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Played at
Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 January 1979 (40-over match)
Result England won by 7 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)
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Australia innings (40 overs maximum) |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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GM Wood |
c Gower b Edmonds |
28 |
94 |
66 |
4 |
0 |
42.42 |
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AMJ Hilditch |
c Bairstow b Botham |
10 |
59 |
39 |
1 |
0 |
25.64 |
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AR Border |
c Willis b Hendrick |
11 |
25 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
61.11 |
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GN Yallop |
run out |
9 |
43 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
25.00 |
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KJ Hughes |
lbw b Hendrick |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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PH Carlson |
c Randall b Willis |
11 |
38 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
40.74 |
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TJ Laughlin |
c Willis b Hendrick |
6 |
41 |
26 |
1 |
0 |
23.07 |
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JA Maclean |
c Edmonds b Botham |
11 |
38 |
33 |
2 |
0 |
33.33 |
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RM Hogg |
c Botham b Hendrick |
4 |
17 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
66.66 |
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G Dymock |
c & b Botham |
1 |
17 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
7.14 |
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AG Hurst |
not out |
0 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Extras |
(b 4, lb 2, nb 4) |
10 |
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Total |
(all out; 33.5 overs) |
101 |
(2.25 runs per 6 balls) |
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England innings (target: 102 runs from 40 overs) |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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G Boycott |
not out |
39 |
154 |
107 |
3 |
0 |
36.44 |
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JM Brearley |
b Hogg |
0 |
14 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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DW Randall |
c Yallop b Dymock |
12 |
38 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
32.43 |
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GA Gooch |
b Carlson |
23 |
55 |
45 |
2 |
0 |
51.11 |
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DI Gower |
not out |
19 |
43 |
29 |
3 |
0 |
65.51 |
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Extras |
(lb 5, nb 4) |
9 |
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Total |
(3 wickets; 28.2 overs) |
102 |
(2.70 runs per 6 balls) |
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Balls per over 8
Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 4-match series 1-0
ODI debuts
AMJ Hilditch and
RM Hogg
(Australia);
DL Bairstow
(England)
Player of the match
M Hendrick (England)
Umpires
AR Crafter and CE Harvey
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