Cricket: Such too much

England A 220 and 286-9

Australian Academy 231 and 194

England A win by 81 runs

PETER SUCH, the Essex off-spinner, finished with match figures of 11 for 144 as England A secured the first win of their Australian tour in Melbourne yesterday.

England A's total of 286 for 9 looked inadequate when the Academy raced to 164 for 3. Such then took two vital wickets as the Academy slumped to 194, their last seven wickets falling for 30 runs.

(England A won toss)

ENGLAND A - First Innings 220

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY - First Innings 231 (D Hills 66; P M Such 7-82).

ENGLAND A - Second Innings

(Overnight: 271 for 6)

G D Lloyd c Gilchrist b Corbett 124

A R Caddick c Cook b McIntyre 39

M C Ilott c Gilchrist b Corbett 0

P M Such not out 2

J Boiling absent ill 0

Extras (lb2) 2

Total (for 9) 286

Fall cont: 7-272 8-272 9-286.

Bowling: Cook 21-7-54-4; Corbett 21-7-42-2; McIntyre 28.3-6-79-1; Law 12-2-33-0; Stewart 20-4-55-2; Bevan 5-0-21-0.

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY - Second Innings

D Hills c Prichard b Caddick 14

* M J Slater run out 41

G R Blewett lbw b Capel 25

M G Bevan c Moxon b Such 53

R Ponting lbw b Such 25

S G Law c Capel b Caddick 11

A Gilchrist st Russell b Such 2

J Stewart c Roseberry b Caddick 5

S Cook lbw b Such 4

T Corbett not out 0

P E McIntyre b Caddick 1

Extras (lb5 nb8) 13

Total (62.1 overs) 194

Fall: 1-19 2-67 3-97 4-164 5-181 6-183 7-183 8-191

9-193.

Bowling: Ilott 10-0-52-0; Caddick 16.1-5-46-4; Capel 12-3-29-1; Such 24-8-62-4.

Umpires: D Holt and P Jensen.