Australia v England - 1992 World Test Championship - 3rd Round - Australia 2nd Innings

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

Australia began their 2nd innings 72 runs behind, and at 59/2 the innings was at the crossroads.
Australian captain Allan Border, sensing his importance to the innings, chose to promote himself to number 4 ahead of Dean Jones and Mark Waugh, as he had done against India at Adelaide in 1992.
The gambit worked, Border holding the team together in a pressure situation with a vital 119.
The other batsmen struggled, with only Ian Healy with 40 offering Border much support in a stand of 86 for the 6th wicket.
Australia were eventually all out for 277, setting England 206 to win, with Dermot Reeve having claimed 5-57, and DeFreitas and Pringle offering good support.

Australia 2nd Innings 277/10 All Out (Overs 94.4)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GR Marsh		b DR Pringle	41	114	82	3	0
MA Taylor	c RC Russell	b PAJ DeFreitas	8	33	22	1	0
DC Boon	lbw	b PAJ DeFreitas	27	48	40	4	0
AR Border*	lbw	b DA Reeve	119	302	224	6	0
DM Jones		b DR Pringle	0	7	5	0	0
ME Waugh	c GA Gooch	b DA Reeve	28	107	79	4	0
IA Healy+	lbw	b DA Reeve	40	91	73	4	0
MG Hughes	lbw	b PAJ DeFreitas	0	5	6	0	0
SK Warne	c RC Russell	b DA Reeve	7	22	18	1	0
CJ McDermott	c RC Russell	b DA Reeve	4	8	5	0	0
MR Whitney	not out		1	19	16	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w2 nb0)	2
TOTAL		10 wickets for	277

FOW
1-21(MA Taylor) 2-59(DC Boon) 3-81(GR Marsh) 4-89(DM Jones) 5-157(ME Waugh)
6-243(IA Healy) 7-246(MG Hughes) 8-257(SK Warne) 9-267(CJ McDermott)
10-277(AR Border)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
PAJ DeFreitas	22	3	69	3
CC Lewis	19	3	59	0
DA Reeve	18.4	4	57	5
DR Pringle	23	4	60	2
PCR Tufnell	12	3	32	0