Ashes Tour 1990/91

The Ashes Tour 1990/91 was the tour of the England national cricket team , which included the 56th edition of the Ashes , and was carried out between November 23, 1990 and February 5, 1991. The Ashes Series 1990/91 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 1990/91 . The test series was won by Australia with 3–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. Parallel to the test series, the Benson & Hedges World Series 1990/91 was a three-nation tournament with New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1989 season .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth (WACA) Sydney

Tour venues

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

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

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Australia	England
Terry Alderman David Boon Allan Border Ian Healy Merv Hughes Dean Jones Geoff Marsh Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Carl Rackemann Bruce Reid Mark Taylor Mark Waugh Steve Waugh	Mike Atherton Phil DeFreitas Angus Fraser Graham Gooch David Gower Eddie Hemmings Allan Lamb Wayne Larkins Chris Lewis Devon Malcolm Phil Newport Jack Russell Gladstone Small Mike Smith Alec Stewart Phil Tufnell

Tour matches

October 25 scorecard	Perth (LH)	WACA President's XI 205-7 (47/47)	-	England XI 206-4 (40/47)
		England XI wins with 6 wickets

October 30th scorecard	Perth	England XI 180 (49.2)	-	Western Australia Combined XI 181-7 (48.3)
		Western Australia Combined XI wins with 3 wickets

November 2-5 Scorecard	Perth	Western Australia 289 (85.1) & 329-4d (104)	-	England XI 246 (78.4) & 222-9 (83)
		draw

November 9-12 Scorecard	Adelaide	South Australia 431-6d (132.4) & 112-4 (33)	-	England XI 217 (74.1) & 325 (118) (f / o)
		South Australia wins with 6 wickets

November 14th scorecard	Hobart	Tasmania 173-6 (50)	-	England XI 175-2 (46)
		England XI wins with 8 wickets

November 16-19 Scorecard	Hobart	England XI 340 (96) & 192-4d (40.2)	-	Australia XI 192 (68.1) & 214-6 (57)
		draw

December 20-23 Scorecard	Melbourne	Victoria 441-7d (123) & 215-7d (64)	-	England XI 353-6d (94.5) & 204-7 (71)
		draw

January 13-16 Scorecard	Albury	England XI 164 (62.1) & 235 (84.4)	-	New South Wales 321 (124.3) & 79-4 (39.5)
		New South Wales wins with 6 wickets

January 19-22 Scorecard	Carrara	Queensland 286 (83.3) & 175 (60.2)	-	England XI 430 (134.1) & 32-0 (12.3)
		England XI wins with 10 wickets

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 23rd - 25th scorecard	Brisbane	England 194 (78) & 114 (53.1)	-	Australia 152 (63) & 157-0 (46)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

Second test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	England 352 (131.4) & 150 (73)	-	Australia 306 (112.5) & 197-2 (86)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Third test in Sydney

January 4-8 Scorecard	Sydney	Australia 518 (157) & 205 (89)	-	England 469-8d (172.1) & 113-4 (25)
		draw

Fourth test in Adelaide

January 25-29 Scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 386 (135.2) & 314-6d (104)	-	England 229 (81.3) & 335-5 (96)
		draw

Fifth test in Perth

February 1-5 scorecard	Perth	England 244 (66.4) & 182 (61.3)	-	Australia 307 (90.5) & 120-1 (31.2)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo