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Australia v England, 1982/1983, 4th test
Melbourne (MCG), 26/12/1982 - 30/12/1982

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter, RV Whitehead
Result: England won by 3 runs

England
G Cook                c Chappell         b Thomson               10
G Fowler              c Chappell         b Hogg                   4
CJ Tavare             c Yardley          b Thomson               89
DI Gower              c Marsh            b Hogg                  18
AJ Lamb               c Dyson            b Yardley               83
IT Botham             c Wessels          b Yardley               27
G Miller              c Border           b Yardley               10
DR Pringle            c Wessels          b Hogg                   9
+RW Taylor            c Marsh            b Yardley                1
*RGD Willis           not out                                     6
NG Cowans             c Lawson           b Hogg                   3
Extras                b 3, lb 6, w 3, nb 12                      24
Total                 all out                                   284

Fall Of Wickets
1-11 (Fowler)                 2-25 (Cook)                   
3-56 (Gower)                  4-217 (Tavare)                
5-227 (Lamb)                  6-259 (Botham)                
7-262 (Miller)                8-268 (Taylor)                
9-278 (Pringle)               10-284 (Cowans)               

Bowling
Lawson              17      6    48     0
Hogg                23.3    6    69     4
Yardley             27      9    89     4
Thomson             13      2    49     2
Chappell             1      0     5     0

Australia
KC Wessels                               b Willis                47
J Dyson               lbw                b Cowans                21
*GS Chappell          c Lamb             b Cowans                 0
KJ Hughes                                b Willis                66
AR Border                                b Botham                 2
DW Hookes             c Taylor           b Pringle               53
+RW Marsh                                b Willis                53
B Yardley                                b Miller                 9
GF Lawson             c Fowler           b Miller                 0
RM Hogg               not out                                     8
JR Thomson                               b Miller                 1
Extras                b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 19                      27
Total                 all out                                   287

Fall Of Wickets
1-55 (Dyson)                  2-55 (Chappell)               
3-83 (Wessels)                4-89 (Border)                 
5-180 (Hookes)                6-261 (Hughes)                
7-276 (Marsh)                 8-276 (Yardley)               
9-278 (Lawson)                10-287 (Thomson)              

Bowling
Willis              15      2    38     3
Botham              18      3    69     1
Cowans              16      0    69     2
Pringle             15      2    40     1
Miller              15      5    44     3

England
G Cook                c Yardley          b Thomson               26
G Fowler                                 b Hogg                  65
CJ Tavare                                b Hogg                   0
DI Gower              c Marsh            b Lawson                 3
AJ Lamb               c Marsh            b Hogg                  26
IT Botham             c Chappell         b Thomson               46
G Miller              lbw                b Lawson                14
DR Pringle            c Marsh            b Lawson                42
+RW Taylor            lbw                b Thomson               37
*RGD Willis           not out                                     8
NG Cowans                                b Lawson                10
Extras                b 2, lb 9, w 0, nb 6                       17
Total                 all out                                   294

Fall Of Wickets
1-40 (Cook)                   2-41 (Tavare)                 
3-45 (Gower)                  4-128 (Fowler)                
5-129 (Lamb)                  6-160 (Miller)                
7-201 (Botham)                8-262 (Taylor)                
9-280 (Pringle)               10-294 (Cowans)               

Bowling
Lawson              21.4    6    66     4
Hogg                22      5    64     3
Yardley             15      2    67     0
Thomson             21      3    74     3
Chappell             1      0     6     0

Australia
KC Wessels                               b Cowans                14
J Dyson               c Tavare           b Botham                31
*GS Chappell          c                  b Cowans                 2
KJ Hughes             c Taylor           b Miller                48
DW Hookes             c Willis           b Cowans                68
AR Border             not out                                    62
+RW Marsh             lbw                b Cowans                13
B Yardley                                b Cowans                 0
GF Lawson             c Cowans           b Pringle                7
RM Hogg               lbw                b Cowans                 4
JR Thomson            c Miller           b Botham                21
Extras                b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 3                       18
Total                 all out                                   288

Fall Of Wickets
1-37 (Wessels)                2-39 (Chappell)               
3-71 (Dyson)                  4-171 (Hughes)                
5-173 (Hookes)                6-190 (Marsh)                 
7-190 (Yardley)               8-202 (Lawson)                
9-218 (Hogg)                  10-288 (Thomson)              

Bowling
Willis              17      0    57     0
Botham              25.1    4    80     2
Cowans              26      6    77     6
Pringle             12      4    26     1
Miller              16      6    30     1