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Result of 1978
The Ashes (England in Australia)
3rd Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1978
Fri, 29 Dec - Fri, 29 Dec 1978 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 103 runs
Australia
429/10 (47.00) & 167/10 (71.2)
England
396/8 (20.00) & 179/10 (67)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
429/10 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
c Emburey b Miller
100
283
392
6
0
35.33
In 1978
Career
Rick Darling
run out
33
71
93
2
0
46.47
In 1978
Career
Kim Hughes
c †Taylor b Botham
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
c Hendrick b Botham
41
98
83
4
0
41.83
In 1978
Career
Peter Toohey
c Randall b Miller
32
70
79
1
0
45.71
In 1978
Career
Allan Border
c Brearley b Hendrick
29
115
105
4
0
25.21
In 1978
Career
John Maclean (WK)
b Botham
8
47
68
0
0
17.02
In 1978
Career
Rodney Hogg
c Randall b Miller
0
5
2
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Geoff Dymock
b Hendrick
0
14
13
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Alan Hurst
b Hendrick
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Jim Higgs
not out
1
15
24
0
0
6.66
In 1978
Career
Extras
(lb 8, nb 6)
14
Total
258 89.1 Ov (RR: 2.89)
258
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
13.00
2
47
0
2.71
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
20.10
4
68
3
2.53
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
23.00
3
50
3
1.63
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
John Emburey
14.00
1
44
0
2.35
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
19.00
6
35
3
1.38
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
396/8 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
b Hogg
1
13
12
0
0
7.69
In 1978
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
lbw b Hogg
1
8
16
0
0
12.50
In 1978
Career
Derek Randall
lbw b Hurst
13
53
88
1
0
24.52
In 1978
Career
Graham Gooch
c Border b Dymock
25
91
110
1
0
27.47
In 1978
Career
David Gower
lbw b Dymock
29
48
59
4
0
60.41
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
c Darling b Higgs
22
80
83
3
0
27.50
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
b Hogg
7
101
123
0
0
6.93
In 1978
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
b Hogg
1
4
3
0
0
25.00
In 1978
Career
John Emburey
b Hogg
0
14
12
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Bob Willis
c Darling b Dymock
19
76
87
0
0
25.00
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
not out
6
33
31
1
0
18.18
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 6, lb 4, nb 9)
19
Total
143 63.6 Ov (RR: 2.24)
143
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
17.00
7
30
5
1.32
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Alan Hurst
12.00
2
24
1
1.50
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Geoff Dymock
15.60
4
38
3
1.80
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Jim Higgs
19.00
9
32
1
1.26
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Australia innigs
167/10 (71.2)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
b Botham
34
107
136
0
0
31.77
In 1978
Career
Rick Darling
c Randall b Miller
21
86
100
0
0
24.41
In 1978
Career
Kim Hughes
c Gower b Botham
48
142
153
4
1
33.80
In 1978
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
c †Taylor b Miller
16
46
41
1
0
34.78
In 1978
Career
Peter Toohey
c Botham b Emburey
20
30
33
1
0
66.66
In 1978
Career
Allan Border
run out
0
12
9
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
John Maclean (WK)
c Hendrick b Emburey
10
77
91
1
0
12.98
In 1978
Career
Rodney Hogg
b Botham
1
21
20
0
0
4.76
In 1978
Career
Geoff Dymock
c Brearley b Hendrick
6
39
41
0
0
15.38
In 1978
Career
Jim Higgs
st †Taylor b Emburey
0
7
10
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Alan Hurst
not out
0
4
4
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 6, nb 1)
11
Total
167 71.2 Ov (RR: 2.34)
167
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
7.00
0
21
0
2.25
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
15.00
4
41
3
2.05
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
14.00
4
25
1
1.33
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
14.00
5
39
2
2.08
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
John Emburey
21.20
12
30
3
1.05
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
179/10 (67)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
lbw b Hurst
38
155
197
1
0
24.51
In 1978
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Maclean b Dymock
0
3
7
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Derek Randall
lbw b Hogg
2
8
5
0
0
25.00
In 1978
Career
Graham Gooch
lbw b Hogg
40
87
95
5
0
45.97
In 1978
Career
David Gower
lbw b Dymock
49
128
167
3
0
38.28
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
c †Maclean b Higgs
10
62
76
0
0
16.12
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
c Hughes b Higgs
1
12
17
0
0
8.33
In 1978
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
c †Maclean b Hogg
5
40
34
0
0
12.50
In 1978
Career
John Emburey
not out
7
33
44
0
0
21.21
In 1978
Career
Bob Willis
c Yallop b Hogg
3
12
20
0
0
25.00
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
b Hogg
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 10, lb 7, nb 6, w 1)
24
Total
179 67 Ov (RR: 2.67)
179
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
17.00
5
36
5
1.58
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Geoff Dymock
18.00
4
37
2
1.54
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Alan Hurst
11.00
1
39
1
2.65
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Jim Higgs
16.00
2
29
2
1.35
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Allan Border
5.00
0
14
0
2.10
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
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