a2427 o62 wc17	England v Australia
	Prudential World Cup 1979 (Group A)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 9th June 1979 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 6 wickets
Points	England 4; Australia 0
Umpires	DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
Man of the Match	GA Gooch

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AMJ Hilditch	b Boycott	47	108	136	2	-	43.52
WM Darling	lbw b Willis	25	61	82	3	-	40.98
AR Border	c Taylor b Edmonds	34	74	87	4	-	45.95
*KJ Hughes	c Hendrick b Boycott	6	13	13	1	-	46.15
GN Yallop	run out	10	20	23	1	-	50.00
GJ Cosier	run out	6	20	19	-	-	30.00
TJ Laughlin	run out	8	22	40	-	-	36.36
+KJ Wright	lbw b Old	6	15	20	-	-	40.00
RM Hogg	run out	0	5	24	-	-	0.00
AG Hurst	not out	3	10	4	-	-	30.00
G Dymock	not out	4	12	13	-	-	33.33
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Darling), 2-97 (Hilditch), 3-111 (Hughes), 4-131 (Border), 5-132 (Yallop), 6-137 (Cosier), 7-150 (Wright), 8-153 (Laughlin), 9-153 (Hogg)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Willis	11	2	20	1	-	-	66.00	1.82
Hendrick	12	2	24	0	-	-	-	2.00
Old	12	2	33	1	-	-	72.00	2.75
Botham	8	0	32	0	-	-	-	4.00
Edmonds	11	1	25	1	-	-	66.00	2.27
Boycott	6	0	15	2	-	-	18.00	2.50

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*JM Brearley	c Wright b Laughlin	44	147	169	2	-	29.93
G Boycott	lbw b Hogg	1	5	11	-	-	20.00
DW Randall	c Wright b Hurst	1	3	5	-	-	33.33
GA Gooch	lbw b Laughlin	53	96	164	6	-	55.21
DI Gower	not out	22	30	44	2	-	73.33
IT Botham	not out	18	14	31	2	-	128.57
PH Edmonds	did not bat
+RW Taylor	did not bat
CM Old	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 11 nb)	21
Total	(4 wickets, 47.1 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Boycott), 2-5 (Randall), 3-113 (Gooch), 4-124 (Brearley)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hogg	9	1	25	1	-	-	54.00	2.78
Hurst	10	3	33	1	-	-	60.00	3.30
Dymock	11	2	19	0	-	-	-	1.73
Cosier	8	1	24	0	-	-	-	3.00
Laughlin	9.1	0	38	2	-	-	27.50	4.15

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Notes
--> AMJ Hilditch made his debut in World Cup matches
--> AMJ Hilditch passed his previous highest score of 10 in ODI matches
--> AMJ Hilditch passed his previous highest score of 40 in ListA matches
--> WM Darling made his debut in World Cup matches
--> WM Darling passed his previous highest score of 21 in ODI matches
--> AR Border made his debut in World Cup matches
--> AR Border passed his previous highest score of 11 in ODI matches
--> KJ Hughes made his debut in World Cup matches
--> GN Yallop made his debut in World Cup matches
--> GJ Cosier made his debut in World Cup matches
--> TJ Laughlin made his debut in World Cup matches
--> KJ Wright made his debut in World Cup matches
--> RM Hogg made his debut in World Cup matches
--> AG Hurst made his debut in World Cup matches
--> G Dymock made his debut in World Cup matches
--> JM Brearley made his debut in World Cup matches
--> G Boycott made his debut in World Cup matches
--> DW Randall made his debut in World Cup matches
--> GA Gooch made his debut in World Cup matches
--> DI Gower made his debut in World Cup matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in World Cup matches
--> PH Edmonds made his debut in World Cup matches
--> RW Taylor made his debut in World Cup matches
--> M Hendrick made his debut in World Cup matches
--> RGD Willis made his debut in World Cup matches

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