Ashes Tour 1982/83

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The Ashes Tour 1982/83 was the tour of the England national cricket team , which included the 52nd edition of the Ashes , and was carried out between November 12, 1982 and January 7, 1983. The Ashes Series 1982/83 itself was played in the form of five test matches between Australia and England. The venues were always Australian stadiums. In addition to the test series, the tour included a number of other games between the two teams in the winter of 1982/83 . The test series was won by Australia with 2–1.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour in Pakistan , for England it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1981 season .

Stages

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Tour venues
Stadion city capacity Games
Adelaide oval Adelaide 53,583 3rd test
The gabba Brisbane 42,000 2nd test
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 100.024 4th test
WACA Ground Perth 20,000 1st test
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney 48,000 5th test

Squad lists

test
Australia Australia England England
  • Terry Alderman
  • Allan Border
  • Greg Chappell
  • John Dyson
  • Rodney Hogg
  • David Hookes
  • Merv Hughes
  • Geoff Lawson
  • Dennis Lillee
  • Geoff Marsh
  • Carl Rackemann
  • Jeff Thomson
  • Kepler Wessels
  • Graeme Wood
  • Bruce Yardley
  • Ian Botham
  • Nick Cook
  • Norman Cowans
  • Graeme Fowler
  • David Gower
  • Eddie Hemmings
  • Allan Lamb
  • Geoff Miller
  • Derek Pringle
  • Derek Randall
  • Chris Tavaré
  • Paul Taylor
  • Bob Willis

Testing

First test in Perth

November 12th - 17th
Scorecard
Perth England England
411 (155.4) & 358 (116.3)
- Australia Australia
424-9d (131.5) & 73-2 (22)
draw

Second test in Brisbane

November 26th - December 1st
scorecard
Brisbane England England
219 (64.3) & 309 (127.3)
- Australia Australia
341 (110.4) & 190-3 (60.5)
Australia wins with 7 wickets

Third test in Adelaide

December
10-15 Scorecard
Adelaide Australia Australia
438 (156.5) & 83-2 (23.5)
- England England
216 (67.5) & 304 (104) (f / o)
Australia wins with 8 wickets

Fourth test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th
scorecard
Melbourne England England
284 (81.3) & 294 (80.4)
- Australia Australia
287 (79) & 288 (96.1)
England wins with 3 runs

Fifth test in Sydney

January
2-7 scorecard
Sydney Australia Australia
314 (115) & 382 (131.3)
- England England
237 (64.5) & 314-7 (96)
draw

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