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Test Championship
5th Test
Sat, 27 January 1979, Starts from 00:00
Adelaide
Australia - 644/10 (47.00) , 160/10 (67)
vs
England - 452/8 (20.00) , 360/10 (142.6)
The Ashes (England in Australia)
England won by 205 runs
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graham Gooch
c Hughes b Hogg
1
10
10
0
0
10.00
In 1979
Career
John Emburey
b Higgs
4
25
21
0
0
19.04
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
not out
0
13
9
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
David Gower
lbw b Hurst
9
18
13
1
0
69.23
In 1979
Career
TOTAL
169(40.4 Ov, RR: 4.17)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
lbw b Hogg
31
80
89
3
0
34.83
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
c †Wright b Higgs
74
158
97
6
2
76.28
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Wright b Hogg
2
28
14
0
0
14.28
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Geoff Boycott), 2-12 (Mike Brearley), 3-16 (Graham Gooch), 4-18 (Derek Randal
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
run out
4
28
21
0
0
19.04
In 1979
Career
Bob Willis
c Darling b Hogg
24
25
20
3
1
120.00
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
c †Wright b Hurst
6
22
21
0
0
28.57
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 2, w 3)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 2, w 3)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
Derek Randall
c Carlson b Hurst
4
25
13
0
0
30.76
In 1979
Career
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Jim Higgs
run out
16
79
63
0
0
25.39
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
c Emburey b Hendrick
4
7
10
1
0
40.00
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
b Hendrick
0
9
4
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
c †Taylor b Botham
0
8
5
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Graeme Wood
c Randall b Emburey
35
210
117
1
0
29.91
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
c †Taylor b Botham
11
20
18
1
0
61.11
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 3, nb 5)
9
0
0
0
0
0.00
Alan Hurst
not out
17
47
39
0
0
43.58
In 1979
Career
Rick Darling
c Willis b Botham
15
35
33
1
1
45.45
In 1979
Career
Kevin Wright (WK)
lbw b Emburey
29
76
69
2
0
42.02
In 1979
Career
TOTAL
164(53.4 Ov, RR: 3.06)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 0-0, 1-5 (Kim Hughes), 2-10 (Graham Yallop), 3-22 (Allan Border), 4-24 (Phil Carlso
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Bruce Yardley
b Botham
28
79
75
4
0
37.33
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
b Willis
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 3, nb 5)
9
0
0
0
0
0.00