England vs Australia
1981
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 18 Jun 1981 | Nottingham |
IT Botham (Eng)
KJ Hughes (Aus) |
Eng 185 & 125
Aus 179 & 132-6 |
Australia 4 wickets |
|
| 2 Jul 1981 | Lord's |
IT Botham (Eng)
KJ Hughes (Aus) |
Eng 311 & 265-8d
Aus 345 & 90-4 |
Match Drawn |
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| 16 Jul 1981 | Leeds |
JM Brearley (Eng)
KJ Hughes (Aus) |
Aus 401-9d & 111
Eng 174 & 356 |
England 18 runs |
|
| 30 Jul 1981 | Birmingham |
JM Brearley (Eng)
KJ Hughes (Aus) |
Eng 189 & 219
Aus 258 & 121 |
England 29 runs |
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| 13 Aug 1981 | Manchester |
JM Brearley (Eng)
KJ Hughes (Aus) |
Eng 231 & 404
Aus 130 & 402 |
England 103 runs |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| IT Botham | 5 | 10 | 1 | 380 | 42.22 | 1 | 2 | 149* | 92.91 | 55/7 | 9 |
| MW Gatting | 5 | 10 | 0 | 261 | 26.10 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 45.47 | 29/1 | 6 |
| G Boycott | 5 | 10 | 0 | 255 | 25.50 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 30.07 | 15 | 2 |
| DI Gower | 5 | 10 | 0 | 250 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 40.65 | 31/1 | 3 |
| P Willey | 4 | 8 | 0 | 179 | 22.37 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 43.77 | 25/1 | 0 |
| GR Dilley | 3 | 6 | 2 | 150 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 68.81 | 23 | 1 |
| CJ Tavaré | 1 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 73.50 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 30.50 | 10 | 0 |
| GA Gooch | 5 | 10 | 0 | 139 | 13.90 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 47.12 | 19 | 1 |
| JE Emburey | 3 | 5 | 1 | 129 | 32.25 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 34.31 | 13 | 1 |
| JM Brearley | 3 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 37.50 | 11 | 1 |
| APE Knott | 1 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 50.00 | 9 | 5 |
| PJW Allott | 1 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 66.00 | 1 | 0 | 52* | 38.15 | 5 | 0 |
| CM Old | 2 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 76.83 | 9 | 0 |
| RGD Willis | 5 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 5.71 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 51.95 | 4 | 2 |
| RA Woolmer | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 22.56 | 5 | 2 |
| RW Taylor | 3 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.55 | 1/1 | 13 |
| PR Downton | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31.43 | 0 | 2 |
| M Hendrick | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 | 6* | 60.00 | 1 | 0 |
| W Larkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
| PWG Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| RGD Willis | 211.4 | 50 | 534 | 25 | 21.36 | 8/43 | 2.52 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| IT Botham | 183.3 | 59 | 447 | 24 | 18.62 | 6/95 | 2.44 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GR Dilley | 98 | 24 | 275 | 14 | 19.64 | 4/24 | 2.81 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| JE Emburey | 147.5 | 53 | 265 | 11 | 24.09 | 4/43 | 1.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CM Old | 84 | 27 | 175 | 5 | 35.00 | 3/44 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJW Allott | 23 | 4 | 88 | 4 | 22.00 | 2/17 | 3.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hendrick | 40 | 14 | 76 | 2 | 38.00 | 2/43 | 1.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P Willey | 16 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 35.00 | 1/31 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G Boycott | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Gooch | 10 | 4 | 28 | 0 | - | - | 2.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MW Gatting | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| AR Border | 5 | 10 | 2 | 343 | 42.87 | 2 | 1 | 123* | 32.09 | 41/1 | 12 |
| KJ Hughes | 5 | 10 | 0 | 263 | 26.30 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 42.28 | 33 | 3 |
| GN Yallop | 5 | 10 | 0 | 255 | 25.50 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 43.74 | 30 | 5 |
| GM Wood | 5 | 10 | 1 | 223 | 24.77 | 1 | 0 | 62* | 48.37 | 24/1 | 4 |
| J Dyson | 5 | 10 | 0 | 206 | 20.60 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 36.20 | 20 | 2 |
| RW Marsh | 5 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 16.88 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 46.77 | 24/1 | 21 |
| DK Lillee | 5 | 8 | 2 | 134 | 22.33 | 0 | 0 | 40* | 43.65 | 17 | 1 |
| RJ Bright | 4 | 7 | 0 | 113 | 16.14 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 37.54 | 13 | 3 |
| MF Kent | 2 | 4 | 0 | 110 | 27.50 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 58.51 | 14 | 2 |
| TM Chappell | 3 | 6 | 1 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.90 | 3 | 2 |
| GF Lawson | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 43.18 | 5 | 0 |
| TM Alderman | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 | 12* | 23.16 | 0 | 6 |
| RM Hogg | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
| MR Whitney | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Wellham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| TM Alderman | 271 | 66 | 749 | 37 | 20.24 | 6/135 | 2.76 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| DK Lillee | 250 | 67 | 711 | 28 | 25.39 | 5/46 | 2.84 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| RJ Bright | 143.4 | 64 | 299 | 12 | 24.91 | 5/68 | 2.08 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| GF Lawson | 106.1 | 30 | 285 | 12 | 23.75 | 7/81 | 2.68 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| RM Hogg | 40.4 | 8 | 123 | 4 | 30.75 | 3/47 | 3.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MR Whitney | 44 | 9 | 124 | 4 | 31.00 | 2/50 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 20.1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | 60 | 2(1) | Gooch & Boycott | |
| 2nd | 18.7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 72 | 5(2) | Tavaré & Boycott | |
| 3rd | 35.9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 2(2) | Gower & Boycott | |
| 4th | 24.7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 53 | 2(1) | Gatting & Willey | |
| 5th | 30.1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 97 | 2(1) | Emburey & Willey | |
| 6th | 27.2 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 149 | 5(2) | Tavaré & Botham | |
| 7th | 20.4 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 39 | 4(2) | Gatting & Old | |
| 8th | 29.8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 3(2) | Botham & Dilley | |
| 9th | 24.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 67 | 3(2) | Botham & Old | |
| 10th | 19.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 56 | 5(1) | Allott & Willis | |
| 35 | 51 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
| Australia | |||||||||
| 1st | 18.6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 62 | 2(1) | Wood & Dyson | |
| 2nd | 23.4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 94 | 3(1) | Dyson & Chappell | |
| 3rd | 25.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 95 | 5(2) | Hughes & Yallop | |
| 4th | 28.6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 79 | 5(2) | Border & Yallop | |
| 5th | 46.3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 112 | 3(1) | Yallop & Hughes | |
| 6th | 29.3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 90 | 5(2) | Border & Marsh | |
| 7th | 17.6 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 45 | 5(1) | Bright & Kent | |
| 8th | 24.9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 51 | 5(2) | Border & Lillee | |
| 9th | 12.4 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 46 | 2(1) | Bright & Lillee | |
| 10th | 13.0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 31 | 2(1) | Alderman & Lillee | |
| 39 | 40 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| Eng | Aus | ||
| Runs Scored | 2459 | 2169 | |
| Wickets lost | 98 | 89 | |
| Overs faced | 855.3 | 820 | |
| Runs per wicket | 25.09 | 24.37 | |
| Runs per over | 2.87 | 2.65 | |
| Innings | 108 | 102 | |
| Ducks | 11 | 14 | |
| Fifties | 12 | 6 | |
| Centuries | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 w/inn | 3 | 7 | |
| 10 w/mat | 0 | 0 |
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