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Test Championship
3rd ODI
Wed, 24 January 1979, Starts from 00:00
Melbourne
Australia -
vs
England -
England in Australia ODI Series
England won by 7 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Allan Border
c Willis b Hendrick
11
25
18
2
0
61.11
In 1979
Career
Andrew Hilditch
c †Bairstow b Botham
10
59
39
1
0
25.64
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 2, nb 4)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
Graham Yallop (c)
run out
9
43
36
0
0
25.00
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
lbw b Hendrick
0
5
5
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-52 (Allan Border), 3-54 (Graeme Wood), 4-55 (Kim Hughes),
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Graeme Wood
c Gower b Edmonds
28
94
66
4
0
42.42
In 1979
Career
TOTAL
101(33.5 Ov, RR: 2.25)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
not out
0
6
4
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
c Randall b Willis
11
38
27
2
0
40.74
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
c Willis b Hendrick
6
41
26
1
0
23.07
In 1979
Career
John Maclean (WK)
c Edmonds b Botham
11
38
33
2
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Geoff Dymock
c & b Botham
1
17
14
0
0
7.14
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 2, nb 4)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
Rodney Hogg
c Botham b Hendrick
4
17
6
0
0
66.66
In 1979
Career
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
David Gower
not out
19
43
29
3
0
65.51
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 5, nb 4)
9
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
102/3(28.2 Ov, RR: 2.70)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
b Carlson
23
55
45
2
0
51.11
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c Yallop b Dymock
12
38
37
0
0
32.43
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
b Hogg
0
14
12
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 5, nb 4)
9
0
0
0
0
0.00
Did not bat: Ian Botham, Phil Edmonds, David Bairstow †, John Lever, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mike Brearley), 2-29 (Derek Randall), 3-69 (Graham Gooch)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
not out
39
154
107
3
0
36.44
In 1979
Career