English cricket team in Australia in 1990–91
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The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1990–91 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia for the 1990–91 Ashes series. Whilst on tour, the English team played ten other first-class matches and participated in the three-way World Series Cup against Australia and New Zealand.
The England team was captained by Graham Gooch.
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[edit] Test series summary
Main article: 1990-91 Ashes series
Australia won the Test series 3-0 with two matches drawn and therefore retained The Ashes they had won in 1989:
- 1st Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – Australia won by 10 wickets
- 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 8 wickets
- 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – match drawn
- 4th Test at Adelaide Oval – match drawn
- 5th Test at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground – Australia won by 9 wickets
[edit] Other first-class matches
October
- 25 - WACA President's XI - Perth, Western Australia - England won by 6 wickets
- 30 - Western Australia Combined XI - Perth, Australia - WAC XI won by 3 wickets
November
- 2-5 - Western Australia - Perth, Western Australia - match drawn
- 9-12 - South Australia - Adelaide, South Australia - South Australia won by 6 wickets
- 14 - Tasmania - Hobart, Tasmania - England won by 8 wickets
- 16-19 - An Australian XI - Hobart, Australia - match drawn
December
- 4 - Prime Minister's XI - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory - PM's XI won by 31 runs
- 20-23 - Victoria - Ballarat, Victoria - match drawn
January
- 13-16 - New South Wales - Albury, New South Wales - NSW won by 6 wickets
- 19-22 - Queensland - Carrarra, Queensland - England won by 10 wickets
[edit] World Series Cup
England also played in the World Series Cup triangular tournament with Australia and New Zealand. England finished third in the table not qualifying for the finals.
December
- 1 v New Zealand, Adelaide Oval - New Zealand by 7 runs
- 7 v New Zealand, WACA, Perth - England by 4 wickets
- 9 v Australia, WACA, Perth - Australia by 6 wickets
- 13 v New Zealand, Sydney Cricket Ground - England by 33 runs
- 15 v New Zealand, Gabba, Brisbane - New Zealand by 8 wickets
- 16 v Australia, Gabba, Brisbane - Australia by 37 runs
January
- 1 v Australia, Sydney Cricket Ground - Australia by 68 runs
- 10 v Australia, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Australia by 3 runs
- England failed to qualify for the finals.
[edit] External sources
[edit] Annual reviews
[edit] Further reading
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
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