Australia vs England, 5th Test at Adelaide, Jan 27 1979 - Full Scorecard

Batting		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

Batting		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* (Rick Darling, retired not out), 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

Batting		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 (T: 366 runs)

Batting		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	-	-	-

Close of Play

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

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

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

Tue, 30 Jan - rest day

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

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

Match Flow

General

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

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Australia Innings

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

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