f44048	Australian XI v England XI
	England in Australia 1998/99
Venue	Bellerive Oval, Hobart on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd December 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australian XI won by 9 wickets
Umpires	SJ Davis, PD Parker
Close of play day 1	England XI (1) 298/3 (Atherton 154*, Hick 14*; 95 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australian XI (1) 30/0 (Elliott 14*, Blewett 11*; 11 overs)
Close of play day 3	England XI (2) 166/2 (Butcher 85*, Cork 0*; 37 overs)

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England XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	c Richards b Law	25	52	14	3	-
*MA Atherton	not out	210	350	362	26	-
JP Crawley	c Gilchrist b Blewett	27	89	95	2	-
MR Ramprakash	b Bevan	65	127	142	5	1
GA Hick	c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan	125	130	153	14	4
BC Hollioake	c Gilchrist b Julian	0	1	2	-	-
+WK Hegg	c sub (NG Webb) b Bevan	4	14	12	-	-
DG Cork	did not bat
AJ Tudor	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 483 minutes, 126.1 overs)	469
Fall of wickets:
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, 126.1 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kasprowicz	18.3	2	67	0	-	-
Reiffel	1.3	0	4	0	-	3
Julian	32	6	98	1	-	3
Blewett	24	2	73	1	-	-
Law	21	4	84	1	-	-
Bevan	23.1	3	94	3	2	-
Elliott	5	0	34	0	-	-
Lehmann	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTG Elliott	c Tudor b Hollioake	81	160	249	7	-
GS Blewett	not out	169	259	333	15	-
CJ Richards	lbw b Hollioake	0	2	3	-	-
*DS Lehmann	c Atherton b Cork	4	6	8	1	-
SG Law	c Butcher b Ramprakash	21	39	63	1	-
MG Bevan	not out	0	10	18	-	-
+AC Gilchrist	did not bat
BP Julian	did not bat
PR Reiffel	did not bat
MS Kasprowicz	did not bat
GR Robertson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 14 nb)	18
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 334 minutes, 77 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-206 (Elliott), 2-207 (Richards), 3-212 (Lehmann), 4-278 (Law)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tudor	14	3	54	0	-	4
Fraser	20	3	53	0	-	3
Such	15	1	62	0	-	-
Cork	11	3	33	1	-	2
Hollioake	10	1	55	2	-	5
Ramprakash	6	0	29	1	-	-
Hick	1	0	3	0	-	-

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England XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	not out	103	136	155	9	1
JP Crawley	lbw b Lehmann	63	52	73	11	-
BC Hollioake	c Blewett b Elliott	17	52	40	2	-
DG Cork	run out (Richards)	10	24	28	2	-
+WK Hegg	not out	5	17	11	1	-
*MA Atherton	did not bat
MR Ramprakash	did not bat
GA Hick	did not bat
AJ Tudor	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 156 minutes, 46.5 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-118 (Crawley), 2-164 (Hollioake), 3-190 (Cork)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Julian	11	2	43	0	-	1
Law	8	1	36	0	-	-
Lehmann	7.5	1	48	1	-	-
Bevan	15	1	57	0	-	-
Elliott	5	0	15	1	-	-

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Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Blewett	not out	213	180	228	20	4
MTG Elliott	b Tudor	8	14	21	1	-
CJ Richards	not out	138	143	205	10	-
*DS Lehmann	did not bat
SG Law	did not bat
MG Bevan	did not bat
+AC Gilchrist	did not bat
BP Julian	did not bat
PR Reiffel	did not bat
MS Kasprowicz	did not bat
GR Robertson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(1 wicket, 228 minutes, 55.2 overs)	376
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Elliott)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tudor	9	0	49	1	-	-
Fraser	11	0	72	0	-	1
Such	11	0	86	0	-	-
Cork	12.2	0	76	0	3	-
Hick	3	0	22	0	-	-
Hollioake	5	0	45	0	-	4
Ramprakash	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Atherton (1) 100 in 188 balls, 244 minutes
--> MA Atherton (1) 150 in 273 balls, 353 minutes
--> MA Atherton (1) passed his previous highest score of 199 in First-Class matches
--> MA Atherton (1) 200 in 341 balls, 458 minutes
--> GA Hick (1) 100 in 121 balls, 148 minutes
--> GA Hick (1) passed 30000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> GS Blewett (1) 100 in 180 balls, 223 minutes
--> GS Blewett (1) 150 in 230 balls, 305 minutes
--> GS Blewett (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> MA Butcher (2) 100 in 131 balls, 147 minutes
--> MA Butcher (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JP Crawley (2) 50 in 46 balls, 63 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 50 in 38 balls, 63 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 100 in 92 balls, 118 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 150 in 127 balls, 165 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 200 in 165 balls, 211 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 38
--> CJ Richards (2) 50 in 47 balls, 61 minutes
--> CJ Richards (2) 100 in 107 balls, 154 minutes
--> MG Bevan reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WK Hegg, his 3rd wicket in the England XI first innings

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