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1st Test-Pakistan in Australia Test Series 1979

TESTMelbourne Cricket GroundSat, 10 Mar - Thu, 15 Mar 1979

AUS

Australia

431/10 (34.00) & 310/10 (92.4)

Pakistan

223/6 (20.00) & 353/9 (81.5)

PAK

Pakistan won by 71 runs

PAKPakistan innings

223/6 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Majid Khan c (wk)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 (wk)Wright b Clark	9	14	26	1	0	64.28	In 1979	Career
Mushtaq Mohammad (c) c (wk)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 (wk)Wright b Hurst	33	90	107	3	0	36.66	In 1979	Career
Sarfraz Nawaz c (wk)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)	196

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Rodney Hogg	17.00	4	49	4	2.16	In 1979	Career
Alan Hurst	20.00	4	55	3	2.06	In 1979	Career
Wayne Clark	17.00	4	56	1	2.47	In 1979	Career
Peter Sleep	7.70	2	16	1	1.52	In 1979	Career

AUSAustralia innings

431/10 (34.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
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 (wk)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)	168

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Imran Khan	18.00	8	26	4	1.08	In 1979	Career
Sarfraz Nawaz	21.60	6	39	2	1.34	In 1979	Career
Sikander Bakht	10.00	1	29	0	2.17	In 1979	Career
Mushtaq Mohammad	7.00	0	35	0	3.75	In 1979	Career
Wasim Raja	5.00	0	23	2	3.45	In 1979	Career

PAKPakistan innings

310/10 (92.4)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
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 (wk)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 (wk)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)	353

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Rodney Hogg	19.00	2	75	3	2.96	In 1979	Career
Alan Hurst	19.50	1	115	3	4.39	In 1979	Career
Wayne Clark	21.00	6	47	0	1.67	In 1979	Career
Peter Sleep	8.00	0	62	1	5.81	In 1979	Career
Allan Border	14.00	5	35	2	1.87	In 1979	Career

AUSAustralia innings

353/9 (81.5)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
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 (wk)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 (wk)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)	310

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Imran Khan	27.00	9	73	0	2.02	In 1979	Career
Sarfraz Nawaz	35.40	7	86	9	1.81	In 1979	Career
Sikander Bakht	7.00	0	29	0	3.10	In 1979	Career
Mushtaq Mohammad	11.00	0	42	0	2.86	In 1979	Career
Wasim Raja	3.00	0	11	0	2.75	In 1979	Career
Majid Khan	9.00	1	34	0	2.83	In 1979	Career