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Test Championship
3rd
Sat, 09 June 1979, Starts from 00:00
Lord's
England -
vs
Australia -
Prudential World Cup (in England)
England won by 6 wickets (with 77 balls remaining)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
160/4 (47.10)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Rick Darling), 2-97 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-111 (Kim Hughes), 4-131 (Allan Borde
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 5, w 1)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
159/9(60 Ov, RR: 2.65)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Andrew Hilditch
b Boycott
47
136
108
2
0
43.51
In 1979
Career
Rick Darling
lbw b Willis
25
82
61
3
0
40.98
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
c †Taylor b Edmonds
34
87
74
4
0
45.94
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes (c)
c Hendrick b Boycott
6
13
13
1
0
46.15
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop
run out
10
23
20
1
0
50.00
In 1979
Career
Gary Cosier
run out
6
19
20
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
run out
8
40
22
0
0
36.36
In 1979
Career
Kevin Wright (WK)
lbw b Old
6
20
15
0
0
40.00
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
run out
0
24
5
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
not out
3
4
10
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Geoff Dymock
not out
4
13
12
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 5, 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
Bob Willis
11.00
2
20
1
1.81
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
12.00
2
24
0
2.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Chris Old
12.00
2
33
1
2.75
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
8.00
0
32
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
11.00
1
25
1
2.27
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
6.00
0
15
2
2.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
159/9 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Ian Botham
not out
18
31
14
2
0
128.57
In 1979
Career
Did not bat: Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor †, Chris Old, Mike Hendrick, Bob Willis
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Geoff Boycott), 2-5 (Derek Randall), 3-113 (Graham Gooch), 4-124 (Mike Brearle
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 11)
21
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
160/4(47.1 Ov, RR: 3.39)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Wright b Laughlin
44
169
147
2
0
29.93
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
lbw b Hogg
1
11
5
0
0
20.00
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c †Wright b Hurst
1
5
3
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
lbw b Laughlin
53
131
96
6
0
55.20
In 1979
Career
David Gower
not out
22
44
30
2
0
73.33
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 11)
21
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
9.00
1
25
1
2.77
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
10.00
3
33
1
3.30
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Dymock
11.00
2
19
0
1.72
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Gary Cosier
8.00
1
24
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
9.10
0
38
2
4.14
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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