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4th Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1978

TESTSydney Cricket GroundSat, 06 Jan - Thu, 11 Jan 1979

AUS

Australia

566/10 (47.00) & 111/10 (49.2)

England

396/8 (20.00) & 346/10 (146.6)

ENG

England won by 93 runs

ENGEngland innings

396/8 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Geoff Boycott c Border b Hurst	8	40	54	0	0	20.00	In 1979	Career
Mike Brearley (c) b Hogg	17	80	96	0	0	21.25	In 1979	Career
Derek Randall c Wood b Hurst	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch c Toohey b Higgs	18	81	102	1	0	22.22	In 1979	Career
David Gower c (wk)Maclean b Hurst	7	10	24	0	0	70.00	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham c Yallop b Hogg	59	108	138	7	0	54.62	In 1979	Career
Geoff Miller c (wk)Maclean b Hurst	4	5	4	1	0	80.00	In 1979	Career
Bob Taylor (WK) c Border b Higgs	10	28	33	1	0	35.71	In 1979	Career
John Emburey c Wood b Higgs	0	11	9	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Bob Willis not out	7	43	62	0	0	16.27	In 1979	Career
Mike Hendrick b Hurst	10	24	19	0	0	41.66	In 1979	Career
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 8, w 2)	12
Total 152 52.6 Ov (RR: 2.88)	152	432		10	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Rodney Hogg	11.00	3	36	2	2.45	In 1979	Career
Geoff Dymock	13.00	1	34	0	1.96	In 1979	Career
Alan Hurst	10.60	2	28	5	1.95	In 1979	Career
Jim Higgs	18.00	4	42	3	1.75	In 1979	Career

AUSAustralia innings

566/10 (47.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Graeme Wood b Willis	0	5	3	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Rick Darling c Botham b Miller	91	200	276	9	0	45.50	In 1979	Career
Kim Hughes c Emburey b Willis	48	167	184	6	0	28.74	In 1979	Career
Graham Yallop (c) c Botham b Hendrick	44	136	141	5	0	32.35	In 1979	Career
Peter Toohey c Gooch b Botham	1	4	5	0	0	25.00	In 1979	Career
Allan Border not out	60	203	245	4	0	29.55	In 1979	Career
John Maclean (WK) lbw b Emburey	12	58	63	1	0	20.68	In 1979	Career
Rodney Hogg run out	6	17	13	1	0	35.29	In 1979	Career
Geoff Dymock b Botham	5	54	66	0	0	9.25	In 1979	Career
Jim Higgs c Botham b Hendrick	11	32	40	0	0	34.37	In 1979	Career
Alan Hurst run out	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 11)	16
Total 294 108 Ov (RR: 2.72)	294	878		26	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Bob Willis	9.00	2	33	2	2.75	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham	28.00	3	87	2	2.33	In 1979	Career
Mike Hendrick	24.00	4	50	2	1.56	In 1979	Career
Geoff Miller	13.00	2	37	1	2.13	In 1979	Career
John Emburey	29.00	10	57	1	1.47	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch	5.00	1	14	0	2.10	In 1979	Career

ENGEngland innings

111/10 (49.2)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Geoff Boycott lbw b Hogg	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Mike Brearley (c) b Border	53	195	216	2	0	27.17	In 1979	Career
Derek Randall lbw b Hogg	150	498	582	13	0	30.12	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch c Wood b Higgs	22	98	128	1	0	22.44	In 1979	Career
David Gower c (wk)Maclean b Hogg	34	68	98	3	0	50.00	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham c Wood b Higgs	6	88	90	0	0	6.81	In 1979	Career
Geoff Miller lbw b Hogg	17	80	96	1	0	21.25	In 1979	Career
Bob Taylor (WK) not out	21	113	110	1	0	18.58	In 1979	Career
John Emburey c Darling b Higgs	14	39	49	1	0	35.89	In 1979	Career
Bob Willis c Toohey b Higgs	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Mike Hendrick c Toohey b Higgs	7	11	8	1	0	63.63	In 1979	Career
Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 14)	22
Total 346 146.6 Ov (RR: 2.35)	346	1192		23	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Rodney Hogg	28.00	10	67	4	1.79	In 1979	Career
Geoff Dymock	17.00	4	35	0	1.54	In 1979	Career
Alan Hurst	19.00	3	43	0	1.69	In 1979	Career
Jim Higgs	59.60	15	148	5	1.85	In 1979	Career
Allan Border	23.00	11	31	1	1.01	In 1979	Career

AUSAustralia innings

346/10 (146.6)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Graeme Wood run out	27	64	75	2	0	42.18	In 1979	Career
Rick Darling c Gooch b Hendrick	13	37	51	1	0	35.13	In 1979	Career
Kim Hughes c Emburey b Miller	15	40	55	1	0	37.50	In 1979	Career
Graham Yallop (c) c & b Hendrick	1	12	8	0	0	8.33	In 1979	Career
Peter Toohey b Miller	5	50	50	0	0	10.00	In 1979	Career
Allan Border not out	45	115	101	9	0	39.13	In 1979	Career
John Maclean (WK) c Botham b Miller	0	11	7	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Geoff Dymock b Emburey	0	12	9	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Rodney Hogg c Botham b Emburey	0	4	5	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Jim Higgs lbw b Emburey	3	29	24	0	0	10.34	In 1979	Career
Alan Hurst b Emburey	0	21	20	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Extras (lb 1, nb 1)	2
Total 111 49.2 Ov (RR: 2.25)	111	395		13	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Bob Willis	2.00	0	8	0	3.00	In 1979	Career
Mike Hendrick	10.00	3	17	2	1.27	In 1979	Career
John Emburey	17.20	7	46	4	2.00	In 1979	Career
Geoff Miller	20.00	7	38	3	1.42	In 1979	Career