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3rd Test-England in Australia Test Series 1979 Performance

RESULTTESTMelbourne Cricket GroundFri, 01 Feb - Wed, 06 Feb 1980

AUS

Australia

566/10 (34.00) & 103/2 (38.4)

England

272/6 (20.00) & 273/10 (91.5)

ENG

Australia won by 8 wickets

PREVIEW SUMMARY SCORECARD MATCH STATS PERFORMANCE

Impact leaderboard

Everyone, ranked

Runs, strike rate against the match average, wickets and economy, dot balls and catches, in one score.

DLDennis Lillee8 (29) · 5/78

132#2 · pts

MVPIBIan Botham119* (213) · 1/18 · 2 ct

195#1 · pts

LPLen Pascoe1* (4) · 4/80

87#3 · pts

1IBIan BothamENG · 119* (213) · 1/18 · 2 ct195

2DLDennis LilleeAUS · 8 (29) · 5/78132

3LPLen PascoeAUS · 1* (4) · 4/8087

4ABAllan BorderAUS · 63 (153) · 0/16 · 2 ct81

5GGGraham GoochENG · 51 (113)64

6GCGreg ChappellAUS · 40* (43)57

7AMAshley MallettAUS · 25 (54) · 1/45 · 1 ct42

8BTBob TaylorENG · 32 (62)36

9ICIan ChappellAUS · 26* (62)29

10BLBruce LairdAUS · 25 (95)21

11GDGeoff DymockAUS · 19 (74) · 0/3014

BatBallField

Who carried the team

Share of the runs

ENGEngland · 249

Ian Botham119* (213)48%

Graham Gooch51 (113)20%

Bob Taylor32 (62)13%

John Lever12 (65)5%

David Gower11 (15)4%

Mike Brearley10 (31)4%

Geoff Boycott7 (35)3%

Wayne Larkins3 (14)1%

Peter Willey2 (5)1%

Bob Willis2 (8)1%

AUSAustralia · 241

Allan Border63 (153)26%

Greg Chappell40* (43)17%

Ian Chappell26* (62)11%

Bruce Laird25 (95)10%

Ashley Mallett25 (54)10%

Geoff Dymock19 (74)8%

Rod Marsh17 (75)7%

Kim Hughes15 (49)6%

Dennis Lillee8 (29)3%

Rick McCosker2 (34)1%

Len Pascoe1* (4)0%

Beat their average?

7 of 22 did

Each batter's score today against their own career average in this format.

Ian Botham119* today · avg 33.6+85

Bob Taylor32 today · avg 16.3+16

Ashley Mallett25 today · avg 11.6+13

Allan Border63 today · avg 50.6+12

Geoff Dymock19 today · avg 9.4+10

Graham Gooch51 today · avg 42.4+9

John Lever12 today · avg 11.8+0

Dennis Lillee8 today · avg 13.7-6

Rod Marsh17 today · avg 26.3-9

Bob Willis2 today · avg 11.5-10

Len Pascoe1* today · avg 10.6-10

Bruce Laird25 today · avg 35.3-10

Derek Underwood0 today · avg 11.6-12

Mike Brearley10 today · avg 22.9-13

Greg Chappell40* today · avg 53.9-14

Ian Chappell26* today · avg 42.4-16

Wayne Larkins3 today · avg 20.5-18

Kim Hughes15 today · avg 37.4-22

Peter Willey2 today · avg 26.9-25

David Gower11 today · avg 44.3-33

Rick McCosker2 today · avg 39.6-38

Geoff Boycott7 today · avg 47.7-41