1 9 8 1 ▁Ash es ▁series ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁took ▁ 4 2 ▁w ick ets , ▁he ▁suffered ▁serious ▁injury , ▁and ▁a ▁temporary ▁ban ▁for ▁tour ing ▁South ▁Africa , ▁but ▁came ▁back ▁re - in vent ed ▁as ▁a ▁swing ▁bow ler ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Ash es ▁and ▁took ▁ 1 0 ▁w ick ets ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁Test ▁to ▁lead ▁Australia ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 1 0 ▁run ▁victory . ▁ ▁Day ▁One ▁ ▁England ▁won ▁the ▁toss ▁and ▁confident ly ▁sent ▁the ▁tour ists ▁in ▁to ▁bat ▁on ▁what ▁looked ▁a ▁l ively ▁pitch , ▁in ▁fact ▁as ▁the ▁day ▁wore ▁on , ▁batt ing ▁became ▁easier ▁and ▁easier . ▁Australia ▁retained ▁their ▁new ▁opening ▁partners hip ▁of ▁Geoff ▁Marsh ▁and ▁Mark ▁Taylor ▁who ▁was ▁playing ▁in ▁just ▁his ▁third ▁Test ▁and ▁had ▁so ▁far ▁failed ▁to ▁c ement ▁his ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁order . ▁The ▁first ▁session ▁saw ▁the ▁pair ▁nerv ously ▁trying ▁to ▁see ▁off ▁the ▁new ▁ball , ▁and ▁England ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁bow l ▁looked ▁a ▁good ▁one ▁when ▁the ▁opening ▁stand ▁was ▁broken ▁for ▁ 4 4 , ▁Marsh ▁out ▁for ▁ 1 6 . ▁The ▁second ▁w icket ▁only ▁added ▁ 1 3 , ▁with ▁Australian ▁stal wart ▁David ▁Bo on ▁caught ▁behind ▁for ▁ 9 ▁and ▁Australia ▁te eter ing . ▁ ▁The ▁Australian ▁captain ▁All an ▁Border ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁cre ase ▁and ▁slowly ▁at ▁first , ▁but ▁then ▁with ▁gather ing ▁momentum ,