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Test no. 761
 The Ashes - 2nd Test
England v Australia 		1975 season

Played at Lord's, London, on 31 July, 1,2,4,5 August 1975 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood lbw b Lillee 6 12 15 1 0 40.00
JH Edrich lbw b Lillee 9 41 30 1 0 30.00
DS Steele b Thomson 50 163 103 9 0 48.54
DL Amiss lbw b Lillee 0 7 4 0 0 0.00
GA Gooch c wicketkeeperMarsh b Lillee 6 25 17 1 0 35.29
captain AW Greig c IM Chappell b Walker 96 160 129 15 0 74.41
wicketkeeper APE Knott lbw b Thomson 69 134 102 8 0 67.64
RA Woolmer c Turner b Mallett 33 114 108 4 0 30.55
JA Snow c Walker b Mallett 11 31 29 1 0 37.93
DL Underwood not out 0 16 14 0 0 0.00
P Lever lbw b Walker 4 7 6 0 0 66.66
    Extras (b 3, lb 1, w 4, nb 23) 31
    Total (all out; 87.4 overs) 315 (3.59 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-10 (Wood), 2-29 (Edrich), 3-31 (Amiss), 4-49 (Gooch), 5-145 (Steele), 6-222 (Greig), 7-288 (Knott), 8-309 (Snow), 9-310 (Woolmer), 10-315 (Lever)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 20 4 84 4 4.20
 JR Thomson 24 7 92 2 3.83
 MHN Walker 21.4 7 52 2 2.40
 AA Mallett 22 4 56 2 2.54

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker c & b Lever 29 80 59 3 0 49.15
A Turner lbw b Snow 9 27 14 0 0 64.28
captain IM Chappell c wicketkeeperKnott b Snow 2 16 17 0 0 11.76
GS Chappell lbw b Snow 4 7 6 1 0 66.66
R Edwards lbw b Woolmer 99 201 132 15 0 75.00
KD Walters c Greig b Lever 2 8 8 0 0 25.00
wicketkeeper RW Marsh c Amiss b Greig 3 10 9 0 0 33.33
MHN Walker b Snow 5 24 19 1 0 26.31
JR Thomson b Underwood 17 61 52 2 0 32.69
DK Lillee not out 73 136 103 8 3 70.87
AA Mallett lbw b Steele 14 69 57 2 0 24.56
    Extras (lb 5, nb 6) 11
    Total (all out; 77.4 overs) 268 (3.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-21 (Turner), 2-29 (IM Chappell), 3-37 (GS Chappell), 4-54 (McCosker), 5-56 (Walters), 6-64 (Marsh), 7-81 (Walker), 8-133 (Thomson), 9-199 (Edwards), 10-268 (Mallett)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 JA Snow 21 4 66 4 3.14
 P Lever 15 0 83 2 5.53
 RA Woolmer 13 5 31 1 2.38
 AW Greig 15 5 47 1 3.13
 DL Underwood 13 5 29 1 2.23
 DS Steele 0.4 0 1 1 1.50

England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood c wicketkeeperMarsh b Thomson 52 199 161 7 0 32.29
JH Edrich c Thomson b Mallett 175 538 420 21 0 41.66
DS Steele c & b Walters 45 135 111 6 0 40.54
DL Amiss c GS Chappell b Lillee 10 41 37 1 0 27.02
GA Gooch b Mallett 31 88 71 4 0 43.66
captain AW Greig c Walters b IM Chappell 41 52 42 5 1 97.61
wicketkeeper APE Knott not out 22 46 33 1 0 66.66
RA Woolmer b Mallett 31 33 25 3 2 124.00
    Extras (lb 18, w 2, nb 9) 29
    Total (7 wickets dec; 147.4 overs) 436 (2.95 runs per over)

Did not bat JA Snow, DL Underwood, P Lever

Fall of wickets1-111 (Wood), 2-215 (Steele), 3-249 (Amiss), 4-315 (Gooch), 5-380 (Greig), 6-387 (Edrich), 7-436 (Woolmer)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 33 10 80 1 2.42
 JR Thomson 29 8 73 1 2.51
 MHN Walker 37 8 95 0 2.56
 AA Mallett 36.4 10 127 3 3.46
 IM Chappell 10 2 26 1 2.60
 KD Walters 2 0 6 1 3.00

Australia 2nd innings (target: 484 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker lbw b Steele 79 262 224 8 0 35.26
A Turner c Gooch b Greig 21 64 39 3 0 53.84
captain IM Chappell lbw b Greig 86 249 215 13 0 40.00
GS Chappell not out 73 146 119 10 1 61.34
R Edwards not out 52 92 76 9 0 68.42
    Extras (b 4, nb 14) 18
    Total (3 wickets; 109 overs) 329 (3.01 runs per over)

Did not bat KD Walters, wicketkeeperRW Marsh, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee, AA Mallett

Fall of wickets1-50 (Turner), 2-169 (McCosker), 3-222 (IM Chappell)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 JA Snow 19 3 82 0 4.31
 P Lever 20 5 55 0 2.75
 RA Woolmer 3 1 3 0 1.00
 AW Greig 26 6 82 2 3.15
 DL Underwood 31 14 64 0 2.06
 DS Steele 9 4 19 1 2.11
 B Wood 1 0 6 0 6.00

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 4-match series 1-0

Test debuts DS Steele and RA Woolmer (England)

Umpires WE Alley and TW Spencer

Close of play
31 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 313/9 (DL Underwood 0*, P Lever 2*)
1 Aug day 2 - England 2nd innings 5/0 (B Wood 5*, JH Edrich 0*)
2 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 230/2 (JH Edrich 104*, DL Amiss 6*)
3 Aug rest day
4 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 97/1 (RB McCosker 46*, IM Chappell 25*)
5 Aug day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 329/3 (109 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • Thomson bowled 22 no-balls and 4 wides on 1st Day
  • Lillee faced 103 balls and hit 3 6's and 18 4's
  • Edrich batted for 538 minutes and faced 420 balls
  • Michael Angelow became the first streaker to intrude upon the field of play during a test in England at 3.20 day 4.

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