RESULT
Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 24 January, 1979, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats
ENG
102/3 (28.2 ov)
AUS
101/10 (33.5 ov)
England won by 7 wickets
Australia Inning
101/10 (33.5 ov)
RR 3.01
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Graeme Wood
c Gower b Edmonds
|
28 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 42.42 |
|
Andrew Hilditch
c †Bairstow b Botham
|
10 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 25.64 |
|
Allan Border
c Willis b Hendrick
|
11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 61.11 |
|
Graham Yallop
run out
|
9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
|
Kim Hughes
lbw b Hendrick
|
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Phil Carlson
c Randall b Willis
|
11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 40.74 |
|
Trevor Laughlin
c Willis b Hendrick
|
6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23.08 |
|
John Maclean
c Edmonds b Botham
|
11 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
|
Rodney Hogg
c Botham b Hendrick
|
4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
|
Geoff Dymock
c & b Botham
|
1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 |
|
Alan Hurst
not out
|
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| EXTRAS (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 4, p 0) | 10 | ||||
| TOTAL (3.01 RUNS PER OVER) | 101/10 (33.5 ov) | ||||
FALL OF WICKETS:
54-3 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov),
27-1 (Andrew Hilditch, 0 ov),
52-2 (Allan Border, 0 ov),
76-5 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov),
55-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov),
78-6 (Phil Carlson, 0 ov),
94-7 (Trevor Laughlin, 0 ov),
101-9 (John Maclean, 0 ov),
99-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov),
101-10 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov)
Bowling Stats
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 |
| John Lever | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Mike Hendrick | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Sir Ian Botham | 4.5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 |
| Phil Edmonds | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Graham Gooch | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
England (target 102 runs off 40.0 overs) Inning
102/3 (28.2 ov)
RR 3.62
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Geoff Boycott
not out
|
39 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 36.45 |
|
Mike Brearley
b Hogg
|
0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Derek Randall
c Yallop b Dymock
|
12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 32.43 |
|
Graham Gooch
b Carlson
|
23 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 51.11 |
|
David Gower
not out
|
19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 65.52 |
| EXTRAS (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 4, p 0) | 9 | ||||
| TOTAL (3.62 RUNS PER OVER) | 102/3 (28.2 ov) | ||||
FALL OF WICKETS:
7-1 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov),
29-2 (Derek Randall, 0 ov),
69-3 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT:
Sir Ian Botham,
Phil Edmonds,
David Bairstow,
John Lever,
Bob Willis,
Mike Hendrick
Bowling Stats
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Hogg | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 |
| Geoff Dymock | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Trevor Laughlin | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Phil Carlson | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.20 |
| Alan Hurst | 5.2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Allan Border | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
* = not out
SR = Strike Rate
RR = Run Rate
Match Information
- SERIES
- Australia vs England
- DATE & TIME
- Wednesday, January 24, 1979 · 07:30 PM
- TOSS
- Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- VENUE
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne