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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
4 February 1979
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, DG Weser
Match Result: Australia won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
England
Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
1. Geoff Boycott | lbw b Trevor Laughlin | 33 | 86 | 117 | 1 | - |
*2. Mike Brearley | c Kevin Wright b Geoff Dymock | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
3. Derek Randall | lbw b Geoff Dymock | 4 | 14 | 14 | - | - |
4. Graham Gooch | c Alan Hurst b Phil Carlson | 19 | 50 | 63 | 2 | - |
5. David Gower | not out | 101 | 100 | 120 | 9 | - |
6. Ian Botham | c Graeme Wood b Alan Hurst | 31 | 41 | 46 | 3 | - |
+7. David Bairstow | run out | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
8. Chris Old | not out | 16 | 24 | 37 | - | - |
9. Bob Willis | ||||||
10. Mike Hendrick | ||||||
11. John Lever |
FOW | 1-0 (Mike Brearley), 2-7 (Derek Randall), 3-50 (Graham Gooch), 4-89 (Geoff Boycott), 5-153 (Ian Botham), 6-158 (David Bairstow). |
Extras | 3b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
Total | (for 6 wickets, 40 ovs) 212 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
Alan Hurst | 8 | 1 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Geoff Dymock | 8 | 1 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Phil Carlson | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Gary Cosier | 8 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Trevor Laughlin | 8 | 0 | 63 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
1. Graeme Wood | b Chris Old | 23 | 54 | 85 | 2 | - |
2. Rick Darling | c Chris Old b Bob Willis | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | - |
3. Kim Hughes | c Geoff Boycott b John Lever | 50 | 99 | 114 | 4 | - |
*4. Graham Yallop | c David Gower b Mike Hendrick | 31 | 66 | 94 | 1 | - |
5. Peter Toohey | not out | 54 | 55 | 100 | 2 | - |
6. Gary Cosier | b John Lever | 28 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
7. Phil Carlson | c Geoff Boycott b John Lever | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
8. Trevor Laughlin | not out | 15 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
+9. Kevin Wright | ||||||
10. Geoff Dymock | ||||||
11. Alan Hurst |
FOW | 1-7 (Rick Darling), 2-55 (Graeme Wood), 3-90 (Kim Hughes), 4-145 (Graham Yallop), 5-185 (Gary Cosier), 6-185 (Phil Carlson). |
Extras | 0b, 6lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
Total | (for 6 wickets, 38.6 ovs) 215 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
Bob Willis | 8 | 1 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
John Lever | 7 | 1 | 51 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Mike Hendrick | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Chris Old | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Ian Botham | 7.6 | 0 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Graeme Wood, Rick Darling, Kim Hughes, Graham Yallop, Peter Toohey, Gary Cosier, Phil Carlson, Trevor Laughlin, Kevin Wright, Geoff Dymock, Alan Hurst