MATCH SCORECARD

Australia v England

1979-01-27 · Test · Men · Adelaide Oval

Australia16453.4 ov & 16067 ov

England16940.4 ov & 360142.6 ov

England won by 205 runs

Adelaide Oval

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · England

Fours52 · 32.7%

Sixes18 · 11.3%

Other runs89 · 56.0%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours40 · 25.8%

Sixes6 · 3.9%

Other runs109 · 70.3%

Scoring mix · England

Fours104 · 30.9%

Other runs233 · 69.1%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours52 · 34.9%

Other runs97 · 65.1%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Rodney Hogg

4/26 · 1.85

Alan Hurst

3/65 · 3.48

Jim Higgs

2/9 · 2.25

Bruce Yardley

0/25 · 4.68

Phil Carlson

0/34 · 2.83

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Ian Botham

4/42 · 2.73

John Emburey

2/13 · 0.81

Mike Hendrick

2/45 · 1.77

Bob Willis

1/55 · 3.75

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Alan Hurst

4/97 · 1.96

Rodney Hogg

3/59 · 1.59

Phil Carlson

2/41 · 1.13

Jim Higgs

1/75 · 2.00

Allan Border

0/5 · 1.25

Bruce Yardley

0/60 · 2.25

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Mike Hendrick

3/19 · 1.01

Bob Willis

3/41 · 2.56

Geoff Miller

2/36 · 1.50

Ian Botham

1/37 · 1.98

John Emburey

0/16 · 1.33

INNINGS 1

England

40.4 overs · run rate 4.17 · all out

169

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught Kevin Wright	6	21	0	0	28.57
Mike Brearley	caught Kevin Wright	2	14	0	0	14.28
Derek Randall	caught Phil Carlson	4	13	0	0	30.76
Graham Gooch	caught Kim Hughes	1	10	0	0	10.00
David Gower	lbw	9	13	1	0	69.23
Ian Botham	caught Kevin Wright	74	97	6	2	76.28
Geoff Miller	lbw	31	89	3	0	34.83
Bob Taylor	run out	4	21	0	0	19.04
John Emburey	bowled	4	21	0	0	19.04
Bob Willis	caught Rick Darling	24	20	3	1	120.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	0*	9	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 10)Total 169 (40.4 ov)Run rate 4.17

Fall of wickets1-10 (Geoff Boycott)2-12 (Mike Brearley)3-16 (Graham Gooch)4-18 (Derek Randall)5-27 (David Gower)6-80 (Geoff Miller)7-113 (Bob Taylor)8-136 (John Emburey)9-147 (Ian Botham)10-169 (Bob Willis)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	10.4	1	26	4	1.85
Alan Hurst	14	1	65	3	3.48
Phil Carlson	9	1	34	0	2.83
Bruce Yardley	4	0	25	0	4.68
Jim Higgs	3	1	9	2	2.25

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Mike Brearley

2nd wicket · Mike Brearley & Derek Randall

3rd wicket · Derek Randall & Graham Gooch

4th wicket · Derek Randall & David Gower

5th wicket · David Gower & 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

53.4 overs · run rate 3.06 · all out

164

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rick Darling	caught Bob Willis	15	33	1	1	45.45
Graeme Wood	caught Derek Randall	35	117	1	0	29.91
Kim Hughes	caught John Emburey	4	10	1	0	40.00
Graham Yallop	bowled	0	4	0	0	0.00
Allan Border	caught Bob Taylor	11	18	1	0	61.11
Phil Carlson	caught Bob Taylor	0	5	0	0	0.00
Bruce Yardley	bowled	28	75	4	0	37.33
Kevin Wright	lbw	29	69	2	0	42.02
Rodney Hogg	bowled	0	1	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs	run out	16	63	0	0	25.39
Alan Hurst	not out	17*	39	0	0	43.58

Extras 9 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 9)Total 164 (53.4 ov)Run rate 3.06

Fall of wickets0-0 (Rick Darling)1-5 (Kim Hughes)2-10 (Graham Yallop)3-22 (Allan Border)4-24 (Phil Carlson)5-72 (Bruce Yardley)6-94 (Rick Darling)7-114 (Graeme Wood)8-116 (Rodney Hogg)9-133 (Kevin Wright)10-164 (Jim Higgs)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	11	1	55	1	3.75
Mike Hendrick	19	1	45	2	1.77
Ian Botham	11.4	0	42	4	2.73
John Emburey	12	7	13	2	0.81

Partnerships · Australia

0th wicket · Rick Darling

1st wicket · Kim Hughes

2nd wicket · Graham Yallop

3rd wicket · Allan Border

4th wicket · Phil Carlson

5th wicket · Bruce Yardley

6th wicket · Rick Darling

7th wicket · Graeme Wood

8th wicket · Rodney Hogg

9th wicket · Kevin Wright

10th wicket · Jim Higgs

INNINGS 3

England

142.6 overs · run rate 2.52 · all out

360

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught Kim Hughes	49	212	2	23.11
Mike Brearley	lbw	9	65	0	13.84
Derek Randall	caught Bruce Yardley	15	50	2	30.00
Graham Gooch	bowled	18	74	2	24.32
David Gower	lbw	21	54	3	38.88
Ian Botham	caught Bruce Yardley	7	29	1	24.13
Geoff Miller	caught Kevin Wright	64	203	5	31.52
Bob Taylor	caught Kevin Wright	97	300	6	32.33
John Emburey	bowled	42	132	4	31.81
Bob Willis	caught Kevin Wright	12	18	1	66.66
Mike Hendrick	not out	3*	10	0	30.00

Extras 23 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 23)Total 360 (142.6 ov)Run rate 2.52

Fall of wickets1-31 (Mike Brearley)2-57 (Derek Randall)3-97 (Graham Gooch)4-106 (Geoff Boycott)5-130 (Ian Botham)6-132 (David Gower)7-267 (Geoff Miller)8-336 (Bob Taylor)9-347 (John Emburey)10-360 (Bob Willis)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	27.6	7	59	3	1.59
Alan Hurst	37	9	97	4	1.96
Phil Carlson	27	8	41	2	1.13
Bruce Yardley	20	6	60	0	2.25
Jim Higgs	28	4	75	1	2.00
Allan Border	3	2	5	0	1.25

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Geoff Boycott & Mike Brearley

2nd wicket · Geoff Boycott & Derek Randall

3rd wicket · Geoff Boycott & Graham Gooch

4th wicket · Geoff Boycott & David Gower

5th wicket · David Gower & Ian Botham

6th wicket · David Gower & Geoff Miller

7th wicket · Geoff Miller & Bob Taylor

135

8th wicket · Bob Taylor & John Emburey

9th wicket · John Emburey & Bob Willis

10th wicket · Bob Willis & Mike Hendrick

INNINGS 4

Australia

67 overs · run rate 2.38 · all out

160

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Rick Darling	bowled	18	37	2	48.64
Graeme Wood	run out	9	41	0	21.95
Kim Hughes	caught David Gower	46	176	4	26.13
Graham Yallop	bowled	36	176	3	20.45
Allan Border	bowled	1	19	0	5.26
Phil Carlson	caught David Gower	21	51	2	41.17
Bruce Yardley	caught Mike Brearley	0	2	0	0.00
Kevin Wright	caught John Emburey	0	16	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg	bowled	2	7	0	28.57
Jim Higgs	not out	3*	10	0	30.00
Alan Hurst	bowled	13	13	2	100.00

Extras 11 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 11)Total 160 (67 ov)Run rate 2.38

Fall of wickets1-31 (Rick Darling)2-36 (Graeme Wood)3-115 (Graham Yallop)4-120 (Kim Hughes)5-121 (Allan Border)6-121 (Bruce Yardley)7-124 (Kevin Wright)8-130 (Rodney Hogg)9-147 (Phil Carlson)10-160 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	12	3	41	3	2.56
Mike Hendrick	14	6	19	3	1.01
Ian Botham	14	4	37	1	1.98
Geoff Miller	18	3	36	2	1.50
John Emburey	9	5	16	0	1.33

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Rick Darling & Graeme Wood

2nd wicket · Graeme Wood & Kim Hughes

3rd wicket · Kim Hughes & Graham Yallop

4th wicket · Kim Hughes & Allan Border

5th wicket · Allan Border & Phil Carlson

6th wicket · Phil Carlson & Bruce Yardley

7th wicket · Phil Carlson & Kevin Wright

8th wicket · Phil Carlson & Rodney Hogg

9th wicket · Phil Carlson & Jim Higgs

10th wicket · Jim Higgs & Alan Hurst

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