Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	57	107	146	10	0	53.27

Marcus Trescothick	c Warne b Gillespie	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

Mark Butcher	c Ponting b Warne	38	71	111	4	0	53.52

Nasser Hussain (c)	lbw b McGrath	13	35	54	1	0	37.14

Ian Ward	b McGrath	23	39	50	2	0	58.97

Alec Stewart †	lbw b McGrath	65	82	130	9	0	79.26

Usman Afzaal	b Warne	4	9	11	0	0	44.44

Craig White	lbw b Warne	4	8	9	0	0	50.00

Ashley Giles	c †Gilchrist b Warne	7	13	16	1	0	53.84

Darren Gough	c Gillespie b Warne	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Andy Caddick	not out	49	40	59	7	1	122.50
Extras	(b 10, lb 8, nb 16)	34
Total	65.3 Ov (RR: 4.48, 289 Mins)	294
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Marcus Trescothick, 1.1 ov), 2-106 (Mark Butcher, 24.2 ov), 3-123 (Mike Atherton, 31.3 ov), 4-136 (Nasser Hussain, 37.4 ov), 5-159 (Ian Ward, 43.2 ov), 6-170 (Usman Afzaal, 46.1 ov), 7-174 (Craig White, 48.3 ov), 8-191 (Ashley Giles, 52.2 ov), 9-191 (Darren Gough, 52.5 ov), 10-294 (Alec Stewart, 65.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	17.3	2	67	3	3.82	74	6	0	0	3
37.4 to N Hussain, pitched up cuts back, hussain paids up and the ball obligingly strikes the pad knee high and its on yer bike. 136/4 43.2 to IJ Ward, short lifting ball angling in from around cramps him as he defends with an angled bat under edge crashes into the stumps. 159/5 65.3 to AJ Stewart, short ball keeps low trying to pull strikes the front pad traps him in front. 294/10
Jason Gillespie	17	3	67	2	3.94	75	9	0	0	4
1.1 to ME Trescothick, ball seamed back in, a tentative prod and edged to Warne who takes a good low catch at first slip. 2/1 31.3 to MA Atherton, another one lifts nicely as atherton comes forward catches him half back takes the face and taken one handed by Mark Waugh to his left at second slip. 123/3
Brett Lee	12	2	71	0	5.91	49	10	0	0	7
Shane Warne	19	4	71	5	3.73	82	9	1	0	2
24.2 to MA Butcher, a bat and pad, pushing forward, Ponting takes it an inch off the ground at silly mid off. 106/2 46.1 to U Afzaal, driving away form the body turns back from outside off stump through the gap into off stump. 170/6 48.3 to C White, tries to sweep taken on the pad plumb as a plum. 174/7 52.2 to AF Giles, cuts and thin edges a ball wide outside off stump. 191/8 52.5 to D Gough, goes the sweep straight to the man at deep square leg, gough following the australian plan to perfection. 191/9

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	b Gough	77	82	111	13	0	93.90
Matthew Hayden	c White b Giles	35	41	69	6	1	85.36

Ricky Ponting	lbw b Gough	11	13	23	2	0	84.61

Mark Waugh	c †Stewart b Caddick	49	143	188	7	0	34.26

Steve Waugh (c)	lbw b Gough	105	181	244	13	0	58.01

Damien Martyn	c Trescothick b Butcher	105	165	222	15	0	63.63

Adam Gilchrist †	c Caddick b White	152	143	204	20	5	106.29

Shane Warne	c Atherton b Butcher	8	10	12	2	0	80.00

Brett Lee	c Atherton b Butcher	0	1	4	0	0	0.00

Jason Gillespie	lbw b Butcher	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Glenn McGrath	not out	1	19	35	0	0	5.26
Extras	(b 3, lb 7, nb 23)	33
Total	129.4 Ov (RR: 4.44, 545 Mins)	576
Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Matthew Hayden, 14.6 ov), 2-130 (Ricky Ponting, 19.4 ov), 3-134 (Michael Slater, 23.1 ov), 4-267 (Mark Waugh, 63.6 ov), 5-336 (Steve Waugh, 83.2 ov), 6-496 (Damien Martyn, 117.3 ov), 7-511 (Shane Warne, 119.6 ov), 8-513 (Brett Lee, 121.1 ov), 9-513 (Jason Gillespie, 121.4 ov), 10-576 (Adam Gilchrist, 129.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	33	6	152	3	4.60	148	25	0	0	10
19.4 to RT Ponting, ball cuts back keeps a little low ponting misses with a rush defensive shot and is trapped pretty well in front. 130/2 23.1 to MJ Slater, . 134/3 83.2 to SR Waugh, ball pitched outside off, came in and looked to be hitting middle, ump Bucknor nods and an early much needed break for England. 336/5
Andy Caddick	36	0	163	1	4.52	163	23	0	0	12
63.6 to ME Waugh, the thinnest of thin edges playing at a ball outside off, didn't want to go thought he did look behind has the be signalled out. 267/4
Craig White	26.4	5	101	1	3.78	121	14	2	0	1
129.4 to AC Gilchrist, similar to ball two but his lower and taken by the man at long the last one cleard. 576/10
Ashley Giles	25	0	108	1	4.32	101	12	1	0	0
14.6 to ML Hayden, down the track smacked through midwicket where a one handed catch is taken. 98/1
Mark Butcher	9	3	42	4	4.66	42	4	3	0	0
117.3 to DR Martyn, chases a wide ball well hit but point take a good diving catch to his right. 496/6 119.6 to SK Warne, full ball again wide swings away warne chases top edge goes head height to first slip. 511/7 121.1 to B Lee, fended away a straight ball little movemen away takes the edge and taken just above the ground to first slips left. 513/8 121.4 to JN Gillespie, full ball comes back in this time Gillespie is playing back misses it and is gone taking middle and leg. 513/9

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	c ME Waugh b McGrath	4	9	34	1	0	44.44

Marcus Trescothick	c ME Waugh b Warne	76	113	208	11	2	67.25

Mark Butcher	c †Gilchrist b Lee	41	73	95	5	0	56.16

Nasser Hussain (c)	retired hurt	9	20	26	1	0	45.00
Ian Ward	b Lee	3	3	12	0	0	100.00

Alec Stewart †	c Warne b Gillespie	5	6	6	1	0	83.33

Usman Afzaal	lbw b Gillespie	2	6	10	0	0	33.33

Craig White	b Gillespie	0	6	8	0	0	0.00

Ashley Giles	c ME Waugh b Warne	0	12	22	0	0	0.00

Darren Gough	lbw b Warne	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Andy Caddick	not out	6	15	14	1	0	40.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 12)	18
Total	42.1 Ov (RR: 3.88, 218 Mins)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Mike Atherton, 2.3 ov), 2-99 (Mark Butcher, 24.2 ov), 2-117* (Nasser Hussain, retired not out), 3-142 (Ian Ward, 32.1 ov), 4-148 (Alec Stewart, 33.1 ov), 5-150 (Usman Afzaal, 35.3 ov), 6-154 (Craig White, 37.3 ov), 7-155 (Marcus Trescothick, 38.1 ov), 8-155 (Darren Gough, 38.2 ov), 9-164 (Ashley Giles, 42.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	13	5	34	1	2.61	67	4	1	0	5
2.3 to MA Atherton, lifting ball short of a length on the right line fends to an easy waist height catch at second slip. 4/1
Jason Gillespie	11	2	52	3	4.72	49	7	0	0	4
33.1 to AJ Stewart, set for a turn to leg, played too early, top edged to Warne at slip, caught it way over his head. 148/4 35.3 to U Afzaal, unsettled, pitched on leg stump, played across the line and pays for it. 150/5 37.3 to C White, superb ball, nipped in, played inside it, off stump gone and its lunch. 154/6
Shane Warne	10.1	4	29	3	2.85	49	4	0	0	1
38.1 to ME Trescothick, tossed up drives a thick outside edge goes straight to slip. 155/7 38.2 to D Gough, comes forward bat with pad really behind the pad ball goes straight on struck in front. 155/8 42.1 to AF Giles, turns across a forward defensively flicks the outside edge and goes to slip for an Australian win by an innings aand 118 runs. 164/9
Mark Waugh	1	0	6	0	6.00	4	1	0	0	0
Brett Lee	7	0	37	2	5.28	27	4	1	0	2
24.2 to MA Butcher, ball had some 86mph pace, the extra bounce surprised Butcher, edged to Gilchrist. 99/2 32.1 to IJ Ward, ball just outside off, inside edge onto thigh then onto the stumps. 142/3

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Close of Play

Thu, 05 Jul - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 133/2 (Michael Slater 76*, Mark Waugh 0*, 22 ov)

Fri, 06 Jul - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 332/4 (Steve Waugh 101*, Damien Martyn 34*, 81.2 ov)

Sat, 07 Jul - day 3 - England 2nd innings 48/1 (Marcus Trescothick 21*, Mark Butcher 15*, 13 ov)

Sun, 08 Jul - day 4 - England 2nd innings 164 (42.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

DR Martyn 50 in 102 min off 76 balls, 6x4
Bad light stopped play 11.56-2.35pm
Lunch: Australia 1st innings 381-5 (Martyn 65, Gilchrist 14)
Restart at 14:35 local time
DR Martyn 100 in 223 min off 163 balls, 14x4
Australia 400 in 421 min off 97.2 overs
Australia 450 in 469 min off 108.2 overs
AC Gilchrist 50 in 104 min off 70 balls 7x4
Tea: Australia 1st innings 486-5 (Martyn 99, Gilchrist 81)
Australia 500 in 512 min off 118.4 overs
AC Gilchrist 100 in 178 min, 118 balls, 14x4, 1x6
Australia 550 in 556 min off 127.3 overs
England 2nd innings: 1x5 ball over (McGrath's 2nd over, called by umpire Bucknor)

Day 4

Trescothick's 50 in the England second innings in 127 minutes, 81 balls
N Hussain retired hurt at 117/2 (9*, 20 balls, 1x4)

Match Details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of England and Ireland
Season	2001
Player Of The Match	Adam Gilchrist
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1550
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Usman Afzaal
Umpires	George Sharp Steve Bucknor
TV Umpire	Ken Palmer
Match Referee	Talat Ali

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
MA Atherton	caught	4	9
ME Trescothick	caught	76	113
MA Butcher	caught	41	73
N Hussain	retired hurt	9	20
IJ Ward	bowled	3	3
AJ Stewart	caught	5	6
U Afzaal	lbw	2	6
C White	bowled	0	6
AF Giles	caught	0	12
D Gough	lbw	0	1
AR Caddick	not out	6	15
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 12)
Total	164(9 wkts; 42.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	13	5	34	1	2.61 (5 nb)
JN Gillespie	11	2	52	3	4.72 (4 nb)
SK Warne	10.1	4	29	3	2.85 (1 nb)
ME Waugh	1	0	6	0	6
B Lee	7	0	37	2	5.28 (2 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	Mike Atherton	Marcus Trescothick
2nd	95	Marcus Trescothick	Mark Butcher
3rd	35	Nasser Hussain	Marcus Trescothick
4th	29	Marcus Trescothick	Ian Ward
5th	6	Alec Stewart	Marcus Trescothick
6th	2	Marcus Trescothick	Usman Afzaal
7th	4	Craig White	Marcus Trescothick
8th	1	Marcus Trescothick	Ashley Giles
9th	0	Darren Gough	Ashley Giles
10th	9	Andy Caddick	Ashley Giles

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