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Australia vs England Scorecard, ICC Cricket World Cup, 9 June, 1979, Lord's & Match Stats

Prudential World Cup | June 9, 1979, 07:30 PM | Lord's

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England
England

*160/4 (47.1 ov)

vs
Australia

*159/9 (60.0 ov)

Australia

England won by 6 wickets

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Player of the Match

Graham Gooch - England

Australia Inning Inning

159/9 (60.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Andrew Hilditch
b Boycott
47 108 2 0 43.52
Rick Darling
lbw b Willis
25 61 3 0 40.98
Allan Border
c †Taylor b Edmonds
34 74 4 0 45.95
Kim Hughes
c Hendrick b Boycott
6 13 1 0 46.15
Graham Yallop
run out
10 20 1 0 50.00
Gary Cosier
run out
6 20 0 0 30.00
Trevor Laughlin
run out
8 22 0 0 36.36
Kevin Wright
lbw b Old
6 15 0 0 40.00
Rodney Hogg
run out
0 5 0 0 0.00
Alan Hurst
not out
3 10 0 0 30.00
Geoff Dymock
not out
4 12 0 0 33.33
EXTRAS ( b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 0, p 0) 10
TOTAL (2.65 RUNS PER OVER) 159/9 (60.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

97-2 (Andrew Hilditch, 0 ov), 56-1 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 131-4 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 111-3 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 132-5 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 137-6 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 153-8 (Trevor Laughlin, 0 ov), 150-7 (Kevin Wright, 0 ov), 153-9 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Bob Willis 11 2 20 1 0 0 0 1.82
Mike Hendrick 12 2 24 0 0 0 0 2.00
Chris Old 12 2 33 1 0 0 0 2.75
Sir Ian Botham 8 0 32 0 0 0 0 4.00
Phil Edmonds 11 1 25 1 0 0 0 2.27
Geoff Boycott 6 0 15 2 0 0 0 2.50

England (target 160 runs off 60.0 overs) Inning Inning

160/4 (47.1 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Saturday, June 09, 1979 - 07:30 PM

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TOSS

Toss England won the toss and elected to field

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Lord's , London

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