England in Australia Oct 1990/Feb 1991 - Reults Summary

England in Australia, 1990-91, Ashes summary

Here is a summary of England's tour of Australia. Aus   won   the
series  3-0  with 2 draws, thereby retaining the Ashes which they
had won in 1989.

1st test at Brisbane. Aus won by 10 wickets
Eng 194 (Gower 61) and 114 (Alderman 6-47)
Aus 152  and 157/0 (Marsh 72*, Taylor 67*)

2nd test at Melbourne. Aus won by 8 wickets
Eng 352 (Larkins 64, Gower 100, Stewart 79, Reid  6-97)  and  150
(Gooch 58, Larkins 54, Reid 7-51)
Aus 306 (Taylor 61, Border 62, Fraser 6-82) and 197/2 (Marsh 79*,
Boon 94*)

3rd test at Sydney. Drawn
Aus 518 (Boon 97, Border 78, Jones  60,  Matthews  128)  and  205
(Tuffnell 5-61)
Eng 469/8 dec (Gooch 59, Atherton 105, Gower 123, Stewart 91) and
113/4 (Gooch 54)

4th test at Adelaide. Drawn
Aus 386 (M. Waugh 138, Matthews 65)  and  314/6  dec  (Boon  121,
Border 83*)
Eng 229 (Gooch 87, Smith 53, McDermott  5-97)  and  335/5  (Gooch
117, Atherton 87, Lamb 53)

5th test at Perth. Aus won by 9 wickets
Eng 244 (Lamb 91, Smith 58, McDermott 8-97) and 182
Aus 307 (Boon 64, Matthews 60*) and 120/1 (Marsh 63*)

Some highlights:
Boon scored 530 runs.Reid took 27 wickets including 13 in the 2nd
test.   M.  Waugh scored a century on debut. He and brother Steve
are the only twins to play in tests.

Thanks to Ajai Banerji on r.s.c.
 Contributed by probal (probal@*rutgers.edu)