However, the series was lost when England were defeated in the fourth match; Hobbs scored 0 and 1, the only time in his Test career that he failed to reach double figures in either innings, and his worst match return in first-class cricket.
Australia were defeated in the final by West Indies, a match made memorable by Clive Lloyd scoring a superb hundred, Vivian Richards fielding like a vengeful dervish and Thomson and Lillee digging in for a thrilling last-wicket partnership bedevilled by premature crowd invasions in the midsummer twilight.
At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, McCool and Layla were defeated in the first-ever Divas tag team tables match by Natalya and Beth Phoenix.
The 43-year-old, who will compete for Wales at this year's Commonwealth Games, was defeated in the gold medal match in Tucson by Laetisha Scanlan.
In other results: No. 2-seeded Newport Coast resident Max Pham was defeated in the boys' 14 singles third-place match by No. 5-seeded Connor Hance, 6-0, 6-2.
The group was "killed off" on the November 27 Raw after they were defeated in a five-on-three match by Flair and DX.
The group disbanded on the November 27, 2006 episode of Raw, when they were defeated in a five-on-three handicap match by DX and Flair.
Both athletes received byes in the first round but were defeated in their respective round of 16 matches.
But what he will not allow is for an apparent cartoon version of himself to be defeated in a wrestling match by the son of a cereal-shilling caveman.
Her final match on SmackDown was on October 9, when she was defeated in a singles match by McCool.
The other two Russian women were No. 86 Olga Puchkova, who lost in the second round, and No. 139 Nina Bratchikova, who was defeated in her opening match.
