MATCH SCORECARD

Australia v England

1979-01-06 · Test · Men · Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia294108 ov & 11149.2 ov

England15252.6 ov & 346146.6 ov

England won by 93 runs

Sydney Cricket Ground

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · England

Fours40 · 28.6%

Other runs100 · 71.4%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours104 · 37.4%

Other runs174 · 62.6%

Scoring mix · England

Fours92 · 28.4%

Other runs232 · 71.6%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours52 · 47.7%

Other runs57 · 52.3%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Alan Hurst

5/28 · 1.95

Jim Higgs

3/42 · 1.75

Rodney Hogg

2/36 · 2.45

Geoff Dymock

0/34 · 1.96

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Bob Willis

2/33 · 2.75

Mike Hendrick

2/50 · 1.56

Ian Botham

2/87 · 2.33

Geoff Miller

1/37 · 2.13

John Emburey

1/57 · 1.47

Graham Gooch

0/14 · 2.10

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Jim Higgs

5/148 · 1.85

Rodney Hogg

4/67 · 1.79

Allan Border

1/31 · 1.01

Geoff Dymock

0/35 · 1.54

Alan Hurst

0/43 · 1.69

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

John Emburey

4/46 · 2.00

Geoff Miller

3/38 · 1.42

Mike Hendrick

2/17 · 1.27

Bob Willis

0/8 · 3.00

INNINGS 1

England

52.6 overs · run rate 2.88 · all out

152

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught Allan Border	8	40	0	20.00
Mike Brearley	bowled	17	80	0	21.25
Derek Randall	caught Graeme Wood	0	2	0	0.00
Graham Gooch	caught Peter Toohey	18	81	1	22.22
David Gower	caught John Maclean	7	10	0	70.00
Ian Botham	caught Graham Yallop	59	108	7	54.62
Geoff Miller	caught John Maclean	4	5	1	80.00
Bob Taylor	caught Allan Border	10	28	1	35.71
John Emburey	caught Graeme Wood	0	11	0	0.00
Bob Willis	not out	7*	43	0	16.27
Mike Hendrick	bowled	10	24	0	41.66

Extras 12 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 12)Total 152 (52.6 ov)Run rate 2.88

Fall of wickets1-18 (Geoff Boycott)2-18 (Derek Randall)3-35 (Mike Brearley)4-51 (David Gower)5-66 (Graham Gooch)6-70 (Geoff Miller)7-94 (Bob Taylor)8-98 (John Emburey)9-141 (Ian Botham)10-152 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	11	3	36	2	2.45
Geoff Dymock	13	1	34	0	1.96
Alan Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	1.95
Jim Higgs	18	4	42	3	1.75

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Mike Brearley

2nd wicket · Mike Brearley & Derek Randall

3rd wicket · Mike Brearley & Graham Gooch

4th wicket · Graham Gooch & David Gower

5th wicket · Graham Gooch & Ian Botham

6th wicket · Ian Botham & Geoff Miller

7th wicket · Ian Botham & Bob Taylor

8th wicket · Ian Botham & John Emburey

9th wicket · Ian Botham & Bob Willis

10th wicket · Bob Willis & Mike Hendrick

INNINGS 2

Australia

108 overs · run rate 2.72 · all out

294

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Graeme Wood	bowled	0	5	0	0.00
Rick Darling	caught Ian Botham	91	200	9	45.50
Kim Hughes	caught John Emburey	48	167	6	28.74
Graham Yallop	caught Ian Botham	44	136	5	32.35
Peter Toohey	caught Graham Gooch	1	4	0	25.00
Allan Border	not out	60*	203	4	29.55
John Maclean	lbw	12	58	1	20.68
Rodney Hogg	run out	6	17	1	35.29
Geoff Dymock	bowled	5	54	0	9.25
Jim Higgs	caught Ian Botham	11	32	0	34.37
Alan Hurst	run out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 16 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 16)Total 294 (108 ov)Run rate 2.72

Fall of wickets1-1 (Graeme Wood)2-126 (Kim Hughes)3-178 (Rick Darling)4-179 (Peter Toohey)5-210 (Graham Yallop)6-235 (John Maclean)7-245 (Rodney Hogg)8-276 (Geoff Dymock)9-290 (Jim Higgs)10-294 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	9	2	33	2	2.75
Ian Botham	28	3	87	2	2.33
Mike Hendrick	24	4	50	2	1.56
Geoff Miller	13	2	37	1	2.13
John Emburey	29	10	57	1	1.47
Graham Gooch	5	1	14	0	2.10

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Graeme Wood & Rick Darling

2nd wicket · Rick Darling & Kim Hughes

125

3rd wicket · Rick Darling & Graham Yallop

4th wicket · Graham Yallop & Peter Toohey

5th wicket · Graham Yallop & Allan Border

6th wicket · Allan Border & John Maclean

7th wicket · Allan Border & Rodney Hogg

8th wicket · Allan Border & Geoff Dymock

9th wicket · Allan Border & Jim Higgs

10th wicket · Allan Border & Alan Hurst

INNINGS 3

England

146.6 overs · run rate 2.35 · all out

346

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw	0	1	0	0.00
Mike Brearley	bowled	53	195	2	27.17
Derek Randall	lbw	150	498	13	30.12
Graham Gooch	caught Graeme Wood	22	98	1	22.44
David Gower	caught John Maclean	34	68	3	50.00
Ian Botham	caught Graeme Wood	6	88	0	6.81
Geoff Miller	lbw	17	80	1	21.25
Bob Taylor	not out	21*	113	1	18.58
John Emburey	caught Rick Darling	14	39	1	35.89
Bob Willis	caught Peter Toohey	0	1	0	0.00
Mike Hendrick	caught Peter Toohey	7	11	1	63.63

Extras 22 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 22)Total 346 (146.6 ov)Run rate 2.35

Fall of wickets1-0 (Geoff Boycott)2-111 (Mike Brearley)3-169 (Graham Gooch)4-237 (David Gower)5-267 (Ian Botham)6-292 (Derek Randall)7-307 (Geoff Miller)8-334 (John Emburey)9-334 (Bob Willis)10-346 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	28	10	67	4	1.79
Geoff Dymock	17	4	35	0	1.54
Alan Hurst	19	3	43	0	1.69
Jim Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	1.85
Allan Border	23	11	31	1	1.01

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Mike Brearley

2nd wicket · Mike Brearley & Derek Randall

111

3rd wicket · Derek Randall & Graham Gooch

4th wicket · Derek Randall & David Gower

5th wicket · Derek Randall & Ian Botham

6th wicket · Derek Randall & Geoff Miller

7th wicket · Geoff Miller & Bob Taylor

8th wicket · Bob Taylor & John Emburey

9th wicket · Bob Taylor & Bob Willis

10th wicket · Bob Taylor & Mike Hendrick

INNINGS 4

Australia

49.2 overs · run rate 2.25 · all out

111

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Graeme Wood	run out	27	64	2	42.18
Rick Darling	caught Graham Gooch	13	37	1	35.13
Kim Hughes	caught John Emburey	15	40	1	37.50
Graham Yallop	caught Mike Hendrick	1	12	0	8.33
Peter Toohey	bowled	5	50	0	10.00
Allan Border	not out	45*	115	9	39.13
John Maclean	caught Ian Botham	0	11	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock	bowled	0	12	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg	caught Ian Botham	0	4	0	0.00
Jim Higgs	lbw	3	29	0	10.34
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	21	0	0.00

Extras 2 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 2)Total 111 (49.2 ov)Run rate 2.25

Fall of wickets1-38 (Rick Darling)2-44 (Graeme Wood)3-45 (Graham Yallop)4-59 (Kim Hughes)5-74 (Peter Toohey)6-76 (John Maclean)7-85 (Geoff Dymock)8-85 (Rodney Hogg)9-105 (Jim Higgs)10-111 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	2	0	8	0	3.00
Mike Hendrick	10	3	17	2	1.27
John Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	2.00
Geoff Miller	20	7	38	3	1.42

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Graeme Wood & Rick Darling

2nd wicket · Graeme Wood & Kim Hughes

3rd wicket · Kim Hughes & Graham Yallop

4th wicket · Kim Hughes & Peter Toohey

5th wicket · Peter Toohey & Allan Border

6th wicket · Allan Border & John Maclean

7th wicket · Allan Border & Geoff Dymock

8th wicket · Allan Border & Rodney Hogg

9th wicket · Allan Border & Jim Higgs

10th wicket · Allan Border & Alan Hurst

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