MATCH SCORECARD

Australia v England

1978-12-15 · Test · Men · WACA Ground

Australia19066.5 ov & 16146.1 ov

England309117.5 ov & 20866.3 ov

England won by 166 runs

WACA Ground

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · England

Fours72 · 25.4%

Other runs211 · 74.6%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours44 · 24.4%

Other runs136 · 75.6%

Scoring mix · England

Fours60 · 30.9%

Other runs134 · 69.1%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours44 · 29.3%

Other runs106 · 70.7%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Rodney Hogg

5/65 · 1.59

Alan Hurst

3/70 · 2.01

Bruce Yardley

1/62 · 2.02

Geoff Dymock

1/72 · 1.58

Gary Cosier

0/14 · 2.62

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Bob Willis

5/44 · 1.77

Mike Hendrick

2/39 · 2.08

John Lever

1/20 · 2.14

Geoff Miller

1/31 · 1.45

Ian Botham

0/46 · 3.13

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Rodney Hogg

5/57 · 2.51

Bruce Yardley

3/41 · 1.92

Alan Hurst

1/43 · 1.89

Geoff Dymock

1/53 · 2.42

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

John Lever

4/28 · 2.58

Geoff Miller

3/21 · 2.25

Mike Hendrick

2/11 · 1.03

Bob Willis

1/36 · 2.25

Ian Botham

0/54 · 3.68

INNINGS 1

England

117.5 overs · run rate 2.62 · all out

309

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw	77	337	1	22.84
Graham Gooch	caught John Maclean	1	10	0	10.00
Derek Randall	caught Graeme Wood	0	3	0	0.00
Mike Brearley	caught John Maclean	17	104	1	16.34
David Gower	bowled	102	221	9	46.15
Ian Botham	lbw	11	28	1	39.28
Geoff Miller	bowled	40	104	4	38.46
Bob Taylor	caught Alan Hurst	12	59	1	20.33
John Lever	caught Gary Cosier	14	40	0	35.00
Bob Willis	caught Graham Yallop	2	20	0	10.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	7*	25	1	28.00

Extras 26 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 26)Total 309 (117.5 ov)Run rate 2.62

Fall of wickets1-3 (Graham Gooch)2-3 (Derek Randall)3-41 (Mike Brearley)4-199 (David Gower)5-219 (Ian Botham)6-224 (Geoff Boycott)7-253 (Bob Taylor)8-295 (John Lever)9-300 (Geoff Miller)10-309 (Bob Willis)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	30.5	9	65	5	1.59
Geoff Dymock	34	4	72	1	1.58
Alan Hurst	26	7	70	3	2.01
Bruce Yardley	23	1	62	1	2.02
Gary Cosier	4	2	14	0	2.62

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Graham Gooch

2nd wicket · Geoff Boycott & Derek Randall

3rd wicket · Geoff Boycott & Mike Brearley

4th wicket · Geoff Boycott & David Gower

158

5th wicket · Geoff Boycott & Ian Botham

6th wicket · Geoff Boycott & Geoff Miller

7th wicket · Geoff Miller & Bob Taylor

8th wicket · Geoff Miller & John Lever

9th wicket · Geoff Miller & Bob Willis

10th wicket · Bob Willis & Mike Hendrick

INNINGS 2

Australia

66.5 overs · run rate 2.85 · all out

190

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw	5	12	0	41.66
Rick Darling	run out	25	63	1	39.68
Kim Hughes	bowled	16	44	1	36.36
Graham Yallop	bowled	3	17	0	17.64
Peter Toohey	not out	81*	184	6	44.02
Gary Cosier	caught Graham Gooch	4	24	0	16.66
John Maclean	caught Graham Gooch	0	2	0	0.00
Bruce Yardley	caught Bob Taylor	12	44	0	27.27
Rodney Hogg	caught Bob Taylor	18	67	2	26.86
Geoff Dymock	bowled	11	72	0	15.27
Alan Hurst	caught Bob Taylor	5	6	1	83.33

Extras 10 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 10)Total 190 (66.5 ov)Run rate 2.85

Fall of wickets1-8 (Graeme Wood)2-34 (Kim Hughes)3-38 (Graham Yallop)4-60 (Rick Darling)5-78 (Gary Cosier)6-79 (John Maclean)7-100 (Bruce Yardley)8-128 (Rodney Hogg)9-185 (Geoff Dymock)10-190 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
John Lever	7	0	20	1	2.14
Ian Botham	11	2	46	0	3.13
Bob Willis	18.5	5	44	5	1.77
Mike Hendrick	14	1	39	2	2.08
Geoff Miller	16	6	31	1	1.45

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Graeme Wood & Rick Darling

2nd wicket · Rick Darling & Kim Hughes

3rd wicket · Rick Darling & Graham Yallop

4th wicket · Rick Darling & Peter Toohey

5th wicket · Peter Toohey & Gary Cosier

6th wicket · Peter Toohey & John Maclean

7th wicket · Peter Toohey & Bruce Yardley

8th wicket · Peter Toohey & Rodney Hogg

9th wicket · Peter Toohey & Geoff Dymock

10th wicket · Peter Toohey & Alan Hurst

INNINGS 3

England

66.3 overs · run rate 3.13 · all out

208

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw	23	103	0	22.33
Graham Gooch	lbw	43	131	5	32.82
Derek Randall	caught Gary Cosier	45	65	3	69.23
Mike Brearley	caught John Maclean	0	1	0	0.00
David Gower	caught John Maclean	12	47	0	25.53
Ian Botham	caught Graeme Wood	30	39	4	76.92
Geoff Miller	caught Peter Toohey	25	42	3	59.52
John Lever	caught John Maclean	10	54	0	18.51
Bob Taylor	caught John Maclean	2	33	0	6.06
Bob Willis	not out	3*	21	0	14.28
Mike Hendrick	bowled	1	5	0	20.00

Extras 14 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 14)Total 208 (66.3 ov)Run rate 3.13

Fall of wickets1-58 (Geoff Boycott)2-93 (Graham Gooch)3-93 (Mike Brearley)4-135 (Derek Randall)5-151 (David Gower)6-176 (Ian Botham)7-201 (John Lever)8-201 (Geoff Miller)9-206 (Bob Taylor)10-208 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	17	2	57	5	2.51
Geoff Dymock	16.3	2	53	1	2.42
Alan Hurst	17	5	43	1	1.89
Bruce Yardley	16	1	41	3	1.92

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Graham Gooch

2nd wicket · Graham Gooch & Derek Randall

3rd wicket · Derek Randall & Mike Brearley

4th wicket · Derek Randall & David Gower

5th wicket · David Gower & Ian Botham

6th wicket · Ian Botham & Geoff Miller

7th wicket · Geoff Miller & John Lever

8th wicket · Geoff Miller & Bob Taylor

9th wicket · Bob Taylor & Bob Willis

10th wicket · Bob Willis & Mike Hendrick

INNINGS 4

Australia

46.1 overs · run rate 3.49 · all out

161

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Graeme Wood	caught Bob Taylor	64	168	3	38.09
Rick Darling	caught Geoff Boycott	5	9	1	55.55
Kim Hughes	caught Graham Gooch	12	45	1	26.66
Graham Yallop	caught Bob Taylor	3	23	0	13.04
Peter Toohey	caught Bob Taylor	0	1	0	0.00
Gary Cosier	lbw	47	74	4	63.51
John Maclean	caught Mike Brearley	1	16	0	6.25
Bruce Yardley	caught Ian Botham	7	19	1	36.84
Rodney Hogg	bowled	0	8	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock	not out	6*	9	1	66.66
Alan Hurst	bowled	5	5	0	100.00

Extras 11 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 11)Total 161 (46.1 ov)Run rate 3.49

Fall of wickets1-8 (Rick Darling)2-36 (Kim Hughes)3-58 (Graham Yallop)4-58 (Peter Toohey)5-141 (Gary Cosier)6-143 (Graeme Wood)7-143 (John Maclean)8-147 (Rodney Hogg)9-151 (Bruce Yardley)10-161 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	12	1	36	1	2.25
John Lever	8.1	2	28	4	2.58
Ian Botham	11	1	54	0	3.68
Mike Hendrick	8	3	11	2	1.03
Geoff Miller	7	4	21	3	2.25

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Graeme Wood & Rick Darling

2nd wicket · Graeme Wood & Kim Hughes

3rd wicket · Graeme Wood & Graham Yallop

4th wicket · Graeme Wood & Peter Toohey

5th wicket · Graeme Wood & Gary Cosier

6th wicket · Graeme Wood & John Maclean

7th wicket · John Maclean & Bruce Yardley

8th wicket · Bruce Yardley & Rodney Hogg

9th wicket · Bruce Yardley & Geoff Dymock

10th wicket · Geoff Dymock & Alan Hurst

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