Test Match #677 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1970-1971 Australia v England - 5th Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
21st January, 1971
 
Australia 493/9 dec & 169/4 dec
England 392 & 161/0
Match drawn

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Keith Stackpole c Lever b D'Oliveira 30  92  2  0 32.61 6.09%
Bill Lawry* c Snow b Willis 56  191  6  0 29.32 11.36%
Ian Chappell c Luckhurst b Snow 111  212  12  0 52.36 22.52%
Ian Redpath b Snow 72  187  7  0 38.50 14.60%
Doug Walters b Underwood 55  98  5  0 56.12 11.16%
Greg Chappell c Edrich b Willis 3  10  0  0 30.00 0.61%
Rod Marsh not out 92  155  12  0 59.35 18.66%
Kerry O'Keeffe c Luckhurst b Illingworth 27  67  2  0 40.30 5.48%
John Gleeson c Cowdrey b Willis 5  9  1  0 55.56 1.01%
Ross Duncan c Edrich b Illingworth 3  8  0  0 37.50 0.61%
Alan Thomson not out 0  17  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 10, lb 17, nb 12) 39  
Total 9 wickets declared   (128.0 overs @ 3.85 rpo) 493
Fall of Wickets
 
1-64 Stackpole, 2-266 IM Chappell, 3-269 Redpath, 4-310 Lawry, 5-314 GS Chappell,
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6-374 Walters, 7-471 O'Keeffe, 8-477 Gleeson, 9-480 Duncan
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
John Snow 29.0 6 94 2 3.24 20.00
Peter Lever 25.0 6 79 0 3.16
Basil D'Oliveira 22.0 6 71 1 3.23 10.00
Bob Willis 20.0 5 73 3 3.65 30.00
Derek Underwood 19.0 4 78 1 4.11 10.00
Ray Illingworth 13.0 0 59 2 4.54 20.00
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott c Redpath b Thomson 12  69  1  0 17.39 3.06%
Brian Luckhurst b Walters 109  280  11  0 38.93 27.81%
John Edrich c †Marsh b Thomson 9  47  1  0 19.15 2.30%
Colin Cowdrey c & b Gleeson 13  21  3  0 61.90 3.32%
Basil D'Oliveira c †Marsh b Thomson 117  294  11  1 39.80 29.85%
Ray Illingworth* c Redpath b Gleeson 41  136  5  0 30.15 10.46%
Alan Knott lbw b Stackpole 19  127  0  0 14.96 4.85%
John Snow b IM Chappell 1  47  0  0 2.13 0.26%
Peter Lever run out 19  64  1  0 29.69 4.85%
Derek Underwood c & b Gleeson 5  19  0  0 26.32 1.28%
Bob Willis not out 5  8  0  0 62.50 1.28%
Extras (b 17, lb 14, nb 11) 42  
Total All Out   (137.5 overs @ 2.84 rpo) 392
Fall of Wickets
 
1-40 Boycott, 2-64 Edrich, 3-88 Cowdrey, 4-228 Luckhurst, 5-306 Illingworth,
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6-340 D'Oliveira, 7-354 Snow, 8-362 Knott, 9-379 Underwood, 10-392 Lever
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Alan Thomson 34.0 5 110 3 3.24 30.00
Ross Duncan 14.0 4 30 0 2.14
Greg Chappell 8.0 0 21 0 2.63
Kerry O'Keeffe 31.0 11 71 0 2.29
John Gleeson 25.0 7 60 3 2.40 30.00
Keith Stackpole 17.5 4 41 1 2.30 10.00
Doug Walters 5.0 2 7 1 1.40 10.00
Ian Chappell 3.0 0 10 1 3.33 10.00
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Keith Stackpole c †Knott b Willis 18  58  1  0 31.03 10.65%
Bill Lawry* c sub b Snow 42  130  2  0 32.31 24.85%
Ian Chappell b Underwood 30  80  2  0 37.50 17.75%
Ian Redpath c †Knott b Snow 5  9  1  0 55.56 2.96%
Doug Walters not out 39  58  4  0 67.24 23.08%
Greg Chappell not out 20  38  1  0 52.63 11.83%
Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 4) 15  
Total 4 wickets declared   (46.0 overs @ 3.67 rpo) 169
 
Did not Bat
 
Rod Marsh†, Kerry O'Keeffe, John Gleeson, Ross Duncan, Alan Thomson
Fall of Wickets
 
1-51 Stackpole, 2-84 Lawry, 3-91 Redpath, 4-132 IM Chappell
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
John Snow 12.0 4 21 2 1.75 20.00
Peter Lever 12.0 1 53 0 4.42
Bob Willis 10.0 1 42 1 4.20 10.00
Derek Underwood 12.0 0 38 1 3.17 10.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 271)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott not out 76  246  7  0 30.89 47.20%
John Edrich not out 74  221  7  0 33.48 45.96%
Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 2) 11  
Total 0 wickets   (58.0 overs @ 2.78 rpo) 161
 
Did not Bat
 
Brian Luckhurst, Colin Cowdrey, Basil D'Oliveira, Ray Illingworth*, Alan Knott†,
 
John Snow, Peter Lever, Derek Underwood, Bob Willis
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
Alan Thomson 11.0 5 26 0 2.36
Greg Chappell 5.0 0 19 0 3.80
Kerry O'Keeffe 19.0 3 45 0 2.37
John Gleeson 3.0 1 18 0 6.00
Keith Stackpole 13.0 2 28 0 2.15
Doug Walters 7.0 1 14 0 2.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1970-1971 Australia v England  (The Ashes) - 5th Test
Match No. Test #677
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 260/1 (IM Chappell 105*, IR Redpath 70*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 28/0 (G Boycott 10*, BW Luckhurst 17*)
Day 3 - England 1st innings 258/4 (BL D'Oliveira 72*, R Illingworth 16*)
Day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 70/1 (WM Lawry 39*, IM Chappell 4*)
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 161/0, 58.0 overs - end of match

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