Australia v England - 5th T20 International 1876/7 to 1880 - Match Report

Australia v England - 5th T20 International 1876/7 to 1880 - W.A.C.A. Ground Perth

Pitch: 4 - Normal

Weather: 3 - Sunny, some cloud about

Toss: England

England elected to bat and made a total hash of it, scrambling their way to 70/9 off their allotted 20 overs.
Arthur Shrewsbury batted through to the end for 28* but could only hit 1 boundary in a scratchy display, and he received little support.
At one stage England were 30/6, forcing Shrewsbury to rebuild, and they viewed their eventual total as a partial recovery.
Spofforth and Palmer claimed 3 wickets each in an improved display by the Australian bowlers on a pitch that allowed them to express themselves.
Australia batted needing only 71 for victory, a total they had bettered in each game so far this series, and were clear favourites at the break.
Lead by right arm fast bowler George Ulyett's 3 wickets, England got themselves back into the match, reducing Australia to 34/6.
With the match on an even keel, big hitting George Bonnor played the decisive innings with 23, taking 2 sixes from Steel's final over to bring Australia close.
A couple of wickets followed, but the tail eventually scrambled the winning single with 2 overs to spare, handing Australia a 1 wicket victory.
Man of the Match was Bonnor, his big hitting having taken Australia over the line in a low scoring match.
Australia keep themselves alive in the series with victory, with England leading now by just 3-2 with 2 to play.

Australia won by 1 wicket

Man of the Match: G.J.Bonnor

England 1st Innings 70/9 Closed (Overs 20)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
WG Grace*		b FR Spofforth	8	4	6	0	1
RG Barlow	c GE Palmer	b TW Garrett	0	9	4	0	0
G Ulyett		b WE Midwinter	10	18	10	2	0
A Shrewsbury	not out		28	88	50	1	0
AG Steel	c AC Bannerman	b GE Palmer	0	6	2	0	0
W Barnes	lbw	b GE Palmer	0	4	3	0	0
WH Scotton	lbw	b GE Palmer	1	12	10	0	0
W Bates	lbw	b FR Spofforth	10	14	11	1	0
A Shaw		b HF Boyle	0	7	6	0	0
R Pilling+	c WE Midwinter	b FR Spofforth	4	10	9	0	0
E Peate	not out		7	13	11	0	1
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb1)	2
TOTAL		9 wickets for	70

FOW
1-8(WG Grace) 2-8(RG Barlow) 3-23(G Ulyett) 4-25(AG Steel) 5-25(W Barnes)
6-30(WH Scotton) 7-48(W Bates) 8-52(A Shaw) 9-58(R Pilling)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
FR Spofforth	4	0	16	3
TW Garrett	2	1	10	1
WE Midwinter	2	0	10	1
HF Boyle	3	0	11	1
GE Palmer	4	0	13	3
AC Bannerman	3	1	2	0
TP Horan	2	0	8	0

Australia 1st Innings 71/9 Closed (Overs 18)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
PS McDonnell		b G Ulyett	6	24	11	0	0
JM Blackham+	c WG Grace	b G Ulyett	0	2	1	0	0
WL Murdoch*	lbw	b G Ulyett	4	9	5	1	0
AC Bannerman		b RG Barlow	13	29	22	2	0
TP Horan	c A Shrewsbury	b AG Steel	6	13	11	1	0
GJ Bonnor	lbw	b RG Barlow	23	39	24	1	0
WE Midwinter		b AG Steel	4	6	6	0	0
TW Garrett	lbw	b AG Steel	5	8	5	0	0
HF Boyle	c R Pilling	b E Peate	8	21	16	0	0
GE Palmer	not out		1	7	6	0	0
FR Spofforth	not out		1	3	1	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb0)	0
TOTAL		9 wickets for	71

FOW
1-1(JM Blackham) 2-9(WL Murdoch) 3-14(PS McDonnell) 4-29(TP Horan)
5-30(AC Bannerman) 6-34(WE Midwinter) 7-46(TW Garrett) 8-69(GJ Bonnor)
9-69(HF Boyle)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
G Ulyett	4	2	7	3
W Barnes	1	0	4	0
A Shaw	1	0	5	0
E Peate	2	0	8	1
W Bates	1	0	4	0
AG Steel	4	0	27	3
RG Barlow	4	0	13	2
WG Grace	1	0	3	0

The powerfully built George Bonnor struck 2 sixes in a match winning 23 for Australia