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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
Best Average
Geoff Boycott
7.500000
Trevor Laughlin
19.000000
Bob Willis
20.000000
Phil Edmonds
25.000000
Rodney Hogg
25.000000
Most 50s
Graham Gooch
1
Best Averages
Graham Gooch
53.000000
Andrew Hilditch
47.000000
Mike Brearley
44.000000
Allan Border
34.000000
Rick Darling
25.000000
Most Runs Conceed
Trevor Laughlin
38
Chris Old
33
Alan Hurst
33
Sir Ian Botham
32
Rodney Hogg
25
Best Economy
Geoff Dymock
1.727272
Bob Willis
1.818181
Mike Hendrick
2.000000
Phil Edmonds
2.272727
Geoff Boycott
2.500000
Most Runs Conceed
Phil Edmonds
25
Gary Cosier
24
Mike Hendrick
24
Bob Willis
20
Geoff Dymock
19
Highest Score
Graham Gooch
53
Andrew Hilditch
47
Mike Brearley
44
Allan Border
34
Rick Darling
25
Most Wickets
Geoff Boycott
2
Trevor Laughlin
2
Rodney Hogg
1
Bob Willis
1
Chris Old
1
Best Bowling Fig
Geoff Boycott
2
Trevor Laughlin
2
Rodney Hogg
1
Bob Willis
1
Chris Old
1
Best Strike Rate
Sir Ian Botham
1.285714
David Gower
0.733333
Graham Gooch
0.552083
Graham Yallop
0.500000
Kim Hughes
0.461538
Most Fours
Graham Gooch
6
Allan Border
4
Rick Darling
3
Andrew Hilditch
2
Mike Brearley
2
Most Runs
Graham Gooch
53
Andrew Hilditch
47
Mike Brearley
44
Allan Border
34
Rick Darling
25
Best Bowling Fig
Phil Edmonds
1
Alan Hurst
1
Most Not Outs
Sir Ian Botham
1
David Gower
1
Geoff Dymock
1
Best Economy
Chris Old
2.750000
Rodney Hogg
2.777777
Best Strike Rate
Geoff Boycott
18
Trevor Laughlin
27.3
Rodney Hogg
54
Most Not Outs
Alan Hurst
1
Best Averages
Graham Yallop
10.000000
Trevor Laughlin
8.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Trevor Laughlin
38
Chris Old
33
Alan Hurst
33
Sir Ian Botham
32
Rodney Hogg
25
Phil Edmonds
25
Gary Cosier
24
Best Average
Alan Hurst
33.000000
Chris Old
33.000000
Best Strike Rate
Allan Border
0.459459
Andrew Hilditch
0.435185
Best Strike Rate
Alan Hurst
60
Phil Edmonds
66
Bob Willis
66
Chris Old
72
Most Runs
David Gower
22
Sir Ian Botham
18
Most Ducks
Rodney Hogg
1
Most Wickets
Phil Edmonds
1
Alan Hurst
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Bob Willis
20
Geoff Dymock
19
Most Fours
Sir Ian Botham
2
David Gower
2
Graham Yallop
1
Kim Hughes
1
Most Balls Faced
Mike Brearley
147
Andrew Hilditch
108
Graham Gooch
96
Allan Border
74
Rick Darling
61
David Gower
30
Highest Score
David Gower
22
Sir Ian Botham
18
Most Balls Faced
Trevor Laughlin
22