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Sat, 27 Jan - Sat, 27 Jan 1979 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Adelaide Oval
England won by 205 runs
Australia
644/10 (47.00) & 160/10 (67)
England
452/8 (20.00) & 360/10 (142.6)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
452/8 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
c †Wright b Hurst
6
21
22
0
0
28.57
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Wright b Hogg
2
14
28
0
0
14.28
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c Carlson b Hurst
4
13
25
0
0
30.76
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
c Hughes b Hogg
1
10
10
0
0
10.00
In 1979
Career
David Gower
lbw b Hurst
9
13
18
1
0
69.23
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
c †Wright b Higgs
74
97
158
6
2
76.28
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
lbw b Hogg
31
89
80
3
0
34.83
In 1979
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
run out
4
21
28
0
0
19.04
In 1979
Career
John Emburey
b Higgs
4
21
25
0
0
19.04
In 1979
Career
Bob Willis
c Darling b Hogg
24
20
25
3
1
120.00
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
not out
0
9
13
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 2, w 3)
10
Total
169 40.4 Ov (RR: 4.17)
3211
6232
0
247
57
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
10.40
1
26
4
1.85
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
14.00
1
65
3
3.48
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
9.00
1
34
0
2.83
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bruce Yardley
4.00
0
25
0
4.68
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Jim Higgs
3.00
1
9
2
2.25
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Australia innigs
644/10 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Rick Darling
c Willis b Botham
15
33
35
1
1
45.45
In 1979
Career
Graeme Wood
c Randall b Emburey
35
117
210
1
0
29.91
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
c Emburey b Hendrick
4
10
7
1
0
40.00
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
b Hendrick
0
4
9
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
c †Taylor b Botham
11
18
20
1
0
61.11
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
c †Taylor b Botham
0
5
8
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Bruce Yardley
b Botham
28
75
79
4
0
37.33
In 1979
Career
Kevin Wright (WK)
lbw b Emburey
29
69
76
2
0
42.02
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
b Willis
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Jim Higgs
run out
16
63
79
0
0
25.39
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
not out
17
39
47
0
0
43.58
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 3, nb 5)
9
Total
164 53.4 Ov (RR: 3.06)
3116
8246
0
190
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
11.00
1
55
1
3.75
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
19.00
1
45
2
1.77
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
11.40
0
42
4
2.73
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
John Emburey
12.00
7
13
2
0.81
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
160/10 (67)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
c Hughes b Hurst
49
212
265
2
0
23.11
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
lbw b Carlson
9
65
82
0
0
13.84
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c Yardley b Hurst
15
50
57
2
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
b Carlson
18
74
85
2
0
24.32
In 1979
Career
David Gower
lbw b Higgs
21
54
72
3
0
38.88
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
c Yardley b Hurst
7
29
30
1
0
24.13
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
c †Wright b Hurst
64
203
235
5
0
31.52
In 1979
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
c †Wright b Hogg
97
300
361
6
0
32.33
In 1979
Career
John Emburey
b Hogg
42
132
147
4
0
31.81
In 1979
Career
Bob Willis
c †Wright b Hogg
12
18
35
1
0
66.66
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
not out
3
10
16
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 16, nb 4, w 2)
23
Total
360 142.6 Ov (RR: 2.52)
6840
21793
0
494
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
27.60
7
59
3
1.59
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
37.00
9
97
4
1.96
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
27.00
8
41
2
1.13
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bruce Yardley
20.00
6
60
0
2.25
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Jim Higgs
28.00
4
75
1
2.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
3.00
2
5
0
1.25
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Australia innigs
360/10 (142.6)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Rick Darling
b Botham
18
37
49
2
0
48.64
In 1979
Career
Graeme Wood
run out
9
41
63
0
0
21.95
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
c Gower b Hendrick
46
176
208
4
0
26.13
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
b Hendrick
36
176
182
3
0
20.45
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
b Willis
1
19
30
0
0
5.26
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
c Gower b Hendrick
21
51
74
2
0
41.17
In 1979
Career
Bruce Yardley
c Brearley b Willis
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Kevin Wright (WK)
c Emburey b Miller
0
16
16
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
b Miller
2
7
10
0
0
28.57
In 1979
Career
Jim Higgs
not out
3
10
30
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
b Willis
13
13
9
2
0
100.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 1, nb 10)
11
Total
160 67 Ov (RR: 2.38)
3040
10412
0
247
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
12.00
3
41
3
2.56
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
14.00
6
19
3
1.01
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
14.00
4
37
1
1.98
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
18.00
3
36
2
1.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
John Emburey
9.00
5
16
0
1.33
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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