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Australia v England, 1986/1987, 4th test
Melbourne (MCG), 26/12/1986 - 28/12/1986

Toss: England
Umpires: AR Crafter, RA French
Result: England won by an inns & 14 runs

Australia
GR Marsh              c Richards         b Botham                17
DC Boon               c Botham           b Small                  7
DM Jones              c Gower            b Small                 59
*AR Border            c Richards         b Botham                15
SR Waugh              c Botham           b Small                 10
GRJ Matthews          c Botham           b Small                 14
PR Sleep              c Richards         b Small                  0
+TJ Zoehrer                              b Botham                 5
CJ McDermott          c Richards         b Botham                 0
MG Hughes             c Richards         b Botham                 2
BA Reid               not out                                     2
Extras                b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 7                       10
Total                 all out                                   141

Fall Of Wickets
1-16 (Boon)                   2-44 (Marsh)                  
3-80 (Border)                 4-108 (Waugh)                 
5-118 (Jones)                 6-118 (Sleep)                 
7-129 (Zoehrer)               8-133 (McDermott)             
9-137 (Hughes)                10-141 (Matthews)             

Bowling
Small               22.4    7    48     5
De Freitas          11      1    30     0
Emburey              4      0    16     0
Botham              16      4    41     5
Gatting              1      0     4     0

England
BC Broad              c Zoehrer          b Hughes               112
CWJ Athey             lbw                b Reid                  21
*MW Gatting           c Hughes           b Reid                  40
AJ Lamb               c Zoehrer          b Reid                  43
DI Gower              c Matthews         b Sleep                  7
IT Botham             c Zoehrer          b McDermott             29
+CJ Richards          c Marsh            b Reid                   3
PAJ De Freitas        c Matthews         b McDermott              7
JE Emburey                           c & b McDermott             22
PH Edmonds            lbw                b McDermott             19
GC Small              not out                                    21
Extras                b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 11                      25
Total                 all out                                   349

Fall Of Wickets
1-58 (Athey)                  2-163 (Gatting)               
3-198 (Broad)                 4-219 (Gower)                 
5-251 (Lamb)                  6-273 (Botham)                
7-277 (Richards)              8-289 (De Freitas)            
9-319 (Emburey)               10-349 (Edmonds)              

Bowling
McDermott           26.5    4    83     4
Hughes              30      3    94     1
Reid                28      5    78     4
Waugh                8      4    16     0
Sleep               28      4    65     1

Australia
GR Marsh              run out                                    60
DC Boon               c Gatting          b Small                  8
DM Jones              c Gatting          b De Freitas            21
*AR Border            c Emburey          b Small                 34
SR Waugh                                 b Edmonds               49
GRJ Matthews                             b Emburey                0
PR Sleep              run out                                     6
+TJ Zoehrer           c Athey            b Edmonds                1
CJ McDermott                             b Emburey                1
MG Hughes             c Small            b Edmonds                8
BA Reid               not out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 2                        6
Total                 all out                                   194

Fall Of Wickets
1-13 (Boon)                   2-48 (Jones)                  
3-113 (Border)                4-153 (Marsh)                 
5-153 (Matthews)              6-175 (Sleep)                 
7-180 (Zoehrer)               8-185 (Waugh)                 
9-189 (McDermott)             10-194 (Hughes)               

Bowling
Small               15      3    40     2
De Freitas          12      1    44     1
Emburey             20      5    43     2
Botham               7      1    19     0
Edmonds             19.4    5    45     3