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Test no. 1436

The Ashes - 4th Test
Australia v England

1998/99 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26,27,28,29 December 1998 (5-day match)

Result England won by 12 runs


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Atherton	c Healy b McGrath	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	AJ Stewart	b MacGill	107	212	160	16	0	66.87
	MA Butcher	c Langer b McGrath	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
	N Hussain	c Healy b Nicholson	19	83	56	2	0	33.92
	MR Ramprakash	c McGrath b SR Waugh	63	120	92	5	0	68.47
	GA Hick	c Fleming b MacGill	39	84	67	3	1	58.20
	WK Hegg	c Healy b SR Waugh	3	11	5	0	0	60.00
	DW Headley	c Taylor b McGrath	14	52	49	0	0	28.57
	D Gough	b MacGill	11	21	14	2	0	78.57
	ARC Fraser	not out	0	11	2	0	0	0.00
	AD Mullally	lbw b MacGill	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 7, w 1, nb 6)	14

	Total	(all out; 76 overs)	270	(3.55 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Atherton, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Butcher, 2.5 ov), 3-81 (Hussain, 22.5 ov), 4-200 (Stewart, 51.4 ov), 5-202 (Ramprakash, 52.5 ov), 6-206 (Hegg, 56.1 ov), 7-244 (Headley, 70.5 ov), 8-266 (Hick, 73.5 ov), 9-270 (Gough, 75.1 ov), 10-270 (Mullally, 75.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	22	5	64	3	2.90	(5nb)
DW Fleming	19	3	71	0	3.73	(1nb)
MJ Nicholson	10	0	59	1	5.90
SCG MacGill	19	2	61	4	3.21	(1w)
SR Waugh	6	2	8	2	1.33


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Taylor	c Hick b Gough	7	44	29	0	0	24.13
	MJ Slater	lbw b Gough	1	18	14	0	0	7.14
	JL Langer	c Hussain b Gough	44	168	103	5	0	42.71
	ME Waugh	lbw b Fraser	36	93	67	3	0	53.73
	SR Waugh	not out	122	315	198	13	0	61.61
	DS Lehmann	c Hegg b Gough	13	28	23	2	0	56.52
	IA Healy	c Headley b Fraser	36	68	55	3	0	65.45
	DW Fleming	c Hick b Mullally	12	41	30	2	0	40.00
	MJ Nicholson	b Gough	5	23	18	0	0	27.77
	SCG MacGill	c Hegg b Mullally	43	98	63	3	0	68.25
	GD McGrath	b Mullally	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 11)	21

	Total	(all out; 98.3 overs)	340	(3.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Slater, 4.3 ov), 2-26 (Taylor, 10.1 ov), 3-98 (ME Waugh, 29.4 ov), 4-127 (Langer, 40.4 ov), 5-151 (Lehmann, 46.2 ov), 6-209 (Healy, 61.5 ov), 7-235 (Fleming, 71.3 ov), 8-252 (Nicholson, 76.6 ov), 9-340 (MacGill, 98.1 ov), 10-340 (McGrath, 98.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	28	7	96	5	3.42	(4nb)
DW Headley	25	3	86	0	3.44	(3nb)
AD Mullally	21.3	5	64	3	2.97
MR Ramprakash	2	0	6	0	3.00
ARC Fraser	22	0	78	2	3.54	(4nb)


England 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Atherton	b Fleming	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
	AJ Stewart	c Slater b MacGill	52	120	98	4	0	53.06
	MA Butcher	c Slater b MacGill	14	67	45	0	0	31.11
	DW Headley	b McGrath	1	22	15	0	0	6.66
	N Hussain	c Slater b Nicholson	50	157	131	6	0	38.16
	MR Ramprakash	b Nicholson	14	66	43	0	0	32.55
	GA Hick	b Fleming	60	123	82	8	0	73.17
	WK Hegg	c MacGill b Nicholson	9	28	21	1	0	42.85
	D Gough	c Slater b MacGill	4	20	14	0	0	28.57
	ARC Fraser	not out	7	27	20	0	0	35.00
	AD Mullally	c & b McGrath	16	21	15	3	0	106.66
	Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 11)	17

	Total	(all out; 80.2 overs)	244	(3.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Atherton, 1.5 ov), 2-61 (Butcher, 17.5 ov), 3-66 (Headley, 24.1 ov), 4-78 (Stewart, 29.3 ov), 5-127 (Ramprakash, 46.2 ov), 6-178 (Hussain, 63.1 ov), 7-202 (Hegg, 69.6 ov), 8-221 (Gough, 74.2 ov), 9-221 (Hick, 75.1 ov), 10-244 (Mullally, 80.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	20.2	5	56	2	2.75	(6nb)
DW Fleming	17	4	45	2	2.64	(1nb)
MJ Nicholson	15	4	56	3	3.73
SCG MacGill	27	3	81	3	3.00	(4nb)
ME Waugh	1	1	0	0	0.00


Australia 2nd innings (target: 175 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Slater	lbw b Headley	18	26	23	3	0	78.26
	MA Taylor	c Headley b Mullally	19	50	33	1	0	57.57
	JL Langer	c Ramprakash b Mullally	30	105	53	3	0	56.60
	ME Waugh	c Hick b Headley	43	116	81	2	0	53.08
	SR Waugh	not out	30	108	49	2	0	61.22
	DS Lehmann	c Hegg b Headley	4	11	7	0	0	57.14
	IA Healy	c Hick b Headley	0	8	2	0	0	0.00
	DW Fleming	lbw b Headley	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	MJ Nicholson	c Hegg b Headley	9	41	29	0	0	31.03
	SCG MacGill	b Gough	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
	GD McGrath	lbw b Gough	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9

	Total	(all out; 46.4 overs)	162	(3.47 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-31 (Slater, 5.5 ov), 2-41 (Taylor, 10.5 ov), 3-103 (Langer, 26.5 ov), 4-130 (ME Waugh, 33.5 ov), 5-140 (Lehmann, 35.6 ov), 6-140 (Healy, 37.2 ov), 7-140 (Fleming, 37.5 ov), 8-161 (Nicholson, 45.5 ov), 9-162 (MacGill, 46.2 ov), 10-162 (McGrath, 46.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	15.4	2	54	2	3.44	(1nb)
DW Headley	17	5	60	6	3.52	(3nb)
AD Mullally	10	4	20	2	2.00
ARC Fraser	4	0	23	0	5.75

Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-1

Test debuts MJ Nicholson (Australia); WK Hegg (England)
Player of the match DW Headley (England)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and DJ Harper
TV umpire GTD Morrow
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)

Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - no play
27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 59/2 (JL Langer 26*, ME Waugh 12*, 18 ov)
28 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 65/2 (AJ Stewart 43*, DW Headley 0*, 22 ov)
29 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 162 (46.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Toss was made at 10:50am on the 1st day before further rain abandoned the day

Day 4
Match Notes
Stuart MacGill's highest score
Dean Headley's best bowling
Steve Waugh reaches 7000 test runs
Darren Gough takes his 50th wicket against Australia
Mark Waugh 1000th run in a calendar year
Ian Healy take his 350th catch
McGrath equalls Australian record of 16 ducks -
which means he now holds the record with 18, after the 5th Test

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