RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 15 December, 1978, W.A.C.A. Ground & Match Stats

ENG

309/10 (117.5 ov) & 208/10 (66.3 ov)

AUS

190/10 (66.5 ov) & 161/10 (46.1 ov)

England won by 166 runs

England 1st Innings

309/10 (117.5 ov)

RR 2.63

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott lbw b Hurst	77	337	1	0	22.85
Graham Gooch c †Maclean b Hogg	1	10	0	0	10.00
Derek Randall c Wood b Hogg	0	3	0	0	0.00
Mike Brearley c †Maclean b Dymock	17	104	1	0	16.35
David Gower b Hogg	102	221	9	0	46.15
Sir Ian Botham lbw b Hurst	11	28	1	0	39.29
Geoff Miller b Hogg	40	104	4	0	38.46
Bob Taylor c Hurst b Yardley	12	59	1	0	20.34
John Lever c Cosier b Hurst	14	40	0	0	35.00
Bob Willis c Yallop b Hogg	2	20	0	0	10.00
Mike Hendrick not out	7	25	1	0	28.00
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 9, w 3, nb 8, p 0)	26
TOTAL (2.63 RUNS PER OVER)	309/10 (117.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 224-6 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 3-1 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 3-2 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 41-3 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 199-4 (David Gower, 0 ov), 219-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 300-9 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 253-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 295-8 (John Lever, 0 ov), 309-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Rodney Hogg	30.5	9	65	5	2.11
Geoff Dymock	34	4	72	1	2.12
Alan Hurst	26	7	70	3	2.69
Bruce Yardley	23	1	62	1	2.70
Gary Cosier	4	2	14	0	3.50

Australia 1st Innings

190/10 (66.5 ov)

RR 2.86

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood lbw b Lever	5	12	0	0	41.67
Rick Darling run out	25	63	1	0	39.68
Kim Hughes b Willis	16	44	1	0	36.36
Graham Yallop b Willis	3	17	0	0	17.65
Peter Toohey not out	81	184	6	0	44.02
Gary Cosier c Gooch b Willis	4	24	0	0	16.67
John Maclean c Gooch b Miller	0	2	0	0	0.00
Bruce Yardley c †Taylor b Hendrick	12	44	0	0	27.27
Rodney Hogg c †Taylor b Willis	18	67	2	0	26.87
Geoff Dymock b Hendrick	11	72	0	0	15.28
Alan Hurst c †Taylor b Willis	5	6	1	0	83.33
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 2, p 0)	10
TOTAL (2.86 RUNS PER OVER)	190/10 (66.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 8-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 60-4 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 34-2 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 38-3 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 78-5 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 79-6 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 100-7 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 128-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 185-9 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov), 190-10 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
John Lever	7	0	20	1	2.86
Sir Ian Botham	11	2	46	0	4.18
Bob Willis	18.5	5	44	5	2.34
Mike Hendrick	14	1	39	2	2.79
Geoff Miller	16	6	31	1	1.94

England 2nd Innings

208/10 (66.3 ov)

RR 3.14

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott lbw b Hogg	23	103	0	0	22.33
Graham Gooch lbw b Hogg	43	131	5	0	32.82
Derek Randall c Cosier b Yardley	45	65	3	0	69.23
Mike Brearley c †Maclean b Hogg	0	1	0	0	0.00
David Gower c †Maclean b Hogg	12	47	0	0	25.53
Sir Ian Botham c Wood b Yardley	30	39	4	0	76.92
Geoff Miller c Toohey b Yardley	25	42	3	0	59.52
John Lever c †Maclean b Hurst	10	54	0	0	18.52
Bob Taylor c †Maclean b Hogg	2	33	0	0	6.06
Bob Willis not out	3	21	0	0	14.29
Mike Hendrick b Dymock	1	5	0	0	20.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 8, p 0)	14
TOTAL (3.14 RUNS PER OVER)	208/10 (66.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 58-1 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 93-2 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 135-4 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 93-3 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 151-5 (David Gower, 0 ov), 176-6 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 201-8 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 201-7 (John Lever, 0 ov), 206-9 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 208-10 (Mike Hendrick, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Rodney Hogg	17	2	57	5	3.35
Geoff Dymock	16.3	2	53	1	3.21
Alan Hurst	17	5	43	1	2.53
Bruce Yardley	16	1	41	3	2.56

Australia 2nd Innings (target 328)

161/10 (46.1 ov)

RR 3.49

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood c †Taylor b Lever	64	168	3	0	38.10
Rick Darling c Boycott b Lever	5	9	1	0	55.56
Kim Hughes c Gooch b Willis	12	45	1	0	26.67
Graham Yallop c †Taylor b Hendrick	3	23	0	0	13.04
Peter Toohey c †Taylor b Hendrick	0	1	0	0	0.00
Gary Cosier lbw b Miller	47	74	4	0	63.51
John Maclean c Brearley b Miller	1	16	0	0	6.25
Bruce Yardley c Botham b Lever	7	19	1	0	36.84
Rodney Hogg b Miller	0	8	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock not out	6	9	1	0	66.67
Alan Hurst b Lever	5	5	0	0	100.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 4, p 0)	11
TOTAL (3.49 RUNS PER OVER)	161/10 (46.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 143-6 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 8-1 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 36-2 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 58-3 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 58-4 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 141-5 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 143-7 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 151-9 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 147-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 161-10 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	12	1	36	1	3.00
John Lever	8.1	2	28	4	3.43
Sir Ian Botham	11	1	54	0	4.91
Mike Hendrick	8	3	11	2	1.38
Geoff Miller	7	4	21	3	3.00

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Friday, December 15, 1978 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to field
Venue: W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth