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Australia vs England, 4th Test at Sydney, Jan 06 1979 - Full Scorecard

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4th Test, Sydney, January 06 - 11, 1979, England tour of Australia

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England

152 & 346

Australia

(T:205) 294 & 111

England won by 93 runs

Player Of The Match

Derek Randall

, ENG

150

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Border b Hurst	8	40	54	0	0	20.00
Mike Brearley (c)	b Hogg	17	80	96	0	0	21.25
Derek Randall	c Wood b Hurst	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Graham Gooch	c Toohey b Higgs	18	81	102	1	0	22.22
David Gower	c †Maclean b Hurst	7	10	24	0	0	70.00
Ian Botham	c Yallop b Hogg	59	108	138	7	0	54.62
Geoff Miller	c †Maclean b Hurst	4	5	4	1	0	80.00
Bob Taylor †	c Border b Higgs	10	28	33	1	0	35.71
John Emburey	c Wood b Higgs	0	11	9	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	not out	7	43	62	0	0	16.27
Mike Hendrick	b Hurst	10	24	19	0	0	41.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 8, w 2)	12
Total	52.6 Ov (RR: 2.88)	152
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Geoff Boycott), 2-18 (Derek Randall), 3-35 (Mike Brearley), 4-51 (David Gower), 5-66 (Graham Gooch), 6-70 (Geoff Miller), 7-94 (Bob Taylor), 8-98 (John Emburey), 9-141 (Ian Botham), 10-152 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	11	3	36	2	2.45	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	13	1	34	0	1.96	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	1.95	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	18	4	42	3	1.75	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	b Willis	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Rick Darling	c Botham b Miller	91	200	276	9	0	45.50
Kim Hughes	c Emburey b Willis	48	167	184	6	0	28.74
Graham Yallop (c)	c Botham b Hendrick	44	136	141	5	0	32.35
Peter Toohey	c Gooch b Botham	1	4	5	0	0	25.00
Allan Border	not out	60	203	245	4	0	29.55
John Maclean †	lbw b Emburey	12	58	63	1	0	20.68
Rodney Hogg	run out	6	17	13	1	0	35.29
Geoff Dymock	b Botham	5	54	66	0	0	9.25
Jim Higgs	c Botham b Hendrick	11	32	40	0	0	34.37
Alan Hurst	run out	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 11)	16
Total	108 Ov (RR: 2.72)	294
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Graeme Wood), 2-126 (Kim Hughes), 3-178 (Rick Darling), 4-179 (Peter Toohey), 5-210 (Graham Yallop), 6-235 (John Maclean), 7-245 (Rodney Hogg), 8-276 (Geoff Dymock), 9-290 (Jim Higgs), 10-294 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	9	2	33	2	2.75	-	-	-
Ian Botham	28	3	87	2	2.33	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	24	4	50	2	1.56	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	13	2	37	1	2.13	-	-	-
John Emburey	29	10	57	1	1.47	-	-	-
Graham Gooch	5	1	14	0	2.10	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Hogg	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mike Brearley (c)	b Border	53	195	216	2	0	27.17
Derek Randall	lbw b Hogg	150	498	582	13	0	30.12
Graham Gooch	c Wood b Higgs	22	98	128	1	0	22.44
David Gower	c †Maclean b Hogg	34	68	98	3	0	50.00
Ian Botham	c Wood b Higgs	6	88	90	0	0	6.81
Geoff Miller	lbw b Hogg	17	80	96	1	0	21.25
Bob Taylor †	not out	21	113	110	1	0	18.58
John Emburey	c Darling b Higgs	14	39	49	1	0	35.89
Bob Willis	c Toohey b Higgs	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mike Hendrick	c Toohey b Higgs	7	11	8	1	0	63.63
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 14)	22
Total	146.6 Ov (RR: 2.35)	346
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Geoff Boycott), 2-111 (Mike Brearley), 3-169 (Graham Gooch), 4-237 (David Gower), 5-267 (Ian Botham), 6-292 (Derek Randall), 7-307 (Geoff Miller), 8-334 (John Emburey), 9-334 (Bob Willis), 10-346 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	28	10	67	4	1.79	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	17	4	35	0	1.54	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	19	3	43	0	1.69	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	1.85	-	-	-
Allan Border	23	11	31	1	1.01	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 205 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	run out	27	64	75	2	0	42.18
Rick Darling	c Gooch b Hendrick	13	37	51	1	0	35.13
Kim Hughes	c Emburey b Miller	15	40	55	1	0	37.50
Graham Yallop (c)	c & b Hendrick	1	12	8	0	0	8.33
Peter Toohey	b Miller	5	50	50	0	0	10.00
Allan Border	not out	45	115	101	9	0	39.13
John Maclean †	c Botham b Miller	0	11	7	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock	b Emburey	0	12	9	0	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg	c Botham b Emburey	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs	lbw b Emburey	3	29	24	0	0	10.34
Alan Hurst	b Emburey	0	21	20	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1)	2
Total	49.2 Ov (RR: 2.25)	111
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Rick Darling), 2-44 (Graeme Wood), 3-45 (Graham Yallop), 4-59 (Kim Hughes), 5-74 (Peter Toohey), 6-76 (John Maclean), 7-85 (Geoff Dymock), 8-85 (Rodney Hogg), 9-105 (Jim Higgs), 10-111 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	2	0	8	0	3.00	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	10	3	17	2	1.27	-	-	-
John Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	2.00	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	20	7	38	3	1.42	-	-	-

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Sat, 06 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 56/1 (Rick Darling 35*, Kim Hughes 15*)

Sun, 07 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 248/7 (Allan Border 31*, Geoff Dymock 0*)

Mon, 08 Jan - day 3 - England 2nd innings 133/2 (Derek Randall 65*, Graham Gooch 6*)

Tue, 09 Jan - rest day

Wed, 10 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 304/6 (Geoff Miller 16*, Bob Taylor 3*)

Thu, 11 Jan - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 111 (49.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1978/79
Player Of The Match	Derek Randall
Series result	England led the 6-match series 3-1
Match number	Test no. 840
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Dick French Robin Bailhache

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
GM Wood	run out	27	64
WM Darling	caught	13	37
KJ Hughes	caught	15	40
GN Yallop	caught	1	12
PM Toohey	bowled	5	50
AR Border	not out	45	115
JA Maclean	caught	0	11
G Dymock	bowled	0	12
RM Hogg	caught	0	4
JD Higgs	lbw	3	29
AG Hurst	bowled	0	21
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1)
Total	111(10 wkts; 49.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	2	0	8	0	3
M Hendrick	10	3	17	2	1.27
JE Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	2
G Miller	20	7	38	3	1.42

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	38	Rick Darling	Graeme Wood
2nd	6	Kim Hughes	Graeme Wood
3rd	1	Graham Yallop	Kim Hughes
4th	14	Kim Hughes	Peter Toohey
5th	15	Peter Toohey	Allan Border
6th	2	John Maclean	Allan Border
7th	9	Geoff Dymock	Allan Border
8th	0	Rodney Hogg	Allan Border
9th	20	Jim Higgs	Allan Border
10th	6	Alan Hurst	Allan Border

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