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England in Australia ODI Series
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4th ODI-England in Australia ODI Series 1978
4th ODI-England in Australia ODI Series 1978
ODI
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sun, 04 Feb 1979
AUS
Australia
212/6 (7.20)
VS
England
215/6 (38.60)
ENG
Australia won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
ENG
England innings
215/6 (38.60)
BATTING
Batsman
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
In Season
R
4s
6s
Career
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
lbw b Laughlin
33
86
117
1
0
38.37
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c (wk)Wright b Dymock
0
2
6
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
lbw b Dymock
4
14
14
0
0
28.57
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
c Hurst b Carlson
19
50
63
2
0
38.00
In 1979
Career
David Gower
not out
101
100
120
9
0
101.00
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
c Wood b Hurst
31
41
46
3
0
75.60
In 1979
Career
David Bairstow (WK)
run out
1
4
4
0
0
25.00
In 1979
Career
Chris Old
not out
16
24
37
0
0
66.66
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 3, lb 3, nb 1)
7
Total
212/6 40 Ov (RR: 5.30)
212
321
15
0
BOWLING
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
In Season
W
0s
Best
Career
W
0s
Best
Alan Hurst
8.00
1
36
1
3.37
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Dymock
8.00
1
31
2
2.90
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
8.00
1
27
1
2.53
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Gary Cosier
8.00
0
48
0
4.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
8.00
0
63
1
5.90
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
AUS
Australia innings
212/6 (7.20)
BATTING
Batsman
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
In Season
R
4s
6s
Career
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
b Old
23
54
85
2
0
42.59
In 1979
Career
Rick Darling
c Old b Willis
7
12
14
1
0
58.33
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
c Boycott b Lever
50
99
114
4
0
50.50
In 1979
Career
Graham Yallop (c)
c Gower b Hendrick
31
66
94
1
0
46.96
In 1979
Career
Peter Toohey
not out
54
55
100
2
0
98.18
In 1979
Career
Gary Cosier
b Lever
28
14
24
2
1
200.00
In 1979
Career
Phil Carlson
c Boycott b Lever
0
3
3
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Trevor Laughlin
not out
15
11
21
1
1
136.36
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 1)
7
Total
215/6 38.6 Ov (RR: 5.54)
215
314
13
2
BOWLING
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
In Season
W
0s
Best
Career
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
8.00
1
21
1
1.96
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
John Lever
7.00
1
51
3
5.46
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
8.00
0
47
1
4.40
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Chris Old
8.00
1
31
1
2.90
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
7.60
0
58
0
5.61
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
MILESTONES
Kevin Wright
played their 1st ODI
AUS
REACHED
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