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Test Championship
5th ODI
Wed, 07 February 1979, Starts from 00:00
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia -
vs
England -
England in Australia ODI Series
-
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bob Willis
c †Wright b Cosier
2
7
8
0
0
25.00
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Wright b Cosier
46
148
112
3
0
41.07
In 1979
Career
David Bairstow †
run out
3
26
28
0
0
10.71
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c Hughes b Dymock
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
David Gower
c Wood b Hurst
3
11
10
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
b Cosier
13
28
19
3
0
68.42
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
lbw b Laughlin
15
47
42
1
0
35.71
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
c Cosier b Dymock
2
18
11
0
0
18.18
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
not out
0
4
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Geoff Boycott), 2-10 (Derek Randall), 3-17 (Graham Gooch), 4-22 (David Gower)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
TOTAL
94(31.7 Ov, RR: 2.21)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
John Lever
b Laughlin
1
17
14
0
0
7.14
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 2, nb 3)
5
0
0
0
0
0.00
Graham Gooch
c Hughes b Hurst
4
15
13
1
0
30.76
In 1979
Career
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graham Yallop (c)
b Lever
25
78
69
1
0
36.23
In 1979
Career
Peter Toohey
not out
16
59
28
0
0
57.14
In 1979
Career
Did not bat: Phil Carlson, Trevor Laughlin, Kevin Wright †, Geoff Dymock, Alan Hurst
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Rick Darling), 2-37 (Kim Hughes), 3-54 (Graeme Wood), 4-87 (Graham Yallop)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
TOTAL
95/4(21.5 Ov, RR: 3.29)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
c Brearley b Willis
0
12
9
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Graeme Wood
c †Bairstow b Botham
30
67
38
2
0
78.94
In 1979
Career
Rick Darling
c Brearley b Willis
14
25
21
3
0
66.66
In 1979
Career
Extras
(nb 2)
2
0
0
0
0
0.00
Gary Cosier
not out
8
9
10
1
0
80.00
In 1979
Career