Ashes Tour 1989

The Ashes Tour 1989 was the tour of the Australian national cricket team , which included the 55th edition of the Ashes , and was held between May 25 and August 29, 1989. The international cricket tour was part of the 1989 international cricket season and included six test matches and three ODIs . Australia won the test series with 4-0. The ODI series ended in a 1–1 draw.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting on a tour took place in the 1987/88 season in Australia .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	3rd test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	1st test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. test; 3. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	6. Test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	4. test; 1. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	5. test; 2. ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were included in the tour.

test		ODI
England	Australia	England	Australia
Terry Alderman David Boon Allan Border Greg Campbell Ian Healy Trevor Hohns Merv Hughes Dean Jones Geoff Lawson Geoff Marsh Mark Taylor Steve Waugh	Mike Atherton Kim Barnett Ian Botham Chris Broad David Capel Nick Cook Tim Curtis Phil DeFreitas Graham Dilley John Emburey Neil Foster Angus Fraser Mike Gatting Graham Gooch David Gower Eddie Hemmings Alan Igglesden Paul Jarvis Allan Lamb Devon Malcolm Martyn Moxon Phil Newport Derek Pringle Tim Robinson Jack Russell Gladstone Small Robin Smith John Stephenson Chris Tavaré	Terry Alderman David Boon Allan Border Ian Healy Dean Jones Geoff Lawson Geoff Marsh Tim May Tom Moody Carl Rackemann Mike Veletta Steve Waugh	Ian Botham Phil DeFreitas John Emburey Neil Foster Mike Gatting Graham Gooch David Gower Allan Lamb Derek Pringle Steve Rhodes Robin Smith

Tour matches

May 5th Scorecard	West Bromwich	Australians 326-3 (55/55)	-	League Cricket Conference 161-5 (55/55)
		Australians wins with 165 runs

May 7th scorecard	Arundel	Australians 314-6 (50)	-	Duchess of Norfolk's Invitation XI 194-5 (50)
		Australians win with 120 runs

May 9th scorecard	Hove	Australians 154 (44.3 / 55)	-	Sussex 158-6 (47.5 / 55)
		Sussex wins with 4 wickets

May 11th	London (Lord's)	Australians 309-4 (55/55)	-	Marylebone Cricket Club 208 (48.5 / 55)
		Australians win with 101 runs

May 13-14 Scorecard	Worcester	Australians 103 (30.5) & 205 (74.2)	-	Worcestershire 146 (45.5) & 163-7 (45.4)
		Worcestershire wins by 3 wickets

May 17-19 scorecard	Taunton	Australians 339-8d (104) & 144-3d (37)	-	Somerset 140 (66.4) & 235-3 (94)
		draw

May 20-22 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	Middlesex 245 (81.5) & 227 (70.5)	-	Australians 233-2d (78) & 243-7 (72.3)
		Australians win with 3 wickets

May 23 scorecard	Leeds	Australians 297-3 (55/55)	-	Yorkshire 188 (48.2 / 55)
		Australians wins with 109 runs

May 31st - June 2nd scorecard	Birmingham	Australians 444-3d (93.4) ​​& 195-4d (61)	-	Warwickshire 235 (77.3) & 105-3 (37)
		draw

3rd - 5th June scorecard	Derby	Australians 200 (51.4) & 180 (54.3)	-	Derbyshire 228 (69.2) & 141 ​​(63)
		Australians wins with 11 runs

June 14-16 Scorecard	Manchester	Lancashire 184 (98.2) & 185 (67)	-	Australians 288 (50.3) & 84-1 (32.5)
		Australians win with 9 wickets

June 17-19 scorecard	Northampton	Australians 329 (106) & 229-5d (66.2)	-	Northamptonshire 180 (91) & 106 (37)
		Australians wins with 272 runs

June 28 scorecard	Oxford	Australians 52-0 (17.2 / 55)	-	Oxford and Cambridge Universities
		No result

June 28 scorecard	Oxford	Australians 52152-5 (35/35)	-	Oxford and Cambridge Universities 116-4 (35/35)
		Australians win with 99 runs

June 22-26 scorecard	Neath	Australians 373 (106) & 216-5d (66.2)	-	Northamptonshire 301-5d (91) & 135-5 (37)
		draw

June 15 scorecard	Glasgow	Australians 307-7 (55/55)	-	Scotland 210-9 (55/55)
		Australians wins with 97 runs

June 17th scorecard	Towbrigde	Australians 229-4 (55/55)	-	Minor Counties 202 (54/55)
		Australians win with 27 runs

June 19-21 Scorecard	Southampton	Australians 343-6d (88.5) & 246 (69.1)	-	Hampshire 275-6d (92) & 81-0 (38)
		draw

July 22-23 scorecard	Bristol	Gloucestershire 200 (55.1) & 92 (29)	-	Australians 438 (112.2)
		Australians wins with 146 runs

August 2-4 scorecard	Nottingham	Australians 284 (82.3) & 255-4d (72.4)	-	Nottinghamshire 195 (64) & 148 (37.4)
		Australians win with 196 runs

August 5-7 Scorecard	Leicester	Leicestershire 157 (67.1) & 243 (74.2)	-	Australians 305 (94) & 99-1 (26.5)
		Australians win with 9 wickets

August 16-18 Scorecard	Canterbury	Australians 356-8d (102.1)	-	Kent 191 (57.1) & 237-9 (112) (f / o)
		draw

August 19-21 Scorecard	Chelmsford	Australians 387-7d (93) & 258-2d (53.1)	-	Essex 290-6d (84) & 205 (56.4)
		Australians win with 150 runs

September 2nd scorecard	The hague	Australians 213-9 (50)	-	Netherlands 156-9 (50)
		Australians wins with 57 runs

September 3 scorecard	The hague	Netherlands 154-8 (50)	-	Australians 132-6 (38.2 / 42)
		Australians win with 4 wickets

September 5 scorecard	Brondby	Australians 191 (40/40)	-	Denmark 146-9 (40/40)
		Australians win with 45 runs

September 6th scorecard	Copenhagen	Australians 223 (39.1 / 40)	-	Denmark -169 (8/40)
		Australians wins with 54 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Manchester

May 25 scorecard	Manchester	England 231-9 (55/55)	-	Australia 136 (47.1 / 55)
		England wins with 95 runs

Second ODI in Nottingham

May 27th scorecard	Nottingham	England 226-5 (55/55)	-	Australia 226-8 (55/55)
		draw

Third ODI in London

May 29 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 278-7 (55/55)	-	Australia 279-4 (54.3 / 55)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Leeds

June 8-13 Scorecard	Leeds	Australia 601-7d (178.3) & 230-3d (54.5)	-	England 430 (121.5) & 191 (55.2)
		Australia wins with 210 runs

Second test in London

June 22-27 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 286 (86.5) & 359 (130)	-	Australia 528 (158) & 119-4 (40.2)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Third test in Birmingham

July 6-11 Scorecard	Birmingham	Australia 424 (142) & 158-2 (65)	-	England 242 (96.3)
		draw

Fourth test in Manchester

July 27th - August 1st scorecard	Manchester	England 260 (103) & 264 (110.4)	-	Australia 447 (167.5) & 81-1 (32.5)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Fifth test in Nottingham

August 10-14 Scorecard	Nottingham	Australia 602-6d (206.3)	-	England 255 (76.5) & 167 (55.3) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 180 runs

Sixth test in London

August 24-29 Scorecard	London (oval)	Australia 468 (132.3) & 219-4d (63)	-	England 285 (92.1) & 143-5 (46.1)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo