Australia v England - 1992 World Test Championship - 3rd Round - England 1st Innings

Áustralia v England - 1992 World Test Championship - 3rd Round - Melbourne Cricket Ground

England got off to an ordinary start, slipping to 83/4, with Merv Hughes claiming 3 of the wickets to fall as he regularly found movement off the pitch.
Smith with 42 and Lamb with an important 64 added 70 for the 5th wicket to stabilise things, before some good batting in the lower order by Lewis with 49 took England to 264, a first innings lead of 72.
The Australian seamers enjoyed themselves, though Warne struggled for the first time in the season.
A lead of 72 was handy for England, and with the pitch still Green they had a chance of doing some early damage in the Australian second innings and maybe pulling off a surprise upset.

England 1st Innings 264/10 All Out (Overs 84)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	c ME Waugh	b MG Hughes	14	32	20	2	0
AJ Stewart	c GR Marsh	b MG Hughes	4	14	8	1	0
GA Hick	c ME Waugh	b CJ McDermott	35	76	59	3	1
RC Russell+	c IA Healy	b MG Hughes	20	77	43	3	0
RA Smith	lbw	b CJ McDermott	42	96	74	5	0
AJ Lamb		b SK Warne	64	125	96	3	2
DA Reeve	c DM Jones	b CJ McDermott	0	15	14	0	0
CC Lewis		b MR Whitney	49	149	108	2	2
DR Pringle		b MG Hughes	7	18	12	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas		b SK Warne	16	49	45	0	1
PCR Tufnell	not out		3	45	29	0	0
extras		(b6 lb0 w1 nb3)	10
TOTAL		10 wickets for	264

FOW
1-13(AJ Stewart) 2-22(GA Gooch) 3-71(GA Hick) 4-83(RC Russell) 5-153(RA Smith)
6-163(DA Reeve) 7-195(AJ Lamb) 8-202(DR Pringle) 9-236(PAJ DeFreitas)
10-264(CC Lewis)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
CJ McDermott	17	5	57	3
MR Whitney	14	4	28	1
MG Hughes	24	3	78	4
SK Warne	29	3	95	2

Merv Hughes answered the critics with 4-78 in England's first innings at the MCG