▁ 6 ▁w ick ets , ▁and ▁led ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Ash es ▁series ▁ 2 – 0 . ▁ ▁Third ▁Test ▁ ▁Glo omy ▁weather ▁threatened ▁the ▁third ▁test ▁before ▁it ▁even ▁began , ▁and ▁rain ▁and ▁bad ▁light ▁eventually ▁cost ▁over ▁ten ▁hours ▁of ▁lost ▁play ▁during ▁the ▁match . ▁The ▁return ▁of ▁Ian ▁Both am ▁lifted ▁the ▁hosts ▁spirits ▁who ▁went ▁into ▁the ▁match ▁trailing ▁ 2 – 0 ▁in ▁the ▁six ▁test ▁series , ▁however ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁match ▁back ▁after ▁over ▁a ▁year ▁off ▁following ▁serious ▁sp inal ▁surg ery , ▁the ▁English ▁champion ▁was ▁well ▁below ▁his ▁best . ▁A ▁bigger ▁surprise ▁was ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁Chris ▁T av are ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁appeared ▁for ▁England ▁in ▁over ▁five ▁years , ▁and ▁his ▁selection ▁appeared ▁to ▁some ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁increasing ▁des per ation ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁select ors . ▁ ▁Dean ▁Jones ▁inspired ▁Australia ▁to ▁another ▁big ▁first ▁inn ings ▁score ▁of ▁ 4 2 4 ▁with ▁a ▁super b ▁ 1 5 7 , ▁and ▁England ▁only ▁narrow ly ▁avoided ▁the ▁follow - on ▁cre eping ▁to ▁ 2 4 2 ▁with ▁a ▁rust y ▁Ian ▁Both om ▁top ▁scoring ▁with ▁ 4 6 . ▁The ▁highlight ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁for ▁England ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁ever ▁test ▁w icket ▁for ▁debut ant ▁Ang us ▁F ras er ▁who ▁finally ▁captured ▁the ▁w icket ▁of ▁Steve ▁W augh ▁( und ismiss ed ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁tests )