South Australia v England XI at Adelaide, 7-10 November 1998

England in Australia, 1998/99
South Australia v England XI
Adelaide Oval
7,8,9,10 November 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: England XI
Umpires: SJ Davis and PD Parker
First-class Debuts: AR Crook (South Australia).

Close of play:

Day 1: England XI 187, South Australia 26/0 (Faull 15*, Blewett 10*, 11 overs) Day 2: South Australia 262/5 (Vaughan 39*, Nielsen 8*, 101 overs) Day 3: South Australia 325, England XI 149/4 (Thorpe 30*, Ramprakash 33*, 64 overs) England XI 1st innings R M B 4 6 MA Butcher c Nielsen b Harrity 2 23 24 0 0 MA Atherton c Faull b Gillespie 4 57 34 0 0 N Hussain c Nielsen b Crook 57 176 136 5 0 *+AJ Stewart c Adcock b Harrity 0 11 6 0 0 GP Thorpe c Adcock b Johnson 3 6 9 0 0 MR Ramprakash c Blewett b Arnold 31 118 100 0 0 DG Cork lbw b Blewett 51 94 71 6 0 AJ Tudor c Adcock b Johnson 33 62 69 4 0 DW Headley lbw b Blewett 2 15 9 0 0 ARC Fraser c Arnold b Harrity 2 29 19 0 0 PM Such not out 0 20 13 0 0 Extras (nb 1, w 1) 2 Total (all out, 81.3 overs, 310 mins) 187 FoW: 1-3 (Butcher), 2-17 (Atherton), 3-19 (Stewart), 4-22 (Thorpe), 5-95 (Ramprakash), 6-97 (Hussain), 7-156 (Tudor), 8-177 (Headley), 9-185 (Cork), 10-187 (Fraser). Bowling O M R W Gillespie 15 6 24 1 Harrity 15.3 7 27 3 Johnson 13 6 20 2 Crook 20 3 74 1 (1nb) Arnold 15 3 37 1 (1w) Blewett 3 1 5 2 South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MP Faull b Cork 31 136 102 2 0 *GS Blewett b Ramprakash 143 312 251 11 1 CJ Davies lbw b Headley 18 75 49 2 0 JM Vaughan c Thorpe b Fraser 58 251 158 3 0 NT Adcock b Fraser 1 12 7 0 0 BA Johnson c Stewart b Cork 6 35 28 1 0 +TJ Nielsen c Thorpe b Fraser 17 83 68 0 0 EMC Arnold lbw b Cork 6 35 26 0 0 JN Gillespie not out 18 65 47 2 0 AR Crook lbw b Cork 1 13 10 0 0 MA Harrity c Hussain b Such 6 34 20 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 14, nb 4) 20 Total (all out, 126.5 overs, 530 mins) 325 FoW: 1-89 (Faull), 2-141 (Davies), 3-214 (Blewett), 4-219 (Adcock), 5-237 (Johnson), 6-288 (Nielsen, 108.1 ov), 7-295 (Vaughan, 112.2 ov), 8-298 (Arnold, 115.1 ov), 9-302 (Crook, 117.6 ov), 10-325 (Harrity, 126.5 ov). Bowling O M R W Cork 29 11 45 4 (1nb) Tudor 19 2 70 0 (1nb) Headley 21 1 67 1 (2nb) Fraser 27 7 57 3 Such 26.5 8 59 1 Ramprakash 4 1 11 1 England XI 2nd innings R M B 4 6 MA Butcher b Gillespie 5 52 40 1 0 MA Atherton run out (Harrity) 53 154 118 6 0 N Hussain lbw b Harrity 17 90 69 2 0 *+AJ Stewart lbw b Blewett 0 5 5 0 0 GP Thorpe not out 223 380 303 23 4 MR Ramprakash not out 140 372 293 18 0 Extras (b 2, lb 10, w 1, nb 6) 19 Total (4 wickets, 137 overs, 527 mins) 457 DNB: DG Cork, AJ Tudor, DW Headley, ARC Fraser, PM Such. FoW: 1-26 (Butcher, 12.3 ov), 2-72 (Hussain, 36.3 ov), 3-75 (Stewart, 37.4 ov), 4-80 (Atherton, 38.5 ov). Bowling O M R W Gillespie 27 13 52 1 (4nb) Harrity 28 7 87 1 Arnold 25 5 119 0 Johnson 15 2 46 0 (2nb) Blewett 13 3 29 1 (1w) Crook 25 5 91 0 Faull 4 0 21 0 Day 1 Lunch: England XI 50/4 (Hussain 30*, Ramprakash 11*, 30 overs) Tea: England XI 130/6 (Cork 19*, Tudor 14*, 64 overs) Crowd: 2431 Day 2 Lunch: South Australia 99/1 (Blewett 59*, Davies 3*, 41 overs) Tea: South Austrlia 178/2 (Blewett 110*, Vaughan 12*, 71 overs) Crowd: 4387 Day 3 Lunch: South Australia 325 Tea: England XI 67/1 (Atherton 43*, Hussain 14*, 32 overs) MA Atherton 50 (150 mins, 115 balls, 6x4) Crowd: 1713 Day 4 Lunch: England XI 4/229 (Thorpe 76*, Ramprakash 61*, 95 overs) GP Thorpe 50 (153 mins, 115 balls, 2x4) GP Thorpe 100 (252 mins, 203 balls, 9x4) GP Thorpe 150 (307 mins, 244 balls, 17x4, 1x6) GP Thorpe 200 (341 mins, 273 balls, 21x4, 4x6) MR Raprakash 50 (202 mins, 158 balls, 7x4) MR Ramprakash 100 (293 mins, 228 mins, 14x4) Thorpe/Ramprakash 5th wicket partnership: 100 (145 mins, 237 balls) 200 (260 mins, 419 balls) 300 (314 mins, 504 balls) 377* (372 mins, 593 balls) Record for any wicket in Australia by an English touring team (previous 368 for the 2nd wicket by W Rohdoes (210) and CAG Russell (201) v South Australia, Adelaide, 1920-21). Crowd: 922