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1990–91 Ashes series
International cricket tour
International cricket tour
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| series | 1990-91 Ashes Series |
| partof | the English cricket team in Australia in 1990-91 |
| date | 23 November 1990 - 5 February 1991 |
| place | Australia |
| result | Australia won the 5-Test series 3-0 |
| player of series | Bruce Reid |
| team1 | Australia |
| team2 | England |
| captain1 | Allan Border |
| captain2 | Allan Lamb (stand-in) |
| Graham Gooch | |
| runs1 | David Boon (530) |
| Greg Matthews (353) | |
| Geoff Marsh (314) | |
| runs2 | Graham Gooch (426) |
| David Gower (407) | |
| Mike Atherton (279) | |
| wickets1 | Bruce Reid (27) |
| Craig McDermott (18) | |
| Terry Alderman (16) | |
| wickets2 | Devon Malcolm (16) |
| Angus Fraser (11) | |
| Phil DeFreitas (10) | |
| previous | 1989 |
| next | 1993 |
Graham Gooch Greg Matthews (353) Geoff Marsh (314) David Gower (407) Mike Atherton (279) Craig McDermott (18) Terry Alderman (16) Angus Fraser (11) Phil DeFreitas (10) The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1990–91 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. The Australians were the holders, having reclaimed the Ashes in England during the 1989 Ashes series. However, the 1986-87 Ashes series, which was the previous series in Australia, had been won by England. The English tourists were confident their home series loss in 1989 had been a blip and that they were more than capable of reclaiming the Ashes. The tourists were seemingly well-prepared; during their home summer they had 1-0 victories in 3-test series against both India and New Zealand, and had played well in their warm-up matches.
The Australians, though, led by the authoritative Allan Border, were in a ruthless mood. They had home series victories against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, but had lost a one-off test to New Zealand since the 1989 Ashes series victory, and Border and his men were determined to defend the trophy.
The Australians came out aggressively from the start, and, combined with moments of bad-luck for the tourists, proved too much pressure for the England team to handle. The five-test series was won 3-0 by Australia.
Unlike the 1989 series, however, only the final test was an outright walkover: England showed considerably more fight than they had two years previously. They narrowly had the better of the first innings in the first two Tests, before in each case suffering a second-innings batting collapse leaving Australia a comparatively small target to chase.
The third Test was almost a reverse of the first two, with Australia taking a narrow first innings lead after England declared while still short of the Australian total, before collapsing in the second innings. Only stalwart defence by the last two Australian wickets denied England, holding them up for a couple of hours on the last day, and leaving them with insufficient time to chase the runs.
In the fourth Test, Australia took a large first-innings lead, and declared in their second innings to set England an improbably high target in the final innings. Yet the tourists made such a good fist of the chase that the match could have swung either way if an extra day had been available.
Australia finished the series in style with a one-sided victory in the fifth Test. They took a 63-run first innings lead and bowled England out for 182, before easing to their target of 120 with nine wickets to spare.
Test series
1st Test
|score-team1-inns1 = 194 (78 overs) |runs-team1-inns1 = David Gower 61 (121) |wickets-team1-inns1 = Bruce Reid 4/53 (18 overs) |score-team2-inns1 = 152 (63 overs) |runs-team2-inns1 = Greg Matthews 35 (93) |wickets-team2-inns1 = Chris Lewis 3/29 (9 overs) |score-team1-inns2 = 114 (53.1 overs) |runs-team1-inns2 = David Gower 27 (44) |wickets-team1-inns2 = Terry Alderman 6/47 (22 overs) |score-team2-inns2 = 0/157 (46 overs) |runs-team2-inns2 = Geoff Marsh 72* (154) |wickets-team2-inns2 =
- Australia lead the five test series 1–0.
2nd Test
|score-team1-inns1 = 352 (131.4 overs) |runs-team1-inns1 = DI Gower 100 (170) |wickets-team1-inns1 = BA Reid 6/97 [39] |score-team2-inns1 = 306 (112.5 overs) |runs-team2-inns1 = AR Border 62 (164) |wickets-team2-inns1 = ARC Fraser 6/82 [39] |score-team1-inns2 = 150 (73 overs) |runs-team1-inns2 = GA Gooch 58 (116) |wickets-team1-inns2 = BA Reid 7/51 [22] |score-team2-inns2 = 197/2 (86 overs) |runs-team2-inns2 = DC Boon 94* (234) |wickets-team2-inns2 = ARC Fraser 1/33 [20]
- Australia lead the five test series 2–0.
3rd Test
|score-team1-inns1 = 518 (157 overs) |runs-team1-inns1 = GRJ Matthews 128 (175) |wickets-team1-inns1 = DE Malcolm 4/128 [45] |score-team2-inns1 = 469/8d (172.1 overs) |runs-team2-inns1 = DI Gower 123 (236) |wickets-team2-inns1 = TM Alderman 3/62 [20.1] |score-team1-inns2 = 205 (89 overs) |runs-team1-inns2 = IA Healy 69 (160) |wickets-team1-inns2 = PCR Tufnell 5/61 [37] |score-team2-inns2 = 113/4 (25 overs) |runs-team2-inns2 = GA Gooch 54 (42) |wickets-team2-inns2 = GRJ Matthews 2/26 [9] Australia lead the five test series 2–0.
4th Test
|score-team1-inns1 = 386 (135.2 overs) |runs-team1-inns1 = ME Waugh 138 (188) |wickets-team1-inns1 = PAJ DeFreitas 4/56 [26.2] |score-team2-inns1 = 229 (81.3 overs) |runs-team2-inns1 = GA Gooch 87 (197) |wickets-team2-inns1 = CJ McDermott 5/97 [26.3] |score-team1-inns2 = 314/6d (104 overs) |runs-team1-inns2 = DC Boon 121 (277) |wickets-team1-inns2 = PCR Tufnell 1/28 [16] |score-team2-inns2 = 335/5 (96 overs) |runs-team2-inns2 = GA Gooch 117 (188) |wickets-team2-inns2 = BA Reid 2/59 [23]
- Australia lead the five test series 2–0.
5th Test
|score-team1-inns1 = 244 (66.4 overs) |runs-team1-inns1 = AJ Lamb 91 (122) |wickets-team1-inns1 = CJ McDermott 8/97 [24.4] |score-team2-inns1 = 307 (90.5 overs) |runs-team2-inns1 = DC Boon 64 (124) |wickets-team2-inns1 = DE Malcolm 3/94 [30] |score-team1-inns2 = 182 (61.3 overs) |runs-team1-inns2 = RA Smith 43 (70) |wickets-team1-inns2 = MG Hughes 4/37 [20] |score-team2-inns2 = 120/1 (31.2 overs) |runs-team2-inns2 = GR Marsh 63* (110) |wickets-team2-inns2 = PAJ DeFreitas 1/29 [6.2]
- Australia won the five test series 3–0.
External sources
Annual reviews
- Playfair Cricket Annual 1991
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991
References
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