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Sat, 10 Mar - Thu, 15 Mar 1979 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Pakistan won by 71 runs
Australia
431/10 (34.00) & 310/10 (92.4)
Pakistan
223/6 (20.00) & 353/9 (81.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Pakistan innigs
223/6 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Majid Khan
c †Wright b Hogg
1
3
5
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Mohsin Khan
c Hilditch b Hogg
14
30
39
2
0
46.66
In 1979
Career
Zaheer Abbas
b Hogg
11
27
49
1
0
40.74
In 1979
Career
Javed Miandad
b Hogg
19
95
131
2
0
20.00
In 1979
Career
Asif Iqbal
c †Wright b Clark
9
14
26
1
0
64.28
In 1979
Career
Mushtaq Mohammad (c)
c †Wright b Hurst
36
121
152
2
0
29.75
In 1979
Career
Wasim Raja
b Hurst
13
16
26
1
0
81.25
In 1979
Career
Imran Khan
c †Wright b Hurst
33
90
107
3
0
36.66
In 1979
Career
Sarfraz Nawaz
c †Wright b Sleep
35
82
105
3
0
42.68
In 1979
Career
Wasim Bari (WK)
run out
0
4
9
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Sikander Bakht
not out
5
23
24
0
0
21.73
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 7, nb 10, w 1)
20
Total
196 61.7 Ov (RR: 3.16)
3724
9595
0
285
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
17.00
4
49
4
2.16
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
20.00
4
55
3
2.06
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Wayne Clark
17.00
4
56
1
2.47
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Peter Sleep
7.70
2
16
1
1.52
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Australia innigs
431/10 (34.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
not out
5
23
39
0
0
21.73
In 1979
Career
Andrew Hilditch
c Javed Miandad b Imran Khan
3
17
42
0
0
17.64
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
b Imran Khan
20
85
110
3
0
23.52
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
b Imran Khan
25
79
114
2
0
31.64
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
run out
19
54
88
2
0
35.18
In 1979
Career
Dav Whatmore
lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz
43
147
206
2
0
29.25
In 1979
Career
Peter Sleep
c †Wasim Bari b Imran Khan
10
30
35
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Kevin Wright (WK)
c Imran Khan b Wasim Raja
9
33
43
1
0
27.27
In 1979
Career
Wayne Clark
c Mushtaq Mohammad b Wasim Raja
9
21
21
2
0
42.85
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
run out
9
13
19
1
0
69.23
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
c & b Sarfraz Nawaz
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 5, nb 8, w 2)
16
Total
168 61.6 Ov (RR: 2.72)
3192
9557
0
247
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Imran Khan
18.00
8
26
4
1.08
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Sarfraz Nawaz
21.60
6
39
2
1.34
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Sikander Bakht
10.00
1
29
0
2.17
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mushtaq Mohammad
7.00
0
35
0
3.75
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Wasim Raja
5.00
0
23
2
3.45
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Pakistan innigs
310/10 (92.4)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Majid Khan
b Border
108
157
219
16
0
68.78
In 1979
Career
Mohsin Khan
c & b Hogg
14
21
28
2
0
66.66
In 1979
Career
Zaheer Abbas
b Hogg
59
105
149
8
0
56.19
In 1979
Career
Javed Miandad
c †Wright b Border
16
57
65
2
0
28.07
In 1979
Career
Asif Iqbal
lbw b Hogg
44
119
153
3
2
36.97
In 1979
Career
Mushtaq Mohammad (c)
c sub (JD Higgs) b Sleep
28
75
93
4
0
37.33
In 1979
Career
Wasim Raja
c †Wright b Hurst
28
53
73
2
0
52.83
In 1979
Career
Imran Khan
c Clark b Hurst
28
54
71
3
0
51.85
In 1979
Career
Sarfraz Nawaz
lbw b Hurst
1
3
8
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Wasim Bari (WK)
not out
8
20
26
0
0
40.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 6, nb 9)
19
Total
353/9d 81.5 Ov (RR: 4.32)
6707
12616
0
760
38
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rodney Hogg
19.00
2
75
3
2.96
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
19.50
1
115
3
4.39
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Wayne Clark
21.00
6
47
0
1.67
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Peter Sleep
8.00
0
62
1
5.81
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
14.00
5
35
2
1.87
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Australia innigs
353/9 (81.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Dav Whatmore
b Sarfraz Nawaz
15
48
78
1
0
31.25
In 1979
Career
Andrew Hilditch
b Sarfraz Nawaz
62
132
159
2
0
46.96
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
b Sarfraz Nawaz
105
275
378
7
0
38.18
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
run out
8
36
55
0
0
22.22
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
c Mohsin Khan b Sarfraz Nawaz
84
209
267
8
1
40.19
In 1979
Career
Graeme Wood
c †Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Peter Sleep
b Sarfraz Nawaz
0
5
10
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Kevin Wright (WK)
not out
1
26
40
0
0
3.84
In 1979
Career
Wayne Clark
b Sarfraz Nawaz
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz
0
14
22
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Alan Hurst
c †Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 13, lb 13, nb 9)
35
Total
310 92.4 Ov (RR: 3.35)
5890
14231
0
342
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Imran Khan
27.00
9
73
0
2.02
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Sarfraz Nawaz
35.40
7
86
9
1.81
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Sikander Bakht
7.00
0
29
0
3.10
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mushtaq Mohammad
11.00
0
42
0
2.86
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Wasim Raja
3.00
0
11
0
2.75
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Majid Khan
9.00
1
34
0
2.83
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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