| a2321 | |
| Venue | North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston on 18th January 1979 (40-over match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England XI won by 163 runs |
| Umpires | RJ Marshall, G Summers |
| Scorers | GGA Saulez (England XI), RP Saunders (Tasmania) |
| Player of the Match | IT Botham |
| England XI innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Boycott | b Scholes | 13 | 45 | 66 | 1 | - | 28.89 |
| G Miller | b Cowmeadow | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 |
| CT Radley | run out | 44 | 72 | 86 | 2 | - | 61.11 |
| DW Randall | b Cowmeadow | 60 | 72 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 83.33 |
| DI Gower | run out | 17 | 34 | 37 | - | - | 50.00 |
| IT Botham | c Boon b Wilson | 61 | 57 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 107.02 |
| PH Edmonds | not out | 26 | 17 | 37 | 3 | - | 152.94 |
| +RW Taylor | b Wilson | 12 | 19 | 22 | 1 | - | 63.16 |
| JK Lever | run out | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 33.33 |
| *RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hendrick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 219 minutes, 40 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Miller), 2-40 (Boycott), 3-64 (Radley), 4-108 (Gower), 5-190 (Randall), 6-202 (Botham), 7-235 (Taylor), 8-240 (Lever) | |||||||
| Tasmania bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Cowmeadow | 8 | 1 | 46 | 2 | - | 1 | 32.00 | 5.75 |
| Wilson | 8 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 4.50 |
| Whitney | 8 | 0 | 73 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.12 |
| Scholes | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | 2 | 64.00 | 5.00 |
| Simmons | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.88 |
| Tasmania innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SJ Howard | c Taylor b Willis | 10 | 35 | 30 | 2 | - | 28.57 |
| GW Goodman | c Botham b Edmonds | 11 | 60 | 81 | - | - | 18.33 |
| MJ Sellers | run out | 2 | 14 | 16 | - | - | 14.29 |
| TW Docking | c Taylor b Hendrick | 12 | 29 | 37 | 2 | - | 41.38 |
| +RD Woolley | run out | 7 | 25 | 22 | 1 | - | 28.00 |
| DC Boon | c Boycott b Edmonds | 15 | 34 | 46 | 2 | - | 44.12 |
| *J Simmons | b Botham | 4 | 21 | 23 | - | - | 19.05 |
| GJ Cowmeadow | b Miller | 0 | 9 | 13 | - | - | 0.00 |
| GJ Wilson | not out | 9 | 27 | 36 | - | - | 33.33 |
| MB Scholes | c sub b Miller | 1 | 18 | 14 | - | - | 5.56 |
| GR Whitney | c and b Miller | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 170 minutes, 34.4 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Howard), 2-21 (Sellers), 3-40 (Goodman), 4-40 (Docking), 5-49 (Woolley), 6-67 (Simmons), 7-67 (Boon), 8-69 (Cowmeadow), 9-75 (Scholes), 10-77 (Whitney) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Willis | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | 48.00 | 1.33 |
| Lever | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |
| Hendrick | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | 64.00 | 2.12 |
| Edmonds | 8 | 4 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 2.00 |
| Botham | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 3.00 |
| Miller | 3.4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9.33 | 0.86 |
Notes
--> GJ Wilson made his debut in List A matches
--> SJ Howard made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MJ Sellers made his last appearance in List A matches
--> GR Whitney made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RGD Willis made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> G Miller made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> CT Radley made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> PH Edmonds reached 150 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed DC Boon, his 2nd wicket in the Tasmania innings
12th Men: DJ Gatenby (Tasmania) and JE Emburey (England XI)
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