Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 5th Test 1978/79 - Score Report

result

5th Test, Adelaide, Jan 27 - Feb 1 1979, England tour of Australia

England

169 & 360

Australia

(67 ov, target 366)164 & 160

England won by 205 runs

player of the match

Ian Botham

England

England 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c †Wright b Hurst	6	21	22	0	0	28.57

Mike Brearley (c)	c †Wright b Hogg	2	14	28	0	0	14.28

Derek Randall	c Carlson b Hurst	4	13	25	0	0	30.76

Graham Gooch	c Hughes b Hogg	1	10	10	0	0	10.00

David Gower	lbw b Hurst	9	13	18	1	0	69.23

Ian Botham	c †Wright b Higgs	74	97	158	6	2	76.28

Geoff Miller	lbw b Hogg	31	89	80	3	0	34.83

Bob Taylor †	run out	4	21	28	0	0	19.04

John Emburey	b Higgs	4	21	25	0	0	19.04

Bob Willis	c Darling b Hogg	24	20	25	3	1	120.00

Mike Hendrick	not out	0	9	13	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 2, w 3)	10
TOTAL	(40.4 Ov, RR: 4.17)	169
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Geoff Boycott), 2-12 (Mike Brearley), 3-16 (Graham Gooch), 4-18 (Derek Randall), 5-27 (David Gower), 6-80 (Geoff Miller), 7-113 (Bob Taylor), 8-136 (John Emburey), 9-147 (Ian Botham), 10-169 (Bob Willis)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	10.4	1	26	4	1.85	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	14	1	65	3	3.48	-	-	-
Phil Carlson	9	1	34	0	2.83	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	4	0	25	0	4.68	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	3	1	9	2	2.25	-	-	-

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick Darling	c Willis b Botham	15	33	35	1	1	45.45

Graeme Wood	c Randall b Emburey	35	117	210	1	0	29.91

Kim Hughes	c Emburey b Hendrick	4	10	7	1	0	40.00

Graham Yallop (c)	b Hendrick	0	4	9	0	0	0.00

Allan Border	c †Taylor b Botham	11	18	20	1	0	61.11

Phil Carlson	c †Taylor b Botham	0	5	8	0	0	0.00

Bruce Yardley	b Botham	28	75	79	4	0	37.33

Kevin Wright †	lbw b Emburey	29	69	76	2	0	42.02

Rodney Hogg	b Willis	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Jim Higgs	run out	16	63	79	0	0	25.39

Alan Hurst	not out	17	39	47	0	0	43.58

Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 5)	9
TOTAL	(53.4 Ov, RR: 3.06)	164
Fall of wickets: 0-0, 1-5 (Kim Hughes), 2-10 (Graham Yallop), 3-22 (Allan Border), 4-24 (Phil Carlson), 5-72 (Bruce Yardley), 6-94 (Rick Darling), 7-114 (Graeme Wood), 8-116 (Rodney Hogg), 9-133 (Kevin Wright), 10-164 (Jim Higgs)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	11	1	55	1	3.75	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	19	1	45	2	1.77	-	-	-
Ian Botham	11.4	0	42	4	2.73	-	-	-
John Emburey	12	7	13	2	0.81	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Hughes b Hurst	49	212	265	2	0	23.11

Mike Brearley (c)	lbw b Carlson	9	65	82	0	0	13.84

Derek Randall	c Yardley b Hurst	15	50	57	2	0	30.00

Graham Gooch	b Carlson	18	74	85	2	0	24.32

David Gower	lbw b Higgs	21	54	72	3	0	38.88

Ian Botham	c Yardley b Hurst	7	29	30	1	0	24.13

Geoff Miller	c †Wright b Hurst	64	203	235	5	0	31.52

Bob Taylor †	c †Wright b Hogg	97	300	361	6	0	32.33

John Emburey	b Hogg	42	132	147	4	0	31.81

Bob Willis	c †Wright b Hogg	12	18	35	1	0	66.66

Mike Hendrick	not out	3	10	16	0	0	30.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 16, nb 4, w 2)	23
TOTAL	(142.6 Ov, RR: 2.52)	360
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Mike Brearley), 2-57 (Derek Randall), 3-97 (Graham Gooch), 4-106 (Geoff Boycott), 5-130 (Ian Botham), 6-132 (David Gower), 7-267 (Geoff Miller), 8-336 (Bob Taylor), 9-347 (John Emburey), 10-360 (Bob Willis)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	27.6	7	59	3	1.59	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	37	9	97	4	1.96	-	-	-
Phil Carlson	27	8	41	2	1.13	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	20	6	60	0	2.25	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	28	4	75	1	2.00	-	-	-
Allan Border	3	2	5	0	1.25	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 366 runs)

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick Darling	b Botham	18	37	49	2	0	48.64

Graeme Wood	run out	9	41	63	0	0	21.95

Kim Hughes	c Gower b Hendrick	46	176	208	4	0	26.13

Graham Yallop (c)	b Hendrick	36	176	182	3	0	20.45

Allan Border	b Willis	1	19	30	0	0	5.26

Phil Carlson	c Gower b Hendrick	21	51	74	2	0	41.17

Bruce Yardley	c Brearley b Willis	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Kevin Wright †	c Emburey b Miller	0	16	16	0	0	0.00

Rodney Hogg	b Miller	2	7	10	0	0	28.57

Jim Higgs	not out	3	10	30	0	0	30.00

Alan Hurst	b Willis	13	13	9	2	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 1, nb 10)	11
TOTAL	(67 Ov, RR: 2.38)	160
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Rick Darling), 2-36 (Graeme Wood), 3-115 (Graham Yallop), 4-120 (Kim Hughes), 5-121 (Allan Border), 6-121 (Bruce Yardley), 7-124 (Kevin Wright), 8-130 (Rodney Hogg), 9-147 (Phil Carlson), 10-160 (Alan Hurst)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	12	3	41	3	2.56	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	14	6	19	3	1.01	-	-	-
Ian Botham	14	4	37	1	1.98	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	18	3	36	2	1.50	-	-	-
John Emburey	9	5	16	0	1.33	-	-	-

MATCH DETAILS

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1978/79
Player Of The Match	Ian Botham
Series result	England led the 6-match series 4-1
Match number	Test no. 843
Match days	day(5-day match)
Test debut	Kevin Wright Phil Carlson
Umpires	Max O'Connell Robin Bailhache
Balls per over	8

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 27 Jan - day 1 -Australia 1st innings 69/4 (Graeme Wood 19*, Bruce Yardley 28*, null ov)

Sun, 28 Jan - day 2 -England 2nd innings 82/2 (Geoff Boycott 38*, Graham Gooch 11*, null ov)

Mon, 29 Jan - day 3 -England 2nd innings 272/7 (Bob Taylor 69*, John Emburey 0*, null ov)

Tue, 30 Jan - rest day

Wed, 31 Jan - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 82/2 (Kim Hughes 30*, Graham Yallop 16*, null ov)

Thu, 01 Feb - day 5 -Australia 2nd innings 160/10 (67 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

WM Darling (1) retired hurt on 0* from 0/0 to 72/5

Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
WM Darling	bowled	18	37
GM Wood	run out	9	41
KJ Hughes	caught	46	176
GN Yallop	bowled	36	176
AR Border	bowled	1	19
PH Carlson	caught	21	51
B Yardley	caught	0	2
KJ Wright	caught	0	16
RM Hogg	bowled	2	7
JD Higgs	not out	3	10
AG Hurst	bowled	13	13
Extras	(lb 1, nb 10)
Total	160(10 wkts; 67 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	12	3	41	3	2.56
M Hendrick	14	6	19	3	1.01
IT Botham	14	4	37	1	1.98
G Miller	18	3	36	2	1.5
JE Emburey	9	5	16	0	1.33

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	31	Rick Darling	Graeme Wood
2nd	5	Kim Hughes	Graeme Wood
3rd	79	Graham Yallop	Kim Hughes
4th	5	Kim Hughes	Allan Border
5th	1	Allan Border	Phil Carlson
6th	0	Bruce Yardley	Phil Carlson
7th	3	Phil Carlson	Kevin Wright
8th	6	Rodney Hogg	Phil Carlson
9th	17	Jim Higgs	Phil Carlson
10th	13	Alan Hurst	Jim Higgs