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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
Best Average
Rodney Hogg
6.600000
Geoff Miller
14.800000
Geoff Dymock
15.000000
Sir Ian Botham
18.166666
Mike Hendrick
18.750000
Most Wickets
Rodney Hogg
10
Sir Ian Botham
6
Geoff Dymock
5
Geoff Miller
5
Mike Hendrick
4
Most Runs Conceed
Sir Ian Botham
109
Mike Hendrick
75
Geoff Dymock
75
Geoff Miller
74
John Emburey
74
Best Bowling Fig
Rodney Hogg
5
Mike Hendrick
3
Geoff Miller
3
Sir Ian Botham
3
John Emburey
3
Best Economy
Jim Higgs
1.742857
Rodney Hogg
1.941176
Mike Hendrick
2.027027
John Emburey
2.102272
Geoff Dymock
2.232142
Best Strike Rate
Peter Toohey
0.520000
David Gower
0.443181
Graham Yallop
0.395833
Graham Gooch
0.365168
Rick Darling
0.343949
Most Fours
David Gower
7
Graham Gooch
6
Graeme Wood
6
Graham Yallop
5
Kim Hughes
4
Allan Border
4
Sir Ian Botham
3
Best Averages
Graeme Wood
67.000000
David Gower
39.000000
Graham Gooch
32.500000
Graham Yallop
28.500000
Rick Darling
27.000000
Highest Score
Graeme Wood
100
David Gower
49
Kim Hughes
48
Graham Yallop
41
Graham Gooch
40
Most Runs
Graeme Wood
134
David Gower
78
Graham Gooch
65
Graham Yallop
57
Rick Darling
54
Most Wickets
John Emburey
3
Jim Higgs
3
Alan Hurst
2
Best Bowling Fig
Geoff Dymock
3
Jim Higgs
2
Alan Hurst
1
Most Not Outs
Mike Hendrick
2
John Emburey
2
Best Economy
Geoff Miller
2.242424
Alan Hurst
2.739130
Best Strike Rate
Rodney Hogg
20.4
Sir Ian Botham
35.1
Geoff Miller
39.6
Most Not Outs
Alan Hurst
2
Jim Higgs
2
Most Runs Conceed
Bob Willis
68
Rodney Hogg
66
Alan Hurst
63
Jim Higgs
61
Best Strike Rate
Geoff Dymock
40.32
Mike Hendrick
55.5
Alan Hurst
69
Jim Higgs
70
Most Fours
Derek Randall
1
Geoff Boycott
1
John Maclean
1
Most Balls Faced
Graeme Wood
390
Graham Gooch
178
Best Averages
Peter Toohey
26.000000
Kim Hughes
24.000000
Most 100s
Graeme Wood
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Sir Ian Botham
68
Mike Hendrick
50
Most Balls Faced
David Gower
176
Geoff Boycott
168
Rick Darling
157
Graham Yallop
144
Kim Hughes
143
Worst Bowling Fig
Bob Willis
47
John Emburey
44
Geoff Miller
39
Alan Hurst
39
Geoff Dymock
38
Best Average
Jim Higgs
20.333333
John Emburey
24.666666
Best Strike Rate
Graeme Wood
0.343589
Kim Hughes
0.335664
Most Runs
Peter Toohey
52
Kim Hughes
48
Most Ducks
Kim Hughes
2
Jim Higgs
2
Rodney Hogg
2
Allan Border
2
Mike Hendrick
2
Mike Brearley
2
John Emburey
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Rodney Hogg
36
Highest Score
Geoff Boycott
38
Rick Darling
33
Most sixes
Kim Hughes
1