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3rd -Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia) 1979

RESULTODIMelbourne Cricket GroundSat, 08 Dec 1979

AUS

Australia

207/9 (47.00)

England

209/7 (49.00)

ENG

England won by 3 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

AUSAustralia innings

207/9 (47.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
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 (wk)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 (wk)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		19	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Graham Dilley	10.00	1	30	2	3.00	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham	9.00	2	27	1	3.00	In 1979	Career
Bob Willis	7.00	0	28	0	4.00	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch	6.00	0	32	2	5.33	In 1979	Career
Derek Underwood	10.00	0	49	1	4.90	In 1979	Career
Peter Willey	8.00	0	33	3	4.12	In 1979	Career

ENGEngland innings

209/7 (49.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
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 (wk)Marsh b Hogg	37	54	60	2	0	68.51	In 1979	Career
David Gower c (wk)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 (wk)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		16	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Dennis Lillee	10.00	1	36	2	3.60	In 1979	Career
Rodney Hogg	10.00	2	26	3	2.60	In 1979	Career
Jeff Thomson	10.00	1	49	0	4.90	In 1979	Career
Greg Chappell	8.00	0	40	0	5.00	In 1979	Career
Ray Bright	9.00	1	40	1	4.44	In 1979	Career
Doug Walters	2.00	0	12	0	6.00	In 1979	Career

MILESTONES

Julien Wiener played their 1st ODIAUSREACHED

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3rd -Benson &amp; Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia) 1979