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Test # 1279 (1278/282)
The Ashes, 1994/95, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
24,26,27,28,29 December 1994 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 295 runs
Series: Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: CJ McDermott

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 220/7 (SR Waugh 61*, 89.5 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 279, England 148/4 (Gooch 15*, Gough 1*, 68 overs)
  • Day 3: England 212, Australia 170/3 (Boon 64*, Bevan 3*, 69 overs)
  • Day 4: Australia 320/7d, England 79/4 (Gatting 23*, Rhodes 13*, 30 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MJ Slater             run out (DeFreitas/Gatting)               3  26  19  0 0
    *MA Taylor            lbw                b DeFreitas            9  73  41  1 0
    DC Boon               c Hick             b Tufnell             41 148 100  4 0
    ME Waugh              c Thorpe           b DeFreitas           71 221 155  3 0
    MG Bevan              c Atherton         b Gough                3  29  23  0 0
    SR Waugh              not out                                  94 265 191  5 0
    +IA Healy             c Rhodes           b Tufnell             17  59  42  1 0
    SK Warne              c Hick             b Gough                6  27  25  0 0
    TBA May               lbw                b Gough                9  51  31  0 0
    CJ McDermott                             b Gough                0   2   3  0 0
    DW Fleming            c Hick             b Malcolm             16  33  19  2 0
    Extras                (lb 7, nb 3)                             10
    Total                 (all out, 107.3 overs, 471 minutes)     279
    
    FoW: 1-10 (Slater), 2-39 (Taylor), 3-91 (Boon), 4-100 (Bevan),
         5-171 (ME Waugh), 6-208 (Healy), 7-220 (Warne), 8-242 (May),
         9-242 (McDermott), 10-279 (Fleming).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Malcolm                     28.3    4     78      1 (1nb)
    DeFreitas                   23      4     66      2 (1nb)
    Gough                       26      9     60      4
    Tufnell                     28      7     59      2 (1nb)
    Hick                         2      0      9      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Atherton          lbw                b Warne               44 199 157  4 0
    AJ Stewart                           c & b Warne               16  51  26  3 0
    GA Hick               c Healy            b McDermott           23  44  33  3 0
    GP Thorpe             c ME Waugh         b Warne               51 149 116  5 0
    GA Gooch                             c & b McDermott           15  67  52  1 0
    MW Gatting            c SR Waugh         b Warne                9  23  24  0 0
    D Gough               c Healy            b McDermott           20  65  52  3 0
    +SJ Rhodes            c ME Waugh         b Warne                0  13  11  0 0
    PAJ DeFreitas         st Healy           b Warne               14  24  19  2 0
    DE Malcolm            not out                                  11  26  13  2 0
    PCR Tufnell           run out (Taylor)                          0   6   4  0 0
    Extras                (lb 7, nb 2)                              9
    Total                 (all out, 83.4 overs, 339 minutes)      212
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Hick), 2-119 (Atherton), 3-124 (Thorpe),
         4-140 (Gatting), 5-148 (Gooch), 6-151 (Rhodes),
         7-185 (Stewart), 8-189 (Gough), 9-207 (DeFreitas),
         10-212 (Tufnell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McDermott                   24      6     72      3 (2nb)
    Fleming                     11      5     30      0
    ME Waugh                     3      1     11      0
    Warne                       27.4    8     64      6
    May                         18      5     28      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor            lbw                b Gough               19  81  64  1 0
    MJ Slater             st Rhodes          b Tufnell             44 121  74  5 0
    DC Boon               lbw                b DeFreitas          131 378 277 14 0
    ME Waugh                             c & b Gough               29 127  82  1 0
    MG Bevan              c sub (JP Crawley) b Tufnell             35 190 135  1 0
    SR Waugh              not out                                  26  92  73  0 0
    +IA Healy             c Thorpe           b Tufnell             17  62  38  1 0
    SK Warne              c DeFreitas        b Gough                0   2   2  0 0
    CJ McDermott          not out                                   2   6   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 6)                   17
    Total                 (7 wickets decl, 124 overs, 533 mins)   320
    
    DNB: TBA May, DW Fleming.
    
    FoW: 1-61 (Taylor), 2-81 (Slater), 3-157 (ME Waugh),
         4-269 (Bevan), 5-275 (Boon), 6-316 (Healy), 7-317 (Warne).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Malcolm                     22      3     86      0 (2nb, 1w)
    DeFreitas                   26      2     70      1 (2nb)
    Tufnell                     48      8     90      3 (2nb)
    Gough                       25      6     59      3
    Hick                         3      2      5      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 388 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch              c Healy            b Fleming              2   9   8  0 0
    *MA Atherton          c Healy            b McDermott           25  73  43  4 0
    GA Hick                                  b Fleming              2   9   6  0 0
    GP Thorpe             c Healy            b McDermott            9  22  20  1 0
    MW Gatting            c Taylor           b McDermott           25  86  72  2 0
    +SJ Rhodes            c ME Waugh         b McDermott           16  94  72  0 0
    AJ Stewart            not out                                   8  54  29  0 0
    PAJ DeFreitas         lbw                b Warne                0   4   4  0 0
    D Gough               c Healy            b Warne                0   1   1  0 0
    DE Malcolm            c Boon             b Warne                0   1   1  0 0
    PCR Tufnell           c Healy            b McDermott            0   5   4  0 0
    Extras                (lb 2, nb 3)                              5
    Total                 (all out, 42.5 overs, 184 minutes)       92
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Gooch), 2-10 (Hick), 3-23 (Thorpe), 4-43 (Atherton),
         5-81 (Gatting), 6-88 (Rhodes), 7-91 (DeFreitas),
         8-91 (Gough), 9-91 (Malcolm), 10-92 (Tufnell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McDermott                   16.5    5     42      5 (3nb)
    Fleming                      9      1     24      2
    Warne                       13      6     16      3
    May                          4      1      8      0
    

    • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
    • Scorers: MK Walsh and AE Davis
    • 12th Men: GD McGrath (Aus) and SD Udal (Eng)

      Day 1

    • ME Waugh had an all run four.
    • Lunch: Australia 64/2 (Boon 34*, ME Waugh 12*)
    • Tea: Australia 132/4 (ME Waugh 51*, SR Waugh 19*)
    • New ball claimed after 86 overs at 214/6

      Day 2

    • Fleming had an all run four.
    • Lunch: England 100 (Atherton 8*, Stewart 1*)
    • AJ Stewart (1) retired hurt on 1* from 10/0 to 151/6 (Broken finger, struck on index finer from a delivery bowled by McDermott)
    • Eng 200 (488b)
    • Gooch was out off the first ball of Day 3 off a full toss.
    • With Stewart's dismissal, Warne completed 150 wkts (@22.98).
    • With Gough's dismissal, McDermott took his 249th wicket, passing Benaud to become the 2nd alltime Aus wicket-taker.

    • Aus 2nd innings
    • Aus 50 (94b) 150 (344b)
    • New ball taken at start of the 87th over.
    • Boon 100 (301m 232b 10x4) Boon 131 (379m 277b 14x4) Boon's 20th century, 14th player to do so, 17th alltime rungetter past Barrington and Vengsarkar.
    • Boon has three all run fours.
    • Bevan has an all run four.

    • Eng 2nd innings
    • Warne performed the hat-trick in his 13th over dismissing DeFreitas, Gough, Malcolm off his 4th, 5th, 6th deliveries.
    • Gatting was dismissed off the 2nd ball of Day 5.
    • Atherton 1x4 all run.

    • Attendance: 144,492




  • Report

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: MJ Slater, MA Taylor, DC Boon, ME Waugh, MG Bevan, SR Waugh, IA Healy, SK Warne, TBA May, CJ McDermott, DW Fleming.

    England Player Pages: MA Atherton, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, GP Thorpe, GA Gooch, MW Gatting, D Gough, SJ Rhodes, PAJ DeFreitas, DE Malcolm, PCR Tufnell.

    Match Officials' Pages: SA Bucknor, SG Randell, WP Sheahan, JR Reid.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal, Chris Godfred-Spenning, Ric Finlay
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