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Wed, 24 Jan 1979 - 00:00 – 3rd ODI • Melbourne Cricket Ground
England won by 7 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)
Australia
101/10 (7.20)
England
102/3 (28.20)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
101/10 (7.20)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
c Gower b Edmonds
28
66
94
4
0
42.42
In 1979
Career
Andrew Hilditch
c †Bairstow b Botham
10
39
59
1
0
25.64
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
c Willis b Hendrick
11
18
25
2
0
61.11
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
run out
9
36
43
0
0
25.00
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
lbw b Hendrick
0
5
5
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
c Randall b Willis
11
27
38
2
0
40.74
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
c Willis b Hendrick
6
26
41
1
0
23.07
In 1979
Career
John Maclean (WK)
c Edmonds b Botham
11
33
38
2
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
c Botham b Hendrick
4
6
17
0
0
66.66
In 1979
Career
Geoff Dymock
c & b Botham
1
14
17
0
0
7.14
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
not out
0
4
6
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 2, nb 4)
10
Total
101 33.5 Ov (RR: 3.00)
1919
5206
0
228
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
8.00
4
15
1
1.40
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
John Lever
5.00
2
7
0
1.05
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
8.00
1
25
4
2.34
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
4.50
2
16
3
2.59
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
7.00
0
26
1
2.78
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
1.00
0
2
0
1.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
102/3 (28.20)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
not out
39
107
154
3
0
36.44
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
b Hogg
0
12
14
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c Yallop b Dymock
12
37
38
0
0
32.43
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
b Carlson
23
45
55
2
0
51.11
In 1979
Career
David Gower
not out
19
29
43
3
0
65.51
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 5, nb 4)
9
Total
102/3 28.2 Ov (RR: 3.61)
1938
4370
0
152
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
6.00
1
20
1
2.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Dymock
6.00
1
16
1
2.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
5.00
1
13
0
1.95
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
5.00
0
21
1
3.15
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
5.20
1
14
0
2.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
1.00
0
9
0
6.75
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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