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Australia vs England Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 11 December, 1979, Sydney Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Benson Hedges World Series Cup | December 11, 1979, 07:30 PM | Sydney Cricket Ground

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England
England

*264/7 (49.0 ov)

vs
Australia

*192/10 (47.2 ov)

Australia

England won by 72 runs

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Player of the Match

Geoff Boycott - England

England Inning Inning

264/7 (49.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Derek Randall
run out
42 76 5 0 55.26
Geoff Boycott
b Lillee
105 124 7 0 84.68
Peter Willey
c Walker b Chappell
64 58 8 0 110.34
David Gower
c Wiener b Lillee
7 16 0 0 43.75
Graham Gooch
b Thomson
11 9 1 0 122.22
Sir Ian Botham
c Walters b Lillee
5 4 1 0 125.00
David Bairstow
c sub b Lillee
18 10 1 1 180.00
Mike Brearley
not out
2 2 0 0 100.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 6, w 1, nb 3, p 0) 10
TOTAL (5.39 RUNS PER OVER) 264/7 (49.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

78-1 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 196-2 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 236-4 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 220-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 245-6 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 242-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 264-7 (David Bairstow, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Graham Dilley, Derek Underwood, Bob Willis

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Dennis Lillee 10 0 56 4 0 0 0 5.60
Jeff Thomson 9 0 53 1 0 0 0 5.89
Max Walker 10 1 30 0 0 0 0 3.00
Trevor Laughlin 8 0 39 0 0 0 0 4.88
Allan Border 4 0 24 0 0 0 0 6.00
Greg Chappell 5 0 28 1 0 0 0 5.60
Doug Walters 3 0 24 0 0 0 0 8.00

Australia (target runs off 49.0 overs) Inning Inning

192/10 (47.2 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Tuesday, December 11, 1979 - 07:30 PM

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Toss England won the toss and elected to bat

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Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney

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