English cricket team in Australia in 1990–91
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.
Test series summary
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
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
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.
External sources
Annual reviews
Further reading
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
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