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Sat, 09 Jun 1979 - 00:00 – 3rd • Lord's, London
England won by 6 wickets (with 77 balls remaining)
England
159/9 (47.00)
Australia
160/4 (47.10)
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
Andrew Hilditch
b Boycott
47
108
136
2
0
43.51
In 1979
Career
Rick Darling
lbw b Willis
25
61
82
3
0
40.98
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
c †Taylor b Edmonds
34
74
87
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
20
23
1
0
50.00
In 1979
Career
Gary Cosier
run out
6
20
19
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
run out
8
22
40
0
0
36.36
In 1979
Career
Kevin Wright (WK)
lbw b Old
6
15
20
0
0
40.00
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
run out
0
5
24
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
not out
3
10
4
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Geoff Dymock
not out
4
12
13
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 5, w 1)
10
Total
159/9 60 Ov (RR: 2.65)
3021
6840
0
209
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
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Wright b Laughlin
44
147
169
2
0
29.93
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
lbw b Hogg
1
5
11
0
0
20.00
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c †Wright b Hurst
1
3
5
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
lbw b Laughlin
53
96
131
6
0
55.20
In 1979
Career
David Gower
not out
22
30
44
2
0
73.33
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
not out
18
14
31
2
0
128.57
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 11)
21
Total
160/4 47.1 Ov (RR: 3.39)
3040
5605
0
228
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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