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Test Championship
5th
Tue, 11 December 1979, Starts from 00:00
Sydney
Australia - 264/7 (49.00)
vs
England - 192/10 (47.20)
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia)
England won by 72 runs
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
192/10 (47.20)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Ian Botham
c Walters b Lillee
5
3
4
1
0
125.00
In 1979
Career
Did not bat: Graham Dilley, Derek Underwood, Bob Willis
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Derek Randall), 2-196 (Peter Willey), 3-220 (David Gower), 4-236 (Geoff Boyco
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 3, w 1)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
264/7(49 Ov, RR: 5.38)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
run out
42
88
76
5
0
55.26
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
b Lillee
105
194
124
7
0
84.67
In 1979
Career
Peter Willey
c Walker b Chappell
64
74
58
8
0
110.34
In 1979
Career
David Gower
c Wiener b Lillee
7
18
16
0
0
43.75
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
b Thomson
11
17
9
1
0
122.22
In 1979
Career
David Bairstow (WK)
c sub b Lillee
18
10
10
1
1
180.00
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
not out
2
7
2
0
0
100.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 3, w 1)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
10.00
0
56
4
5.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Jeff Thomson
9.00
0
53
1
5.88
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Max Walker
10.00
1
30
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
8.00
0
39
0
4.87
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
4.00
0
24
0
6.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell
5.00
0
28
1
5.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Doug Walters
3.00
0
24
0
8.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Australia innigs
264/7 (49.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Rick Darling), 2-36 (Allan Border), 3-36 (Julien Wiener), 4-38 (Greg Chappell
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 1, w 2)
13
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
192(47.2 Ov, RR: 4.05)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Julien Wiener
st †Bairstow b Willey
14
52
38
1
0
36.84
In 1979
Career
Rick Darling
c Randall b Willis
20
38
34
2
0
58.82
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
b Willey
1
5
4
0
0
25.00
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell (c)
run out
0
13
6
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
c †Bairstow b Willis
1
2
5
0
0
20.00
In 1979
Career
Doug Walters
c †Bairstow b Botham
34
72
40
1
0
85.00
In 1979
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
b Dilley
12
23
20
0
0
60.00
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
c Gooch b Randall
74
113
97
4
0
76.28
In 1979
Career
Dennis Lillee
b Botham
14
27
14
2
0
100.00
In 1979
Career
Jeff Thomson
run out
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Max Walker
not out
9
36
29
0
0
31.03
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 1, w 2)
13
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Graham Dilley
9.00
0
29
1
3.22
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
10.00
1
36
2
3.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bob Willis
10.00
1
32
2
3.20
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Peter Willey
5.00
0
18
2
3.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Derek Underwood
6.00
1
29
0
4.83
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
7.00
0
33
0
4.71
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
0.20
0
2
1
6.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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