Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh in a 329-run partnership for the first wicket during the Ashes 1989

10 August 1989 was one of the extraordinary days in the history of the purest format of the game. Australia were against England in the fifth Test of the 1989 Ashes series, a six-match Ashes series from 10 August to 14 August. Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh created history as it was only the third time that an opening pair batted all day in a Test. matching. On the first day of the historic game, Australian captain Allan Border decided to bat first.

It was a bad day at the office for the England bowlers as the Australian opening pair of Taylor and Marsh wreaked havoc on the field. The pair remained unbeaten throughout the day and made the batting seam relatively easy. While Taylor remained unbeaten on 141, Marsh walked back after scoring an unbeaten 125 on the first day. After sunset on the first day, the scoreboard scored 301 for no loss.

England finally tested the success on the second day as Marsh made a mistake against Nick Cook to end his memorable partnership of 329 with Taylor. Marsh returned to the pavilion after scoring 138 while Taylor scored a mammoth score of 219. At the end of the first innings, Australia were confident with a dominating score of 602 runs on the scoreboard.

After a huge total posted by the visitors, England suffered an apocalypse in the second innings. He could only manage 255 runs as Australia’s Terry Alderman went all guns blazing against the opposition’s weak batting line-up. Terry took five wickets while bowling at an economy rate of 3.63.

As England were asked to follow-on, it was almost a repeat telecast of the third innings. The hosts’ batting performance deteriorated as they scored only 167 runs to lose the match by an innings and 180 runs.

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