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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
24 January 1979
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, CE Harvey
Match Result: England won by 7 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
1. Graeme Wood | c David Gower b Phil Edmonds | 28 | 66 | 94 | 4 | - |
2. Andrew Hilditch | c David Bairstow b Ian Botham | 10 | 39 | 59 | 1 | - |
3. Allan Border | c Bob Willis b Mike Hendrick | 11 | 18 | 25 | 2 | - |
*4. Graham Yallop | run out | 9 | 36 | 43 | - | - |
5. Kim Hughes | lbw b Mike Hendrick | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
6. Phil Carlson | c Derek Randall b Bob Willis | 11 | 27 | 38 | 2 | - |
7. Trevor Laughlin | c Bob Willis b Mike Hendrick | 6 | 26 | 41 | 1 | - |
+8. Jock Maclean | c Phil Edmonds b Ian Botham | 11 | 33 | 38 | 2 | - |
9. Rodney Hogg | c Ian Botham b Mike Hendrick | 4 | 6 | 17 | - | - |
10. Geoff Dymock | c & b Ian Botham | 1 | 14 | 17 | - | - |
11. Alan Hurst | not out | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
FOW | 1-27 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-52 (Allan Border), 3-54 (Graeme Wood), 4-55 (Kim Hughes), 5-76 (Graham Yallop), 6-78 (Phil Carlson), 7-94 (Trevor Laughlin), 8-99 (Rodney Hogg), 9-101 (Jock Maclean), 101 (Geoff Dymock). |
Extras | 4b, 2lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 10 |
Total | (for 10 wickets, 33.5 ovs) 101 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
Bob Willis | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
John Lever | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Mike Hendrick | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Ian Botham | 4.5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Phil Edmonds | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Graham Gooch | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
1. Geoff Boycott | not out | 39 | 107 | 154 | 3 | - |
*2. Mike Brearley | b Rodney Hogg | 0 | 12 | 14 | - | - |
3. Derek Randall | c Graham Yallop b Geoff Dymock | 12 | 37 | 38 | - | - |
4. Graham Gooch | b Phil Carlson | 23 | 45 | 55 | 2 | - |
5. David Gower | not out | 19 | 29 | 43 | 3 | - |
6. Ian Botham | ||||||
7. Phil Edmonds | ||||||
+8. David Bairstow | ||||||
9. John Lever | ||||||
10. Bob Willis | ||||||
11. Mike Hendrick |
FOW | 1-7 (Mike Brearley), 2-29 (Derek Randall), 3-69 (Graham Gooch). |
Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 9 |
Total | (for 3 wickets, 28.2 ovs) 102 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
Rodney Hogg | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Geoff Dymock | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Trevor Laughlin | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Phil Carlson | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Alan Hurst | 5.2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Allan Border | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Graeme Wood, Andrew Hilditch, Allan Border, Graham Yallop, Kim Hughes, Phil Carlson, Trevor Laughlin, Jock Maclean, Rodney Hogg, Geoff Dymock, Alan Hurst