-	-
Willey	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TM Chappell made his last appearance in Test matches
--> J Dyson (1) 50 in 135 balls, 174 minutes
--> J Dyson (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Test matches
--> J Dyson (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> J Dyson (1) 100 in 223 balls, 277 minutes with 14 fours
--> J Dyson (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 102
--> TM Chappell (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> KJ Hughes (1) 50 in 128 balls, 170 minutes
--> KJ Hughes (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 52
--> GN Yallop (1) 50 in 134 balls, 168 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> IT Botham (1) 50 in 51 balls, 75 minutes with 8 fours
--> G Boycott (2) passed 39000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> IT Botham (2) 50 in 58 balls, 111 minutes with 8 fours
--> IT Botham (2) 100 in 86 balls, 157 minutes with 19 fours and 1 six
--> IT Botham (2) passed his previous highest score of 137 in Test matches
--> GR Dilley (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Test matches
--> GR Dilley (2) 50 in 68 balls, 75 minutes with 0 fours
--> J Dyson (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 33
--> GF Lawson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed P Willey, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> TM Alderman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RGD Willis in the England second innings (previous best was 5-62)
--> RGD Willis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RJ Bright in the Australia second innings (previous best was 7-78)
--> RGD Willis reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed TM Chappell, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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