a2327 o60	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (5th ODI)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 7th February 1979 (40-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 6 wickets
Umpires	RC Bailhache, DG Weser
Scorers	MP Ringham (Australia), GGA Saulez (England)
Player of the Match	G Dymock

---

England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Boycott	c Cosier b Dymock	2	11	18	-	-	18.18
*JM Brearley	c Wright b Cosier	46	112	148	3	-	41.07
DW Randall	c Hughes b Dymock	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
GA Gooch	c Hughes b Hurst	4	13	15	1	-	30.77
DI Gower	c Wood b Hurst	3	10	11	-	-	30.00
IT Botham	b Cosier	13	19	28	3	-	68.42
+DL Bairstow	run out	3	28	26	-	-	10.71
PH Edmonds	lbw b Laughlin	15	42	47	1	-	35.71
JK Lever	b Laughlin	1	14	17	-	-	7.14
RGD Willis	c Wright b Cosier	2	8	7	-	-	25.00
M Hendrick	not out	0	1	4	-	-	0.00
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 31.7 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Boycott), 2-10 (Randall), 3-17 (Gooch), 4-22 (Gower), 5-42 (Botham), 6-56 (Bairstow), 7-91 (Brearley), 8-91 (Edmonds), 9-94 (Willis), 10-94 (Lever)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hurst	5	3	7	2	-	-	20.00	1.40
Dymock	6	1	21	2	-	-	24.00	3.50
Carlson	8	2	22	0	-	-	-	2.75
Cosier	7	1	22	3	-	-	18.67	3.14
Laughlin	5.7	0	17	2	-	-	23.50	2.89

---

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Wood	c Bairstow b Botham	30	38	67	2	-	78.95
WM Darling	c Brearley b Willis	14	21	25	3	-	66.67
KJ Hughes	c Brearley b Willis	0	9	12	-	-	0.00
*GN Yallop	b Lever	25	69	78	1	-	36.23
PM Toohey	not out	16	28	59	-	-	57.14
GJ Cosier	not out	8	10	9	1	-	80.00
PH Carlson	did not bat
TJ Laughlin	did not bat
+KJ Wright	did not bat
G Dymock	did not bat
AG Hurst	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 21.5 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Darling), 2-37 (Hughes), 3-54 (Wood), 4-87 (Yallop)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Willis	5	2	16	2	-	-	20.00	3.20
Hendrick	6	0	32	0	-	-	-	5.33
Botham	5.5	0	30	1	-	-	45.00	5.33
Lever	5	0	15	1	-	-	40.00	3.00

---

Notes
--> PM Toohey made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> PH Carlson made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> GM Wood passed his previous highest score of 28 in ODI matches

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles