RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 14 December, 1979, W.A.C.A. Ground & Match Stats

AUS

244/10 (100.0 ov) & 337/10 (141.5 ov)

ENG

228/10 (91.1 ov) & 215/10 (90.2 ov)

Australia won by 138 runs

Australia 1st Innings

244/10 (100.0 ov)

RR 2.44

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Julien Wiener run out	11	34	0	0	32.35
Bruce Laird lbw b Botham	0	4	0	0	0.00
Allan Border lbw b Botham	4	24	0	0	16.67
Greg Chappell c Boycott b Botham	19	77	2	0	24.68
Kim Hughes c Brearley b Underwood	99	195	10	0	50.77
Peter Toohey c Underwood b Dilley	19	35	3	0	54.29
Rod Marsh c †Taylor b Dilley	42	112	3	1	37.50
Ray Bright c †Taylor b Botham	17	46	2	0	36.96
Dennis Lillee c †Taylor b Botham	18	39	1	0	46.15
Geoff Dymock b Botham	5	35	0	0	14.29
Jeff Thomson not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 3, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	9
TOTAL (2.44 RUNS PER OVER)	244/10 (100.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 20-3 (Julien Wiener, 0 ov), 2-1 (Bruce Laird, 0 ov), 17-2 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 88-4 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov), 186-6 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 127-5 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 219-7 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 219-8 (Ray Bright, 0 ov), 244-10 (Dennis Lillee, 0 ov), 243-9 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Graham Dilley	18	1	47	2	2.61
Sir Ian Botham	35	9	78	6	2.23
Bob Willis	23	7	47	0	2.04
Derek Underwood	13	4	33	1	2.54
Geoff Miller	11	2	30	0	2.73

England 1st Innings

228/10 (91.1 ov)

RR 2.50

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Derek Randall c Hughes b Lillee	0	3	0	0	0.00
Geoff Boycott lbw b Lillee	0	20	0	0	0.00
Peter Willey c Chappell b Dymock	9	18	1	0	50.00
David Gower c †Marsh b Lillee	17	26	2	0	65.38
Geoff Miller c Hughes b Thomson	25	53	2	0	47.17
Mike Brearley c †Marsh b Lillee	64	184	6	0	34.78
Sir Ian Botham c Toohey b Thomson	15	16	2	0	93.75
Bob Taylor b Chappell	14	44	2	0	31.82
Graham Dilley not out	38	157	4	0	24.20
Derek Underwood lbw b Dymock	13	24	1	0	54.17
Bob Willis b Dymock	11	19	1	0	57.89
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 15, p 0)	22
TOTAL (2.50 RUNS PER OVER)	228/10 (91.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 14-3 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 12-2 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 41-4 (David Gower, 0 ov), 74-5 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 185-8 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 90-6 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 123-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 203-9 (Derek Underwood, 0 ov), 228-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	28	11	73	4	2.61
Geoff Dymock	29.1	14	52	3	1.78
Greg Chappell	11	6	5	1	0.45
Jeff Thomson	21	3	70	2	3.33
Ray Bright	2	0	6	0	3.00

Australia 2nd Innings

337/10 (141.5 ov)

RR 2.38

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Julien Wiener c Randall b Underwood	58	105	6	1	55.24
Bruce Laird c †Taylor b Underwood	33	115	3	0	28.70
Allan Border c †Taylor b Willis	115	296	13	0	38.85
Greg Chappell st †Taylor b Underwood	43	95	4	0	45.26
Kim Hughes c Miller b Botham	4	13	0	0	30.77
Peter Toohey c †Taylor b Botham	3	15	0	0	20.00
Rod Marsh c Gower b Botham	4	19	0	0	21.05
Ray Bright lbw b Botham	12	32	1	0	37.50
Dennis Lillee c Willey b Dilley	19	105	1	0	18.10
Geoff Dymock not out	20	39	2	0	51.28
Jeff Thomson b Botham	8	25	1	0	32.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 7, p 0)	18
TOTAL (2.38 RUNS PER OVER)	337/10 (141.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 91-1 (Julien Wiener, 0 ov), 100-2 (Bruce Laird, 0 ov), 323-9 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 168-3 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov), 183-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 191-5 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 204-6 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 225-7 (Ray Bright, 0 ov), 303-8 (Dennis Lillee, 0 ov), 337-10 (Jeff Thomson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Graham Dilley	18	3	50	1	2.78
Sir Ian Botham	45.5	14	98	5	2.14
Bob Willis	26	7	52	1	2.00
Derek Underwood	41	14	82	3	2.00
Geoff Miller	10	0	36	0	3.60
Peter Willey	1	0	1	0	1.00

England 2nd Innings (target 354)

215/10 (90.2 ov)

RR 2.38

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Derek Randall lbw b Dymock	1	9	0	0	11.11
Geoff Boycott not out	99	285	8	0	34.74
Peter Willey lbw b Dymock	12	18	1	0	66.67
David Gower c Thomson b Dymock	23	42	3	0	54.76
Geoff Miller c Chappell b Thomson	8	19	1	0	42.11
Sir Ian Botham c †Marsh b Lillee	18	44	1	0	40.91
Mike Brearley c †Marsh b Bright	11	24	1	0	45.83
Bob Taylor b Lillee	15	44	2	0	34.09
Graham Dilley c †Marsh b Dymock	16	61	1	0	26.23
Derek Underwood c Wiener b Dymock	0	3	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis c Chappell b Dymock	0	3	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 8, p 0)	12
TOTAL (2.38 RUNS PER OVER)	215/10 (90.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 8-1 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 26-2 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 64-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 75-4 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 115-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 141-6 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 182-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 211-8 (Graham Dilley, 0 ov), 211-9 (Derek Underwood, 0 ov), 215-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	23	5	74	2	3.22
Geoff Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	1.96
Greg Chappell	6	4	6	0	1.00
Jeff Thomson	11	3	30	1	2.73
Ray Bright	23	11	30	1	1.30
Julien Wiener	8	3	22	0	2.75
Allan Border	2	0	7	0	3.50

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Friday, December 14, 1979 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to field
VENUE: W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth