Flintoff & Botham

Monday, November 20, 2006

15: Australia (4/6 away) 1978-9 and New Zealand (3/3 away) 2002

Botham scored his first 50 since his memorable 108 against Pakistan at Lords five matches before, helping England to a 93 run victory.

The scorecard is accessible below:
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/63223.html

The match was memorable for a stunning England come-back, which Brearly rated as the best of his career so far, as Australia squandered a 142 first innings lead. A truly precient comment. Wisden's report is accessible below:
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152183.html


Flintoff took six wickets in the match, but could only make 29 runs in the game, his second innings duck helping England to snatch defeat from the jaws of a draw. The experiment of playing test matches under floodlights, which allowed New Zealand to square the series, would be abandoned.

The scorecard is accessible below:
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/63983.html

Wisden's report can be viewed below:
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155007.html

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