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Tuesday, December 22, 1998

Australian XI v England XI at Hobart, 19-22 December 1998

England in Australia, 1998/99
Australian XI v England XI
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
19,20,21,22 December 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Australian XI won by 9 wickets

Toss: England XI
Umpires: SJ Davis and PD Parker

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England XI 298/3 (Atherton 154*, Hick 14*, 95 overs)
  • Day 2: England XI 469/6d, Australian XI 30/0 (Elliott 14*, Blewett 11*, 11 overs)
  • Day 3: Australian XI 293/4d, England XI 166/2 (Butcher 85*, Cork 0*, 37 overs)
    England XI 1st innings                                          R   M   B  4 6
    MA Butcher c Richards b Law 25 14 52 3 0
    *MA Atherton not out 210 362 350 26 0
    JP Crawley c Gilchrist b Blewett 27 95 89 2 0
    MR Ramprakash b Bevan 65 142 127 5 1
    GA Hick c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan 125 153 130 14 4
    BC Hollioake c Gilchrist b Julian 0 2 1 0 0
    +WK Hegg c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan 4 12 14 0 0
    Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 6) 13
    Total (6 wickets decl, 126.1 overs, 483 mins) 469

    DNB: DG Cork, AJ Tudor, ARC Fraser, PM Such.

    FoW: 1-56 (Butcher, 17.1 ov), 2-125 (Crawley, 44.3 ov),
    3-265 (Ramprakash, 83.6 ov), 4-460 (Hick),
    5-460 (Hollioake), 6-469 (Hegg).

    Bowling O M R W
    Kasprowicz 18.3 2 67 0
    Reiffel 1.3 0 4 0 (3nb)
    Julian 32 6 98 1 (3nb)
    Blewett 24 2 73 1
    Law 21 4 84 1
    Bevan 23.1 3 94 3 (2w)
    Elliott 5 0 34 0
    Lehmann 1 0 10 0

    Australian XI 1st innings R M B 4 6
    MTG Elliott c Tudor b Hollioake 81 249 160 7 0
    GS Blewett not out 169 333 259 15 0
    CJ Richards lbw b Hollioake 0 3 2 0 0
    *DS Lehmann c Atherton b Cork 4 8 6 1 0
    SG Law c Butcher b Ramprakash 21 63 39 1 0
    MG Bevan not out 0 18 10 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 14) 18
    Total (4 wickets decl, 77 overs, 334 mins) 293

    DNB: +AC Gilchrist, BP Julian, PR Reiffel, MS Kasprowicz,
    GR Robertson.

    FoW: 1-206 (Elliott), 2-207 (Richards), 3-212 (Lehmann),
    4-278 (Law).

    Bowling O M R W
    Tudor 14 3 54 0 (4nb)
    Fraser 20 3 53 0 (3nb)
    Such 15 1 62 0
    Cork 11 3 33 1 (2nb)
    Hollioake 10 1 55 2 (5nb)
    Ramprakash 6 0 29 1
    Hick 1 0 3 0

    England XI 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    MA Butcher not out 103 155 136 9 1
    JP Crawley lbw b Lehmann 63 73 52 11 0
    BC Hollioake c Blewett b Elliott 17 40 52 2 0
    DG Cork run out (Richards) 10 28 24 2 0
    +WK Hegg not out 5 11 17 1 0
    Extras (nb 1) 1
    Total (3 wickets decl, 46.5 overs, 156 mins) 199

    DNB: *MA Atherton, MR Ramprakash, GA Hick, AJ Tudor, ARC Fraser,
    PM Such.

    FoW: 1-118 (Crawley), 2-164 (Hollioake), 3-190 (Cork).

    Bowling O M R W
    Julian 11 2 43 0 (1nb)
    Law 8 1 36 0
    Lehmann 7.5 1 48 1
    Bevan 15 1 57 0
    Elliott 5 0 15 1

    Australian XI 2nd innings (target: 376 runs) R M B 4 6
    GS Blewett not out 213 228 180 20 4
    MTG Elliott b Tudor 8 21 14 1 0
    CJ Richards not out 138 205 143 10 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 5, w 3) 17
    Total (1 wicket, 55.2 overs, 228 mins) 376

    DNB: *DS Lehmann, SG Law, MG Bevan, +AC Gilchrist, BP Julian,
    PR Reiffel, MS Kasprowicz, GR Robertson.

    FoW: 1-31 (Elliott).

    Bowling O M R W
    Tudor 9 0 49 1
    Fraser 11 0 72 0 (1nb)
    Such 11 0 86 0
    Cork 12.2 0 76 0 (3w)
    Hick 3 0 22 0
    Hollioake 5 0 45 0 (4nb)
    Ramprakash 4 0 17 0

    • 12th Men: JA Dykes (Australian XI) and DW Headley (England XI)

      Day 1

    • GR Robertson did not take his place in the field (back spasm on morning of the game). Although chosen in the XI he took no part in the match.
    • PR Reiffel failed to complete his second over (groin), completed by BP Julian.
    • MS Kasprowicz failed to complete his nineteenth over (hamstring), completed by BP Julian.
    • Five substitute fielders were used by Australian XI during the England 1st innings: official 12th man JA Dykes (Queensland), AR Border (Australian XI coach and national selector), and Hobart club players S Fingas, ? Costello and NG Webb.

      Day 2

    • MA Atherton 210*: Highest FC score (previous best 199 Lancashire v Durham, Gateshead 1992)

      Day 4

    • Australian XI set 376 for victory in 78 overs.
    • On 38 Blewett reached 1000 fc runs in the 1998-99 Australian season, the sixth person of all-time to do so before December 31.
    • Blewett 213*: Fourth consecutive FC century
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