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Sat, 08 Dec 1979 - 00:00 – 3rd • Melbourne Cricket Ground
England won by 3 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Australia
207/9 (47.00)
England
209/7 (49.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
207/9 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Julien Wiener
b Botham
7
22
32
1
0
31.81
In 1979
Career
Bruce Laird
lbw b Dilley
7
24
28
1
0
29.16
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
c Willey b Dilley
29
54
75
1
1
53.70
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell (c)
c Gooch b Willey
92
115
170
10
0
80.00
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
st †Bairstow b Gooch
23
24
29
3
0
95.83
In 1979
Career
Doug Walters
c Randall b Gooch
12
22
26
1
0
54.54
In 1979
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
c †Bairstow b Willey
14
23
27
0
0
60.86
In 1979
Career
Ray Bright
c Gooch b Willey
1
6
7
0
0
16.66
In 1979
Career
Dennis Lillee
not out
13
7
7
2
0
185.71
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
c Brearley b Underwood
1
3
5
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 5, nb 2)
8
Total
207/9 50 Ov (RR: 4.14)
207
300
0
19
1
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Graham Dilley
10.00
1
30
2
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
9.00
2
27
1
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bob Willis
7.00
0
28
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
6.00
0
32
2
5.33
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Derek Underwood
10.00
0
49
1
4.90
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Peter Willey
8.00
0
33
3
4.12
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
209/7 (49.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Derek Randall
lbw b Bright
28
69
85
2
0
40.57
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
c Lillee b Hogg
68
85
134
7
0
80.00
In 1979
Career
Peter Willey
c †Marsh b Hogg
37
54
60
2
0
68.51
In 1979
Career
David Gower
c †Marsh b Lillee
17
24
53
0
1
70.83
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
run out
1
2
6
0
0
50.00
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
c Walters b Hogg
10
10
9
1
0
100.00
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Marsh b Lillee
27
39
44
2
0
69.23
In 1979
Career
David Bairstow (WK)
not out
15
15
20
2
0
100.00
In 1979
Career
Graham Dilley
not out
0
0
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 3)
6
Total
209/7 49 Ov (RR: 4.26)
209
298
0
16
1
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
10.00
1
36
2
3.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
10.00
2
26
3
2.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Jeff Thomson
10.00
1
49
0
4.90
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell
8.00
0
40
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ray Bright
9.00
1
40
1
4.44
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Doug Walters
2.00
0
12
0
6.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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