RESULT
Australia vs England Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 8 December, 1979, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats
ENG
209/7 (49.0 ov)
AUS
207/9 (50.0 ov)
England won by 3 wickets
Australia Inning
207/9 (50.0 ov)
RR 4.14
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Julien Wiener
b Botham
|
7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 31.82 |
|
Bruce Laird
lbw b Dilley
|
7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29.17 |
|
Allan Border
c Willey b Dilley
|
29 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 53.70 |
|
Greg Chappell
c Gooch b Willey
|
92 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 80.00 |
|
Kim Hughes
st †Bairstow b Gooch
|
23 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 95.83 |
|
Doug Walters
c Randall b Gooch
|
12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
|
Rod Marsh
c †Bairstow b Willey
|
14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 60.87 |
|
Ray Bright
c Gooch b Willey
|
1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
|
Dennis Lillee
not out
|
13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 185.71 |
|
Rodney Hogg
c Brearley b Underwood
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| EXTRAS (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 2, p 0) | 8 | ||||
| TOTAL (4.14 RUNS PER OVER) | 207/9 (50.0 ov) | ||||
FALL OF WICKETS:
15-1 (Julien Wiener, 0 ov),
15-2 (Bruce Laird, 0 ov),
73-3 (Allan Border, 0 ov),
193-7 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov),
114-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov),
145-5 (Doug Walters, 0 ov),
184-6 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov),
193-8 (Ray Bright, 0 ov),
207-9 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT:
Jeff Thomson
Bowling Stats
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Dilley | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Sir Ian Botham | 9 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Bob Willis | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Graham Gooch | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Derek Underwood | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.90 |
| Peter Willey | 8 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 |
England (target 208 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning
209/7 (49.0 ov)
RR 4.27
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Derek Randall
lbw b Bright
|
28 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 40.58 |
|
Geoff Boycott
c Lillee b Hogg
|
68 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 80.00 |
|
Peter Willey
c †Marsh b Hogg
|
37 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 68.52 |
|
David Gower
c †Marsh b Lillee
|
17 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 70.83 |
|
Graham Gooch
run out
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
|
Sir Ian Botham
c Walters b Hogg
|
10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
|
Mike Brearley
c †Marsh b Lillee
|
27 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 69.23 |
|
David Bairstow
not out
|
15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
|
Graham Dilley
not out
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 3, p 0) | 6 | ||||
| TOTAL (4.27 RUNS PER OVER) | 209/7 (49.0 ov) | ||||
FALL OF WICKETS:
71-1 (Derek Randall, 0 ov),
134-2 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov),
137-3 (Peter Willey, 0 ov),
183-6 (David Gower, 0 ov),
138-4 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov),
148-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov),
205-7 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT:
Derek Underwood,
Bob Willis
Bowling Stats
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Jeff Thomson | 10 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.90 |
| Greg Chappell | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Ray Bright | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.44 |
| Doug Walters | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
* = not out
SR = Strike Rate
RR = Run Rate
Match Information
- SERIES
- Commonwealth Bank Series
- DATE & TIME
- Saturday, December 08, 1979 · 07:30 PM
- TOSS
- Toss England won the toss and elected to field
- VENUE
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne