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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
7 February 1979
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, DG Weser
Match Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Boycott | c Gary Cosier b Geoff Dymock | 2 | 11 | 18 | - | - |
| *2. Mike Brearley | c Kevin Wright b Gary Cosier | 46 | 112 | 148 | 3 | - |
| 3. Derek Randall | c Kim Hughes b Geoff Dymock | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 4. Graham Gooch | c Kim Hughes b Alan Hurst | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 5. David Gower | c Graeme Wood b Alan Hurst | 3 | 10 | 11 | - | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | b Gary Cosier | 13 | 19 | 28 | 3 | - |
| +7. David Bairstow | run out | 3 | 28 | 26 | - | - |
| 8. Phil Edmonds | lbw b Trevor Laughlin | 15 | 42 | 47 | 1 | - |
| 9. John Lever | b Trevor Laughlin | 1 | 14 | 17 | - | - |
| 10. Bob Willis | c Kevin Wright b Gary Cosier | 2 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Mike Hendrick | not out | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Geoff Boycott), 2-10 (Derek Randall), 3-17 (Graham Gooch), 4-22 (David Gower), 5-42 (Ian Botham), 6-56 (David Bairstow), 7-91 (Mike Brearley), 8-91 (Phil Edmonds), 9-94 (Bob Willis), 94 (John Lever). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 31.7 ovs) 94 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Hurst | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Dymock | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Carlson | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Cosier | 7 | 1 | 22 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Laughlin | 5.7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c David Bairstow b Ian Botham | 30 | 38 | 67 | 2 | - |
| 2. Rick Darling | c Mike Brearley b Bob Willis | 14 | 21 | 25 | 3 | - |
| 3. Kim Hughes | c Mike Brearley b Bob Willis | 0 | 9 | 12 | - | - |
| *4. Graham Yallop | b John Lever | 25 | 69 | 78 | 1 | - |
| 5. Peter Toohey | not out | 16 | 28 | 59 | - | - |
| 6. Gary Cosier | not out | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 7. Phil Carlson | ||||||
| 8. Trevor Laughlin | ||||||
| +9. Kevin Wright | ||||||
| 10. Geoff Dymock | ||||||
| 11. Alan Hurst |
| FOW | 1-29 (Rick Darling), 2-37 (Kim Hughes), 3-54 (Graeme Wood), 4-87 (Graham Yallop). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 21.5 ovs) 95 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 5 | 2 | 16 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 5.5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | (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