RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 6 January, 1979, Sydney Cricket Ground & Match Stats

ENG

152/10 (52.6 ov) & 346/10 (146.6 ov)

AUS

294/10 (108.0 ov) & 111/10 (49.2 ov)

England won by 93 runs

England 1st Innings

152/10 (52.6 ov)

RR 2.89

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott c Border b Hurst	8	40	0	0	20.00
Mike Brearley b Hogg	17	80	0	0	21.25
Derek Randall c Wood b Hurst	0	2	0	0	0.00
Graham Gooch c Toohey b Higgs	18	81	1	0	22.22
David Gower c †Maclean b Hurst	7	10	0	0	70.00
Sir Ian Botham c †Yallop b Hogg	59	108	7	0	54.63
Geoff Miller c †Maclean b Hurst	4	5	1	0	80.00
Bob Taylor c Border b Higgs	10	28	1	0	35.71
John Emburey c Wood b Higgs	0	11	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis not out	7	43	0	0	16.28
Mike Hendrick b Hurst	10	24	0	0	41.67
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 8, p 0)	12
TOTAL (2.89 RUNS PER OVER)	152/10 (52.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 18-1 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 35-3 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 18-2 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 66-5 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 51-4 (David Gower, 0 ov), 141-9 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 70-6 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 94-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 98-8 (John Emburey, 0 ov), 152-10 (Mike Hendrick, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Rodney Hogg	11	3	36	2	3.27
Geoff Dymock	13	1	34	0	2.62
Alan Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	2.55
Jim Higgs	18	4	42	3	2.33

Australia 1st Innings

294/10 (108.0 ov)

RR 2.72

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood b Willis	0	5	0	0	0.00
Rick Darling c Botham b Miller	91	200	9	0	45.50
Kim Hughes c Emburey b Willis	48	167	6	0	28.74
Graham Yallop c Botham b Hendrick	44	136	5	0	32.35
Peter Toohey c Gooch b Botham	1	4	0	0	25.00
Allan Border not out	60	203	4	0	29.56
John Maclean lbw b Emburey	12	58	1	0	20.69
Rodney Hogg run out	6	17	1	0	35.29
Geoff Dymock b Botham	5	54	0	0	9.26
Jim Higgs c Botham b Hendrick	11	32	0	0	34.38
Alan Hurst run out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 11, p 0)	16
TOTAL (2.72 RUNS PER OVER)	294/10 (108.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 178-3 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 126-2 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 210-5 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 179-4 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 235-6 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 245-7 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 276-8 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov), 290-9 (Jim Higgs, 0 ov), 294-10 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	9	2	33	2	3.67
Sir Ian Botham	28	3	87	2	3.11
Mike Hendrick	24	4	50	2	2.08
Geoff Miller	13	2	37	1	2.85
John Emburey	29	10	57	1	1.97
Graham Gooch	5	1	14	0	2.80

England 2nd Innings

346/10 (146.6 ov)

RR 2.36

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott lbw b Hogg	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mike Brearley b Border	53	195	2	0	27.18
Derek Randall lbw b Hogg	150	498	13	0	30.12
Graham Gooch c Wood b Higgs	22	98	1	0	22.45
David Gower c †Maclean b Hogg	34	68	3	0	50.00
Sir Ian Botham c Wood b Higgs	6	88	0	0	6.82
Geoff Miller lbw b Hogg	17	80	1	0	21.25
Bob Taylor not out	21	113	1	0	18.58
John Emburey c Darling b Higgs	14	39	1	0	35.90
Bob Willis c Toohey b Higgs	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mike Hendrick c Toohey b Higgs	7	11	1	0	63.64
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 3, w 0, nb 14, p 0)	22
TOTAL (2.36 RUNS PER OVER)	346/10 (146.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 111-2 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 292-6 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 169-3 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 237-4 (David Gower, 0 ov), 267-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 307-7 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 334-8 (John Emburey, 0 ov), 334-9 (Bob Willis, 0 ov), 346-10 (Mike Hendrick, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Rodney Hogg	28	10	67	4	2.39
Geoff Dymock	17	4	35	0	2.06
Alan Hurst	19	3	43	0	2.26
Jim Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	2.47
Allan Border	23	11	31	1	1.35

Australia 2nd Innings (target 205)

111/10 (49.2 ov)

RR 2.26

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood run out	27	64	2	0	42.19
Rick Darling c Gooch b Hendrick	13	37	1	0	35.14
Kim Hughes c Emburey b Miller	15	40	1	0	37.50
Graham Yallop c & b Hendrick	1	12	0	0	8.33
Peter Toohey b Miller	5	50	0	0	10.00
Allan Border not out	45	115	9	0	39.13
John Maclean c Botham b Miller	0	11	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock b Emburey	0	12	0	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg c Botham b Emburey	0	4	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs lbw b Emburey	3	29	0	0	10.34
Alan Hurst b Emburey	0	21	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	2
TOTAL (2.26 RUNS PER OVER)	111/10 (49.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 44-2 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 38-1 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 59-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 45-3 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 74-5 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 76-6 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 85-7 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov), 85-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 105-9 (Jim Higgs, 0 ov), 111-10 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	2	0	8	0	4.00
Mike Hendrick	10	3	17	2	1.70
John Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	2.65
Geoff Miller	20	7	38	3	1.90

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 06, 1979 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney